{"id":439,"date":"2013-04-05T18:57:49","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T18:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=439"},"modified":"2013-04-29T16:19:30","modified_gmt":"2013-04-29T16:19:30","slug":"if-i-ran-the-dog-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-sports-hobbies\/if-i-ran-the-dog-show\/","title":{"rendered":"If I Ran the Dog Show&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>At NAIA we believe that hands-on experience with animals is one of the greatest ways of fostering a child&#8217;s sense of responsibility and empathy, and of laying the groundwork for a realistic view of animals and our connection with them. Groups like 4-H have long provided youth with hands-on experience in areas such as agriculture &#8212; but when it comes to the world of purebred dogs and dog shows, there has been virtually no concerted effort to nudge forth the next generation.<\/p>\n<p>But that doesn&#8217;t mean we can&#8217;t start now&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"If I Ran the Dog Show\" href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/uploads\/Main_Upload_Directory\/NAIACatInHat.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/uploads\/Main_Upload_Directory\/NAIACatInHat.jpg\" width=\"407\" height=\"551\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Great fun for a great cause. Click the image above to open it in PDF format and order your book(s) today!<\/p>\n<p>You can order the books through our <a href=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/donations\/\" title=\"NAIA Donations\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>donation page<\/strong><\/a> or by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&#038;hosted_button_id=E6AR2435VCH6Y\" title=\"NAIA Book Order\" target=\"_blank\">clicking here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At NAIA we believe that hands-on experience with animals is one of the greatest ways of fostering a child\u2019s sense of responsibility and empathy, and of laying the groundwork for a realistic view of animals and our connection with them.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,12],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":457,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439\/revisions\/457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}