{"id":3436,"date":"2014-11-24T23:26:16","date_gmt":"2014-11-25T04:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/?p=3436"},"modified":"2014-11-24T23:55:09","modified_gmt":"2014-11-25T04:55:09","slug":"ranger-definitely-part-of-the-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/11\/ranger-definitely-part-of-the-family.html","title":{"rendered":"Ranger: Definitely Part of the Family"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10411097_10152563084368865_5353905867023364638_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3432\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10411097_10152563084368865_5353905867023364638_n.jpg\" alt=\"10411097_10152563084368865_5353905867023364638_n\" width=\"651\" height=\"488\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ranger has made great progress integrating with our family. After a couple weeks of separation anxiety issues, we&#8217;ve found a great system of crating time with two days of &#8220;Doggie Day Care&#8221; per week does the trick keeping him happy and healthy. In the picture above he&#8217;s lounging on our brand new deck that just finished last weekend: the original deck was rotting and becoming dangerous to use.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve had several medical issues with Ranger; so much so that we were pondering whether it was the right decision to keep him. First of all he was seemingly eating everything in sight. One day, he got into the kitchen trash can, and within a few hours he was acting very lethargic: not eating or drinking. That resulted in a trip to the veterinary ER to get his GI system X-rayed to rule out any stomach or intestinal blockages. Then a couple weeks later Ranger sliced his paw DEEPLY on some metal landscape edging in our backyard and he needed several stitches. That required the &#8220;cone of shame&#8221; for several days.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10353633_10152425567173865_4192451563420471725_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3438\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10353633_10152425567173865_4192451563420471725_n.jpg\" alt=\"10353633_10152425567173865_4192451563420471725_n\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10353633_10152425567173865_4192451563420471725_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10353633_10152425567173865_4192451563420471725_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy a\u00a0video of Ranger playing with one of his favorite toys: a metal water dish (sigh&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"630\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XX_j5WoBpRQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We love that Ranger can handle longer runs and hikes with us.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3437\" style=\"width: 385px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1238375_10152490532658865_3745214656921326353_n.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3437\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3437\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1238375_10152490532658865_3745214656921326353_n.jpg\" alt=\"Ranger wishing his humans would hurry up on a Stanley Canyon hike on Columbus Day.\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1238375_10152490532658865_3745214656921326353_n.jpg 720w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/1238375_10152490532658865_3745214656921326353_n-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 375px) 100vw, 375px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ranger wishing his humans would hurry up on a Stanley Canyon hike on Columbus Day.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3439\" style=\"width: 661px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10685632_10152439483138865_108115517286676221_n.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3439\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3439\" src=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10685632_10152439483138865_108115517286676221_n.jpg\" alt=\"10685632_10152439483138865_108115517286676221_n\" width=\"651\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10685632_10152439483138865_108115517286676221_n.jpg 960w, http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/10685632_10152439483138865_108115517286676221_n-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even with the bandage on his foot, he enjoyed autumn hikes with the family. This is at Farish Recreation Area near Woodland Park during peak aspen fall colors, late September.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ranger has made great progress integrating with our family. After a couple weeks of separation anxiety issues, we&#8217;ve found a great system of crating time with two days of &#8220;Doggie Day Care&#8221; per week does the trick keeping him happy and healthy. In the picture above he&#8217;s lounging on our brand new deck that just [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[383,517],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-Tq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3231,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2014\/07\/meet-ranger.html","url_meta":{"origin":3436,"position":0},"title":"Meet Ranger, Our New Family Member!","date":"12 July 14","format":false,"excerpt":"I have a solid 6 weeks worth of adventures to write about, but for now, meet\u00a0Ranger, the newest member of the family (pictured here). 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