{"id":6932,"date":"2021-08-11T13:07:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/?p=6932"},"modified":"2021-08-11T13:08:53","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T17:08:53","slug":"a-great-leap-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/a-great-leap-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"A great leap forward\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u2026for grandson Church as he departs Thistle Hill for veterinary school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"734\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church-734x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Church &amp; dogs\" class=\"wp-image-6933\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church-734x1024.jpg 734w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church-215x300.jpg 215w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church-768x1072.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Church.jpg 917w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 734px) 100vw, 734px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For the past two years Church as stepped up in my absence to handle our Red Devon herd.&nbsp; All the while he also completed an advanced degree in biology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now it\u2019s on to Cornell University and one of the leading veterinary programs in the country.&nbsp; The competition for admission is fierce\u2026exceeding only by the pressure from his high-powered class mates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Church has an amazing knack for handling animals.&nbsp; They just seem to want to do what he asks.&nbsp; We have no doubt that he will become a leading light in the veterinary world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just to keep an eye on him, I\u2019m sending along my dog Pokey.&nbsp; She\u2019s at the stage now where she just prefers to sleep so there may be a course she can take to hone that skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>David<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026for grandson Church as he departs Thistle Hill for veterinary school. For the past two years Church as stepped up in my absence to handle our Red Devon herd.&nbsp; All the while he also completed an advanced degree in biology. Now it\u2019s on to Cornell University and one of the leading veterinary programs in the country.&nbsp; The competition for admission is fierce\u2026exceeding only by the pressure from his high-powered class mates. Church has an amazing knack for handling animals.&nbsp; They just seem to want to do what he asks.&nbsp; We have no doubt that he will become a leading light in the veterinary world. Just to keep an eye on him, I\u2019m sending along my dog Pokey.&nbsp; She\u2019s at the stage now where she just prefers to sleep so there may be a course she can take to hone that skill. David<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[167,13,146,173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-humphreys","category-david","category-thistle-hill-farm","category-veterinary-school"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6935,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6932\/revisions\/6935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thistlehill.net\/wpblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}