{"id":1331,"date":"2017-05-15T19:18:08","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T19:18:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2017-05-18T20:52:21","modified_gmt":"2017-05-18T20:52:21","slug":"my-dog-taught-me-about-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/my-dog-taught-me-about-love\/","title":{"rendered":"My Dog Taught Me About Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmo came into our family over 12 years ago and was so tiny he fit in my husband\u2019s hand. He quickly grew to be a larger Yorkie. We teasingly called him the Godzilla of Yorkies, but we would not have changed anything about him. After my parents became ill and unable to take care of him, my little brother (Gizmo) came to live with my husband and me.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1332 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gizmo-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gizmo-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Gizmo.jpg 713w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In my lifetime, I have had many\u00a0 dogs, but no one like Gizmo. He didn\u2019t care too much for other dogs but LOVED their owners. If anyone even made eye contact with him, he ran to them with his tail wagging and quickly turned over to have his belly rubbed. There was only one thing he did not like and that was a cough or sneeze. Many times I have sneezed and gotten a dirty look as he walked to the bedroom to hide under the bed, but all was forgiven in a short time.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-860 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Max.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>I could write a book on what I have learned about love from my dog. I have been told dogs love us more than they love themselves\u2014and I believe that. Gizmo loved me the same if I was happy or sad. He did not like it if I cried and quickly tried to make me feel better. It did not matter to him if I just got out of bed with my hair a mess and no make-up\u2014or if I was dressed nicely to start my day. His love was the same. He never held a grudge and quickly forgave me if I was in a bad mood or scolded him.<\/p>\n<p>Gizmo\u00a0taught me the meaning of devotion and unconditional love. Did you ever think that if <a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1333 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dachshund-1920__340-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dachshund-1920__340-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dachshund-1920__340-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dachshund-1920__340.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>you reverse the letters for DOG, you get GOD? Did God give us dogs to teach us more about His love&#8212;which is unconditional?<\/p>\n<p>Max, Chumley, Howie, Mo, Barney and Gizmo\u2014thank you for all the joy and love you have brought to our UltaLife families. Our lives have been changed forever because of your love.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1337 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-love.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-love.jpg 225w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/dog-love-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-919\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"226\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Are you an UltaLifer? Learn about the many supplements designed to make you stronger and healthier!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.com\"><strong>Click Here<\/strong><\/a> to check out all of our great products.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1186\" src=\"http:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle-300x48.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"48\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle-300x48.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle-768x124.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle-500x81.jpg 500w, https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/buttle.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gizmo came into our family over 12 years ago and was so tiny he fit in my husband\u2019s hand. He quickly grew to be a larger Yorkie. We teasingly called him the Godzilla of Yorkies, but we would not have changed anything about him. After my parents became ill and unable to take care of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/my-dog-taught-me-about-love\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">My Dog Taught Me About Love<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,8],"tags":[215,32,172],"class_list":["post-1331","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gratitude","category-happiness","tag-dogs","tag-happiness","tag-love"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1354,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ultalife.co\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}