{"id":12991,"date":"2020-02-04T09:40:32","date_gmt":"2020-02-04T09:40:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12991"},"modified":"2020-02-04T09:42:38","modified_gmt":"2020-02-04T09:42:38","slug":"blogathon-04-20-coaldogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/?p=12991","title":{"rendered":"Blogathon 04\/20: Coaldogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>There are a number of sub-breeds that come under the Spaniel heading.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cocker, Springer, Cavalier King Charles (I have no idea what they are so cavalier about), <s>Bonking<\/s> Boykin, American, Russian, German and even a Toy Trawler Spaniel (WTF?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then there are the subdivisions (look, I&#8217;m making most of this up, OK?): Sprocker, for example, which is a result of mating a Springer with, you&#8217;ve guessed it, a Cocker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have two Sprockers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The older of the pair is very much drawn from the Springer line, whilst the younger Sprocker is definitely of the Cocker breed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But they also belong to a sub-sub breed of Spaniel, known as Coaldogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They love coal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ll roll about in it, they&#8217;ll sneak it out of the coal bin, bring it in to the house and eat it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They&#8217;ll remove it from the coal hod by the fireplace and chow down on it with great enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And if you should happen to leave a couple of bags of coal just lying about outside&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12992\" width=\"401\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001-200x150.jpg 200w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0001.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><figcaption>She&#8217;s so proud!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12993\" width=\"406\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/brennigjones.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/IMG-20200121-WA0000.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><figcaption>Got any coal you want eaten, guv?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are a number of sub-breeds that come under the Spaniel heading. 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