{"id":8389,"date":"2023-09-05T21:38:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T01:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/?p=8389"},"modified":"2023-09-05T21:38:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T01:38:46","slug":"chance-gibson-2008-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/chance-gibson-2008-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Chance Gibson (2008-2023)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008 our dog Jessie died of cancer. A few months later, on July 1, 2008, we brought <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.kirabug.com\/20080701\/chance-is-home\/\">Chance Benedict Gibson<\/a> home from the breeder.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8390\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?resize=525%2C700&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A very small brown and white puppy on a light green comforter on the floor. He's chewing a pink stuffed bunny.\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?resize=1152%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1152w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_0174-rotated.jpg?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many adventures ensued.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday September 3, 2003, Chance died of a sudden and catastrophic health collapse.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8391\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=525%2C394&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"A brown and white jack russel with a grey muzzle sleeping in a dog bed with his head perched up on the bed's bolsters.\" width=\"525\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/kirabug.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG_1026-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fifteen years is a hell of a run.<\/p>\n<p>At some point, I&#8217;ll have the ability to talk more about my boy, but right now my heart is too full.<\/p>\n<p>Sleep well, Bug. Don&#8217;t fight with JessieDog. I&#8217;ll see you later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2008 our dog Jessie died of cancer. A few months later, on July 1, 2008, we brought Chance Benedict Gibson home from the breeder. Many adventures ensued. On Sunday September 3, 2003, Chance died of a sudden and catastrophic health collapse. Fifteen years is a hell of a run. At some point, I&#8217;ll have &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/2023\/09\/chance-gibson-2008-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chance Gibson (2008-2023)&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[157,198],"class_list":["post-8389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life","tag-chance","tag-dogs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdUhYo-2bj","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8389"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8392,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8389\/revisions\/8392"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kirabug.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}