{"id":416,"date":"2011-02-14T19:45:23","date_gmt":"2011-02-14T06:45:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/?p=416"},"modified":"2020-06-27T23:29:21","modified_gmt":"2020-06-27T10:29:21","slug":"the-new-employee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/the-new-employee","title":{"rendered":"The office dogs&#8217; body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My design studio has a new partner. Meet Bindi, the retired Greyhound.<\/p>\n<p>Her job (apart from acting like a 60kmh couch potato), is to make critical creative appraisals, take trips to the caf\u00e9 and generally be an all-round dogs&#8217; body. She been on the job for 3 weeks now. So far, so very good.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-418\" title=\"bindi\" src=\"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi.jpg 600w, https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Like me, she&#8217;s quick. Unlike me, she has been associated with royalty.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few more Greyhound facts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Greyhounds are one of the oldest breeds of dogs. There are drawings of dogs resembling greyhounds in vases and tombs dated from the Ancient Egypt 8000 years ago.<\/li>\n<li>The greyhound is mentioned in the Old Testament ( Proverbs 30:29-31)<\/li>\n<li>The greyhound is portrayed by Homer ( Odyssey, 800 B.C.\u2014the only one to recognize Odyseus upon his return was Argus, his greyhound).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Did you know that there is an NZ organisation that specialises in finding homes for retired racing Greyhounds? <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greyhoundsaspets.org.nz\/default.asp?page=about\">GAP (Greyhounds As Pets)<\/a> <\/strong>is an independent charitable trust established by Greyhound Racing New Zealand to find pet homes for retired racing greyhounds.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_421\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"size-full wp-image-421\" title=\"bindi2\" src=\"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi2.jpg 600w, https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi2-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-421\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cutting loose on Nelson&#39;s Back Beach<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_422\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"size-full wp-image-422\" title=\"bindi3\" src=\"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi3.jpg 600w, https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/bindi3-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-422\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bindi can move!<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_423\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"size-full wp-image-423\" title=\"ronan1\" src=\"http:\/\/210.48.67.31\/envisage-design.co.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ronan1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ronan1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/envisage.nz\/simonowen\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/ronan1-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-423\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronan overlooking Takaka Hill, Nelson January 2011<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My design studio has a new partner. 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