{"id":2496,"date":"2010-03-10T00:18:13","date_gmt":"2010-03-09T22:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2010-07-18T02:03:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-17T23:03:18","slug":"ars-children-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/en\/ars-children-dogs\/","title":{"rendered":"ARS: Children &#038; Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strange trend of thought in Bulgaria &#8211; that it&#8217;s <strong>&#8220;children VS dogs<\/strong>&#8220;. We at ARS beleive quite the contrary is true. And here are some lovely drawings by children from the Netherlands whose families have adopted Bulgarian dogs. They are so heartwarming:<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening1.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2497\" title=\"tekening1\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening1-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening1-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2498\" title=\"tekening2\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening2-300x218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening2-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/tekening2.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here are Sarah and her little friend &#8211; her foster Ralitza. Sarah is bound to go to her new home at the end of this month&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711158.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2500\" title=\"017711158\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711158-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711158-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711158.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2501\" title=\"017711163\" src=\"http:\/\/arsofia.com\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163-300x196.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163-245x161.jpg 245w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163-450x295.jpg 450w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163-370x242.jpg 370w, https:\/\/arsofia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/017711163.jpg 583w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ralitza wrote a sad poem (in Bulgarian) about Sarah&#8217;s leaving, and it goes something like this:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Sarah<\/p>\n<p>The day you came you took my heart<br \/>\nYou put your head in my hands<br \/>\nLooked at me with sadness, I wanderd if it&#8217;s real<br \/>\nThan you waved your tail, like a little flag<br \/>\nYou moved your ears like you were begging me<br \/>\nAnd now you are going<br \/>\nleaving me<br \/>\nI love you every moment, wherever you are<br \/>\nI love you forever<br \/>\nyou should know that<\/p>\n<p>Your Rali<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/forum.dog.bg\/-t31835.html\" target=\"_blank\">Sarah&#8217;s diary at dailapa.dog.bg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is a strange trend of thought in Bulgaria &#8211; that it&#8217;s &#8220;children VS dogs&#8220;. 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