{"id":12795,"date":"2014-08-05T11:51:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T15:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=12795"},"modified":"2014-08-05T11:51:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T15:51:11","slug":"shelter-dogs-part-of-longwood-production","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=12795","title":{"rendered":"Shelter dogs part of Longwood production"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_909184\" style=\"width: 189px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DelawareHumane-179x300.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-909184\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-909184\" style=\"border: 2px solid black; margin: 4px;\" alt=\"DelawareHumane\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/DelawareHumane-179x300.png\" width=\"179\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-909184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Delaware Humane Society Animal Caretakers don depression era costumes to appear in the production, &#8216;Annie,&#8217; and bring attention to adoptable dogs who are available at the Delaware Humane Society. Nancy Castiglione (left) is holding Big Mac while Crystal Castiglione is photographed with Whopper.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>KENNETT \u2014 Two Chihuahua mix dogs understand Orphan Annie\u2019s quest to find her \u2018forever home.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Up until now, it\u2019s been a \u2018hard knock life\u2019 for them.\u00a0 But\u2026.there\u2019s always <i>tomorrow!<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Big Mac and Whopper were rescued from their former owners that was hoarding the dogs for breeding. \u00a0The Delaware Humane Society has sheltered them for several months and are seeking suitable homes for the small breed, senior dogs who deserve the affection, love and life of a \u2018pampered pet.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>In a unique partnership with the Brandywiners\u2019 theatre group that performed their summer show \u2018Annie\u2019 at Longwood Garden\u2019s Open Air theatre, the dogs, embraced by costumed actresses, debuted on the stage during one of the opening production numbers.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>They were joined by the four legged actor, Toby, who played the part of Sandy, Orphan Annie\u2019s adopted pet. Toby was rescued nine years ago and has lived a \u2018star\u2019s life\u2019 ever since.<\/p>\n<p>If you think that you could make room in your heart and home to make Big Mac or Whopper\u2019s \u2018dream come true\u2019 or to visit the other adoptable pets at the Delaware Humane Society, contact them at 701 A Street, Wilmington, DE. Dehumane.org or call 302 571-0111.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KENNETT \u2014 Two Chihuahua mix dogs understand Orphan Annie\u2019s quest to find her \u2018forever home.\u2019 Up until now, it\u2019s been a \u2018hard knock life\u2019 for them.\u00a0 But\u2026.there\u2019s always tomorrow! Big Mac and Whopper were rescued from their former owners that was hoarding the dogs for breeding. \u00a0The Delaware Humane Society has sheltered them for several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12794,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[4965,5016,84,5017],"class_list":["post-12795","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-annie","tag-delaware-humane-society","tag-longwood-gardens","tag-the-brandywiners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}