{"id":5585,"date":"2024-03-20T12:13:32","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:13:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/?p=5585"},"modified":"2024-03-20T12:14:02","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T10:14:02","slug":"puppy-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/puppy-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Puppy Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Algoa FM presenters will be sharing puppy love on air from March 18 to March 23, which is national puppy day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll the presenters on Algoa FM are pet lovers and we are using international puppy day to educate listeners all about puppies \u2013 where to adopt them, how to care for them, exercising them and how to train them,\u201d says Algoa FM programme manager Mio Khondleka.<\/p>\n<p>National Puppy Day on March 23 originated in the United States to raise awareness of the poor conditions on many puppy farms, where dogs are bred purely for profit.<\/p>\n<p>Selected puppy shelters in Algoa Country will be given an opportunity to talk about puppy adoption and to share photos on Facebook of puppies ready for a new home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe puppy shelters we have selected have very strict adoption requirements, which include visits to the home where they will be living, as well as follow up visits and calls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe message is \u2018adopt, don\u2019t shop,\u201d says Carol-Anne Kelleher of Algoa Cares.<\/p>\n<p>Local vets, a behavioural specialist and other experts on puppy care will be interviewed during the week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will also be talking to a psychologist about the benefits of having a pet and how they can change your life,\u201d says Kelleher.<\/p>\n<p>Their interviews will be made available through the Algoa FM website for those who missed them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur campaign will encourage listeners to have their pets sterilised, and to support organisations which sterilise animals in disadvantaged communities.<\/p>\n<p>Listeners will be encouraged to share their puppy pictures on Algoa FM social media pages, and animal shelters in Algoa Country will share photos of puppies available for adoption.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5586\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5586\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mygq.co.za\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5586 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leander-Kruger-and-Wayne-Hart.jpeg\" alt=\"Leander Kruger and Wayne Hart\" width=\"1200\" height=\"923\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leander-Kruger-and-Wayne-Hart.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leander-Kruger-and-Wayne-Hart-500x385.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/Leander-Kruger-and-Wayne-Hart-768x591.jpeg 768w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 1200px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 1200\/923;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Algoa FM Morning Breakfast presenter Wayne Hart (right) with husband Leander Kruger-Hart and their rescue huskies, Willow (left) and Lily.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Algoa FM presenters will be sharing puppy love on air from March 18 to March 23, which is national puppy day. \u201cAll the presenters on Algoa FM are pet lovers and we are using international puppy day to educate listeners all about puppies \u2013 where to adopt them, how to care for them, exercising them [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[540],"tags":[558],"class_list":["post-5585","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business-news","tag-algoa-fm","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5585"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5587,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5585\/revisions\/5587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mype.co.za\/business\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}