{"id":3546,"date":"2012-07-01T09:19:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-01T09:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3546"},"modified":"2012-07-01T09:19:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T09:19:00","slug":"sunday-dog-harvey-a-poodle-not-a-pooka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=3546","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Dog, Harvey\u2013 a Poodle Not a Pooka!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sunday Dog, Harvey is a Poodle<\/a> not a pooka<\/a>! But, he was named after the title character in the movie \u201cHarvey\u201d<\/a> who was, supposedly, a pooka playing the part of a 6 foot 3 \u00bd inch invisible rabbit. And, since Harvey the poodle\u2019s person, not the pooka, had an imaginary childhood friend who was a poodle and also wanted a \u201cperson name\u201d for her puppy, it all just came together. Phew!<\/p>\n

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Our Harvey, who\u2019ll turn 8 years old on the 4th of July, is (as it happens) a very independent guy! While a happy and friendly Standard Poodle, we\u2019re told, \u201cHe likes his space\u201d and \u201clikes to cuddle when he<\/em> wants to cuddle.\u201d <\/p>\n

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Harvey also likes to stay cool. His person says, \u201cHe won\u2019t sleep on my bed except when I have the window fan on, when he can put his head right in front of the fan. I call it, \u2018the all night car ride.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Even though Harvey\u2019s a Poodle, \u201cHe doesn\u2019t like swimming\u2013 he never got that memo!\u201d But, he is very athletic and energetic.<\/p>\n

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Harvey plays hard with a whole bunch of his buddies twice a day at their Cambridge dog park, and also manages to squeeze in some quality, off-leash time with his walker and 8 other dogs in his spare time. That\u2019s 3 hours of exercise a day! No wonder he\u2019s in such great shape!<\/p>\n

Amiable, social, with a lot of acquaintances, h-m-m. So, while Harvey is definitely a Poodle, he might have a little imaginary, shape-shifting Harvey the pooka in him, after all.<\/p>\n

Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at Boston Dogs<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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