Freeing the squeaker
My dog’s favorite toy was this crinkly squeaking Dunkin’ Donuts coffee cup that the boys’ aunt sent us. And ginger absolutely loved it.
But this weekend, well she finally achieved her goal in destroying it, freeing the trapped squeaker inside.
I don’t know what we are going to do now, I can’t seem to easily find a replacement. But I will keep looking. I will find her a new dunks cup. I will pay the internet whatever it asks.
Because I love this dog. I love her and she rules my life and it was her favorite toy and I must replace it.
Who is this person I’ve become? I allow things I never would have imagined, things I never put up with or accepted from other people’s dogs.
But that’s just because no greater dog than ginger has ever existed. this is simple fact.
Do you want to know some of the things I do? I let her eat food off my fork and then I continue eating WITH THE SAME FORK. I don’t even care. I let her go anywhere she wants, all over the furniture and the bed, spreading her adorable perfect amazing dog hair everywhere. I buy the most ridiculous food for her and prepare it like she’s the queen of england. I SAVED HER PUPPY TEETH.
This is ginger’s world now, I just live in it.
In other non-dog news, we found and cut our own Christmas tree this year. The first time I’ve ever done it. Contrary to what hallmark Christmas movies have taught me, I did not meet my one true Christmas love. but it was fun all the same and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Although I did feel a little bad killing a tree, cutting its majestic life short, just for me to decorate and enjoy for a few weeks in my stupid apartment. Like eating meat, it’s easier to forget the truth of what you’re doing when it comes to you in a far-removed, neatly packaged consumer product.
Just to bring it back to ginger, though (like all things in my life now)… she had a grand old time out there in the woods, running around and sniffing every tiny little thing, chewing sticks, chasing the boys, romping through the snow, playing with pine cones.
I finally got something right! I really wanted to put a little joy into 2020 by building some nice memories, something sweet we could bring out of this rotten year. And it worked. It worked! I am grateful.