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It’s Mine. All Mine.

January 5, 2015

Stella with box 1

We hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!

On Christmas evening we were opening a big box of goodies for the dogs that a longtime supporter, Barb R., had sent for Christmas. We hadn’t gotten very far in handing out treats and toys when, much to our surprise, blind Stella quietly wandered over to the box, stuck her?face into it, nosed around, and then decided to pull out a doggie blanket. I had the camera nearby so I just started taking photos of Stella doing whatever she was going to do. As you’ll soon see, it was a lot! There went the blanket over the edge:

Stella with box 2

Which then became a very large, soft and fluffy chew toy:

Stella with box 3

Yes, that’s Wilbur in the background, wearing a Christmas’sweater that Barb had sent:

Wilbur with Christmas sweater

After rescuing the blanket from Stella, she decided to go back to the box to see what else was in there:

Stella with box 4

And off she went with another one:

Stella with box 5

After a few minutes of thrashing each toy, she’d grow bored and want something new. Back to the box:

Stella with box 6

This time it was Miss Piggy’s turn:

Stella with box 7

Well, that didn’t last long, and so:

Stella with box 8

Yep, the rope toy:

Stella with box 9

At this point, as you can see, there wasn’t much left, but she made a couple more runs at it just to be sure she’d sampled everything she could. Funny girl!

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Comments

  1. Colleen & Andre says

    January 5, 2015 at 11:25 am

    Very cute!!! Blindness can’t stop Stella from getting all the goodies!!

  2. Barb Ribinski says

    January 5, 2015 at 11:36 am

    That Stella is a funny girl. I can’t believe she tried every toy, but I’m glad she enjoyed herself. She probably never got so many toys with the family who gave her up. I didn’t realize that Wilbur was quite as small as he is. I thought you said he was 7 pounds and my chihuahua was the same and that size fit her; but I think he appears to be shorter than she was. Glad they all enjoyed themselves. Hope the toys last a little while.

  3. Margaret says

    January 5, 2015 at 12:46 pm

    So wonderful to see the dogs enjoying those wonderful, generous gifts! They sure know what’s “theirs”. What a sweet girl 🙂

  4. Bob says

    January 5, 2015 at 3:24 pm

    It’s the quiet ones you have to watch! hazel made a plan and then worked the plan. It is always good to see Wilber.

  5. Tonya Allen says

    January 5, 2015 at 4:28 pm

    Stella is a very good unpacker. I’m sure she was very pleased to have her own personal Christmas box to empty.

  6. Shirley and James says

    January 6, 2015 at 1:01 am

    Great way to spend her Christmas and New Years Holiday! Sweet Stella!

  7. Boundforglory says

    January 6, 2015 at 7:40 pm

    First off, thank you ever so much Barb for the wonderful box of
    goodies which provided minutes or hours of amusement for the dogs (and humans)!
    So glad you had a camera nearby Steve, those are great photos of Stella
    skimming the box of goodies. I hope this is a wonderful year for all of you at RDF!

  8. Linda says

    January 6, 2015 at 8:27 pm

    ….and Stella’s gifts wind up being OUR gift – great way to start the new year!

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