Kate and the candy canes
I can't remember if I posted the whole story of Kate and the candy canes, so I thought I would take a minute. It is kind of a funny story. Those of you who remember our dog Kate (I think Paul remembers her - "DOWN KATE! DOWN KATE!"). she was quite a character and pretty stubborn.
In Joseph, we would get these huge 10 to 12 foot trees that could be like 6 feet or more around. We had a huge living room, with vaulted ceilings. Anyway, when we were first married, Brian's mom made us these horse head holders for candy canes. We had always had candy canes on our tree, since always, but as we were decorating the tree, we found that the scent of the canes was interesting to kate, so we only put a couple canes in the holders and put them at the top of the tree.
Just before Christmas, they asked me to work a day at the 4-H office, so the secretary could have a day off. Usually, I was home most of the time. It was the first time I think Kate had ever been home all day by herself. She had not shown any interest in the tree when we were home (that is after we removed the wrapped box of chocolates she discovered someone had given us under the tree).
When I got home from work, the tree looked pretty normal, but when I sat down, i noticed that the entire back of the 12 foot tree was bare. She had eaten every ornament on the climb up the tree to reach the candy cane at the top. We were pretty worried about her, she ate glass balls, plastic ornaments, cloth ornaments, and the scariest one of all was a tiny basket that had balls of twine and a pair of nails in it that looked like a knitting basket. The nails were a good 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and we never found them, EVER. We were so afraid that her intestines would be punctured as she digested them, but she was fine.
We never have hung candy canes on our tree again. She's gone now, but out of her memory, we still don't hang anything edible. We do miss her sniffing powers. We used to get boxes wrapped that contained chocolates from several people, and she would always find those for us when we put the presents under the tree. She wouldn't tear into them or anything. she would just keep at us, until we removed them and put them in the fridge. One year, after we opened presents, we went over to Brian's parents and left the presents out. His parents for 20 years gave us one of those huge boxes of chocolates you get at Walmart or Kmart and while we were gone for Christmas with his family, she age almost the whole box. It was a good thing she was a big dog and it was sort of fake chocolate. They say that chocolate isn't good for dogs, and a litte dog would have died from that much chocolate, but then a little dog wouldn't have eaten the whole box, like she did. Ahhhh, she leaves a gap in our lives and we remember her fondly at Christmas.
Love, Charlotte
In Joseph, we would get these huge 10 to 12 foot trees that could be like 6 feet or more around. We had a huge living room, with vaulted ceilings. Anyway, when we were first married, Brian's mom made us these horse head holders for candy canes. We had always had candy canes on our tree, since always, but as we were decorating the tree, we found that the scent of the canes was interesting to kate, so we only put a couple canes in the holders and put them at the top of the tree.
Just before Christmas, they asked me to work a day at the 4-H office, so the secretary could have a day off. Usually, I was home most of the time. It was the first time I think Kate had ever been home all day by herself. She had not shown any interest in the tree when we were home (that is after we removed the wrapped box of chocolates she discovered someone had given us under the tree).
When I got home from work, the tree looked pretty normal, but when I sat down, i noticed that the entire back of the 12 foot tree was bare. She had eaten every ornament on the climb up the tree to reach the candy cane at the top. We were pretty worried about her, she ate glass balls, plastic ornaments, cloth ornaments, and the scariest one of all was a tiny basket that had balls of twine and a pair of nails in it that looked like a knitting basket. The nails were a good 2 1/2 to 3 inches long and we never found them, EVER. We were so afraid that her intestines would be punctured as she digested them, but she was fine.
We never have hung candy canes on our tree again. She's gone now, but out of her memory, we still don't hang anything edible. We do miss her sniffing powers. We used to get boxes wrapped that contained chocolates from several people, and she would always find those for us when we put the presents under the tree. She wouldn't tear into them or anything. she would just keep at us, until we removed them and put them in the fridge. One year, after we opened presents, we went over to Brian's parents and left the presents out. His parents for 20 years gave us one of those huge boxes of chocolates you get at Walmart or Kmart and while we were gone for Christmas with his family, she age almost the whole box. It was a good thing she was a big dog and it was sort of fake chocolate. They say that chocolate isn't good for dogs, and a litte dog would have died from that much chocolate, but then a little dog wouldn't have eaten the whole box, like she did. Ahhhh, she leaves a gap in our lives and we remember her fondly at Christmas.
Love, Charlotte
posted by jed-laura | 1:31 PM
2 Comments:
Alli ate some candy canes off our tree this year, but it was nothing quite as dramatic as the Kate story.
-Jed
Sweet story!
Love, Earlene
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