Life through the Eyes of a Hurricane: Doggie-Dog!
The 12-Step Program
Okay,
I’m a lost and broken dog. I have a terrible confession: I have a sock fetish,
which according to the dictionary means “an obsessive or unhealthy preoccupation or attachment with an object.”
But there, I said it .
. . and often heard that the first step in overcoming an addiction is to admit
I have a problem. It is a terrible problem. I can’t get enough socks, which is
even more of a problem because they aren’t my socks!
Well, they eventually
become my socks because I chew and tear so many holes in them that no one can
wear the foot coverings by time I’m done with them, but that’s beside the
point.
You see, they are my
family’s socks. I can’t help it and I am so ashamed of myself. Whenever I see a
sock in the laundry basket I have to go grab it, stretch it until I hear that
priceless sound: ripping. AAHHHH, a
sound of satisfaction! Tear it, shred it, and grate it; that is when they are
at their best!
Even though Big D has
tucked them deep into the toe of the shoe, I like to get into Big Daddy’s
running shoes. I stick my nose into the cavernous shoe until I can reach just a
teensy-weensy thread and pull it out. Yeah, I know, the smell is pretty
unpleasant and you’d think that would deter me, but I guess that indicates how
desperate my dilemma is.
I’ve even been known to
chase Little Daddy around the house when he’s taking his shoes off so I can
grab a sliver of the cloth and help in pulling it off his foot. If I do that,
then at least the taste is in my mouth and there’s a better chance I get to
keep it since I put the entire sock in my jawbone and slobber all over it. They
don’t like to touch it when it is coated with dribble.
Then, I dash into my
favorite upstairs hiding place: under the bed. I know, I know, I’m a big dog
but I can still fit under the bed and no one comes in after me. The beauty of
that is they know I have the upper hand, so they go to the cabinet in the
bathroom to get a biscuit to entice me to come out. When I hear that box, I
immediately go to my bed, the heck with the sock!―a quest for a later time and
date. Besides, I have the best of both worlds: a biscuit AND the sock!
Yes, it is true. I go
to great lengths to feed my addiction. I follow Nee Nee up the stairs biting at
her heals until she gives them up, or until I trip her. Sorry, Nee Nee! Or, I
stand on my hind legs at the washer and dryer searching for strays, and park
myself politely at the dryer while clothes are being folded to quickly grab one
that may fall on the floor. I’m getting pretty good at Snatch-and-Go’s.
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