Shay’s Menagerie 

Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for those who lost their lives serving our country. Tell that to my puppy. For Shay Shay it is a day of rest and relaxation amongst the carcasses of her squeaker removed, limb torn off, destuffed animals. I wonder if there is ever a day to give thanks for those stuffed animals who gave their lives to make dogs happy?
Shay has a large collection of once perfectly good, now disfigured, babies, but heaven forbid we do away with any of them. She is attached to them in any state of disarray.

There is Gray Owl, who once had four limbs, but is now down to one.

Bushy Tail Squirrel, had his squeaker removed through an armpitarektomy. Obviously there were catheters in each thigh.

Snoopy, the giraffe was systematically unstitched at the shoulder and stuffing came out along with the squeak.

Pinto Pony was blinded during a violent fluff removal. Thankfully the other eye is still intact, but Pinto now goes by Flat Pinto Pony since no stuffing exists.

Skinny Snake takes his name seriously, but is concerned that the remaining bit of filling makes his butt look fat.

Pink Bun Bun lost his legs as well as his chin giving him a decidedly British look.

Well, Grey Wolf, what can one say, but poor bastard needs never pass by a mirror, it would scare him to death to see what has become of him.

Only Blue Skinny Dog remains relatively intact with just one stick of eye removed. How Blue Skinny Dog has remain unscathed for months and months we will never know. Perhaps Blue Dog has some dirt on Shay.

But for now Shay seems unfazed by it all. Happy to observe Memorial Day in her own way.