when we came home last week tuesday, taylor found diego on the floor like this. at first, she couldn't figure out what happened...she held him up to me and asked, "mama, what happened to diego's legs?" she was genuinely confused. in one hand was diego, and in the other were his two feet. after i explained to her that kai or mickey had gotten a hold of diego and chewed his legs off, taylor became angry. she thrusted diego in the doggies' faces and said rather sternly, "you don't bite my diego's legs off! no, no! you go time-out!!! i'm sad!" it was amazing to see her go through the emotions and actually process all that had happened (cause/effect: one of the dogs destroyed her toy -> she became angry/sad). not to make fun of taylor's tragedy...but i must admit i had to turn away to stiffle my laugh several times as she scolded the dogs. luckily, she had a "back-up" diego to replace the injured one. wanna know what was even more precious? after i put the damaged diego up on the counter to discard after taylor went to bed, she asked me for it. she still wanted to play with him while playing with the rest of her dora toys!
Taylor ~ cousin Amani feels your pain! Her little half-pint, Diesel (1/2 chihuahua & 1/2 terrier), chews off the legs and arms of her toys too. On a weekly basis we find discarded bodies with teeth marks and missing limbs. Amani goes through the lecture each and every time with him, "No Diesel! Naughty dog!" but he hasn't learned yet.
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My heart goes out to Diego, but his demise was just another learning experience for our girl. She's growing up so fast and I miss her so much.
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Oh Jo,
ReplyDeleteThat was so funny. I can just hear her. Nonna says that "this was a sad, sad day for Diego" but I just thought it was so funny. I love these blogs. I am guessing that it was Mickey. How about you?
Meredith