Lola survived her first Thanksgiving without any standout problems. Her (already high) curiosity was heightened, based on all the prolonged activity in the kitchen and all the new smells of Thanksgiving foods.
For months now, we’ve been terrified of introducing Lola to Christmas. For a curious puppy who loves attacking things, the thought of placing a tree completely decorated in the middle of the living room is actually a bit nervewracking.
Forget about the wrapped presents underneath the tree. As stated before, and probably as will be expressed in various capacities a zillion times moving forward, Lola loves paper. Having that much paper at her reach… is terrifying.
As it stands, we had one stuffed turkey decoration sitting in the window, and Lola had been questing after it for the past couple of weeks. The day after Thanksgiving she finally got to it. But Christmas decorations are a whole different ballgame — in size and well, in number.
(As I type this, Lola is currently happily gnawing on a plastic ruler that was given to me in elementary school with small portraits of all the American Presidents on it. The last President to be pictured is Bill Clinton).
I’d love to believe that Lola doesn’t have the power to knock down a Christmas tree, but honestly, I’m a little worried. Or, better yet, I’m more envisioning her pulling at lower branches and ornaments… and then chaos.
Lola will have a Christmas stocking and has already gotten one present: a stuffed lifelike squirrel, considering her love of squirrels. Lola will watch them from a window, and do everything in her power to try and attack them. Now she’ll finally be able to catch one.
