The gift.

Well the preparations for the big day are almost done. Frodo had his bath yesterday and when he came out the grooming room, Paxton and I pretended we didn’t know him. He looks amazing – and smells 100% better. Not that he was THAT stinky – but he is definitely easier to be around.

My human did some last minute running around and I saw her helping Santa with some wrapping. We watched from the other room – because as we know, we DO like to shred things – at least Pax and I do – so my human didn’t want to be battling our stealing behavior while she was doing what she calls “ her least favorite task in the world” – gift wrapping. She LOVES to buy presents – and LOVES to surprise people with presents – but the wrapping part – well….it’s not pretty. Which suddenly got me to thinking – WHAT CAN WE GET OUR HUMAN FOR CHRISTMAS???!!!!!!

Holy moly. I spent all this time working out MY list…and WHAT am I going to get her???? I don’t have any cash – and the credit card hasn’t come in yet. So- what to do???? I discussed it with Pax and Fro – and we figure there are LOTS of dogs in our situation. So what to do….

And then I came up with an idea – and YOU and your dogs can do it too!!! I’m calling it “paw it forward for Christmas.” We canines don’t have the money to buy gifts – but instead – we CAN give you something that costs NOTHING – and that YOU can pass on too! Smiles. It’s all about smiles. For us canines, and you can quote me… ”a wag is a smile turned sideways”. Despite our sometimes naughty behavior, we DO adore you humans. And we can show it by a big WAG. A huge wag. Which is our smile -turned sideways. That’s our gift. And then you humans can paw it forward – by smiling at someone else. Someone you don’t know. Someone on the street. In a store. On the bus. At the doctor’s office. Just smile. And think how great it is that your dog started this chain of happiness. And that, besides our never-ending devotion and our steadfast admiration – would be the PERFECT Christmas gift. Think about it…And if anyone asks why are you smiling – tell them your dog told you to. And so did Viktor. Viktor the PON.