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The Light of My Life
Enlighten me please.
Why is it my precious dog, Schwartz, loves to eat cords? I thought we had grown out of this problem after he ate three phone chargers, two cell phones and numerous little plugs during his puppyhood.
But no.
And I thought he was bright! At least bright enough not to need to eat any lights!
What happened? Well, yesterday my daughter moved her dorm lamp home and into my bedroom. ”Sure is cute. I’ll take it!” I said.
Durning the night I heard some strange noises coming from under my bed. Noises like this: “Crunch. Crack. Chomp. Yum. Burp.” This went on so long that I had to turn on the light. However, it wouldn’t turn on. Instead, a warm glow emitted from the belly region of my precious Schwartz. Hmmm? Is he an angel? Is he God himself?
After rolling out of my bed much the way a hot dog rolls off a Walmart weenie cooker, I began to crawl around under the bed to look for the lamp’s light switch. (There are no overhead lights in my home’s bedrooms…)
“Think, think, think!” I said to myself. I must have been saying this too much because all my talk about thinking was leaving me no time to actually think because I think best in quiet , not to mention well-lit, rooms.
After crawling around until dawn and until sunlight began to trickle through the fog, I finally spotted my daughter’s lamp. Sure enough, it was missing its cord. Litle pieces of electrical items were scattered like cookie crumbs here and there.
Darn. Why am I so in the dark as to why a dog likes to eat lamp cords?
The only thing I can figure is that he is jealous of lamps. Doesn’t want any competition. Indeed, Schwartz is the light of my life, but this is going too far. I guess he just hates it when a new light enters the household and threatens to take his top dog spot on the brilliance meter.
Doesn’t he know he will always be the light of my life? I guess I just have to cuddle him more. You know, love that cord-eating phenomenon right out of him.
Schwartz lounging with his kitten after eating a lamp cord