A few weeks ago, I met Peta Love, another dog lover and author of Beef Casserole for a Dog’s Soul on Twitter.  After striking up a friendship through our exchanges, I suggested that we trade books. To my delight, I found that my new friend resides in Scotland and her charming Beef Casserole book is quite the tasty treat!

During one of our subsequent emails, she mentioned that she was knitting a piggy lovey for my Airedale, Amber.  “A piggy,” I thought to myself, “Is that some sort of Scottish colloquialism for “booties” or “hat?”  Well, as they say, better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and remove all doubt, so I waited for the package to arrive which it did yesterday and it was–a PIGGY!  A purple piggy that had been beautifully knitted and stuffed with all natural, pure wool.  It was so soft, so lovely, so perfect–OH NO! It is going to die a horrible death!! Not knowing for sure that this was going to be a stuffed animal, I had not told sweet Peta that Amber would unknit and unstuff that pig in a matter of minutes.  But there was no keeping it from her. She sniffed it the minute she bounded into my office.

Well, Amber really did love her little piggy–even though its guts are now all over the floor. But remember it’s the thought that counts!