Pets of Pets

Soquita Monkita has no face:

To make a short story long........

Soquita is Leny's pet.  Readers might hearken back to last Thanksgiving's trip to CA.  We visited our daughter's family---the two whippets, Mystified and the Lummox.   This is the Mystyfied dog:

The Lummox had a sock monkey.  Leny, being the dominatrix she naturally is, appropriated said toy.  It was an obsession.  Leny took the thing everywhere, even to bed when it was time to retire.  The Lummox could only hope we left soon and he got his monkey back.

Being doting parents, we thought it would be a good idea to get each of the Pirate Dogs their own sock monkey.  We found a website and procured three of the little cuties:

Of course, being independent Pirate Dogs, Captain 'Roid and Crow's-Nest Weetzie wanted absolutely nothing to do with these stuffed atrocities!!  The First-Mate remembered the joy of the monkey from CA and took to hers immediately, christening it Soquita Monkita.  Leny loves Soquita:

Of course doggy love means Soquita has lost much of her stuffing, her voice (squeaker), and, as the opening sentence states, her face.  Since dogs don't have opposable thumbs and therefore must rely on their mouths to carry around things, a little (not to Soquita) damage is inevitable.  Fortunately, perched among the Penguini and with the Dia de los Muertos gent atop the bookcase in the master bedroom reside Soquita's siblings who can replace her if and when that time comes.

As for Soquita, she has reworked the song from an old commercial originally done by Walt Disney:

"I'm Soquita Monkita and I'm here to say

It's hard being the pet of a Pirate Dog all day..."

It's such fun having Pirate Dogs!!!!