The dog ate my shoes

I was carting about 30lbs of toiletries to a charity office for donation, when I happened upon two older gents hovering over a window display of men's shoes at Walking on a Cloud.

I have never seen men window shopping. What makes the scenario even more adorable is that these guys looked well into their 60s with tousled white hair. They were pretty snappy dressers and since I was hobbling by so slow, I could hear they're conversation.

What made me laugh was how one gent said to the other that his dog pretty much ate one of his shoes! Chewed it up beyond recognition. And the other guy was in disbelief. They weren't angry, it just seemed to them that the prospect of a dog eating homework seemed more possible. It was quite funny.

I too have been in a similar situation - however instead of a dog eating my shoes, it was my cat. My kitty, Cooper - a five year-old maincoon - loves to chew on my shoes when I am not quick enough to feed him when hunger strikes. Now, I keep a large black plastic rat by my shoes, which he often opts to chew on instead. It was a leftover Halloween deco that I forgot to put away. I'm glad I've found a use for it!