Our Pawspective: Q&A - Picking Up Socks

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Question: Dear Mia and Bailey, I have a terrible predicament.  My Mom says that I need to pick my socks up off the floor.  However, my corgis enjoy my socks too.  They like to smell them, roll around on them, and sometimes chew them.  My Mom has also told me that I should share my things.  Should I leave my socks on the floor so that I can share them with my corgis, or should I pick them up?
-         Colleen in Fawn Grove, PA

Bailey: Dear Colleen, I applaud your efforts to share your socks with your pups.  I personally enjoy a nice sock now and then to freshen up my world.  That being said, it is very important to listen to your Mommy.  Although she tells you to share, she does not always mean to share everything.  If you had a cold, she would not want you to go around sharing that with everyone, now would she?  So I think in this case, her request for you to pick up the socks supersedes the sharing clause.  At least, as it pertains to socks that you currently want to wear.  I am sure that you and your Mommy can come to a compromise with regards to socks that you can’t wear anymore, so that your corgis can have those socks.  I am sure they will enjoy them very much!

 

Mia: Dear Colleen, I love socks! I happen to have four white ones on my paws that are permanent, and I keep them nice and clean, making sure to wash them every night!  I also love people socks, the smellier the better!  I am very good at finding them, whether they are on the floor or not.  It is nice of you to leave yours on the floor and not hide them from your corgis.  Although sock hide-and-seek is also pretty fun.  Unfortunately, Mommies are very good at remembering what they tell us to do, so you should probably pick up your socks if she tells you to.  Maybe you can put them somewhere that is easy for your corgis to find, that way they can still enjoy them, but they are not technically on the floor.  Then they can play sock hide-and-seek too!