One day, Wen became a little suspicious when she found one of her favorite running shoes in the middle of the bedroom floor. Upon further inspection, she realized that several inches of the shoe lace had been chewed off. Luckily, she found the missing piece of shoe lace under the bed, so no one had swallowed it.
A pattern was developing of Wen finding her shoes removed from bedroom closet shelves and deposited in the middle of the floor. Who was the canine culprit of the shoe caper?
Wen placed the shoe back on the shelf where it belonged, but this time, she kept an eye on the closet to see what would happen. It didn’t take long for Sadie, the puppy, to go into the closet, pull a shoe down from its shelf, and drag it across the floor. Busted!
The little canine culprit learned a lesson that day: leave the shoes alone!!! (And so far, ever since, the shoes have remained where they belong.)