It was an ordinary day. I was eight years old and taking my dog for a walk around the block. Missy was a mixed breed that my parents had picked up for me at the S.P.C.A. She was black and white. Not sure what kind of mix, but she had long hair and looked like a...... well a dog! She was about two years old now and enjoyed walking around the neighborhood. I usually took her to the top of our block turned left for a half of block and left again. This led me back down the street to a big parking lot that was behind my house and usually empty since the printing company that occupied the the building next to it had gone out of business. We used the lot for all types of things such as playing "off the wall" which was baseball and also for football. It was also a great place to let Missy run. As we approached the lot today though, it was occupied with a Ken-L-Ration Dog Show. First time ever that they held something like this on the vacant space. They yelled to me to bring my dog over and register her for prizes. OK, sure why not. I was told that it was a neighborhood dog show and it would start soon. I counted about a dozen dogs which were in attendance. The show started and we had to walk our dogs around in a circle. They were going to pick their favorite. Top prize for this was a BIG bag of Ken-L-Ration Dog Food. Didn't win this, but I saw that they had a gazillion prizes so I was getting excited. Missy was on top of her game that day and won prizes for best smile, fastest around the cones they had placed in the lot and for best dog and owner. Kind of neat! What did we win? Well I went home with a ceramic cookie jar in the shape of a dog's head, a new dog's collar and a really neat table lamp shaped like a dog's head. All had Ken-L-Ration stamped or printed on them someplace. Didn't matter to me. But, the prizes that I liked the best were the three big Blue Ribbons that Missy and I had won. Missy and I were so proud to get home to show off our prizes. Mom was waiting for us at the back gate and said, "Where'd you get all those prizes?" She had as big a smile on her face as we did. I'm sure she was proud of Missy also. It was the most fun that Missy and I had together for a long time. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - Pix is of Missy an I when we were a few years younger. Taken by the large lot where she won the prizes.
Monday, December 21, 2009
The "Ken-L-Ration Winner" Story
It was an ordinary day. I was eight years old and taking my dog for a walk around the block. Missy was a mixed breed that my parents had picked up for me at the S.P.C.A. She was black and white. Not sure what kind of mix, but she had long hair and looked like a...... well a dog! She was about two years old now and enjoyed walking around the neighborhood. I usually took her to the top of our block turned left for a half of block and left again. This led me back down the street to a big parking lot that was behind my house and usually empty since the printing company that occupied the the building next to it had gone out of business. We used the lot for all types of things such as playing "off the wall" which was baseball and also for football. It was also a great place to let Missy run. As we approached the lot today though, it was occupied with a Ken-L-Ration Dog Show. First time ever that they held something like this on the vacant space. They yelled to me to bring my dog over and register her for prizes. OK, sure why not. I was told that it was a neighborhood dog show and it would start soon. I counted about a dozen dogs which were in attendance. The show started and we had to walk our dogs around in a circle. They were going to pick their favorite. Top prize for this was a BIG bag of Ken-L-Ration Dog Food. Didn't win this, but I saw that they had a gazillion prizes so I was getting excited. Missy was on top of her game that day and won prizes for best smile, fastest around the cones they had placed in the lot and for best dog and owner. Kind of neat! What did we win? Well I went home with a ceramic cookie jar in the shape of a dog's head, a new dog's collar and a really neat table lamp shaped like a dog's head. All had Ken-L-Ration stamped or printed on them someplace. Didn't matter to me. But, the prizes that I liked the best were the three big Blue Ribbons that Missy and I had won. Missy and I were so proud to get home to show off our prizes. Mom was waiting for us at the back gate and said, "Where'd you get all those prizes?" She had as big a smile on her face as we did. I'm sure she was proud of Missy also. It was the most fun that Missy and I had together for a long time. It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy. PS - Pix is of Missy an I when we were a few years younger. Taken by the large lot where she won the prizes.
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