This was a big surprise for me. An admirer of Fate’s – she asked to remain nameless – sent a “Donald Trump For Dogs” doll to Fate, it arrived this afternoon. I can’t say where it came from, and I was puzzled about how to deal with it, at least for a bit.

I suppose it was thoughtful for someone to send Fate a get well doll, but I’m not certain.

I don’t care to be disrespectful to anyone, I mean, but I did hesitate to give this to Fate,  do I really want my dog playing with a presidential candidate doll?

Fate sort of made up my mind, (the vet let us take her bandages off, less than 24 hours after her surgery, her limp has vanished, we are taking it easy), she just flipped for the Trump Doll, tossing it into the air, racing around the yard, she brought it into the farmhouse and is sleeping right next to it.

The Trump Doll For Dogs does not squeak or rattle, like Fate’s other toys, if you squeeze it in the middle, the head fills up with air. As I write this, Fate came into my office with her Trump doll and dropped it at my feet. I thanked her and threw it back into the living room, she is running around with now.

I gather there is a Hillary Clinton For Dog doll as well, but I’m not sure how the politics work – is it good for the dog to love the doll, or bad if it loves a presidential candidate doll?  Perhaps people can release some of their hostility in this way and get off of all those ranting blogs.

One friend said he would never permit a Trump doll in his house, no matter how much the dog loved it. Another said it would be healthy and healing for him to see  his dog chewing on a Trump dog doll.

I can tell you Fate is very happy, and she has not yet chewed on his hair. I advised her to stay out of politics and off of Facebook, she is playing with more than a doll.