Cute Little Dog Finds Mom's Scrunchie And Invents The Game Of Her Life
Sugar did not need a new toy to entertain herself, she just needed a scrunchie and a little imagination. One flying hair tie turned into a game she could not get enough of, and her owner quickly realized this was no ordinary play session.
The tiny pup is playful, independent, and very committed to doing things her own way. Once she figured out how to launch the scrunchies across the room, she kept turning them into her own version of fetch, even when the stash started disappearing in odd places.
Now Sugar has a habit that is equal parts funny and impressive, and it has made one everyday accessory completely her own.
Sugar knows what she wants when it comes to playtime
One day, while Sugar's mom, Katerina Pope, was blow-drying her hair and had her bottom drawer with all her hair accessories open, Sugar popped her head in and grabbed a scrunchie. Since Sugar didn't see any harm in it, she let the pup play with it.
“She’s very playful but stubborn,” Katerina Pope, Sugar’s mom, said. “She wants you to pay attention to her playing but doesn’t always want to play with you.”
So, she just let her pup fiddle with the scrunchie on her own. After all, it was just a scrunchie; what could she do with it?
Little did she know that that one scrunchie would lead to an obsession for Sugar and her favorite game in the world.
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One scrunchie turned into a full-time obsession.
Apparently, Sugar discovered that if she held the scrunchie down with her paws and stretched it up with her snout, she could send the scrunchie flying. She could then chase after it, catch it, and do it all over again like a personal fetching game.
It's impressive that she figured it all out on her own, and now, as it seems, it's the only game she wants to play.
Now the scrunchies have become part of the routine.
Now, Sugar has tons of scrunchies that all belong solely to her. Most people also don't really believe in her obsession until they see her in action for themselves.
This also reminds me of the Redditor who told his mom dogs love squeaky toys, then got cats instead.
Even the organizer had to do a double take.
I had a home organizer come and help me organize,” Pope said. “She said I had way too many scrunchies, how many does one person realistically need? I said, ‘Well, they’re Sugar’s, and she loses them all the time. She likes to shoot them, so the elastic breaks, and they go over the fence or in my bowl of cereal and have to be trashed.’
Then a little later, Sugar grabbed a scrunchie and started shooting it all over the room we were in. She was shocked and said, ‘I didn’t think you were serious; I didn’t believe you.’ I was like, ‘I told you!’ We had a good laugh. People don’t understand until they see it in person.”
That tiny pup is honestly impressive with her smarts. She basically created her own slingshot/fetch kind of game all on her own, and now she gets to enjoy it whenever she wants.
The best part of it all is that her owners don't need to buy her expensive toys anymore. Just a few scrunchies will keep that pup happy.
And while her game might definitely be a little quirky, we're glad it brings her so much joy, and really, that's all that matters.
Some dogs really do make their own fun.
For more stubborn “dog training” drama, see how an 8-year-old copied 101 Dalmatians and quit.
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