Via Today:
This dog’s Great White Whale is a bright green toy that was recently discontinued. Luckily a heroic PetSmart employee stepped in to save the day.
There is only one toy that Jaxon the dog enjoys, and he truly and literally loves this toy to bits. It is a green plush alligator with big, cute eyes and two little, pointed teeth; and it’s only sold at PetSmart.
“He loves Greenie,” Kelli Brown, Jaxon’s human mom, told TODAY in an email. “Mostly he likes to lay his head on it when he’s lounging on the couch, and he also gives it tiny bites. He’s not a chewer and he’s never even squeaked the squeaker.”
This is an enduring love. Jaxon got his first Greenie in his Christmas stocking, right after he was adopted at the age of 8 from the Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society, in Bowling Green, Kentucky, in December of 2014. It was love at first bite.
In the years since, Brown, who is 40 and lives in Bowling Green, has tried to entice her dog into enjoying other toys. She has a house full of them since Jaxon’s 9-year-old dog brother, Punkin, adopted from Old Friends Senior Dog Sanctuary, is rather indiscriminate in his tastes.
Jaxon’s not having it. He won’t play with these others or nibble them, or nap on them. It’s Greenie or bust for this guy. Jaxon is 12 years old now, and knows what he likes. And what he likes is Greenie.
Jaxon usually goes through two Greenies per year, which means Brown makes regular trips to her local PetSmart to replenish the dog’s supply. But in January, when Brown went to pick up some new ones, there were none to be found.[…]
Kercho saw the tweet and sprung right into action to make sure Jaxon wouldn’t be without his Greenie.
“If anyone had the power to help this little guy, it’s me,” she told TODAY.
There were no stuffed alligators for sale on the store’s regular racks. So Kercho dug through the clearance bins in the back of the store. Underneath a big pile of marked-down merchandise, she found eight of Jaxon’s precious Greenies.
HT: Louisiana Mom