Green eggs and candy corn

The day I met Sage was also the day she had her first real horse treat.

Stefanie's assistant was working with her, showing off the things she knew. She did a new skill correctly, and Stefanie said, "Reward that."

Taylor patted her pockets and replied, "I don't have anything."

"I do!" I exclaimed. I reached into my pocket, fished out a cookie and handed it to Sage.

She chewed and chewed and chewed, bobbing her head up and down as she did so. When she was done, she turned her lip up in the air and waved her head around.

"What did you give her?" Stefanie asked somewhat accusingly.

"A Nutrigood Low Sugar Snax," I answered like the Dover product advisor I am.

"Hmmm," Stefanie responded. "We use hay pellets, not cookies."

By this point, Sage had stopped making faces and was actively begging for another Nutrigood snack. "If I adopt you," I told her conspiratorially, "There will be a lot more of those in your future."

As we all know, I did adopt her.

And, as we all know, I keep my promises.

Sage has sampled a lot of treats in the last five months, but she has not had any human candy. That changed this morning when Lynn reposted her 2018 Halloween Candy Corn post.

As soon as I saw it, I knew what I had to do.

Sage knows good things come in plastic bags. She was interested but not overly so.

Then I tore a corner off the bag and she got a whiff of all that sugar.

She got so excited, she knocked the bag right out of my hand.

At this point, she got a little confused. There was lots of snuffling, but no actual eating.

I gathered up the loose kernels and offered them to her in my hand. She dove right in.

I also offered some candy corns to Kaffi...

and Luna.

Two more...

very enthusiastic yeses.

Say!! We like them, Mom-I Am! We do! WE do like candy corn!

And we will eat them from your hand!

And we will lick you where you stand!

We would eat them off the ground!

And we sure would like another pound!

They are so good, so good, you see! Thank you, thank you, Best Mom-You-Be!