Spotty the dalmatian

When I was younger, my favorite toy was a small stuffed dalmatian dog that I named Spotty. He made up a huge part of my childhood, and I remember countless hours spent playing with him. Dogs were my favorite animal, but no matter how many new stuffed dogs I got over the years, Spotty was my favorite. One time, at my grandmother's house, I arranged Spotty and several other of my dogs around poker cards and chips and left them alone for a while. To my horror, when I returned I found that my grandmother's real dog had ripped Spotty's nose off. Despite this, I continued to play with Spotty, and when my parents tried to replace him with an identical stuffed dog, I ended up playing with both. With both Spotty and New Spotty in hand, my adventures as a child were both fun and unforgettable.