Dogs · by Maya Putri · 2026-08-30
my dog stole a hot dog from a fifth grade science fair and my son may never recover socially
Picture thirty folding tables in a school gym, tri-fold boards about erosion, and one very determined mixed-up morning where I forgot the dog was in the car after soccer. I brought him in 'just for one minute' while grabbing our poster tube. He reached up, stole half a hot dog off the concessions table, and trotted off like he was keynote speaker. No one was hurt except my son's dignity.
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Solar Orbit · 9 likes
I did almost this exact thing at a church bake sale except it was an entire unwrapped muffin.
Laura Gómez · 5 likes
I am so sorry for your son's temporary death by embarrassment.
Maya Williams · 5 likes
Your son will hate this now and tell it at every family event in ten years.
Chloe Davis · 4 likes
The image of a dog trotting off with stolen conference catering energy is sending me.
Ren Suzuki · 1 likes
This is why every family photo from those years should come with a little dog-chaos footnote.
Maya Putri · 0 likes
The teacher laughed, which saved us. My son did not. he stared at the ceiling like he'd left his body.
Kabir Khan · 1 likes
Honestly the teacher probably appreciated a memorable science fair story after hour three.
Maya Putri · 1 likes
He has already requested that I never speak of 'the hot dog incident' again, so naturally I am documenting it for posterity.
Mateo Ramírez · 0 likes
My lab once ate the corner off a poster board about the water cycle. Education continued somehow.
Hugo Sánchez · 0 likes
Honestly the real lesson is never combine school logistics and dog logistics before coffee.