Marley fell in love with a strawberry toy the moment he saw it while shopping with his mother. His mother, Hayley Martin, bought it for him after he chose it and made it plain that he needed it, and it became his favorite toy at that point.
For over a year, Marley played with and doted on his strawberry toy. It meant so much to him that when his mom met one of her idols, singer Kirstin Maldonado from the group Pentatonix, she brought her a strawberry toy to give to her own dog, hoping her dog would love it just as much as Marley did.
Unfortunately, after over a year of being playing with constantly, Marley’s strawberry toy became worn, and eventually Marley’s mom had to throw it away.
“Its last legs was when it got soaked and covered in mud and washing it couldn’t save it,” Martin told.
Martin immediately looked into buying Marley a replacement strawberry toy — and was devastated when she realized the toy had been discontinued.
Marley is a trained autism service dog, and works hard to help his mom out every day. She desperately wanted to do something for him in return and get him a replacement strawberry toy, so she began posting online, asking if anyone knew a way she could find one.
Somehow, Martin’s message was seen by the manager of the shop that sold the strawberry toy, and he instantly contacted her. Martin was delighted when she said she could send two strawberry toys.
She eagerly opened the parcel when it was delivered, expecting to find the two toys inside, but instead she discovered 20 strawberry-themed toys.
Martin couldn’t believe it, and as soon as he saw the toys, Marley couldn’t believe it either.
was very eager but also so careful with everything. He went over them all for an hour, giving each one a push to make them squeak!
Marley was so excited to have not just one but 20 strawberry toys, and his mom is so happy that he’ll never have to be without his favorite toy again.
Marley does so much for his mom, and she tries to give back to him whenever she can — and making sure he always has a strawberry toy to play with is definitely the best gift he could ever get.
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