RUFF RUFF ON HOLIDAY
Virginia hotel workers send family hilarious photos of lost dog toy, delighting thousands across the country.
By Cathy Free, Washington Post
Soft cries came from the back seat about halfway through Allison and Kristofer Kuykendall’s road trip home to Oak Hill, Va., in Fairfax County.
Allison Kuykendall heard her 2-year-old daughter’s voice asking: “Ruff Ruff? Ruff Ruff?”
She suddenly realized her toddler’s favorite stuffed dog, Ruff Ruff, had been left behind at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel where the family had stayed while attending a kids soccer tournament in Richmond with their four daughters in March.
What happened next delighted about 80,000 strangers who were grateful to find something to smile about after Kuykendall posted about it on Facebook.
“With everything coronavirus 24/7, I thought people might enjoy hearing about the adventures of Ruff Ruff,” she said.
Kuykendall, 39, said she felt terrible about forgetting her daughter’s fuzzy comfort companion and wondered whether it might be too late to get the cuddly dog back.
As soon as the family unloaded the car that night, she called the hotel and was told to check in with the desk clerk the next morning. Everyone was relieved to learn that Ruff Ruff was in the lost-and-found and would be mailed to them in a day or two.
That's when the fun began.
Three days later, when a box arrived at the Kuykendall home addressed to Juniper, the toddler and her older sisters gathered to help open it. Inside, nestled next to Ruff Ruff, they found a tin of chocolate chip cookies, a note and five enlarged photos showing how Juniper’s stuffed dog had spent his solo vacation at the Doubletree...READ MORE + SEE FUNNY PIX
