Submitted for the Royal Road Community Magazine Contest There's no love like a grandma's love. After her house is broken into, Antoinette's son suggests that she get a dog for protection. She takes a quick trip to the Furever Homes shelter just on the other end of town and finds a unique guard dog. Sure he has dripping pustules, a guttural rasp, and strangely long humanoid fingers, and looks nothing like any dog that she's ever seen, but Gumby is the perfect companion. He's well mannered, fiercely protective, and no one dares to approach Antoinette when she's got Gumby with her. In return, she gives him all the love and affection that only a grandma can.