Once there lived a beautiful black labrador retriever named Shadow. Shadow wasn't like other dogs....
...she liked to wear a Miami Dolphins football helmet.
Often shadow would get carried away and run into things. Even other people! The problem was that the helmet, although very protective, would often completely cover her eyes.
One fateful day, Shadow ran straight off the dock with her helmet on and kerplashed into the water.
Shadow survived the incident unscathed , but she lost her precious Helmet of Power (although she did find a Pink Bowl of Strength). She was never quite the same afterwards.
In Loving Memory of a Headstrong Dog