How did she know?

After my grandmother passed, my kids and I went up to her house to help go through some of her things.  I was going through a box of Christmas ornaments, while my kids were going through the game closet.  I got up and looked inside the closet, and saw a red satin square box, like one you would store a very nice ornament in. I told my 10-year old daughter to open it up.  She refused.  I asked her again, and, again, I got a 'no'.  I was starting to get a little upset with her, but she insisted on not doing it.  I gave in and started opening the box up myself. The first thing I noticed was that there was some really unusual packing material in the box.  As I dug deeper, a light went off in my head! Oh my goodness, this is Pumpkin! Pumpkin was the dog of my great aunt, my grandmother's sister. What the heck was this dog's remains doing in her game closet?!?  This is a funny example of how older folks are unique!