I just realised that I never introduced the newest member of our family!! How could you guys not mention that I haven't explained how we got our sweet Sophie? Come on people, I depend on you to let me know when I'm slacking off. lol
Anyways, we will pretend that 6 months haven't passed.. Introducing the newest member of our family!
Sophie Lawson
As you can see, she isn't a puppy. She is actually about two weeks younger than Roonie. She is much smaller partly because she is a female, partly because she is from the working line of the breed, and well partly because she was malnutritioned when we got her. Poor thing.
We were contacted by our breeder, who had been contacted by someone else, that a female pyr was going to be put into a high kill shelter in the area and they were hoping to find her a forever home instead. Well, we have always said we wanted two dogs (more if I get my way) and we have to have females, long story.. So we offered to take her but were on our way out of town for my brother's wedding. The family that had her said they would keep her for two weeks till we got home.
So I went up and got her, she was super shy, underweight and covered in fleas. Poor thing didn't know how to walk on a leash, had no training at all, and her coat was a sticky yellow color.
Since we have had her she has become a central part of our lives. Roonie is in love with her, they play like siblings, fighting over the same bone when three others are laying next to them. :0)
She has gained about 30 pounds, has a beautiful coat that is continuing to come in fuller, thicker and softer. She went through puppy basics and did well, considering I had to start with issues that others created for her and what she had done for almost the first year of her life. To training her to respond to me and not think I was going to beat her (grrr it still makes me angry that someone hit her). She isn't going to be winning any obedience awards but she now walks happily on leash, responds to my commands (most of the time, lol). And she is less fearful of every noise or new object. She still barks ALOT at other dogs, we are working on her chilling out. Especially when on leash, at a heal at my side.. yah not my favorite thing she does, but like I said, she has come so far in such a short time. I am very proud of her!
She has become a big part of our lives. The girls love to have her around. Carmen feels its her job to entertain Sophie early every morning. I hear her from her room reading books to Sophie.. she doesn't want Roonie to hone in on her time though. And we all know how well the Moose does when he is being ignored, lol.
She will let you do most anything to her. Except get near her face. Poor thing was hit in the face I think, so she is really sensitive about that. Just in the last few weeks she will let you kiss the top of her head. She will let you pet it, and if she starts it you can touch her muzzle, but don't force it or she will just leave the room.
Like I said, she came to us with a whole bag of issues of her own. But she is a doll and I think she truly wants to make us happy. More so than Roonie that is. She has really come out of her shell while with us. She loves to run around the backyard and chase Roonie, biting his ankles, lol.
She loves marrow bones (not sure if she ever had one before coming to us), and string cheese. Oh and did I mention that we are her fourth owners? Ya, poor thing started to act up at the time we had had her about 3 months... get this. The breeder had her for about 3 months, then the first owner who had her for three months (who got rid of her because he broke up with this girlfriend and didn't want the dog anymore), and then the family who had her before us, at the three month mark decided they couldn't take on what she needed. So she was bounced around so much that I think she was prepping herself for us to pass her along too. Nope, sorry sweets your stuck with us for good!! (and that includes all the silly hats, headbands, and plastic jewelry the girls dress you up in)
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