I'd like to introduce....

Sophie! She is my foster baby from the Charleston Animal Society. She is a sweet girl who in the confines of the shelter became increasingly shy and scared of those she did not know. This was hindering her going up for adoption. Well, I thought she was the sweetest thing, and so I decided to see if they would be interested in me fostering her to help her become a little more socialized. When she first came into the shelter we thought she was a boy because we saw her tail tucked so tightly between her legs, that we thought that was her boy parts!

Sophie is an English Setter mix, and she is 1 1/2 years old. She is extremely sweet, and to date has not shown that she is a barker. She is full of energy!

She came home with me today after an appointment at the groomers. She had horribly matted fur behind her ears and she needed some professional assistance. She LOVED the car ride. She laid in the back seat at first and then with astonishing grace she moved to the front seat and curled up into a ball and looked oh so sweet! When we got home I let her out in the backyard and she ran all around smelling things and running and running! I then thought, she seemed comfortable enough to go and bring Kahlua out! So I went upstairs and got Kay. They smelled each other face to face and face to butt for quite sometime and then I got them out in the yard chasing toys and each other!

Mom and Dad came over today to help me get started on the waterproofing/staining project that is my deck! By the time they got here Sohpie seemed to lose all shyness. I have yet to see her with her tail between her legs. She loved meeting Mom, Dad and Joe. She enjoys the dogs that live next door and runs along the fence with them. I'm hoping my neighbor doesn't mind this! She thinks Two Two is quite interesting, but Two Two thinks she is big and new. Give Two some time and she will be in love with Miss Sophie!

Here's a little showing of how the stain looks on the deck. The right has been stained and the left not. It will be a big project in the end, but it will look great once it's complete!

Sophie and Kahlua switched between playing and "helping" Dad and I stain the deck! They are cute and seem to like each other very much! This is good news, cause hopefully Sophie can become a part of our family permanently. She would be a great addition and give Kahlua a good dog friend to play with.

Food has been an interesting situation here today. So far I haven't seen Sophie eat any of the dog food that I have put out for her, though Kahlua has eaten it all. She has turned down a Peanut Butter filled Kong, as did Kay. It took three tries of giving her her big bone for her to take it and eat it, though Kahlua did try and sneak it away once when she wasn't looking (I got it back from her though!) Then came treats... She doesn't quite know how to sit on command. I have been trying all day, but she tends to get her treat anyway. Well tonight I got her to sit!! It was AWESOME!! Though, I'm not sure if it was a fluke or if she sat out of boredom, but we'll find out next time she does something worthy of a treat. For dinner tonight Mom, Dad, Joe and I had chili dogs for dinner, well one poorly placed spoon toppled onto the floor, though first grazing the side of Sophie. Did I mention she just came from the groomer today??!! So while I was cleaning her side off of chili, Kahlua took care of the floor for me. Sophie still has a little showing of the chili on her, but I think overall she will be ok!

What a lovely day!! I am enjoying our new addition, Kahlua, Sophie and I went on a walk around the neighborhood. Kay and Sophie are two different walkers. Kahlua is of the Walk, Sniff, Walk, Sniff, Walk, Sniff variety. Sophie is of the let's keep walking this is fun. Come on let's go. I like walking. What was that???? So, it was fun mixing the two styles. Hopefully we can find a happy medium over time.

We are now going to settle down for the night and watch Sunshine Cleaning, and hoping for an incident free night of good sleep for all!

Happy Day!

Lisa