Sophie Bear Russell

It's official. Sophie has been adopted into the Russell household. The adoption happened on Wednesday and I couldn't be happier to make her a permanent addition to our household. She is an amazingly sweet dog. She lives to be loved and to love you, her timing might be off on loving you aka when I'm trying to sleep in on a day off, but I still couldn't be happier!

When doing hte adoption, we realized she was not microchipped and so we went in to the shelter today to get her chipped. She was less than pleased to be returning to where she was surrendered. She was scared and reverted to the dog with the tail between her legs and trembling. I felt like a horrible Mom, but I knew she needed to be chipped. If she got out, then she would run!! She doesn't know our neighborhood well enough to be sure she would come back home, so it's WAY important for her to be chipped. Once that was done, she was ready to go and be on her way home. She is SUCH a good car rider. I hardly even noticed her in the car. She sleeps in the back seat and appears to be at peace in the car. She is the total opposite of Kahlua in this respect. Kahlua flys from one window to the other, doesn't lay down, nor does she posses decent balance for a turn or stop of any kind!

She is currently resting peacefully on a chair and happy to have a forever home! I love that dog and I'm happy for the positive changes she has made in the household. She has made Kahlua act about 5 years younger. They play with each other, with their toys and sleep together. These are things that I have tried for years to provide for Kahlua, but she doesn't respond to my toy interactions, doesn't play tug or fetch, but with Sophie she does it all and she is DARN good at it!! Two Two is still getting used to the fast pace Sophie lives, but she can often be found laying near Sophie on the bed. Give Two Two time to get used the the fast movements, and Sophie time to realize that we aren't going anywhere and I think that will be a sweet partnership!

Joe loves Sophie. More at night than in the morning. She wakes at the first sound and has a hard time going back to sleep, but I look at it as a way to get me moving earlier and be more productive with my day. Today is a prime example. I got WAY more done on a Thursday than I have EVER done since I started at the Shelter. I usually use Thursday as a lay around and take some time for myself cause I worked so hard during the week day!

So all in all I think Sophie is going to be the fresh step this house needs. Now, I'm not saying she's perfect. I hunt for my clothes that she has hidden throughout the house on a daily basis. She has no personal space boundaries. She has a thing for my favorite comforter, but her smile, her eyes, her face, her love makes all those silly things fly right out of my head.

I'm going to be crafting tomorrow. Starting early and hopefully getting a lot done before I have to go home!! I'll post what I work on!!

Happy Day!

Lisa