While Max and I were in Boston with Deb and Mary for the URJ Biennial, Sophie was enjoying a sleepover with her best friend Molly. Robbie and Sonya were in for the holidays, so it was a chance for Sophie to learn about Christmas. Click on the photo above to Read more…
Halloween was quite the dress-up occasion for Sophie this year. Towards the beginning of October she donned a tux to compete in the pet costume contest at our local Agway. Then came Halloween itself which fell on a Saturday this year. That plus the great dry weather (yeah, who doesn’t Read more…
Our first real road trip with Sophie was to Freeport, Maine over Labor Day weekend 2015. Our first stop was Friday afternoon lunch at the Chauncey Creek Lobster Pier in Kittery. We then made it up to Freeport by late afternoon and checked into our dog-friendly accommodations at the Harraseeket Read more…
It took a while, but we finally received Sophie’s championship certificate in the mail from the AKC! Lyrac’s Sun Kissed Meadow is her “kennel name”, but she is Sophie to us.
In mid-September, Sophie graduated from kindergarten, or rather “puppy behaviorial enrichment” as it’s called now. She even performed the requisite graduation “trick”, in her case a “roll over” with daddy. We also had a nice visit with Myra and Reivan, which gave the grandparents a chance to dote a bit Read more…
At 4 months old, we only have one more puppy kindergarten class with Sophie. Graduation requires us to teach her a “trick”. Yeah RIGHT!! She’s starting to lose some of her baby teeth and being a little better behaved, so she’s earned some additional freedoms. Such as being allowed out Read more…