Mario and Sophie

Mario wouldn't admit to how much he loved Buzz until I tried to tell him it was time to put him to sleep. He resisted for months. I finally just had to tell him it was time and didn't really give him a chance to say no.

Now with Sophie, he acts the same way. He won't admit to liking her. But he did slip the other day and admitted to loving her. He was so proud of her the other day. We had taken her to play at the dog park. We were the only ones there but as we were leaving, a car pulled up. A couple got out with their Doberman, Rottweiler, and German Shepard. Those are all breeds that Mario stays away from because of their reputations. But for some reason, he decided to stay and see how Sophie does with them. He was so proud of her. She didn't back down to any of the dogs even when they started to gang up on her towards the end. He was impressed with her strength in standing her ground and also just keeping up with them. She was amazing. The other owners were impressed with her because I guess most dogs back down.

Mario has a lot of fun with Sophie. We have a stuffed animal squirrel that I tried to throw away the other day. Mario saw it and dug it out of the trash. He had the crazy idea to put it on the end of a fishing rod and tease Sophie with it since she has this squirrel obsession. We were all laughing so hard.

The squirrel worked so well that we used it to lure Sophie back after she escaped out the front door later that day. Mario and I definitely have a love/hate relationship with her. Obviously the love part outweighs the hate. She seems to get in some trouble daily like eating a plum (on the carpet) or running out the front door as soon as we open it or digging through the trash and eating all the chicken bones or eating chocolate cake off the counter or running out into the street in front of cars. The last three things could kill her, but she doesn't know any better.




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