Happy Birthday Sophie!

Most bloggers with pets have quite a few posts about their canine family members. Well, H and I don't plan on getting a pet any time soon, but I still regard Sophie to be "my pet" even though she lives with my mom. After all, I did live with her right up until my wedding. Just because she doesn't live with me any more doesn't mean that she's not my pet anymore, right?

Sophie is an "Apricot" (I use that term loosely because she likes to sunbathe and her fur is more bleached out than most apricots.) poodle. Most of the people in my immediate family have terrible pet allergies, so growing up we always had to have non-shedding dogs.  She's turning 5 years bold this week, so I thought I'd commemorate it with a special post. 

Here are some pics: 

Here she is dressed up in a "people skirt" for Halloween. (The canine counterpart to the 50's poodle skirts.) She's even giving you a sassy wink in that one. 

And dressed up in her Christmas collar and "bracelets" with bells. I swear we are not those people that dress up their dog all the time....only on holidays. :) She actually loves this ensemble. She prances around the house with her feet marching straight up in the air to make the bells ring. It's hilarious.

And here she is in what we call "floosy mode." She likes the undivided attention of any human male. She's been know to kick me out of the bed when we're dog sitting. 

I'll have to scan some puppy photos of her. She fit in my bathrobe pocket and looked like a miniature teddy bear. Unfortunately that was pre-digital camera. 

Happy Birthday Sophie!