Sadie

A couple people have asked to see some pictures of our dog, Sadie, so here's a post dedicated entirely to her. We got Sadie from a lady who fosters rescue dogs until they are found a permanent home. Rhea and I disagreed a bit on exactly what kind of dog we wanted - she wanted a lap dog and I wanted a bigger dog. I had grown up with lab/retriever mixes and she grew up with a toy poodle, so we had to come to a compromise. I think we met closer to my position than the middle, but don't let her know I said that. In any case, we looked online for quite a while (with help from my mom) and finally found a dog named Trudy who seemed like she might fit our family. We went down to meet her and pretty much decided that she would be the one. We brought her home on labor day weekend and showed her off to mom's side of the family (they always hang out for labor day weekend at mom and dad's). "Trudy" didn't really seem to fit her, so we changed her name about six or seven times that day until we settled on Sadie. She was really timid to begin with, but as we spent time with her, she opened up quite a bit and is now an excellent pet. She still doesn't really fetch except inside our living room, when she's in the mood, and only with her stuffed animal toys. That's a lot better than it was when we first got her, but still falls short of my hopes. She really enjoys hiking with us and even had her own saddle bag style pack (in the picture here, she's very ready for a drop break). She loves to go with us wherever she can (thus the happy dog smile when she is in the truck), tolerates a cowboy hat for pictures, and believes herself to be the lap dog Rhea always wanted.










(For those of you who may not know, you can click on the pictures and see a larger version.)