Fun for Sophie

Recently we have been trying to socialize Sophie with other dogs to try and help her not go crazy every time she sees one. She got to know Oreo a couple weeks ago, and last Sunday she got to know Georgia.

Georgia is half black lab and half pit bull. Sophie and Georgia played from about 9:30 AM until 12:30 PM...took an hour break, and then started playing again at 1:30 all the way until dinner.

Now...when most people think of playing they think of little tug of war with toys or maybe some sort of doggie tag, but these guys played "killer doggies" or some variation of that. This game means they run around the house as fast as they can and as soon as one of them catches the other, they wrestle each other to the ground.

Actually, it wasn't so much wrestling as street fighting. Anything goes, claws, fangs, even charging your adversary with your hindquarters! I had to cover the furniture with blankets because they were tearing around the house so fast they kept knocking all the cushions off!

Anyhow, they both had a blast. If anyone is looking to have their dog exercised, and they have a dog that loves to play, just let us know! Sophie would be more then happy to help out.

I am trying to convince Sarah that another puppy would really make Sophie a lot more calm around us, since she could use her extra energy to play with the puppy...but I haven't had any success convincing her as of yet.

Quick change of subject. Dad and I are playing in a tennis tourney this weekend in Elkhart. We are playing a level above where we signed because not enough people signed up for our level. We just got crushed our first match, but it was still a lot of fun. We are getting better, that is for sure!

Seth