DEAR SOPHIE

LETTERS TO MY SERVICE DOG ... The link to my personal blog, WENDY-LAND, is listed at right.

23 January 2012

Sailor Dog

Dear Sophie,
Another milestone, your first boat ride, was so much fun I hope we can do it again sometime ... maybe somewhere other than the middle of the desert, but even the desert was pretty cool when you're looking at it from the middle of Canyon Lake. Of course it didn't hurt to have heavy overcast skies and temperatures in the low 60's ... absolutely perfect conditions!
We took Grandma out on the boat with the two tickets we won at the Happy Tails Christmas party, and did we ever have a great afternoon!
You never cease to amaze me, Sophie. You went aboard the boat like it was nothing different at all, more interested in the ducks than anything else on the way down ... the fruits of being bred from a hunting line I suppose.
Once on board, you plopped down on the deck and we never heard a peep out of you the whole trip. I was so proud of you!
So now, let's see ... you've done airplane, boat, bus, rail ... we'll see what we can do about getting you on a subway while we're back East ... and then I think you'll have pretty much done it all. (Don't even think about trying to ride a horse; ain't gonna happen.)
Thanks for being a good girl today, Sophie, and especially for the few "catches" you braced for. I can always depend on my girl!