After years of begging, and months of strategically placing different puppy breed and obedience training books around the apartment where I thought Mr. Hallmark might happen to stumble upon them, he finally agreed. We could get a puppy.
In typical Hallmark form, we wasted no time. We immersed ourselves in everything puppy. We took quizzes to help us pick the right breed, found a breeder we loved, read books, picked a vet, puppified the apartment so it would be safe and ready for its arrival, bought all the necessary supplies and drove up to Maryland, ready to find the perfect puppy for us.
As newlyweds, what better gift to give one another than a puppy who would fill our home with fun, joy, and love? (i.e fur, late nights and early mornings, scratches on the hardwood floor, holes in our socks, and accidents on every square inch of our new apartment) and we were right. Sophie has changed our lives for the better and we can’t imagine our lives without her now.
When we walked into our breeders home, all of the little 12 week old puppies came running over to us, except for one. Crouched beneath the couch, with only her little head peaking out, Sophie looked out at us with her big baby brown eyes and we were hooked. Moments later, while we were petting her brother, Sophie came over and crawled confidently into my lap and she never left. This was our puppy.
Sophie came into our New York City apartment and made it feel even more like home. She has filled our lives with so much happiness and we are simply smitten with her. We adore her enthusiasm. We love how she runs to greet us when we’ve just come up from taking the garbage out like she hasn’t seen us in a month. We love that she bolts through the front door when she & I come back from our walk, jumping up on the bed and licking his face with an incredible fervor to wake Mr. Hallmark from his slumber. We love how she sits by the door waiting for him to come home. We love how she knows when to just be calm and be there. We. love. her. She has the ability to make us smile and laugh constantly and has filled our home with an irreplaceable joy. We simply adore her. She’s our Sophie.
This one just cracks me up. She fell asleep sitting up!
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