We recently went on a trip to Branson and stayed at Chateau on the Lake. It was beautiful. We took Sophie and received two offers buy her!
I love foggy mornings.
Our room was upgraded to a King Suite with a lake view which is $100/night more than we actually paid.
Here is the hotel’s marina which does not seem very busy on a cold fall morning.
There are quaint spots all over the hotel grounds.
Sophie – the poodle.
Sophie knows when we are getting ready to go to Starbucks and trots out the door as if she is invited. The strange thing is, she hates the car but loves going to Starbucks. It is very short drive so that could be the reason. The Baristas at Starbucks have told us several times, after seeing Sophie in the car with us, that the whipped topping makes a great treat for dogs. So, feeling generous, we ordered our whipped cream on the side this morning.
The verdict….?
I think this goobery smiles says it all!
She demands more…
Lick, Lick, Lick Oh my. Now we are off to take a walk on this beautiful day!
Last time I got Sophie groomed, they cut around her bottom (you know…) incredibly short. It looked strange because her bottom had this bright white spot with no hair. Well I took her in today to get groomed again. I asked about it and they told me that is called the “sanitary cut!” LOL
Just in case you were interested…
Here is Sophie’s sister Chloe:
Don’t tell Sophie, but Chloe sits up there to get a break from her!!
Here is Sophie feeling tall on a mattress we had propped up on a wall!!
This week Sophie supposedly ate a chocolate covered raisin. I did not see it with my own eyes, but my neighbor children said they saw Sophie eat it! Raisins are very toxic to dogs. Some dogs are immune, but you should never give you dog raisins or grapes. And as you all know, dogs are not supposed to have chocolate. I didn’t want to alarm my neighbors, so I played it off like it was no big deal. When I got home, Sophie appeared fine but I decided to call the vet just in case. I called the vet, and he said she should be fine if it was just one. They told me to bring her in should she start vomiting, acting lathragic, or not acting like herself.
As you can tell, she survived…and enjoying life…a little too much…
Here are some pictures taken last week of the progress on our house being built. They have the walls up now! Yay!! These pictures were taken just after the foundation was done. We were told that even with the recent ice storm, they are ahead of schedule.
The morning I took these photos, I had walked up from the apartment complex. As I was walking I saw a man facing the road from a distance, and I couldn’t figure out what we was doing. He happend to look up, see me, and proceed to act incredibly suprised. He almost jumped. It was then that I realized he was urinating!! He acted like he didn’t know what to do, so he turned towards one of the houses being built. When he was finished with his job, he zipped up faster than lightening, and ran back inside. LOL Urinating in the middle of the city, facing the road…REALLY??
Oh my goodness!! I haven’t written if forever. Not that I ever have anything too important to say. 
With 13hrs of school and working part time I have more on my plate than ever before.
On the Sophie front…
Sophie has learned two new tricks: roll over and shake. Here is a video for your viewing pleasure.
Tricks for Treats from Petunia Bloom on Vimeo.
Also, Sophie got a boyfriend that her grandparents are very concerned about. Sophie met him at Petsmart.
This is my first video upload. I did it all by myself without the help of my wonderful, handsome computer geek husband. I promise, I did it myself. Ok, so maybe I had a little help…or maybe a lot. You will never know!!
This is a video of Sophie and her reaction to being told that it is time for bath. I just love saying “Bath Time” and watching her melt, so I thought I would share.
Sophie bath time from Petunia Bloom on Vimeo.
After her bath Sophie runs around, snorts, and rubs her ears on the floor. Then, I have to comb her hair again…sigh! She snorts several times in this video, but the volume has to be up fairly high so you can hear her.
Sophie after her bath. from Petunia Bloom on Vimeo.
In the background of these two clips you can hear it icing outside. Little pieces of ice were falling out of the sky. I took video of that as well, but my voice in the background was too annoying to post… Anyway, it was 75 degrees here today so it feels very strange to have a snow/ice mixture on the ground after such a warm day.
Sophie gets extremely nervous in the car. She shakes, yawns, and whines every long car trip. It upsets us that she is so nervous so we gave her some benadryl this time. She was very calm and happy most of the trip. Here is our poor drugged dog. Next time we will drug her again. It made the trip much more enjoyable for all of us.
On the way to the farm, Oklahoma built a welcome center on the border. It has a dog park in it. There is a section for large dogs and one for small dogs. Sophie looks forward to using that sometime. I didn’t let her play there this time, because there was too much poop. Maybe next time…
