Sophie didn’t destroy a lot of shoes. Keeping her well exercised and entertained prevented that. And it’s not every dog that will wreck your personal items. Most of our fosters never damaged household items or clothing. But when you have that many dogs going through your house, some table legs are going to get chomped.
Sophie only loved to sit on the furniture if we were on it.
Match the Toy to the Chew: Consider your dog's chewing style! Soft plushies for gentle chewers, tough rubber for power chewers, and puzzle toys for brainiacs.
Rotate the Fun: Keep things exciting by rotating a few toys at a time. Old toys become new again when they're rediscovered!
Safety First: Choose toys the right size to prevent choking and avoid flimsy materials that could be easily ingested.
It’s always fun when Sophie imagines herself as an alpha wolf. This comic inspired her story arc for book 3. Sophie goes on a journey to discover what being an alpha really means. In fact, “Sophie” book 3 opens with her as a wolf.
This was one of the strips I used as a backbone for the graphic novels. While this was a simple joke, based on something I always used to ask her, Sophie searching for purpose is the key to telling longer form stories.
Obviously I’m the one with the Doctor Who obsession. To be fair, Sophie was always on the couch next to me when I watched. I also had a Tardis cookie jar for dog treats. And yes, it makes “the noise” every time you open it.
Every parent knows this wish.
I have to be honest, I superimposed my doughnut obsession on Sophie. She never had a doughnut. However, her cheese addiction was real.
One of the true joys of puppies is that they will fall asleep anywhere at anytime.
More and more I’m using this blog to find inspiration for the graphic novels. Now all I can think of is Sophie and Doug in a noir detective mystery. I’ll jot that down for book 4.
Nothing better than a house full of puppies making trouble. They literally run till they pass out. Our Gunnar was the only foster I’ve ever encountered that never went through any of the normal puppy phases. To be honest, I thought something was wrong with him. Now that he’s part of the famly, we know he just marches to his own drummer…or whatever strange instrument that plays in his head.
Fortunately our cats weren’t big into knocking things off the counters. I think that’s because they spent most of their day outside. They were generally too tired for indoor mischief.
I’m pretty sure I saw something like this on America’s Funniest Home Videos back in the day.
I don’t have any window lickers but I have a house full of cabinet lickers.
If I’m being honest, it’s been a long time sonce I’ve waxed our floors. For starters, when you have as many fur babies running around as we do, you learn quickly it’s a fruitless endeavor.
Yup. Cats like to bake. That’s actually a song I came up with son and niece when they were little. We even made tiny chefs hats for the cats. And so it became a running joke in the comic.
If you can’t tell, I’m obsessed with Alice in Wonderland. I get to send the entire cast to Winderland in the upcoming Sophie graphic novels. I will say I’m not a big fan of any of the Wonderland movies. The entire purpose of the book was to defy logic and reason. Then they make it into a movie and apply logic and reason. It doens’t work.
The one Alice spin-off I do adore is American McGee’s Alice video game. It’s as bonkers as the original.
I turned this one into a shirt. You can check it out at the link below:
The amount of unidentifiable sticky substances we find on our dogs is disturbing.
The power struggle is real.
