Welcome, Sophie!

[starvinbohemian]

Stanzi has a new sibling!



Meet Sophia Lavinia-- a.k.a Sophie. A.k.a Stanzi II: The Girl Version. They're full biological siblings, and they seem to share the same personality. It's hilarious, and she brings back all the memories of when Stanzi was a puppy (because they look and act exactly the same-- and because it was just a few months ago that he was one). The main difference? Sophie is a cuddler! Unlike Stanzi, who puts up with it for only so long before he tires of humoring the silly humans. If I had gotten them in the reverse order, they soooo would have been named Wolfie and Stanzi.

Sophie used to live with my cousins, but they weren't expecting all the effort required for a Shih-tzu puppy. I tell people that they're remarkably similar to babies (up to and including absurd wake-up times), but they always look at me like, "Okay, crazy dog-lady." I guess you have to have one to know. I know certain former roommates of mine who know the deal, huh? ;)

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[ern115.livejournal.com]

PUPPY!!!

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Hehe. Yup. ^__^

Did you know I named my car Sophia?

[einarrd686.livejournal.com]

Oh GOD. Oh little Sophie. So dem cute. Dammit all, I wish I could be there for all the annoying/endearing puppy life, including the celebrating every time she uses the puppy pad, and freaking out when she barks, and spraying her in the face and realizing that she actually likes that. Does she have any necessarily long middle names? If she is indeed Stanzi's sister, the tradition cannot die with her. I like Lavinia of course, and I would advocate the use of another badass Roman matron, Drusilla's a good name, but she slept with her brother, so that's a bad precedent. I'd suggest Livia of course, but you already have an L. Pompadour is good, but Nicole will kill you for naming her for the woman who snogged The Doctor who wasn't Billie Piper. A couple of ideas if you are of course still looking: Artemesia, Sofonisba, Catarina, Elisabetta, Remedios (all artists), Imelda (maybe not badass, but notorious), erm, that's all I got for now, if these are not needed, I understand.

Re: Did you know I named my car Sophia?

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

I forgot about your car's name! Get out of my head, Maggie. ;)

Awwww, Stanzi memories! I wish you could be here, too! Let's run off and start a shih-tzu farm where we will live for the rest of our days surrounded by fluffy adorableness.

I tried to keep the name tradition alive, but I accidentally botched it by assuming that Sophia had a Russian origin when I suggested it. But it's actually Greek, damn it! And the nickname that I used to sell the name to my family is French, so you know I really screwed up. :P At least I tacked on Lavinia to keep the Roman middle name tradition alive. I'd tack on more, but I don't think I'm allowed. They still make me recite Stanzi's full name to every unfortunate soul who wanders through our door.

And HA-- Drusilla may very well prove very apt. D:

Re: Did you know I named my car Sophia?

[einarrd686.livejournal.com]

Allowed? She's your baby right?

Also, if we are going to start a Shih-tzu farm, can it also be an expat boarding house in England? We can have a bar in the basement and puppyland can be in the attic. The inspiration hit me on the drive home, there's something very appealing about being one of two batty expats in London throwing dinner parties for the greatest minds of our generation, in the creakiest old house on the street. Surrounded by ewok dogs with elaborate names. We can cut rent for anyone willing to walk all the dogs, clean up after and train them. Meanwhile, I'll be on meal duty, and you can be in charge of drinks. Or if you would prefer, you can be the resident Roman Historian, but that will probably still involve drinks.

Re: Did you know I named my car Sophia?

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Oh, Maggie, what a beautiful dream you speak of! This must happen.

No, Sophie is technically a "family dog," but not really since I've so far done all the work with her and she sleeps with me just like Stanzi used to. She's my girl. But in any case, she'll stay here when Stanzi and I eventually move out, so she's not technically mine.

And yes, discussing Roman history very much requires drinks. Many drinks.

[frigginspaz.livejournal.com]

wait, is that Chloe, just renamed? lol

I WILL STEAL HER FROM YOU

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

I know no Chloe. There is no Chloe. There is only Sophia Lavinia.

Seriously, though, she didn't respond to "Chloe," but she responded to "Sophie" almost right away. It was uncanny. The puppy has spoken.

NEVER!

[kaysa3.livejournal.com]

OMG!!!!
I'm so jealous of you right now! She's adorable though, congrats :) Are you still planning on breeding Stanzi? Or I guess even Sophie if she's not fixed?

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Thank you! :)

Well, I can't really put off the fixing issue anymore, since it's either him or her now (and no one will let me sell incest puppies even though it would be a thousand times more convenient). Right now, I'm leaning towards Stanzi if only because we'd have to wait five months to fix Sophie and I can't trust Stanzi to behave himself for that long. So, the issue of breeding (if I ever get around to it) will probably fall to her.

[kaysa3.livejournal.com]

LOL. incest puppies= puppy mills. very much not good.
well if you do breed Sophie I'll be looking for a small dog starting in October :) I know I should probably get a rescue dog, but I haven't had a puppy since Taffy and that was nearly 15 years ago.

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Whatever! My house is not a puppy mill! Just perhaps a tiny den of iniquity... *Shifty eyes*

Aww, you should get a rescue puppy! This recession is filling up the pounds. Besides, the whole point of breeding them at all would be the fact that the purebred puppies go for at least $600. No sane person should spend that much on a dog. But if you really want to... ;)

[kaysa3.livejournal.com]

rescue puppies are amazing, but we've had some hard luck. Remember Fudge? Died of bone cancer at age 5 months, Max sold behind my back, and Molly taken away by some crazy farm lady at Petco. Then there's Rusty (who we still have) a dog I love and adore, but who is also completely and really legitimately insane, and incapable of being around any other dog besides Tracy. Tracy is perfect though.
...holy crap. I'm pretty sure I won't have $600 at the end of this degree :)
oh well. I really miss having a dog :(

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

Holy crap, that's a lot of bad luck! And ???? at a crazy farm lady stealing your dog. WTF??

I'm pretty sure I won't have $600 at any time in the near future-- Hence, the urge to sell some puppies. ;)

[kaysa3.livejournal.com]

yeah. that was messed up in a really epic way.
I was actually more pissed about my Mom getting rid of Max though, but if she hadn't I probably wouldn't have Tracy so I guess things work out.

lol! sell those puppies! great luck that you got Sophie then!

[starvinbohemian.livejournal.com]

No, seriously, what the hell happened with the farm lady? Did she literally take your dog and run away with it?

Yeah, it was great luck for Sophie, too. She's practically a rescue dog herself, considering that my cousins practically threw her into my mother's arms and they clearly had no idea how to take care of her. She was filthy, with cakes of yuck around her eyes that we spent a long time cleaning and cutting away. Anyone who owns a shih-tzu should know that they have to clean their eyes consistently. *Is still indignant in a crazy dog lady kind of way*

[kaysa3.livejournal.com]

that was my Mom again. we had this dog with us, after just rescuing her off the streets with Max (her brother) and this lady came up to us and spent the next hour talking to my Mom about this dog. The next thing I know I hear "well I need another dog..." and BAM Molly's in the woman's arms and the woman's walking back to her car. So, yes and no.

aww, poor Sophie! I'm glad to hear she's in good hands now :) and she has a brother! but being a crazy dog lady is *always* a good thing. its one of my life's ambitions :)