One of many, Sadie

Sadie’s favorite activities consist of pressing her cold wet nose onto warm or embarrassing places on my body, or Bud’s or whichever unsuspecting human is around to yelp in surprise; sleeping on any blanket or fleece designated for people while consistently avoiding her own; sniffing everything (including the air) and lying in the sun. But mostly lying in the sun. One of my favorite stories involving my favorite subjects is one where Bud took Sadie out to pee. Not only does it embarrass him that my designated phrase - to indicate that it is now time for her to pee - is “Go potty” but also that she is a “girl dog” i.e. purse/bag size. He’s even gone so far as to suggest I got her as my own personal accessory, which couldn’t be farther from the truth seeing as she was a gift, but anyway. One morning he took Sadie out and I could hear him repeating in a bored-that-turned-to-frustrated tone “Sadie, go potty, go potty Sadie…Sadie, go potty, go potty! Sadie! Go! Potty!” Relishing the entertainment, I slid up to the screen door to watch, just as he squatted down, clenched his fists in frustration and whisper-screamed “Goooooo pottttty!” Here is one of her lying in the sun.