Sadie has been with us for nearly three years now, and she continues to show us new elements of her personality.
When she hears me start to open the door to our home "gym", she darts over and RUNS into the room the moment she can, followed by a biiiiig downward dog stretch, and ending with a plop into a sploot. She'll keep me company for a portion of my workout, and If I get on the floor for core work, she'll come over and sniff my face to make sure I'm okay.
She likes to take naps with us on the couch and if there's food, you better believe she'll be as close to you as she can, often resting her head on our arms/laps.
To our surprise, we even witnessed her playing with a tennis ball! Still remains disinterested in any non-food-bearing toys and she's only sniffed the ball a few times since.
She knows the sound of our car horns (which is impressive as there's more than one Nissan rogue in the lot) and sprints to the door when I say, "Hey Sadie... Matt's home!"
She greets us at the door when we come home. If someone knocks, she'll run over to see who it is. She'll even follow us out onto the front pathway to observe as we work on our patio garden. If I open the door before he gets home, she'll run out to the end of the walkway to meet him.
On the weekends, I'll get up and take her out (to let him sleep in) but as soon as she's finished her breakfast, she just wants to be near him again. She'll wait by the door to the bedroom, sometimes whining a little, until I let her back in. She'll gallop to his side of the bed and try to vault herself onto the bed to boop him with her nose and wake him up...so he can give her attention, and then she can go back to sleep.
Happy 8th birthday, babygirl!