Back in July I posted some photos of our new arrival, blind Sophie, sitting up to try and cajole food from us at the dining table. Well, we noticed she started doing this in her crate at dinnertime, too. (As I've explained before, we feed most of the dogs in their crates to avoid competition and to let everyone eat at their own pace.) Somehow she thinks this sitting up to beg inside her crate just might get her food served faster, or at least served before the others. I took the photo above a couple of nights ago, and then last night Alayne got this shot:
Sophie does know what she's doing -- just before taking this photo, we had been over at the big table in the dog wing off to the left dishing up the food, and she could hear us over there and was thus facing in our direction. In the top photo, I had already been handing out the food bowls so she knew that I was in front of her somewhere.
Much to her dismay, though, no matter which direction she's facing, the food doesn't arrive any faster. The wait staff has received several complaints from this particular customer in recent months.
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She is so preciously cute! Love her. Has she lost any weight yet?
Posted by: Reta Davis | October 09, 2011 at 01:38 AM
Your Soba is just awesome. He was probably cold so wanted to hide somwehere.
Posted by: Nelly | October 07, 2011 at 07:05 AM
Cute. How can you resist that? The wait staff had better get with it! Ha ha.
Posted by: Linda | October 06, 2011 at 08:05 PM
My red, long hair miniature doxie does the same thing. I call it sitting pretty and she knows she's irresistible when she does this. It does work every time much to her sister's dismay.
Posted by: Sharyn Frisbie | October 06, 2011 at 10:34 AM
That Sophie is just adorable.
Posted by: Ashley | October 06, 2011 at 08:30 AM
Ah yes, ever the optimist! I remember when we taught our dachshund mix to beg. We didn't foresee (although we should have) that he would start using his new trick all day long. "They give me food when I do this. Therefore, I should do this as often as possible."
Sophie is a sweetie!
Posted by: Tonya Allen | October 05, 2011 at 05:38 PM
Thats my girl! give her a hug for me :) Ashley
Posted by: Ashley | October 05, 2011 at 11:29 AM
You just have to admire the persistance of the dachshund! One of these days the wait staff, I am sure, will surely catch on! Ha!
Posted by: Barbara Techel | October 05, 2011 at 11:13 AM
No tips for this waitstaff! Is there anything cuter than a dachshund? Sophie, you break my heart with all your adorability.
Posted by: Kathleen Rivard | October 05, 2011 at 11:03 AM
How old do you figure little Sophie is and what was cause of her blindness?
Posted by: Lori Leduc | October 05, 2011 at 10:44 AM
Again, the wait staff receives questionable marks from the residents. I guess you can't please everyone! ;-)
Posted by: Janet in Cambridge | October 05, 2011 at 09:51 AM
Sophie is too sweet - love the tongue dangle - it certainly adds to her charm. If she was doing that at my table - I'd cave every time.
Posted by: Tracye | October 05, 2011 at 09:46 AM
I was curious. Why does Sophie always have a harness on?
Posted by: Denise Young | October 05, 2011 at 06:40 AM
Sophie is persistant that's for sure! She's also very, very cute while she's trying to get the wait staff to see things her way. She's probably thinking "If you don't succeed try, try again"!
It looks like you've gotten her trimmed down quite a bit. She looks great!
Posted by: Ann | October 05, 2011 at 12:00 AM