Dogs love to run and Sophie is no exception. For this week’s 52 Snapshots of Life Photo Challenge, I’m taking a little walk down Memory Lane.
This photo was taken when Sophie was about seven months old. We were visiting her Aunt Marilyn Piurek, who was the first person to bring the Portuguese Podengo Pequeno into the U.S. in 2001.
Marilyn turned us onto the breed, when we met her at the very first Meet the Breeds event in NYC, back in 2009. By May of 2010, we had Sophie.
This was the first of several visits we made with Sophie to meet her tribe. At this time, Marilyn had five Podengos, both smooth coat and wire haired. In this shot, Sophie is being chased by Izzy, a stunning smooth coat Podengo, who went on to win awards as a show dog. Here Izzy, who is around Sophie’s age, is being a regular pup, doing what regular pups love to do – racing around!
Visits to Marilyn’s were always fun. She lives out in Connecticut and has a big backyard, something Sophie didn’t get to enjoy, living in NYC. Fond memories.
Pet blogging friend and colleague, Christina Berry of The Lazy Pitbull, created this fun challenge. You don’t have to be a blogger to participate. Just snap or choose a pic you’ve taken that matches that week’s theme and post it on your social networks, with the hashtag #52Snapshots, so we can all follow along! For pet bloggers, this is a BlogHop, so hop on!
What does your dog race after?
Just like here in our yard!
Yes, it’s the best having a backyard for the dogs. Haven’t had one since growing up in the ‘burbs!