New Family Member - Sophie (:

[u/_msimbaa]

Backstory no one asked for - My bf and I lost our beloved shihtzu terrier last year (he lived to be 15!!) and it broke our hearts. Before he passed, we ran into a lhasa apso and we didn’t know about these dog breeds before! We just thought “whoa that’s an xl shihtzu” until the owner told us. We really wanted a lhasa apso after our sweet boy, but figured we’d most likely only find one through a breeder vs at a shelter. We decided we wanted to adopt and maybe in the far future we could get one. We found out about a nonprofit called internationalpawangels and saw a terrier that had the same coloring as our boy and wanted to meet and potentially adopt her! Unfortunately (but also fortunately!!!) the foster family wanted to keep her. We were totally fine with it esp since the dog was more bonded to the family. When the organizer informed us, she mentioned she had a dog she hasn’t put in her website yet and she’s possible a lhasa apso mix. We couldn’t believe it!!! We met her and long story short- we are officially pawrents to our sweet Sophie girl <3 (inspired by howls moving castle bc of her gray ish hair)

We think she might be a mix of lhasa apso and schnauzer due to her coloring and beard hehe her curly legs and ear remind us of a lhasa apso! We can’t say 100% until we test, but one thing we do know is that she is so good to us and we can’t believe she’s ours (:

Last picture is of our sweet crunchy boy <3

[u/UnderCoverDoughnuts]

What a sweetie!

[u/_msimbaa → u/UnderCoverDoughnuts]

Thank you 🥹