If you've been a blog follower for a while, then you are familiar with Zoe and Lexi. I adopted Zoe in November 2007 and Lexi a few short months later in February 2008. The two of them were about two and a half months apart in age and spent almost their entire lives side by side. Raising them both from small puppies, and watching them grow up together, was one of the best experiences of my life and one that I knew I definitely wanted to repeat. I just didn't know when I would have the opportunity to do so again. (Sadly, we had to euthanize both of them last year due to health issues - Zoe in March and Lexi in October.)
Once we realized that our circumstances would allow for puppies to enter our lives, we began looking for the first one to add to our crew. At first we were looking for a rescue pup, but puppies are hard to find in rescue in general, and the pandemic made it almost impossible. I have always LOVED French Bulldogs but I never thought I would own one. However, after spending several months searching for a puppy in a rescue with no luck, and knowing that we would be looking for a second one shortly there after, I decided to open up my search to other options.
It took us a little while but we finally found Sylas, and I am so glad we did! He has been the perfect addition to our pack. Sylas is your typical Frenchie. He is sweet and loving, brave and curious, playful and silly, inquisitive and pushy, up for anything and afraid of nothing (well, except for carousels full of children, as I recently discovered)!
We simply adore this guy and we are so happy to have him as part of our family. He lights up our life and brings a smile to our faces every single day.
So, please allow me to introduce you to our sweet Sylas:
How ADORABLE is that face?!...
When I took these photos, Sylas had the yard all to himself and he was so excited to get to run around and play! (Normally he doesn't have a lot of freedom because he goes out on a leash along with his new baby sister - stay tuned for photos of her! - since it's the only way I can keep an eye on both of them at the same time.)...
I love it when Frenchies spread their ears out like this! Sylas really doesn't do it very often so I'm surprised I caught a photo of him like this...
When we first brought Sylas home, he constantly picked up rocks from the yard and tried to eat them. It felt like a full time job to keep him from swallowing them. He has gotten much better and doesn't pick them up any more but he will still try to eat other things if given the chance. He was trying to get something out of the dirt just before this photo. I called him away from it and caught him huffing out a mouth full of dirt while he came running...
Sylas alwas puts his ears back when he runs up to someone for attention. I just love it, so expressive...
Mmmm. I think Mama has treats over there...
Sylas has the best little crooked teeth ever!...
Hi, Mama! I be so good. Can I have some treats now?...
Sylas is all boy and constantly in motion when he is outside! He's also stuck to me like glue 99% of the time. He's one of those dogs that gets up and follows me EVERYWHERE I go every time I get up. So, it was impossible to get far enough away to get any posed shots without leashing him. Sylas has actually been through an insane number of training classes and really is a good dog, but staying put when I squat down to his level is still outside of his skill set!
Someone with better photoshop skills than I have probably could have edited out the leash, but I'm not capable of it! I am good at editing photos but not altering them. As a general rule, it's not something I'm fond of doing so I just don't get any practice at it. So here are some posed photos of Sylas, leash and all...
Just look at that sweet, adorable face...
Mama, How long do I have to sit here?...
If you made it through to the end, thanks for stopping by! Stay tuned for future photos of this handsome boy, as I'm sure his cute mug will be on the blog again soon.
