I would say that Sophie is just a cat in a dog's body!
She grooms the cats and they groom her (which gives her some of the best hairdos!), her favourite toys are always cat toys (other that a stuffed hedgehog) and her snuggle toy she has had since she was a puppy is a black and white kitty, she stretches like a cat, sleeps pretty much all day and evening and wakes up to play very late at night, gets along with cats way more than dogs (we actually had to teach her not to go up and try and play with other peoples' cats because they don't always like dogs), chases our hands under the blanket and so much else that I can't even think of right now!
I think it just comes down to the fact that we adopted a kitten (Libby) when Sophie was about 9 months old so she had something to play with that was her size and the two of them spend a lot of time grooming each other, it is adorable. We already had two older cats when Libby came and then adopted another kitten later that year ... so Miss Sophie has spent her whole life surrounded by cats!
Although...when she hears coyotes outside our window she growls right back at them - from under the blanket, of course! |