Sir Henry Antics

It's been 4 months since we adopted our goofy hound. When we first were considering getting Henry (now Sir Henry) we were worried that he wouldn't have a personality because life had beaten him down so much already. We thought he might never recover from how cruel the world had been to him when he was so young, and even when we first met him after he had been put into a comforting foster home where he was taken care of he seemed to care little about us. He got really excited when we got there, but then walked away and barely looked at us after that. But Henry touched our heart like no other pup had, so we just had to have him. After we took him home we noticed he didn't lick us like other dogs, he didn't snuggle up next to us, and after an initial greeting he didn't seem to want to be around us much. I went through a bit of a post-adoption depression because I thought Henry was always going to be disconnected from us, like he didn't fully trust us to not leave him. But after months of cuddling, hugs, snuggles (much to Henry's dismay), treats, runs, and toys... I feel Henry has finally accepted that we're his family, he's stuck with us, and he's more loved than any dog in the world. Lately he's even taken a liking to jumping up on us to lick our faces - like some kind of Golden Retriever or Lab!
And now, 4 months later, we finding now more than ever he has more personality than any dog we've ever met. Every morning he wakes up, goes through his routine of stretching out (he has a great downward facing dog and serpent pose), and comes over to our bed to lick our faces. If we don't immediately leap out of bed to play with him and get him breakfast, he picks up our clothes off the floor and shows them to us. If that's not enough to get our attention, he'll scratch at the bedroom door. After we get him breakfast (and he runs around like a madman because he's so excited for food) he meticulously pulls apart his toys, tries to sneak off with some of our breakfast, or he simply goes back to sleep if there aren't dogs on the TV. If there ARE dogs on the TV, he searches the entertainment table for them - because he's convinced there are puppies hidden behind it.
After we let his breakfast settle we usually take him for a daily 3-5 mile run, for most of which he pulls us like a sled dog.
After coming in and getting a treat and drinking half his water bowl, he takes a second nap on the kitchen floor.
The rest of the day is spent rearranging our clothes on the floor, ripping apart his toys, snoozing in various parts of the room, and following us around until we give him treats.
Before bed he gets his nightly "rub down" where we pet him until he falls asleep. And, unless he wakes up to growl at dogs barking or snoop around our room, he sleeps through the whole night.

And now for your viewing pleasure, antics of Sir Henry the Hound caught on camera:

Henry watching the news about puppies

Henry searching for puppies behind the TV, as he is convinced they live back there

Henry re-arranged our room as he pleased - it did not look like this before his "handy work" of taking all of our dirty laundry, pillows, blankets, and his toys and spreading it around the room - we're still not quite sure why he does this

Admiring his work - you love it, right mom!?

Henry decided he liked our bed better...so he made us trade

Another one of Henry's favorite past times: staring at the cows in the backyard

Guarding his castle

Henry meticulously pulling apart his squeaky toy

Looking innocent as he chews on Chris' sock

Searching for lost toys under the couch

"I know I put them under here somewhere..."

  

Meticulously pulling off one limb at a time

Getting mad at Chris for taking his toys

More pictures/news to come later about the little goober...right now he's stretched out on his bed snoring loudly for all those to hear.