Did you watch the Westminster Kennel Club dog show last night? I love dog shows, and every time I watch them I want to run out and get another dog. Last night was no different, although my desire to get another dog was more short-lived when Sofie started barking and Evelyn woke up and I came back down to reality. Three dogs? One baby? Two adults?! I don't think so.
Still, we have a list. The list of dogs we'd like to have someday, along with their names.
Boston Terrier or Boston mix. Pug-Bo, French-Bo. You get the idea. Name? William Shatner, of course. (Why did we decide that William Shatner was the perfect name for a Boston Terrier? I'm not sure. But it seems like the best name ever. Sometimes we like to put celebrity voices with different dogs, too. We're weird like that.)
Whippet. No definitive name yet. Jon likes Devo. Skinny Pete is also on the short list. I can't remember the others now.
Brussels Griffon. Oh my gosh, such a cute little face! Did you see the little one that won the toy group last night? I wanted to jump through the TV and squish his little face. Names? Well, for a short-hair, Bat Manuel. For a rough coat, Old Man Whithers. He runs the haunted amusement park.
I realize that as Evie gets older she'll probably want a say in how we name our new dogs and that's ok. Maybe we'll have a "show name" and a "pet name." Cuz we're fancy. Ch. Old Man Whithers Shaggy Luvs You. Pet name Sparky. Something like that.
Those Pedigree ads were killing me last night, though. If I had to see the one with all the dogs in the shelter one more time I was gonna start crying. "I'm a good dog, and I'm not sure why I ended up here." *sniffle sniffle* Jon and I decided that we want certain characteristics in a dog that might make it more realistic to get a pure-breed dog. We really want a dog that will work with our family and lifestyle so that we can have a long, loving family pet. Labs? Not for us. Terriers? Also not so much. But we looooove dogs, and hate that so many end up in shelters. Whenever we get our next dog, many years from now, we will first try to go through a shelter, then a rescue group, then a breeder. If we go through a breeder we will have to make a donation to a dog shelter. Of course, I've also told Jon there is a very sizable chance that I might just someday come home with a dog that I saw at a PetsMart adopt-a-thon and couldn't resist...
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I watched it! A friend of mine has two brussels giffons, one long hair, one short hair. The long hair one weighs 5lbs, no joke, and looks like an ewok. Her name is Monchichi. the short hair one is Templeton, he weighs like 17lbs. two extremes.
and yes, i want a dog and yes, david duchovney is doing the petsmart ads that make me look at rob with tears in my eyes begging for a dog.
Funny, I didn't know you liked dogs, crafty stuff, or any of that when we lived together. Funny. I too love the crafty stuff. I'm not sure if it a rediscovery thing or what. Maybe related to the whole HGTV/Foodnetwork thing? Like, now it is cool to cook, to decorate, etc?
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