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Don’t underestimate the power of the quiet ones!
Our old beagle Trooper was a quiet fella who didn’t pay any attention to our most social dog Sadie. So when Trooper died, we underestimated the impact it would have on Sadie. After we lost Trooper, Sadie quit eating and searched for him in the house compulsively. It was so sad – just about broke our already aching hearts. We thought though that she would get past it – the vet said to give her a couple of weeks.
Well, two months later, she was still losing weight and had started digging out of the fence. It seemed she was looking for him. We knew that eventually we would add another dog to our family, but we hadn’t expected it to be so soon after loosing Trooper. We were still grieving too. But Sadie had taken the decision away from us.
I called my pals up at the Humane Society and we discussed what kind of dog might be a good personality fit with Sadie (I knew I wanted to adopt an adult dog since I see how many of them go unadopted. I love the puppies, obviously since I foster them, but I seem them placed far more quickly.) My husband agreed this was the path to go… He doesn’t like to go to the shelter because it depresses him, so he told me to feel free to pick what I thought was best. His only requst? A dog that likes the water.
Sadie and I went to the Humane Society for her to make a new friend. The second we walked into the Humane Society and she saw other dogs, she perked right up! Puppies, big dogs, small dogs, she was SO happy. But it was obvious who she liked best. She’d made fast friends with a mellow, 2 year old Chesapeake Bay Retriever/Lab mix. My youngest daughter fell in love with the dog too and promptly named him Sam. (Sam and Sadie sounds cute together, too!) Sadie’s happy, playful and quickly putting weight back on. I gotta confess, I fell in love with this sweet fella too! Soooo, without further ado, meet the newest member of the Mann family – Sam!
What are some of your favorite pet names?
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On June 2nd, 2009 at 4:10 pm, EllenToo said:
I don’t know about favorite names but I have had some unusual names for dogs. One of my dogs was named Chigger (where it came from I have no idea as I didn’t name it) another was named Corky (another one I didn’t name). In fact the only dog I had that I named was a golden retriever named Goldie (so I’m not very original I guess).
On June 2nd, 2009 at 4:37 pm, Jane said:
I think Sam and Sadie will get along famously. I never had pets growing up, so I don’t have any favorite pet names.
On June 2nd, 2009 at 5:28 pm, Debra said:
I am in love! Sam is just so adorble! Of course I am biased because I have a yellow lab that looks just like Sam. His name is Brutus which really fits him as he is 142 pounds! I am constantly begging for another dog but my hubby won’t let me have one.I like unusual people names for dogs. I already have a list of potential names for the next dog. It will either be Angus, Cleatus, or Otis. And I also like the name Bob, not that Bob is unusual…for a human.
On June 2nd, 2009 at 5:45 pm, Catherine Mann said:
LOL, Debra! Love those dog names – Angus in particular struck my funny bone.
Brutus does sound like quite a hefty fella…. Sam is only 55 pounds, small for a retriever/lab. But He seems large to us since we’ve only ever had a beagle and Sadie (who’s just around 20 pounds.)
Ellen – Chigger made me laugh! How cute! I can recall as a kid having to paint chigger bites with nail polish. Anybody else do that?
Jane – Sadie and Sam truly are getting along well. I’m so relieved to have Sadie happy again – and Sam is a real find!
On June 2nd, 2009 at 6:40 pm, EllenToo said:
Catherine – not only did I spend my childhood painting chigger bites with nail polish every once in a while I still have to (well they make a product that does the same thing and is suppose to be work better).
On June 3rd, 2009 at 12:19 pm, Lisa F. said:
I'm biased too since we have a yellow lab. Great pets for all ages! He is years old now so our youngest was 4 when we got him and a big fan of Rugrats. He wanted to name him Spike but our two older boys talked him into naming him Buddy. Buddy is a huge part of their lives. When our oldest who is away at college found out Buddy has epilepsy he sent me a link to some information he had researched.
On June 3rd, 2009 at 8:21 pm, Christyne Butler said:
What a sweet dog! Congrats on the newest member of your family!
Dog names? Well, my pup Harley is actually short for "Harlequin" — we got her one week after I sold to Silhouette Special Edition last July. (We thought about calling her Silhouette but the hubby vetoed the nickname of "Silly" so we went with Harlequin) ggg
On June 3rd, 2009 at 11:25 pm, Mujerluminosa said:
hey Cathy,
my very first dog came right after Christmas when I was about 9 or 10 years old. She arrived in a brown paper bag and had a big red bow — an absolutely gorgeous German Shepherd. Her name was Juno. She stayed with us for 15 years and was very much a lady and always a protector. Since then I've had an Aimee (a shepherd mix) and Buttercup aka Butter (another shepherd). They were all very different personalities but I've loved them all. I'm now looking at a redhead duck tolling retriever. I love dogs. sigh!
Stephanie
On June 5th, 2009 at 10:58 am, Sierra Donovan said:
Cathy, congratulations on the new lab! I think adopting a full-grown dog is a great way to go. Not only are you taking in an animal who's less likely to find a home … you have a better idea of the dog's disposition and you get to miss out on so many "puppy" problems, like housebreaking and chewing!
We took in a stray lab mix last September — nearly full grown, but still on the young side. We figure we've still got a year or two of chewing and rambunctious behavior before he mellows out. But he's a sweetie.
Names? He's Bela, after Bela Lugosi. Our 14-year-old lab is named Taz, after the Tasmanian devil — a reflection of *her* behavior as a puppy. She's long since outgrown it!
On June 8th, 2009 at 2:32 am, CrankyOtter said:
In that way of giving a negative example that winds up sticking, I had a hamster named Leroy. Poor Leroy. He was sickly. Then I had Pinky, so named because he was part albino – light tan with pink eyes – and was not The Brain.
Still pleased with the parents' cat's name of Tanga – a combo of tigger and kanga from when the tiger striped kitty used to pounce around on her hind paws and a lack of agreement on Tigger. She just turned 21 and isn't so bouncy anymore.
I'm glad Sadie is doing better with Sam around. Losing a pet is really rough. (Even hamsters, even if they're less rough than dogs.)
On August 21st, 2009 at 7:56 pm, Anonymous said:
We acquired our cat after a little girl knocked on our door one summer and she had a pic-nic basket with 5 kittens that were a mere 3 days old. She said her Mom told her she had to find homes for them when they turned 6 weeks old. We chose one and when she was 6 weeks old she was delivered to us. We kept calling her "cutie pie" and "sweetie pie" so she became "Pie Pie".
I am so glad to hear that Sadie and Sam are doing well. Pets do brighten our lives, don't they.
Gail (in Maryland)
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