How Long Before the Name?
SO... I'm always getting myself into these situations because I'm a one of those dumb bleeding-heart type of people.
A long story short, I took a puppy in.
End-Result: Hey guys
New puppy, yeah? Yeah?
Bonus: It's a terrier.
Challenge Round: So... about that fourth-dog-NK thing... that's still cool, right, totally-awesome-significant-other-who-loves-me-still, I mean...
Sudden Death: How bad could a 9 pound puppy be, right? That barely counts as a dog ,:D RIGHT?
...oh yeah, except that it's a terrier. But hey, she's super cute. (When she's tired.)
Her dad is APPARENTLY a Patterdale (I was presented with this by my brother as "something called a Patterdale Terrier. I'm sure you know what that is and at least eight lines of history") and her mother is a Miniature Pinscher. I'm not sure why the hell you'd breed that mix and I hope it was an accident (but I somehow doubt it was with the docking and the cropping she's got - why do that to mixes? Then again, someone docked Russell...).
She's really interested in slaying beetles, insects (especially those annoying stinging ones - I think she has a death wish), mighty Russells and Londons, turkey (she saw Russell go after one and I can't get her to stop SCREAMING when she sees one on the way to work now unless there's a bigger bribe), birds, frogs - anything.
All things considered, I'm not disappointed things happened this way, if I'm honest. I was looking to add a third dog - I just thought the third one would be a NK, not the fourth. She fits very well - London adores her and Russell loves that he has a high-energy playmate.
Anyway, because she wasn't actually mine and didn't come to me with a name, she's collected a couple of names along the way and I should probably be embarrassed that one hasn't stuck yet. So far the list includes Little One, Thing 3, Arya (as in, Stark, for anyone who watches GoT), Moxie, Roxy, Pizza, Cat Toy, No Breaks and Puppy.
Arya is probably the one that'll stick (coworkers are fans). Pizza and Thing 3 are close runners though. I figured after this long, she deserves an introduction. Two years on the forum and when I add my first dog since then and it's not even a NK! I've failed you all. :1
A long story short, I took a puppy in.
End-Result: Hey guys
New puppy, yeah? Yeah?Bonus: It's a terrier.
Challenge Round: So... about that fourth-dog-NK thing... that's still cool, right, totally-awesome-significant-other-who-loves-me-still, I mean...
Sudden Death: How bad could a 9 pound puppy be, right? That barely counts as a dog ,:D RIGHT?
...oh yeah, except that it's a terrier. But hey, she's super cute. (When she's tired.)
Her dad is APPARENTLY a Patterdale (I was presented with this by my brother as "something called a Patterdale Terrier. I'm sure you know what that is and at least eight lines of history") and her mother is a Miniature Pinscher. I'm not sure why the hell you'd breed that mix and I hope it was an accident (but I somehow doubt it was with the docking and the cropping she's got - why do that to mixes? Then again, someone docked Russell...).
She's really interested in slaying beetles, insects (especially those annoying stinging ones - I think she has a death wish), mighty Russells and Londons, turkey (she saw Russell go after one and I can't get her to stop SCREAMING when she sees one on the way to work now unless there's a bigger bribe), birds, frogs - anything.
All things considered, I'm not disappointed things happened this way, if I'm honest. I was looking to add a third dog - I just thought the third one would be a NK, not the fourth. She fits very well - London adores her and Russell loves that he has a high-energy playmate.
Anyway, because she wasn't actually mine and didn't come to me with a name, she's collected a couple of names along the way and I should probably be embarrassed that one hasn't stuck yet. So far the list includes Little One, Thing 3, Arya (as in, Stark, for anyone who watches GoT), Moxie, Roxy, Pizza, Cat Toy, No Breaks and Puppy.
Arya is probably the one that'll stick (coworkers are fans). Pizza and Thing 3 are close runners though. I figured after this long, she deserves an introduction. Two years on the forum and when I add my first dog since then and it's not even a NK! I've failed you all. :1
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It is kind of funny that now you have another non-NK! You better get one quick before you end up with a totally full house! *lol*
& Don't worry, I think I was on the NKF for 2+ years, & my first dog was NOT an NK either! LOL ~
I like how, months ago, the idea of a fourth dog for me was "oh hell no" and now it's "let's do this"
I'm very fortunate I can bring my guys to work with me and have plenty of time to run around with them on my days off and great places to do it, I guess. It makes managing them a whole lot easier. I like the high-energy dogs- they keep me going and focused.
And don't worry, I sometimes feel like I want to get a non-NK (specifically a german pinscher) before my first NK.
"Thing 3" comes from the sequence - London and Russell were referred to as "Thing 1 & 2" by a work client that thought they looked like trouble. Now it's something we just toss around work sometimes and when my coworkers asked me her name, my first reaction was "I dunno--Thing 3."
Her tan points are really blended with black hairs, not like Min Pins at all (but similar to the Black and Tan Patterdales I've seen). In some pictures, it looks like she has almost no tan, but it shows up in the sun really well.
She's pretty sure she's fit to run with the big dogs. The first day I brought her to work she was the smallest dog in the small/medium yard and immediately started trying to play with this bulldog and a beagle who are known to be the "crazy dogs" of the yard (constantly running around, chasing each other, tackling each other) and I went "AUGH! This tiny puppy is going to be a pancake by the end of my shift!
@Araks - I sometimes think someone got a hold of a Manchester Terrier and thought it was a Min Pin because--man, she looks so much more like a Manny than a Min Pin. Maybe it's the Patterdale, but they usually have these really blocky heads (but my friend's Patterjack and Patterdale x Springer both have the flat heads she does), so IDK. We also have a Min Pin at work that kind of reminds me of the pictures I've seen of Sevuk. He's huge for a Min Pin and he's very well furred where he almost feels "plushie" --Gun came from a "pet breeder".