Surprise! We have a puppy! We have been planning all along to get a medium/large guard dog and a small friend for him or her, maybe a little poodle that we will not groom like a show dog. Well this morning we saw a precious toy poodle and after asking our host family again, bought her! I can hardly believe it's real. She is the softest, sweetest little thing ever.

Here's what we have learned so far about toy poodles. They grow to be about 10 inches tall and no more than 7 lbs (smaller than miniature poodles). Right now ours weighs about 1 lb. They are very smart, telepathically intuitive, and easily trained to do just about anything (think circus). They're good watchdogs although obviously not good guard dogs. If you don't shave their bodies or faces, they stay puffy and soft and won't ever look like the poodles with bracelets and pompoms on their tails (ours has a clipped tail and ears anyway).



The only problem now is what to name her. Originally we were thinking of naming the dogs as a pair: Abbott and Costello, Merry and Pippin, Sherlock and Watson. There is always Don Quijote and Sancho Panza. Then we could shorten one to Don-Qui (although no one here would get the joke). My other thought is naming both or one after something here, but so far I can't think of anything good except maybe Oui/Ouisita (two of Abuelita's nicknames).

SO we need some help ASAP. Please comment or email to tell me what good names you can think of for our precious little (female) dog!

4 comments

1. Anonymous on February 5, 2008 at 8:26 PM

   There were these 2 family dogs on a TV show I used to watch (one a small dog, one a large one) that were named Samson and Delilah...I always thought that was neat, and Delilah would probably fit for your new little cutie

    
2. Marty on February 5, 2008 at 9:22 PM

   Wow--that is one cute dog!
   
   Here are some very random name ideas:
   Linus and Lucy
   Captain and Tennille
   Rachel and Ross
   Coco and Chanel
   Machu and Picchu
   Lenny and Squiggy
   Buttercup and Wesley
   Penny and Centavo
   
   Josh would submit (from his favorite books, movies, etc.)
   Clifford and Cleo
   Pat and Vanna
   Nemo and Dory
   
   Good luck! We had so much trouble naming our dog when I was in high school that we ended up just calling her Pooch.

    
3. Anonymous on February 7, 2008 at 12:45 AM

   ok, i only have girl dog names, but here goes:
   
   queen latifah
   rutherfordton
   catwoman
   grits
   darlene (zesch)
   poopsies
   fettucini
   thad davis
   sweet tea
   marykateandashley
   DeBordieu (debby do)
   puppy on a mission
   
   
   hope that helps!
   jason kliewer

    
4. Anonymous on February 21, 2008 at 9:17 AM

   she is so stinkin cute!!