Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Dog Pedigrees and Us

Part of me has always wanted to be a yuppie dog person. You know, those people that spend every waking moment training their dogs to run in circles and jump over hurtles on national T.V. Unfortunately, every dog I've owned until now has been a mutt of some sort. Street-smart pound puppies with abandonment issues. Or near death. Except for Hugo. He's a pure-bred savant from the shelter with no papers.

Our new puppy (excuse ME for not having a picture) is from a fancy schmancy bloodline it turns out. I have his pedigree chart right here to prove it. But since you can't see it, here's a list of my top 10 pompous names.

10. Hub Duvall
9. Princess Cloey Jasmine
8. Lilly of East Ridge
7. Jazzmine Baby Doll
6. Mr. Puka Napolean Ice
5. Little Miss Suzie Q IV
4. Milo the Great
3. Sir Tucker Milo
2. Lisa's Cotton Q-Tip
1. Willhelm Brimley

In case you've forgotten, these are DOGS. Schnauzers, even. And we named our dog Oscar of all things. With that sort of family history, I think we're doing him a huge disservice by naming him simply OSCAR. Maybe we'll start calling him Sir Oscar of Brown Street. And we can be pompous too.