A Rose By Any Other Name…

.A new arrival in any home, be it a baby or a new puppy always brings with it the big question… what do we call him/her?

This has happened recently to me. Let me explain…. When someone breeds a litter of puppies, Schipperkes or any other breed for that matter, the question of naming them arises. Now I have called all the Schipperkes I have bred using ‘musical’ terms or connections, as the foundation bitch was called Dancing Queen ( a song by Abba). So consequently litters have been musical terms such as K.Amoroso and K.Appasionata ( lovingly and passionately in misical terminology!) K. Crazy Diamond ( named after Sid Barret from Pink Floyd the inspiration for their song Shine On You Crazy Diamond from the Album Wish You Were Here – still one of my all time favourites!) The exception being K. Black and Bouncy being a singleton his name came from a description of his character more than anything else; he was a big and bouncing baby boy – to use a human analogy.

Meet our newest recruit. K. Dandy Warhol, name chosen because musical connection – the Dandy Warhols being a trendy American band lead singer had a flash of blonde hair (might have changed it now) and his grandfather is American.

We have had a massive debate about his name. Roland was suggested early on and he was referred to as Roland for quite a while amongst the family, but when I finally met him I knew he wasn’t a Roland at all, he was more of a little Dandy which has now been shortened to Danny. So Danny is now settling in with Arnold (border collie) and Rubin and Zeke (belgian shepherd malinois – I am not sure of the plural of malinois)

After we lost George just before Christmas I am happy to say I have my doorbell back, which is good because my daughter keeps thinking I have gone deaf as I cannot hear her knocking at the door when she comes home for lunch; the big dogs ‘know’ it is her and they cannot be bothered to tell me she is at the door.

More pictures of Danny settling in…