I have a new puppy! My sister went to the local shelter with me this morning, where they have about 80 big dogs who need homes, and I met two dogs. One was a very nice boy, but he was not as interested in me as in the other dogs in the area.
This girl, however, was very interested in people, and took treats from me, and walked on a leash, and peed immediately when she got outside the kennel, which was a good sign. So I brought her home! She is now curled up on her dog bed while I watch GBBO.
I will get a DNA thing done, but I believe she is a shepherd/Alaskan husky mix. Not Siberian: her coat is not nearly thick enough. But the blue eyes are amazingly striking.
Congratulations to you both!
She's lovely! I'm interested in her DNA but she's 100% possibly Best Girl.
I have a kitten on her being significantly something beyond husky and shepherd (while having a bunch of percentage of them) but cannot for the life of me figure out what.
She looks like some local strays. I can't figure them out either.
I'm dithering over names. If I got a boy dog, I was thinking about Brasso or Kino -- both Star Wars names, from Andor. But I don't love the female names (Marva, Bix, Dedra), so I'm thinking about Star Trek instead. My favorite Trek right now is Lower Decks.
So: Tendi? Beckett? Mariner?
Tendi is too close to my brother's dog, who is named Twende (Swahili for "let's go"). Personality-wise, she's closer to Tendi than to Mariner, but still: it's a more stealth Trek callout than one of the other characters from the live action shows.
Oh, wait, there's also Tilly and Kira...
I love Tilly!!
I have a niece (well, cousin’s daughter who’s more like niece) named Kira for ST.
I'm thinking seriously about Tilly.
(I still love Mariner but I think she may be more of a Tilly anyway...)
Mariner is a great name but I’d end up calling her Marnie because three syllables and I’m lazy lol.
She’s so cute!!!!
