Puppy

[ritaxis]

So you know I've been angling towards getting a dog. Yesterday Robin, for whom I need a better title than "the mother of my son-in-law" or "my daughter's mother-in-law" took me to the County Animal Shelter and we looked at the dogs and I saw a dog with the characteristics I want so I put down the money and tomorrow she's available.

It was not love

Comments

[pameladean]

She's awfully cute. The ears and that tongue just cracked me up. Do you think there's some beagle in there? I think your suggested name is lovely, and with luck it sounds enough like her current name that she can switch over.

P.

[ritaxis]

The name I'm leaning towards, alas is not much alike-- Zhluta v. Nala.

[pameladean]

Same number of syllables and they both end in a schwa. I'm not actually sure what dogs hear and notice as unique; we did once have a dog named Posey who responded to "honey" and "cutie" but not "goofball" or "curlicue."

P.

[ritaxis]

Growing up I had a dog named Stupid because he wouldn't come to anything else. He was actually pretty smart except for when it came to picking fights with larger dogs and young bulls.

[karinfromnosund]

What a gorgeous little puppy!

Will she grow more? She's very nicely lap-sized in that picture.

[ritaxis]

maybe half again more at the most depending on hr ancestry (which is unknown)

[davidgoldfarb]

Hebrew/Yiddish has a word for Robin: she is your machatonister. (Alas, if you use this word not many people will understand you.)

[ritaxis]

Thank you, that is exactly what I want. Is there also a word for the parents of one's sister-in-law (for example)?

[davidgoldfarb]

There's a one-word term for one's in-laws; I'm not sure about the example you give. I suspect you'd just call them "Aunt" and "Uncle". I'm not an expert on the topic, I just remembered Debbie Notkin mentioning that Yiddish had that specific kinship term and googled for it.

[heleninwales]

She looks like a most excellent dog. I like her alert face and half dropped ears. Also the size is good. Neither so small as to get under one's feet but not so big as to end up too strong for a small female to handle.

[ritaxis]

I will be tempted to simply scoop her up when she's doing something I want her to stop. I'll have to resist that if I'm to teach her properly.