Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label puppies. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Why "Life with Zephyr"?

Because "Life in the Country" was taken. So was "Life in the 'just about' Country", and " Life in the 'close to' the Country". Life with Zephyr" popped up immediately as being available. I wonder why? Perhaps people associate the name with those old cars.


And why did we call our dog Zephyr? Well, we had a list of about 20 names, starting with those beginning with 'a' , and we couldn't agree on anything. I wanted to call her "Georgia", but Ian didn't like Georgia. At that point, Ian wasn't even sure he wanted a dog.

The birthdate of the puppies approached and still we didn't have a name.


Fate stepped in and stopped our dithering. The puppies were born on March 21, the first day of Spring, and Zephyr it was.


She was a very cute puppy (I know, they're all cute). She was also a bit odd looking -- all legs. A bit like a jackrabbit.




But my husband took one look at her and he was doomed. Gone were any thoughts about not wanting a dog: he fell in love when he held her the first time and the love has never wavered.



It's just as well. She's a hunting dog and needs a lot of exercise.