Hey All,

So I haven't told you all about the big trip and puppy arrival. Jodi and I are leaving LA at 10pm tonight and flying to Conneticuit. We arrive at 6am. Then we drive an hour to East Haddam.

We are picking up a puppy. An 8 week old Portuguese Waterdog. Then, on Sat, tomorrow, the same day, we grab a 3:30pm flight to Atlanta, have a 3 hour layover, and then catch another flight to LA. The whole trip will take us approximately 26hrs.

For those of you who have never seen my dog Nikita before, a Portuguese Waterdog looks like this:
(She will be 12 years old on Jan 13.)


Here is what a multi-colored puppy looks like:


So Jodi and I think we have a name selected. We are leaning towards MAGGIE. But until we meet the pup, we are not 100% commited to any name.

So I figured I would ask the board for some suggestions. The pup will be a girl with a wavy coat and multi colors, black and white. We want the name to be something that sounds good with Nikita, so when we call them, there is some harmony.

Some things to know about the Portuguese Water Dog that might help you suggest a name: As the breed name suggests, they LOVE the water. They are a working breed, very smart, very strong swimmers. They used to be used as fishing dogs and would herd schools of fish towards fishing nets, they would retreive in the water, they were even capable of catching fish in their mouth.

- It is thought that during the Spanish Armada, they were kept aboard ships and were used to swim messages between ship to ship. They have webbed feet and can swim up to 5 miles in a warm sea.

When the ships would get into battles and sunk, the dogs have been known to save sailors lives and they washed ashore into the poor peasant fishing villages on the coast of Portugal. The village people discovered how smart they are and put the dogs to work. They earned a stipend of whatever the fishing boats caught while they were on board, working.

They are very mischevious but loyal.


So, what are your thoughts, help us find a name.

B

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