We received a 'family tree' printout in his adoption papers: every litter had group names. So all of Charlie's littermates were 'Desert Oasis' something. I don't remember if they were all Peanuts characters or not, but that was a possibility. We have lots of names for him, I frequently call him Sir Charles of Wigglesbutt. Yeah, dog breeders can be a nasty bunch. Our first rescue poodle, Celeste, came from a breeder. When her mate died, she became nasty and they had to get rid of her.
Celeste's full AKC name was Celestial Princess Darkstarr - I believe with two rr's. She was called Princess, and that was a complete non-starter for us. Celeste was a perfectly acceptable and great name for an astronomer's dog! She was quite amusing. She would pick up one shoe: chew on it a little, get scolded, then 'Well, maybe I can chew on the other shoe that's just like it!' Eventually she stopped chewing. Once she was away from the other dogs, she was a wonderful dog for us. She had problems with thunderstorms, a calming shirt helped quite a bit. She loved going on long car drives with us.
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Date: 2025-05-26 05:46 pm (UTC)We received a 'family tree' printout in his adoption papers: every litter had group names. So all of Charlie's littermates were 'Desert Oasis' something. I don't remember if they were all Peanuts characters or not, but that was a possibility. We have lots of names for him, I frequently call him Sir Charles of Wigglesbutt. Yeah, dog breeders can be a nasty bunch. Our first rescue poodle, Celeste, came from a breeder. When her mate died, she became nasty and they had to get rid of her.
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Date: 2025-05-27 02:30 am (UTC)That is a great name for a poodle. :)
Did she calm down after you adopted her?
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Date: 2025-05-27 03:05 am (UTC)Celeste's full AKC name was Celestial Princess Darkstarr - I believe with two rr's. She was called Princess, and that was a complete non-starter for us. Celeste was a perfectly acceptable and great name for an astronomer's dog! She was quite amusing. She would pick up one shoe: chew on it a little, get scolded, then 'Well, maybe I can chew on the other shoe that's just like it!' Eventually she stopped chewing. Once she was away from the other dogs, she was a wonderful dog for us. She had problems with thunderstorms, a calming shirt helped quite a bit. She loved going on long car drives with us.
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Date: 2025-05-27 08:55 am (UTC)When Maggie was a pup, she tried chewing on one of my sneekers, and because it was an old pair, I just said go for it. lol.....