The Great Puppy Name Stalemate of 2009

§ July 22nd, 2009 § Filed under family, squee § 2 Comments

Monday evening the husband and I drove up to meet the closest available litter of bulldog puppies, which culminated in us emotionally gorging ourselves on seven soft, wrinkly, wobbly puppies for an hour on a blanket by the side of the road.  Oh gods. They were so cute — I could have wrapped them in my arms and taken them all home, then and there.

In the end — well, in the beginning, too, seeing as how it was nearly love at first sight — we decided on a female with dark brindle coloring who made a wrinkly puddle in our arms and seemed pretty content to just be held the whole time. We chose her over one of her sisters, who was much more vocal in her demands for attention, so we hope we’re getting a pretty mellow dog. There is no guarantee.

After meeting and putting down a payment on her, we commenced on the Great Puppy Name Debate which has now turned into the Great Puppy Name Stalemate of the year; each of us has a list of names we love and won’t budge on. Neither list overlaps even slightly.

One of the troubles is, we were truly considering names like “Brunhilde” and “Hildegarde” and “Murgatroyd” for a female bulldog — they’ll seem so fitting when she’s older. But our puppy was so laid back that these names now almost sound like an insult to her sweet demeanor. So there went the names we’d agreed on, and now we’re down to wrangling and tense silences as we veto each other’s suggestions. Things are getting quite terse, in fact.

So we could be in for a long haul, Internets. In the meantime, behold:

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