Thank you all for your great entries -- We did indeed get the puppy. Her name is Pica. Chris named her, so he gets the prize. I'm sorry to say that she, as well as other distractions, have been preventing me from blogging for some time now. As Chris told everyone, the name means both dirt eater and a typographical measurement, and it's close to Pika, the cute little mountain rodent.
Supposedly she is an Australian Shepherd/Beagle mix -- I am hoping she will have the brains of a Sheperd and the heart of a beagle -- but no one ever saw the father and the mother "looked like a beagle, but she didn't have beagle coloring" so who knows. I think she will be the best dog ever.
She's pretty much housebroken, knows (pretty much) how to sit, and fetch (most of the time). She's working on her "down." What she really needs to learn is how to be alone and how to shut up when told to, and how not to bite and how not to try to indimidate Chris. We're working on it. I plan on going to puppy kindergarten as soon as I can. Will keep you posted and bored with constant puppy photos!
hey, that wasn't chris (the dirt-eating & typography) it was ME!!
i may not have a lot of great ideas, but i do know a lot of useless random facts.