This Dog is Absolutely Not a Buffy - Yuck!

Continued…

     I was finding that our new dog needed very little instruction.  Truthfully, that was the last time that I yelled at her.    Nothing was ever chewed, or stolen, in fact on one occasion, when she picked-up a stuffed animal from the floor and carried it to me, I simply said no and put it back.  Nothing was ever again disturbed.

     She had come from the SPCA sporting papers that claimed she was an Alsatian and they had named her Buffy.  NO on both counts.  This dog is not an Alsatian – not even close - and Buffy?  She is definitely not a Buffy.

     I was in my Archie Bunker Chair listening to the 6 o’clock news on CBC.  We had been considering names.  Part way into the coverage, there was a piece about Farley Mowat paying the fine that Green Peace had recently acquired and paying it in loonies.  The significance was not lost on us.  Farley Mowat had always been a hero of mine.  He was Canadian.  I had come to the conclusion that the puppy was primarily a northern breed.

     Farlie – I called o Fran. 

     What? 

     A name for the pup.  Farlie.   I gave all my reasons and I added, plus the name is androgynous.  It’s the wife in Stuart McLean's Vinyl Café series.  And so, our puppy became Farlie.

                                                                  

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     Don’t even think it…  I know :-(  

     McLean’s Vinyl Café wife’s name is Morley.   But that did not come to me until we had started training using Farlie and, anyway, that ie replacement on Farley, on the end of the name, is definitely a feminine touch.

To be continued…