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lol espernaut there is a story behind potatoe. (sorry, it takes a while to get back to posts cause I don't have a computer at home).

all of our mini dacshunds were always named after British Queens (except for Budweiser which predated my birth and the my parents marriage, he died we he swallowed a bee...or was it because he sat in front of the microwave all the time? cant remember now)

We had Tory, ie Queen Victoria (my father dog), Sophie, ie Queen Sophia (my dog, though I can't think of an actually queen with that name), Meggie, ie Queen Margaret (my brother's dog). And then we got the cute monster dapple dog, the youngest, and fought over the name. Then my brother said something like "I'm hungry I want a potato" and wallah (sp? 🙂) and of course in memory of the VP Quail, we had to have an "e" at the end.

not so great a story I guess. the "monster Potatoe", aka Tater-tot, was always my favorate *sigh* but when I moved in with my aunt and uncle they couldn't handle dogs and we had to give them away.
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Shame about the computer time (and noisome bells). I liked the story btw.. you can see it's real. At one time we had about 10 cats (all eventually moved away.. kitty issues..)
and the names got bizarre. A calico kitten with the ugliest fur job was simply named W.U.C. (Worlds Ugliest Cat). Try yelling that in the back yard within neighbors earshot.

James do you want a tzissue?
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lol but thats not even the best part *sigh of reminiscence* Potatoe was always my dog and she was vicious. I used to give her magazines and pieces of paper and she would put one foot down on it and tear in into strips with her teeth. Literally a paper shredder. It put a whole new spin on the "dog ate my homework" tale. I had these fuzzy slippers at the time too and she would go wild about them, he jaws would clamp about them and I would drag her along with me through the house.
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Probably healthier all around also, Phoenix. Some of the best pure breeds have negative physical traits to look out for. My older brother's passion is German Shepards, and hip displacement (desplexia? msp) is becoming more prominient.
Temperament now. I like Golden Retrievers.. I have heard mastiffs are (or can be) gentle. Maybe that's protective. I think the Heinz 57 varieties possibly live longer also.
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Heinz 57? as in ketchup? funny...last night i just read an article on paranormal and psychic happenings and the authors was saying (rather sarcastically) that a Heinz 57 bottle proved to him that a certain psychic was real. how peculiar...

my grandparents just got a puppy golden retriever and Amber (the dog) is absolutely adorable. The problem with them is that they shed. Now, short hair dacshunds don't shed, but they also aren't too good around kids.