Burger-monster!

Let me be clear up front - Stacy and I are still mourning the loss of our beloved Chloe. While every day gets a little bit easier, has a few more smiles, we still wake up a bit empty-hearted to a quiet house without the sounds of doggie nails clicking on bamboo floors.

But we have made the decision to move forward and look at new potential doggy children. And it is this point that takes up this blog.

So Stacy and I have long debated the type of dog we would bring into our family next. I have always wanted to get a Samoyed. They are so cute and fluffy. I just love their mischievous little grins.

But Stacy says she doesn't want to clean up hairballs all over the house. Can you imagine? "Oh, I don't want a bunch of fur all over the place in summer when this winter dog is too hot and is shedding like a bald man in a radioactive fallout area," she whines. Yeesh. Ok, I get it.

So we had to look elsewhere. We took a quiz that matches our wants to a breed. Our wants? We wanted a big dog. I don't want some little rat dog that can fit in my man-purse. We wanted a dog that doesn't shed (see above). We wanted a dog that would be good with the kids we will one day birth, and with the other animals we will one day house. After filling in more details, we got a list of about 100 potential breeds. When we clicked through them, we picked....

Wait for it a little more...

We settled on a dog called a Bergamasco. I like to call it Burger-monster. It also goes by the name rasta-dawg, Dog Marley and the Whalers, or the more straightforward Pothead. It has dreads, mon. Burger-monsters are protective but not aggressive, good with kids and other animals, loving, playful, and, surprisingly enough, they do not shed. You can read about them on bergamascos.net.

So what does a Burger-monster look like? Have a peek:

You can view more pictures of this lovely dog on bergamascos.net. Click on Ugo and Niso to see the dad and mom of our puppy-to-be. We will pick up our dog in March. We are quite excited.

We do need to think of a name. Right now, we are leaning towards Wookie (or maybe Wooka for a girl?). Or maybe Whoopi? Or should we go with Mopsy? Do you see any resemblance? We are torn on which is closer. Maybe you have some other ideas though.