Wonderful News From Snowhook!
“For people new to this blog, Snowhook’s the racing kennel we’re very attached to up in Willow, Alaska,” Spence says. “Rebecca and AJ are the wonderfully humane couple who run it.”
“Maybe one day we’ll even get up there,” Admin says. “But for now here’s an email from Rebecca. Could it make us any happier?”
“Only if we had pictures of these pups.”
“But no pressure, Rebecca!”
As Chief Naming Officer of the kennel, it isn’t just about picking a theme of names, and the right name for the right dog. It is also about the right time. Such a time presented itself during chores on Friday evening when AJ said, “We need to pick out names for the pups.” I’ve been waiting for the right moment to have this conversation with AJ. We entered the pen that houses the four pups who were born in February.
AJ sat on a low stoop and the first of four climbed on his lap. “That’s Chet,” I informed him. Soon AJ was covered in mud, fur, wagging tails and pink tongues as I introduced the other two boys—Bernie and Iggy. The boys slid into their names with ease. I’ve tried on many different names on the tiny girl, smaller than the rest of the litter. Nothing seemed to fit. Tonight it came to me—Little!
As we walked to the house after chores, I asked AJ if he knew the pups had already been named. He responded with a smile in his voice if not on his face, “I suspected it for a long time.”
It’s official. Snowhook now has a Little Detective Agency Litter with Chet, Bernie, Iggy and Little.
Tags: Justin Savidis, Little Detective Agency litter, Rebecca, Snowhook Kennel
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8:19 am on May 11th, 2013
Wow!!!!! We love love love those names. We expect Big things from the Little Detective Agency litter.
Good morning All!
8:27 am on May 11th, 2013
Gooood morning everyone! And what a good morning with a whole Little Litter!
8:47 am on May 11th, 2013
How cool is that! Excellent names for the individuals and for the litter. Love it!
Rio: The final episodes of Elementary are on this coming Thursday. I still haven’t watched the “yeep” episode.
Good morning all.
9:08 am on May 11th, 2013
Whoo hoo!
9:24 am on May 11th, 2013
Good morning to all.
I love, love, love Chet, Bernie, Iggy and Little. Our own detective agency names. So great. Go Snowhook!
9:33 am on May 11th, 2013
We will be expecting Big things of our Little Detective Agency.
Born to Run!
9:36 am on May 11th, 2013
Oh, oh…the Herd of Hounds already said that.
Well, Good Morning then to Everyone.
9:38 am on May 11th, 2013
BSD: Are we all excited about the “Little” ones, or are we excited?
9:38 am on May 11th, 2013
And now I see it was the O’Howlers, not the Hounds.
Where’s that cawfee!
9:40 am on May 11th, 2013
Hounds! A Simultaneous Post! WoooHooo!
9:50 am on May 11th, 2013
Whoo hoo! Do we “detect” a special day?
9:58 am on May 11th, 2013
The Little Detective Mushers . . They can run for hours at Chet’s Go Trot. (Is that correct?) Hip, hip, hurrah!
Finally caught up from yesterday. What a day. Wrote on yesterday’s blog this morning. It was early, but I think it made sense.
It’s going to be a bad movie morning as Gracie and I both need a poultice. I can watch the TV and she can watch for treats coming out of my pocket.
10:11 am on May 11th, 2013
OMDAWG!!…snort!snort!…How amazing is this!?…chorkel!…I bet that made Spencer and Admin’s day for sure. I can not wait to see the photos of this special Little Litter….wheeze!
Postal!… I get to go for a ride! Off to the postal place to mail a special package…WoooHoooo!
11:41 am on May 11th, 2013
We love it, The Little Detective Agency Litter! This is exciting.
We are looking forward to pictures.
Rio, It is an afternoon game today. We are not used to afternoon games on Sat.
Good Morning All
11:42 am on May 11th, 2013
That is sooo exciting. We are doing a Rio twirl here. Can’t wait to see pics of the four little ones.
I bet Bee wishes they had named Little Suzie instead. hahahahaha
11:54 am on May 11th, 2013
Little Suzie? Wake up!
11:54 am on May 11th, 2013
I LOVE IT! Chet, Bernie, Iggy, and Little. Snowhook has its own Little Dectective Agency.
Pondering here. Since Chet and Bernie seem to be traveling for The Sound and the Furry, maybe the next book can take place in Willow.
11:57 am on May 11th, 2013
I believe Grizz and I held these very same pups when we visited. They are adorable. Would love to see new pictures!
11:57 am on May 11th, 2013
I love PUPPIES!
We miss them here. The spa morning went well. The bad movies were even too bad for me to watch (and that’s bad) so we have been watching people chasing tornados.
Grace and I have decided that is stupid, though . . If we had the Element full of The Pack? We probably not be blown in the air. Not going to test it.
12:00 pm on May 11th, 2013
Hey Rose, Chet and Bernie traveling to Alaska is a great idea.
12:09 pm on May 11th, 2013
Should we start working on titles?
12:19 pm on May 11th, 2013
Sigh. Perfect. Too cool. I agree that Spence/Admin need to come to Alaska–maybe around the time of the Iditarod and do a book tour. The Chet&Bernie books, Simon&Schuster and Snowhook would all benefit along with all the winter-bound readers in the state, of course.
So…we have four little pups that need harnesses to chew/grow into. I’ll be looking into my loose change bowl later this week to see what is there to send to Snowhook. A penny here, a penny there, every bit helps and it all adds up to big things.
12:38 pm on May 11th, 2013
Now I have that blasted song in my head–Wake Up Little Suzie.
12:39 pm on May 11th, 2013
B: LOL.
12:40 pm on May 11th, 2013
I was hoping Sharon or someone would explain the humor in Acme and the Road Runner to me.
12:44 pm on May 11th, 2013
B. Acme= ace pinnacle, top, best. Always had by coyote. Always fails. A reverse kind of gag. Very low form of humor (ala pie in the face or pun).
12:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
B: Acme being the best and Wiley, in spite of choosing this company, always failing…would be my interpretation of the humor in it. Perhaps you have to have a warped sense of humor, like myself, to enjoy it.
12:51 pm on May 11th, 2013
We always cheered for Underdog Wiley Coyote. The Roadrunner didn’t need our Help.
12:52 pm on May 11th, 2013
Thank you Rebecca for ignoring any puppy who might have tried to tell you her name was Leda! YAY! Puppies!! I just realized that her name used to be LedaLittle. ehhh
12:59 pm on May 11th, 2013
I always enjoyed the Road Runner and thought of the coyote as a sap I guess. I never put Acme and the coyote’s failings together. Thank you Masquers and Sharon.
1:00 pm on May 11th, 2013
Names!…I am very glad the little girlie did not end up with Suzie or Leda as her name…snort!…Little keeps it all in with the boyz the detective agency…chuffle!
1:23 pm on May 11th, 2013
Macy: Don’t you just love “ah ha” moments?
We find that ya’ll give them to us here all the time…duh, what were we thinking?
1:51 pm on May 11th, 2013
Please, Rebecca, post pictures. Just think: Little Iggy (or would that be Iggy Little) is going to have his very own e-Story.
2:19 pm on May 11th, 2013
Siber-H, I would love to see Chet and Bernie solve a mystery in the great State of Alaska!
2:22 pm on May 11th, 2013
Masquers, I guess the title would have to keep in line with films/book titles. Hmmmmm.
2:25 pm on May 11th, 2013
Great names!
2:34 pm on May 11th, 2013
Hmmm, Spence could put a humane kennel like Snowhook in the book and readers that don’t know much about long-distance dog mushing could learn from the book.
Rio, Mom has to go away for awhile. She will leave the game on for me but not the computer. I am sure she will be back to see some of the game.
2:43 pm on May 11th, 2013
Game!…I had no idea the game was on already…grunt!…My friend has been busy working on something for the busy-place and I’ve been snoozing…yawn!…We will probably miss it unless they replay the game tonight…wheeze!crap!
Walk!…Now we are harnessing up for a long walk…sneeze!…I mean really?
3:33 pm on May 11th, 2013
Glad! We here are glad youse all like the names of the pups. They’ve been named for a while, but AJ needed to be informed first. Iggy was named first and spontaneously when our Lady picked him up and said, “Iggy!” and he licked her face. It is our way of showing SQPA and all youse just a fraction of our gratitude.
Macy and Rio: There were two names that weren’t even considered for Little and you’ve guessed them both. There is speculation that Little may have a middle name: Cousin Bob.
Staff: We received the jacekts in the mail. It appears as though the package was in the hooves of the MGs for a short while. We suspect it was a training mission for the baby MGs Rio’s friend helped as it wasn’t completely damaged. The small bites were a rookie effort at best. We thank you for the jackets.
3:44 pm on May 11th, 2013
Puppies and jackets and harnesses, oh my. There’s no place like Nome!
3:51 pm on May 11th, 2013
Hounds: Good One!
3:56 pm on May 11th, 2013
Jackets! Yea, the MGs were foiled again.
Zoe and I THOUGHT we were going for a quick 5 minute trip tp another mechanic for the Subaru. Yeah, right. 90 minutes later he thinks he has it fixed. Gully washer coming home. The fix engine light is back on. sigh . .
The only fun thing about that trip was watching a Malamute member of the Nation walk a little girl.
4:12 pm on May 11th, 2013
The ‘rents put the bad litttle flags around that there chicken coop. Then they tried to walk each of us in there. We were not born yesterday. Oh no we were not.
4:20 pm on May 11th, 2013
I am glad you were not born yesterday, 0’Howlers. I have full confidence that you will think of something.
The Pack approves of this photo . .
4:23 pm on May 11th, 2013
Oleys, Sounds like they are training you before the blessed event.
Sun is shinning here but it is still cold. 2 more days and then it will be nice again.
Barb is going to slow cook some baby back ribs to have them ready for the cookout at Josh’s tomorrow evening. Putting on a natural rub, then baking them at 250 for 2 l/2 to 3 hours. Tomorrow they will be finished on the grill with sauce.
4:38 pm on May 11th, 2013
Slurp!…Barb that sounds delish!…gurgle!
5:03 pm on May 11th, 2013
Masquers: You mentioned a warped sense of humor. We relate. No. 1 son says mom is caustic and ascerbic.
Melanie: Loved the power of bark!
The HOH is so proud of the “Little Litter” we could bust our buttons, if we had any. No pressure here but…Chet, Iggy, Bernie and Little, we are looking forward to great things from ya’ll.
T&G: Hope your mama is doing ok with her show. Know she is over worked, but we miss ya’ll.
5:07 pm on May 11th, 2013
Fellow Sibers, The truth now comes out. The rents are going to keep you guys away from the chickens with the bad little flags.
This is not fighting fair.
5:10 pm on May 11th, 2013
SPOILER ALERT: I just watched the “yeep” episode of Elementary. (Absolutely excellent!) Has Irene been with Moriarty all of this time? (In Arthur Conan Doyle’s version “The Woman” marries another man.)
5:14 pm on May 11th, 2013
Avert!…Pug eyes from the post up above. Avert! Avert!..snort!…I almost read it but I didn’t…whew!…This is a good reminder to take a break from napping and watch an episode of Elementary…yeeep!
5:18 pm on May 11th, 2013
Love the “power of bark” Melanie.
What are the bad little flags that the Howlers have around the chicken coop?
5:41 pm on May 11th, 2013
Stover, The bad little flags are what is called an invisible fence. They give a very mild electrical shock. They can be used to keep a dog in its yard without ever having to put up a fence. It does no harm to the dog.
The flags let the dog know that the electricity is turned on. The Howlers have already been trained with an invisible fence so they will know right away what the bad little flags are around the chicken house.
5:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
Bee, me thinks those little red flags indicate where the electric fence is buried.
We here know all about little red flags, yes we do.
5:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
Yeeep!….We just had a huge hail storm that came up really quickly…snort!…The ground is all white again like it just snowed….sniff!…My friend was very concerned about my old Subaru because it has to sit outside all the time…wheeze!
5:49 pm on May 11th, 2013
Electricity!…We are watching Elementary and youse guys are talking about electricity!…snort!….Maskers and Stover will know what I mean…yeep!
5:55 pm on May 11th, 2013
Thank you Siber-H and Wolfie. I know about electric fences but didn’t know about the flags.
5:58 pm on May 11th, 2013
Looks like we have a new family member today. You know Kelly and her gand lost Joe, their elderly Newfie last summer. They just put a deposit on a new little Newfie to be born this month, and to be ready to go home in July. He may be named Pete.
Now for the really surprising news. This week when Kelly took Gus to the vet for some tic stoff, she was introduced to two little rescue guys. One was a 5 year old Cav. King Charles Spaniel with a broken back leg. The prior owners said the dog was playing with their other dog and got the broken leg. Right!
The vet said he would fix it for free if they would let him rehome the dog. Case closed!
The other was a 1 year old darling little black and white fluffy mix. Might be a Shih tzu mix with poodle or maltese. The people kept him in a crate most of the time and then took him to a groomer and said they “didn’t want him any more”. Today the 3 kids, Kelly, Chad and Gus all went to meet him. He was a little overwhelmed I think. He went home with them and hopefully will have a good evening and a good life. He was named Nemo and then the vet changed that to Hero and they are going to change it to Moe, which is keeping with their short boy names, and sounds like his old names.
6:02 pm on May 11th, 2013
Yes to the Power of Bark!
6:04 pm on May 11th, 2013
Newfie!….So are they still getting the Newfie pup?…snort!
6:13 pm on May 11th, 2013
Barb, The family is then getting two new family members…Newf puppy and the little guy?
I am missing out on the power of bark since I don’t bark. How about the power of Yark?
6:18 pm on May 11th, 2013
Yes, they are still planning on taking Pete in July. They will become a three dog family.
This little Moe has a strange habit. The vet thinks it is stress related. He does this wierd thing where he spins in a circle and chases his tail briefly when he is stressed or cornered. Kelly says he looks like the Tasmanian Devil. They have tested him to make sure it isn’t neurological and apparantly it isn’t. They think it will go away after he has a more normal life. Has anyone had any experience with this habit? Any suggestions?
6:24 pm on May 11th, 2013
Three Dog Nights!
6:26 pm on May 11th, 2013
We are Bummed. Vegas has been canceled.
6:29 pm on May 11th, 2013
Joy to the World!
6:30 pm on May 11th, 2013
BSD, that comment was in response to 3 Dog Night, not the cancelation of your show!
6:31 pm on May 11th, 2013
Sneeze!…I like ta spin in circles really fast over and over…heh!sneeze!…It is what I do when my friend gets home or when I want her to see me…sneeze!
6:38 pm on May 11th, 2013
We laughed at the power of bark, even though we don’t really bark. We just trust everyone, so who knows? The mail woman could be a murderer, but hey! She gives us cookies.
Barb made us very hungry for ribs.
Good for Kelly, taking that little rescue guy. Us rescues make good pets, because we know how good we got it when we land in a great furever home.
7:15 pm on May 11th, 2013
Blast! Now I have Joy to the World running through my head. “I helped him drink his wine and he always had some mighty fine wine.”
7:17 pm on May 11th, 2013
Rio, This does not sound like the normal spinning from excitement movement. More like a crazed, growling, spinning, tail chasing movement. He can be distracted and then gets over it. Might be from being crated too much, or maybe having little two legged antagonizing him while he was crated. Poor little guy. People are disgusting. Barb always says they should get what they give. Karma, or just punishment.
7:18 pm on May 11th, 2013
I went to my girl’s school today! Oh joy oh joy. We filled the car with her stuff – I supervised – and then we drove home. I was hoping to stay because my girl was crying and kissing me, but she put me in my car seat and said she would see me soon. The ride was great because the whole car smelled like my girl.
7:27 pm on May 11th, 2013
Barb!…Beau has his neurotic issues, but I don’t think his spinning is outta control…grunt!…It is just annoying as all get out…sneeze!…He is an attention seeker plain and simple…burp!
7:28 pm on May 11th, 2013
Tail chasing/spinnin (non-Rio) can be a canine OCD. Would make sense with mistreatment. Yippie for Pete(?) and others 🙂
7:29 pm on May 11th, 2013
Imposter-S!…So you managed to fool your girl somehow. ..sniff!…You are not fooling me, you imposter!…grunt!
7:38 pm on May 11th, 2013
Mama says I’m a grateful dog instead of a rescue dog. We have a thing, her and me—I love her and she loves me right back. I tackled her last night in all my muddy glory. Was she mad when she was wiping mud from her face? If smiling means mad, then yes, she was furious.
7:50 pm on May 11th, 2013
HOH, How do you treat this OCD? That is what it sounds like to us, but don’t know how to treat it, other than to redirect attention.
7:53 pm on May 11th, 2013
Barb, Mom agrees with Sharon about the spinning. It can come in more severe forms than what you have described. His doesn’t sound too bad and hopefully will go away on its own. The Dog Whisperer once did a program on this problem. Plus a good home, which he now has, I would also recommend exercise for the little guy.
The fact that he can be distracted is a good sign.
8:12 pm on May 11th, 2013
Wookie definitely felt an important part of his mission in life was to protect the homestead from the mailman. Thr nerve of that person– assaulting the house on a daily basis with all those envelopes and related things. We knew it as mail call, when Wookie’s barking let us know the mail had arrived. It was also known as red alert, because he had to let his pal Casey next door know that his house was about to be attacked next.
Rebecca — great naming job on the pups; you are truly a namer extraordinaire.
8:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
Mailman!…Beau is on Mailman-Watch while he is on Kat-Watch…snort!…Both get the vicious yeep!yeep!yeeping!..and all that jazz…heh!…Me, I don’t really care. I just watch the commotion…chuffle!
8:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
Elementary!…YEEEEP!
8:54 pm on May 11th, 2013
Snickering here. joy to the World? It got stuck in my head, but as the hymn. That’s the PK in me. 🙂
More power to your 3 dog family to be, Barb. They truely have big hearts.
Thanks for the Spoiler Alert. I still have not watched that Elementary.
Zoë and I have finished Life (Netflix streaming). It is two seasons and they actually finish it instead of leavinf you hanging.
We have now started Call The Midwife. We think we are going to continue that. We will watch it when we don’t have a new DVD of New Tricks.
9:03 pm on May 11th, 2013
Melanie: Beethoven’s Ode to Joy? And I give….What is PK?
Rio: Did you watch the latest episode of Elementary?
9:17 pm on May 11th, 2013
Bee, Preacher’s Kid.
9:31 pm on May 11th, 2013
Barb: Like SiberH says, redirct activity, lots of love and security. Hey, the name change sounds gooood too (redirect and overcome negative associations) Think I saw it on Aminal Planet.
Nighty night.
9:38 pm on May 11th, 2013
Stover!…Yes!..snort!…Didn’t see that coming.
9:48 pm on May 11th, 2013
Apes!…Hey, the original 1968 Planet of The Apes movie is going to start in about 10 minutes…snort!…What a treat!…heh!…Too bad I saw the ending on Mad Men the other night..grunt!
9:57 pm on May 11th, 2013
Nighty noodles, we are signing off for now.
10:08 pm on May 11th, 2013
Barb and MagPie are correct. I am a Preacher’s Kid.
I think the redirection is a great idea. Just make sure that love, pats and treats come when Moe is NOT doing any chasing of his tail.
Whilst I was reading this evening I came upon a word I did not recognize.
Donnybrook
I teased out the definition from the surrounding paragraph, but decided to look it up. Very interesting and my idea of where the word came from was completely wrong.
See if you can figure it out before you hit the link . .
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/donnybrook
10:19 pm on May 11th, 2013
Yay! Puppies with perfect, special names. We’re excited for Snowhook and Spence.
‘Night all. Sleep well. Happy Mother’s Day a bit early to 2-legged and 4-legged mothers.
10:23 pm on May 11th, 2013
Donnybrook!…yup!…That’s a good word…grunt!…I might live it one day soon…heh!
10:31 pm on May 11th, 2013
Hi BlueKat, good night BlueKat.
i am also going to bed.
Riö, turn the light out when you go to bed.
TTFN
10:32 pm on May 11th, 2013
Donnybrook: A good old fashioned bust ’em up fight? Named after the place where that happened?
11:05 pm on May 11th, 2013
Yep…a Good Old Fashioned Free-For-All.
Thanks, Barb & B. Now that Song is playing over and over for me too. Gah.
11:06 pm on May 11th, 2013
G’night All.
11:10 pm on May 11th, 2013
GAH!
I have spent 5 hours fighting my printer. AUGGGHHH! I have given up. I don’t know what it is. I downloaded the driver and software so many times I have lost count. Then it told me it wanted me to use the disc that came with it. Then it told me the disc was for the wrong (earlier) OS which I could have told it too. Now I am officially retired for the day and maybe I will have the strength left to read the blog. Humph.
Anyway I love the names for the new puppies. I was wondering about them. I saw Wolfie’s post last night and all I can say is I hope things start getting better soon. And those girls, so sad.
I am going to fold clothes and then maybe I can sit for another little while and read today’s posts.
BBL I hope.
11:27 pm on May 11th, 2013
Donnybrook. I knew it was a fight but not why it was called a Donnybrook. Interesting people those Irish. snicker.
Nighty noodle from a frustrated printer repair person.
11:30 pm on May 11th, 2013
Awww!…Staff, that stinks…grunt!…I know someone here fought and fought to get her printer working with the new lap-top..sniff!…Very frustrating indeed.
12:00 am on May 12th, 2013
Goodnight!…All youse guys!…snort!
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