Amazon lists a new children’s book to be released/published May 1st.
The title is “My Senator And Me : A Dog’s Eye View Of Washington, D.C.” by Ted Kennedy. The word on the street is that it was actually written by a ghost writer, a Portuguese Water Dog who follows his master’s every move.
His name is SPLASH!
“SPLASH”?
WHAT?** “SPLASH”!**
Someone on my LJ friends list just had a similar reaction. I don’t get it. Sure, he’s trying to be clever naming a water dog Splash. But I don’t see what the big deal is.
Am I completely being whooshed? 
Jesus wept. Never mind, I just started thinking bigger picture. heh.
It’s sort of bizarre that Kennedy would do anything that might remind people of this, because he still gets criticism about it.
I guess you didn’t notice my backpedalling in post #3. 
It’s not the first time a D.C. dog “wrote” a book. Remember Millie, Barbara Bush’s dog, and her book?
Portugese Water Dog? Pshaw! I’m not falling for this one; not after the Sea Monkey fiasco.
It’s common to give Porties have nautical or Portuguese-themed names. “Splash” and “Rio” are like the John Smith of Portie names.
I’ve got two Porties. One has a nautical-themed registered name, but both have rather ordinary call names. Some hardcore Portie people have expressed surprise that neither of my dogs have a name like Sailor, Rudder, Vasco, or Scooner.
I think it’s also been said that a monosyllabic names are more easily recognized by dogs when giving commands. So “Underwater Search and Rescue” was probably thrown out as too cumbersome.
I’m just kidding, Senator Kennedy has had decades of heckling over that incident. I’d hope people would at least leave his dog out of it now, if not drop it altogether.