# I got a PUPPPYYYYY!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 14, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217 "2004-10-14T16:40:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/1 "2004-10-14T16:40:40Z")
I’ve got pictures on my [blog.](http://errantry.typepad.com/pondering/2004/10/the_puppys_home.html) He’s a nice little Australian Shepherd boy. He’s adapting well to the other dogs (considering he’s only been here a few hours) and is now asleep on the bed with Dear Robert. And he’s sweet and fuzzy and he has puppy breath. Life is good. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/2 "2004-10-14T16:50:56Z")
Awww, he’s adorable! Congrats! Have you come up with a name? ---
**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/3 "2004-10-14T16:58:30Z")
He’s cute! He looks like he’s going to be a big one. Until I saw the pictures, I though “Dear Robert” was perhaps your cat. 😉 Here’s a question for the ages: Why is puppy breath so good and dog breath so bad??? ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/4 "2004-10-14T17:02:57Z")
What a nice looking puppy! He looks very much like my Tri-colored Border Collie, who’s mistaken for an Aussie all the time. What fun! ---
**Author:** ![GraphicsGal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@GraphicsGal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraphicsGal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/5 "2004-10-14T17:13:40Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > I’ve got pictures on my [blog.](http://errantry.typepad.com/pondering/2004/10/the_puppys_home.html) > > He’s a nice little Australian Shepherd boy. He’s adapting well to the other dogs (considering he’s only been here a few hours) and is now asleep on the bed with Dear Robert. > > And he’s sweet and fuzzy and he has puppy breath. > > Life is good. CONGRATULATIONS! I am envious! I have 2 Aussies, a red-bi girl named Neilli and a red merle boy named Chance. All I can say is it’s a good thing my guys don’t have thumbs because I would be in REAL trouble! Have a wonderful time with your new baby. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/6 "2004-10-14T17:52:00Z")
> [@missbunny](#): > > Here’s a question for the ages: Why is puppy breath so good and dog breath so bad??? For the same reason that newborns smell good, but infants just a few months older do not. In short, I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/7 "2004-10-14T17:57:50Z")
He looks like a [Bernese Mountain Dog](http://www.berner.org/). Only, you know, smaller. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/8 "2004-10-14T18:12:28Z")
No name yet. We have to think of a registered name and a call name (if we don’t manage to combine the two somehow.) And he does have a Bernese Mountain Dog look to him, doesn’t he? His copper is a bit richer than my Sasha’s was. The only other dog in the house that seems a little unsure of him is my oldest dog Cammie. She’s the only female dog in the house. Maybe she feels a little overwhelmed by all the males around. I am, a little. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/9 "2004-10-14T18:14:45Z")
Congrats on your new puppers! I wish “new puppy” smell could be bottled. I think it would be a big seller (or smeller?). ---
**Author:** ![Fox\_Paws](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/85e7bf/32.png) [@Fox\_Paws](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fox_Paws)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2004, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-pupppyyyyy/269217/10 "2004-10-14T19:56:05Z")
> [@Archergal](#): > > His **copper** is a bit richer than my Sasha’s was. Sounds like a good name to me!