# I got a puppy! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 19, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291 "2000-12-19T04:39:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lyllyan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@Lyllyan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyllyan)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/1 "2000-12-19T04:39:20Z")
I am so excited! I haven’t had a puppy (dogs, yes) since I was little! It’s a mini long hair dachshund, and his name is Fergus Minimus Weinermayer, Esq. My husband has not spoken to me since I brought Fergus home tonight, but he will get over it. ---
**Author:** ![deb2world](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@deb2world](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deb2world)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/2 "2000-12-19T04:41:11Z")
Congrat on the new little one. Bet you hubby will bond quickly with the little tyke and the two of them will be best buds. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/3 "2000-12-19T04:46:13Z")
That’s so kewl. I want a puppy, but I don’t have time for one, so I have no pets. ---
**Author:** ![Rosebud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ea666f/32.png) [@Rosebud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rosebud)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/4 "2000-12-19T04:50:30Z")
Congrats on your new friend, Lyllyan! I want a puppy! It’s the dealing with the early morning walkies that kills me, though, so I guess while I’m still living solo there shall be no puppy. My other option is to rig up some kind of harness & pulley system, so I could lower my theoretical puppy out of the window to do his or her business. (I’m _kidding!_) ---
**Author:** ![bagkitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ab992/32.png) [@bagkitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bagkitty)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/5 "2000-12-19T07:44:28Z")
Kewl. I’ve got recipes. BRAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ---
**Author:** ![Cyndar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cyndar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyndar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/6 "2000-12-19T07:51:54Z")
Congrats! Hope you enjoy yours as much as I am enjoying mine. They’re a handfull! Michi ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 7:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/7 "2000-12-19T07:52:18Z")
Are you sure that’s **Weinermayer** and not “ **Oscar Mayer** ”? Anyway, don’t bring home any hot dog buns for a week or two and you should be safe. ---
**Author:** ![fierra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/58956e/32.png) [@fierra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fierra)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/8 "2000-12-19T11:10:13Z")
Congrats…good luck with your puppy (mine is nearly 11 months old now…not really a pup anymore ☹ ) ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/9 "2000-12-19T13:40:48Z")
Congrats! That’s awesome. I have been hounding (no pun intended) my fiancee to get a daschund for 4 years with no luck. I am very jealous. They are great dogs. ---
**Author:** ![broccoli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a183cd/32.png) [@broccoli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/broccoli)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/10 "2000-12-19T13:47:07Z")
Lol - i’m chasing **pezzy** today… heh heh heh… That’s awesome man! Weiner dawgs rock. I want a puppy but my apartment isn’t the best place for one, there’s a bunch of people here with big-ass mean dogs (it’s like being in Cleveland)… ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/11 "2000-12-19T14:00:31Z")
Happy Happy Joy Joy (with kisses from 10-month-old Phyllis) ---
**Author:** ![lurkernomore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@lurkernomore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkernomore)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/12 "2000-12-19T15:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fierra \* > \*\*Congrats…good luck with your puppy (mine is nearly 11 months old now…not really a pup anymore ☹ ) \*\* ``` Fierra, Convince the dog of that. Mine is 4 and stil thinks she's a puppy, and a lap dog. (and she weighs 130) ``` ---
**Author:** ![Ivar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/51bf81/32.png) [@Ivar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ivar)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/13 "2000-12-19T16:50:57Z")
Congrats! I just got my Great Dane puppy 3 weeks ago, and we are having a blast together. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/14 "2000-12-19T16:53:29Z")
I had asked for some dog shopping advice in an earlier thread and we got ourselves an adult Shar-pei… 8 years old and very cute and sweet and in need of a home before xmas… she’s the most loving dog I have ever had. She’s perfectly content to sleep on her new dog bed in front of the fire and periodically wake up to lick out hands. (the previous owner never let her inside in the past year). ---
**Author:** ![Pandora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/eada6e/32.png) [@Pandora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pandora)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/15 "2000-12-19T17:51:13Z")
Congratulations!!! I am soooo jealous. I desperately want a puppy. (This past year is the first time in my life I’ve lived without a dog). Still trying to get a handle on the logistics… and make sure that he/she will be well taken care of… but the day is coming. Meanwhile, everyone I know is on alert to keep me far away from rescue shelters and breeders. Congratulations again and may you enjoy every second of your life with your new friend. -pandora ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2000, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-a-puppy/46291/16 "2000-12-19T18:02:40Z")
Congratulations! Hopefully, the warm fuzzies won’t go away too soon, and the hubby will warm up to the new addition to the family. Fergus Minimus Weinermayer, Esq. – great name. My pup’s registered name is “Del Sur’s Dock of the Bay.”