# New member of my pack **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577 "2013-07-15T18:36:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/1 "2013-07-15T18:36:16Z")
This is our [new pup](http://i.imgur.com/zbuTg4b.png?1), who arrived just yesterday. She’s a survivor of the Moore, OK, tornado, which occurred when she was less than a week old. We’re still working on a name, maybe something weather-related? Breed is indeterminate and the mother was reported by somebody in Moore to be a “lab-looking dog.” Since her two litter mates looked a bit like border collies, she was listed as a border collie-lab mix, but her coloring makes me think there’s an Aussie involved somewhere. The curly tail is confusing the issue, though. Only dog I’ve ever had whose eyes reflect blue in photos, so I’m wondering if that’s because she’s still so young. Her actual eye color is still that muddy green-brown puppies have. Whee! Having only 2 dogs (after losing 2 in the last year) felt really weird. This’ll probably be our last dog raised from a pup, so I’m going to relish every second of it. ---
**Author:** ![nonacetone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonacetone/32/2819_2.png) [@nonacetone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nonacetone)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/2 "2013-07-15T18:39:24Z")
She’s adorable! Congratulations! Twister sounds like a fitting name, by the way. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/3 "2013-07-15T18:42:48Z")
She’s wicked cute. Dorothy. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/4 "2013-07-15T19:41:59Z")
D’awww! Pupnado. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/5 "2013-07-15T19:59:46Z")
Windy. ---
**Author:** ![sherrylynn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3be4f8/32.png) [@sherrylynn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sherrylynn)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/6 "2013-07-15T20:03:11Z")
OMG - She is darling cute - It’s a little ‘X-Men’ but I like Storm for a name. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/7 "2013-07-15T20:10:33Z")
Aww, how cute! How about Okie or Cyclone? ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/8 "2013-07-15T20:10:52Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > She’s wicked cute. > Dorothy. Dorothy was from Kansas; my vote is for Surrey. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/9 "2013-07-15T20:12:32Z")
Oh my goodness! I’m squeeing all over the place and my dog and husband are looking at me funny. 😃 I’m thinking with that tail, **nonacetone** nailed it - Twister. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/10 "2013-07-15T20:22:30Z")
She looks like a Twister. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![the\_O](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@the\_O](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_O)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/11 "2013-07-15T20:22:37Z")
Toto, of course. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/12 "2013-07-15T20:32:45Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Dorothy was from Kansas; my vote is for Surrey. Bonus for Surrey: She’d come with her own ready-made [theme song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bj7J7vXCf5w). 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/13 "2013-07-15T20:39:26Z")
Thanks, everybody! We’ve decided against Dorothy, since both of us had unpleasant relatives with that name, and Toto (always a Cairn terrier to me). We’re still considering Twister, Storm (or Stormy), Zephyr, and Dervish. I suppose we could add Vortex to the list. **Snowboarder Bo** , I don’t get the Surrey connection. All it brings to mind for me is “with a fringe on top.” I absolutely _love_ Pupnado, but so far her personality is so mellow that I’d have to justify it all the time. Maybe I’ll just call her that when she gets in trouble :). ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/14 "2013-07-15T21:54:41Z")
Oh my goodness, so cute! Thank you, **Sudden Kestrel**. You made me smile. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/15 "2013-07-15T22:22:21Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > **Snowboarder Bo** , I don’t get the Surrey connection. All it brings to mind for me is “with a fringe on top.” Well, I find that I like to give my pets names that end with a long vowel, but I also find that most people don’t like “people” names for their pets. Otherwise, I’d have just suggested Laurey: she’s from [Oklahoma](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ss1CXo8QMi8), isn’t she? And quite likely she was swept off her feet… ---
**Author:** ![Sarabellum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarabellum/32/3492_2.png) [@Sarabellum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarabellum)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/16 "2013-07-15T22:49:24Z")
How about Stormy? She’s super cute! By the way, border collies are not necessarily that black/white kind that are usually thought of. They come in several other colors, one of which is “blue merle”… rather like your little pup. ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/17 "2013-07-15T23:34:26Z")
She’s precious! I was just going through the thread wanting to suggest Storm or Stormy, and others beat me to it. With her colouring she does look like a grey and black storm. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/18 "2013-07-15T23:39:39Z")
She looks like a Professor Weatherby ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/19 "2013-07-15T23:41:33Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > Thanks, everybody! > > We’ve decided against Dorothy, since both of us had unpleasant relatives with that name, and Toto (always a Cairn terrier to me). We’re still considering Twister, Storm (or Stormy), Zephyr, and Dervish. I suppose we could add Vortex to the list. > > **Snowboarder Bo** , I don’t get the Surrey connection. All it brings to mind for me is “with a fringe on top.” > > I absolutely _love_ Pupnado, but so far her personality is so mellow that I’d have to justify it all the time. Maybe I’ll just call her that when she gets in trouble :). 'Cause Surrey (with the finge in top) is _from_ Oklahoma, just like your cutie pie! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2013, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577/20 "2013-07-15T23:59:04Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > 'Cause Surrey (with the finge in top) is _from_ Oklahoma, just like your cutie pie! 😃 \ (Dang, I know my humor tends to be on the subtle and dry side, but I thought this one was pretty obvious! Thanks for getting it **ITD**!) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-member-of-my-pack/663577.md?page=2)