In this thread http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=94057
I told everyone about my dog Spanky, an eight year-old Shar Pei who we recently had to put to sleep due to cancer.
While we were first learning about Spanky’s illness, my aunt, a shar-pei breeder, called and told me a litter of pups would be born at her house soon, that it would probably be the last litter for her dogs, and would we be interested in one? At the time, the answer was no, as two dogs at our house is plenty (we have a fenced yard, but not a very large one). However, with Spanky passing and Scuba obviously in need of some canine companionship, we’ve taken the plunge. I feel like its a bit soon after Spanky dying, but our window of opportunity was limited, and five minutes with the litter of six pups had us sold.
So, here in my office (b/c my boss is cool and lets me do stuff like this), currently sleeps one pure-bred, seven 1/2 week old female shar-pei. I will soon be emailing my new friend Zette a couple of pics that I am hoping she will be kind enough to post, as she did of Spanky earlier.
We need a name, people. We want to stick with S as the first letter, although Peaches and Pumpkin are both possibilities. Your suggestions are greatly appreciated.