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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Another New Member of the Clan

I would like to introduce everyone to the newest member of our household, Mithrandir.

We have been discussing off and on about getting a companion for our dog Dulin, and here is the result. He is half Newfoundland and half Labrador Retriever, and fits right into our family. The dogs get along really well, especially since Dulin let it be known who was top dog, and they wrestle and play and are slowly kicking that excess weight off of each other.

All the kids love Mithrandir, indeed they have actually found a new interest in Dulin now paying him the attention that he so needs and deserves. He is very gentle and loves being around the kids as well, as can be seen from the next two photos.



In fact the only problem we have with him is that he really wants to eat Thalia's cat, going so far as to actually get her in his mouth. So she is now stuck in the girl's room and we are introducing them to each other slowly in the hopes that they at least come to an uneasy truce.

He came with the name Bowser, but being a family of Tolkien lovers we all wanted something with a bit more character to the name and after running the gamut of well known names (Frodo, Aragorn, Legolas, and the like), I started throwing out some lesser known ones, and Mithrandir was agreed upon. for those of you who don't know, Mithrandir is Gandalf's elvish name and means the grey pilgrim. And while he is not grey he does like to wander so at least part of the meaning fits, right?
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4 comments:

Mr. H. said...

What a great name, I wanted to name our Rowdy dog Frodo (I'm also a huge tolkien fan) but my wife would have none of it.:) Looks like your new friend picked out a happy home to live in...lucky him.

WeekendFarmer said...

Congrats on the new addition!!!! I am bit lost...both you and Mr. H seem to know what tolkien is. What is it : ) ?

Geno said...

Mr.H.-After watching some of the videos you have posted I think Rowdy fits much better!

WeekendFarmer-Thanks! As for Tolkien, he is the author(J.R.R.Tolkien), The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, books that basically made the fantasy genre of today and are well worth the read even if you don't generally read that kind of book.

Mrs. Mac said...

So that's a mouthful of a name .. do you have a nick name yet? :) Dogs are a great addition .. The pictures loaded so slowly .. for a moment I thought you had another new baby .. well sort of, eh? ;)

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