Xanthe
Saturday we picked up a new 7 week old puppy from the dog guide school. She is a yellow Lab, perhaps too light colored for the name we choose ahead of time. Xanthe is a Greek word for yellow or blond. They do darken through their first year. She is the 16'th puppy we have raised for the dog guide school.
Shasta was on the list of names, but having read the Fox in the Socks too many times, I wasn't going to have a Shasta in the same house as Aster. My wife doesn't like my suggestion that Knox would be a good name for a male, yellow Lab. After all, we knew a Calvin, and our daughter's first puppy was Luther.
Aster turned 14 the Sunday before last. We had a quiet celebration, only her replacement and his partner. Samson is about 5, but still plays well with Holly when he is off duty.
Our daughter's Zephyr was recently partnered with a man from the same area as our Nita went. It didn't work, and he will be partnered with somebody else later. I am not sure how it would have worked if the old friends ran into each other when they were working.
Today is Rumplestiltskin day. Some of the staff from Holly's service dog school will be passing through the area on their way back and offered to pick her up. She is the second puppy we have raised for them. This sav
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