FRENCH WORD-A-DAY

Sweet posting! I had a Daisy growing up and was gifted another Airedale Daisy from my husband 7 months before the birth of our daughter. And then Daisy had Pumpernickel!

Notre petit chie s’appelle Finn. Il est un Cairn Terrier aussi le plus féroce chiot au monde. Il ressemble TOTO en la filme Dorothée et le magicien d'Oz. Son prénom se dérive de l’ancienne langue Nordique et signifie guérriere puissant. Pour nous son nom peut-être signifie le fin. Nous pensons qu’il peut être notre chiot finale.

I have Heidi, a German shepherd and Bunny, a mutt from the pound, because her hair is soft as a rabbit!

Lena, our rescued Jack Russell terrier mix is 10 years old. We call her a sedate middle-aged lady who is gentle and polite, but manages us quite well nonetheless!

Our daughter begged us to take Maggie, a 10-pound stray who was not having it with their St. Bernard puppy. “It’s just for a little bit,” she told my husband.
That was four years ago.

A red brindle long hair Dachshund whose kennel name is Song of Faith. From that we call her Melody!!

Our 10 year old kitty is named Zazie after Zazie Dans le Metro by Raymond Queneau and she is every bit as precocious as the title character.

Cognac is our almost 2 year old teckel poil durs, wire haired dachshund. He is a bundle of energy and simply loves stealing our socks, pens, slippers,& food when he jumps up on the table! We lost Louis XIV, whom I brought to the USA from Paris, at the age of 15 1/2 just months ago. Also in our doxie past are Milou, Sophie (both wires), & Charlotte, our long hair who was a wedding present in 1993. So what kind of dog do we prefer?

We have a 10 yr old cocker-springer mix. I think they are called sprockers in England. She is brown, so we call her Molly B - after the movie "The Unsinkable Molly Brown". Funny thing is she does not like the water! Before her, we had a brittany named Chip for 14 years.

Our Schnauzer is called Fitz and he is 13 years. He is the boss and lets us know when he is happy and when he is not!

I had 'Maax', a 125 lb. Rottweiler. The sweetest dog I ever met. Sadly, he only lived to be 8. Before that a Norwegian Elkhound and before that, pugs. Now I'm down to a cat....who thinks he's a Rottweiler!
John in Ohio

Merci pour la bonne histoire. AFter pushing kids in the stroller, I met neighbors through walking our dog, Tess. She is a 12 year old, semi-blind, very sweet goldendoodle. Her mom was an almost white golden retriever and her dad, a white standard poodle. She rules the house with our killer cat, Boots, who never fails to drag something in and lay it on the rug!

My adorable and wonderful black and white Tibetan Terrier is Emma Rose. At a year and a half she is full of mischief! She’s a delight! Before Emma Rose, we had Maia, then Tashi and Zoe all Tibetan Terriers, all wonderful!! After losing our last TT, we hesitated to get another because it is so painful to lose a beloved pet. I’m so glad we brought Emma Rose into our lives, she makes every day special. I hope when you are ready you will welcome another pup into your lives. You will be amply rewarded with enduring love and amusement!

We have had an assortment of dogs, mostly shepherd mixes, in almost 48 years of marriage. The first one was Hilda, then Tasha and Zeppelin. For a while we had three dogs, two of whom actually belonged to our son, whose girlfriend doesn't care for big dogs. Since they were approximately, the same age, Heidi, Cooper and Rufus grew old together and died one after the other, and my husband cried every time. Our current dog Nelly May is an adoptee from the humane society weighing 9 lbs as a puppy, now a healthy 62 lbs. The standing joke here is that I tell people that if I come back in another form, I will want to come back as my husband's dog, since he spoils them so much!

We have had mostly German Shepherds over the years. The current boy is named Chance, almost 6 years old. The others were Arwen, Sheba, Barbel and Niko. Each personality has been wildly different. We also adopted an Airedale Terrier early on who arrived at 1 year old with the name Buffy. She was the sweetest dog ever but we learned that we're not terrier people-she was completely independent and devoted to her own affairs. They have all given us so much joy.

My friends call me a Francofool, because I love all things French! I live in Florida. My cats are named Jean-Pierre, Elodie, Remy, and Nino! They are all shelter rescue kitties!

Pour ceux qui ne savent
pas
Breizh = La Bretagne =
Brittany

Quand nous sommes allés en France il y a longtemps moi en famille nous avons trouvé les animaux dans les familles extraordinaires alors quand nous nous sommes rentrés aux USA, j’ai promis à mes fils d’avoir un chat pour eux. Alors Sarah est arrivée chez nous. Nous l’avons appelée cela en honneur de notre chat favori à Poitiers. Sarah ! Sarah chat, Sacha, comme nousl’ avons aimée si joyeusement. Après sa mort, d’autres chats sont venus chez nous-Sabrina , Smokey, et puis Stella. Nous avons perdu Stella en 2021. Comme les autres lecteurs j’apprécie bien tes histoires des chiens et des chats merci cher Kristi❤️

Bonjour Kristi-
Saga looks so much like my first dog who has been gone for many years now. His name was Woofer and he was a wonderful companion to me for 12 years. He is buried in my backyard with a special gravestone and memorial plaque. He was such a special dog. My friend always described him as a "human in a dog suit"! I think that was true! He lives on in my heart. We now have Neko, a delightful Havanese rescue. He lights up each day with love and joy. We all know, there is nothing like our dog kids! Hopefully, another will come to you when you are ready..they seem to find a magic way into our hearts.
Jackie

Growing up our family dog was Duchesse, a brown and white Spaniel who had a huge litter! My own family dog was Tomaso Giovanni Albinoni whom we called Albi. My son's dog was Balou. My younger sister and her husband only had Australian Shepherds who have been and are named Emma, Neo, Cricket, and Arrow. My older sister has had Wheaton Terriers and now Golden Doodles with names like Cluny and Bogey (for Humphrey Bogart). We love dogs and cherish the pleasures they give so lovingly. Choisissez un bon prénom, c'est très difficile! Bonne chance!

Dear Kristin, my husband and I have two standard poodles, caniches in French, apricot colored. The females' name is Marie Antoinette, but we call her Toni and the male is named Bennett, because we love the singer so much, Tony Bennett!!
Dogs are the best!!
Derin G.

Our dogs have all moved on. We had two Great Pyrenees to guard our sheep and a Golden Retriever to lie around the house. The Pyres were brother and sister: Treader and Lily. She had three good legs but could fly like the wind. Treader was named after the book, The Voyage of the Dawn Treader. He would walk the vineyard fence line in the morning to make sure of our safety. The name seemed appropriate. After we sold the vineyard, the big dogs made their beds on our porch. They occasionally would walk through the house and out the other door. "I don't see what humans see in those places."

My pup is Beppe (Bep-pee).
A 2 year old Shih Tzu rescue.
I wish I could add a photo because he is just the cutest.

Our family has had only 2 dogs since we've been married. An Anatolian Shepherd named Sheba - she was really large, white, and a true guardian over our family, horses, etc. She never relaxed, but was always placing herself in the most central location, as to watch all of us at the same time. She appeared to be "laying around", but I learned later that they are always keeping watch, whether sitting, standing, or laying down. She only lived 8 year and was our faithful protector! Our last dog was a sweet, silly, wiggly-butt Boxer, named Roxy. She was pure sweetness and lived 12 years. We had to put her down a couple of years ago, as she could no longer walk. These dogs left their mark on our hearts and we are still not sure we will have another. But we are leaving our options open. I do dream about what breed we might have next if we do choose another dog. Mostly, we are thinking of one that does not shed their coats! It's fun to dream about it anyway. Dogs are great companions ♥

After having 4 male German Shepherds over 45+ years, the last being a wonderful dog, we didn’t think we could have another. So Rick found a lovely girl who is 3/4 Golden Lab and 1/4 Golden Retriever. She was named Olivia, which we thought was a little formal. We rechristened her “Livi”. She is the sweetest dog and being raised by 3 cats she believes she is one of them, crawling into Rick’s lap and sitting with them on the window seat to watch what’s happening in the neighborhood. Such fun to have a happy dog!

I do not have a dog right now. It is hard because I need to be able to take one for walks. It has been three years. My first dog was Tinker, a cocker spaniel at 1, then there was Al and Fred, both mutts, Gramma for some reason took us to pick out a Dashound we named Ichabod, called him Icky. Then I went to college and after that in an apartment I found a hound dog with the long ears and long, low body....name escapes me. I called him Fred, but had to find a home for him when he started howling when I wasn't there. Dogs were not allowed in the complex. Next came Abigail a German Shortharir Pointer with my boyfriend. She had ten puppies and I told one and moved back home...Lize, the Ginger another GSP joined us. When Liza passed, Katie a GSP came home from the SPCA(the have a no kill one0, Then Bessie, a Yellow Lab with a roommate jointed the group. And last, but not least I adopted another GSP my niece found in Colorado that no one wanted in the winter. We flew her to California and I named her ABBy. Katie wasn't happy at first, but it all worked out. I am thinning I could handle a smaller dog, but not a yippee one, so am considering either a long hair or short hair Dashound. If you get a chance, bring up Doggie Day Care Farm Trips on FB and see what Luke Evans iw doing with 20+ dogs.....rehabs and his wife and family.