Friday 8 May 2009

Dude, a new dog!

Forget rusty razor wire and dozing security guards--the best security money can buy in Liberia is a dog. I've seen time and time again how terrified Liberians are of OneLove (our companion of two years), despite how friendly he is. Usually.

Anyway we've just doubled our quadripeds on patrol with the addition of Dude. After an agonizing four-minute debate in the driveway over names like 'HeyYou', 'Bro', and 'TwoLove', we decided that you can (should?) begin or end most every command with 'Dude'. So it stuck.

He's still learning the ropes and licking way too much for anyone's comfort, but he's irresistibly cute in that dumb-as-nails, puppyish sort of way. 
OneLove's energy level is now that of a 90-year-old, as he's now forced to wrestle or avoid Dude all day, every day. The guards have taken to calling him Ol' Papie.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

cutest pup ever!! =) Love the name ...alough I'm forever partial to OneLove's name;)