Expecting Bryn
Last night was our last night alone for a while. We're about to adopt a 4-year-old Catahoula Leopard Dog mix from the San Francisco SPCA. So what did we do on our last night alone?
We stayed up late, in total privacy, completely absorbed together with one goal:
Finding a name for our new dog.
The pound calls her "Summer," and it just doesn't seem to fit her.
The Catahoula Leopard is the only known domesticated dog native to North America.
The best history of its origin is that Native American Indians cross-bred their semi-domesticated red wolves with "war dogs" left behind by Viking, Spanish and French explorers throughout the 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th centuries.
Prior to the Louisiana Purchase, when that area of the USA did not yet belong to the USA, the dogs living there were similar to the Australian Dingos in their relationship with humans. They are named after Catahoula Parrish and are the Louisiana State Dog.
So, late into the night, we searched internet sites for everything from the Cherokee names for leopard (tlv-da-tsi) and dog (gi-li) to ancient European, Asian, African and Middle Eastern female names.
Finally, we thought about Bryn-hild, a variation of Brunhilde, one of the famous Valkeries.
Bryn seemed perfect -- the name sounded beautiful to us, it has some historical significance to her ancestry, and her coated is brindled with black and gold.
More info than you'll ever want to know, plus a warning!
Dog blogs to follow.
posted by Woman In Love @ 6:26 AM
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