Meet Homer. The Homebot. Nugget. Sir Puppo II. He showed up right after I did. We were out for drinks with friends when one of them mentioned the puppy who was living on her porch. She had found him a couple weeks earlier lying in the middle of a country road in Jackson County. He was all alone, a few weeks old, nearly bald with mange, and eager to hop in the car with them. I'm not sure I would have been so generous with my backseat. When I first met him, he looked a little like an old and wrinkly man. I should post a photo, but I wouldn't want to embarrass him. At first I volunteered just to take him to the vet and pay for the medicine that he needed to combat the mange. And I really did maintain some kind of healthy distance from him for a few days,or at least until I fell hopelessly in love with his high pitch yawns and his baby suckling noises.
We wanted an old-timey, straightforward name for a pup with such modest beginnings. But J wasn't having any of my suggestions. Then I remembered a friend's doggie nephew, another Homer, and we decided that it was okay to plagiarize a dog's name from Connecticut. We tell ourselves that they were channeling the poet; we're channeling the country. Neither, let's hope, were going for the Simpson.
9 comments:
That is a really, really cute dog. I can't wait to hear more about him.
I didn't mean to comment anonymously! My fingers got a little Enter key-happy. Thanks for sharing the doggie-love.
I love his ears! And his closed eyes! And your shirt! And that you are back to blogging! But I especially Homer's face and story! :)
Precious! There had better be a meeting in our future.
oh I'm glad that someone wasn't posting anonymously that he/she couldn't wait to hear more about your dog. creepy. :) I need to see him in person, too. So adorable. Hello little Homer!
ps that photo is perfection and you should frame it pronto.
It's too good a name to keep in one family. All of Greece concurs. Make sure you show him a photo of Arlo, so he knows in whose paw prints he walks.
omg I am now going to come kidnap Homer. Look out!
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