Zud (foul smelling stuff)
Pet names is the next topic. "Angel"
Jake, the only dog other than my Mom's poodle to take a chunk out of my hide.
Libby
(a nice quiet dog to dog-sit)
Nestle' (I knew a guy with a chocolate lab with that name!)
Oscar (a friend's dachshund)
Quincey (undistinguished mongrel owned by peculiar new-age traveller - he also had a Kerouac)