At one of our favorite local county parks there is a long lakeside paved walkway where the everyone enjoys taking a long shoreside stroll along the lake. Many families come to that lakeshore park and gather around a picnic table, while the kids go play in the refreshing lake waters.
Of course the county park does have its usual set of rules: don't swim around the boat dock; no sunbathing on the boat dock; all dogs must be on a leash, no fireworks, etc., all of which a fair portion of the tourists who visit the county park tend to ignore the "strange rules".
While relaxing there by the lakeshore with my family on repeated occasion, we have quickly learned the name of at least one dog in particular. There is one particular owner who walks his two dogs (one is the adventurer and the other dog is the obedient one) from one end of the shoreline walkway to the far other end of the shoreline walkway.
The docile obedient dog's name is Cammy (aka CamCam), while the adventurous dog's name is Chevy. Yep, you guessed right...this guy obviously likes certain kinds of automotive vehicles.
During the long daily walk he calls commands primarily to one dog -- the adventurous one -- Chevy the adventurer.
The commands spoken to his adventurous one dog asking it to heel are quite repetitious as he tells that dog for the 'ump-teenth thousandth time to heel, or to stay close to master, or to not wander very far. BUT...like a large portion of the dog walkers at the county park, the man never puts a leash on either dog during the entire time he takes both dogs out there for a long walk along the shoreline park trail.
So, for the thousandth time it's....
"Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy. Chevy."
Believe me...everyone who has visited that county park knows that adventurous dog's name by now!
Ya know come to think of it...that might be a viable fitting name for our next pup....
