It is so hard to name puppies before I know their personalities. I like the method used by many Indian tribes: Babies were named as their personalities developed.
My first intimate exposure to this pup happened this morning. It was stormy and rainy. I was down in the barn and heard a pup cry out. Running back to the house I called to all the pups that are behind the bushes up by the front of the house. This little girl came out of the bushes with her hind leg up in the air.
She was shivering like she was cold and a bit scared. I scooped her up and put her in the house. There I wrapped her up in a fleece blanket and craddled her till she was secure.
Going into my office, I placed her on my lap and she fell fast asleep. After about an hour, she wimpered a bit and I put her down on the floor by my desk. She is still there. Laying peacefully on the floor on her fleece rug.
No crying. No fuzzing. No fretting. Just comfortable. You would think she had been raised in my office for the first 5 weeks of her life. Neat puppy.
She has a white around her nose narrowing to a thin stripe between the eyes widdening out to a white blaze ending on the top of her head. She has a narrow white collar. Her front feet are white. Her back feet are white at the bottom with brown and black coming down the leg.
Miss Ashley is now officially McCall’s Conamara Morning – aka Mara. She is going to live in upstate New York with Victoria J.