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Ben Pratt's avatar

Beyoncé!

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Jane Pratt's avatar

An epic name! Beyoncé and Lunch should have lunch! Also, is it Bey for short?

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Ben Pratt's avatar

Lunch is the best name. Your others dogs names were also great! Ball9on and Lemon.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Thanks so much, Ben! And then we have Sunflower, who kind of got the short end of the stick on the names. Our cat was Peach though and I liked that.

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Colleen's avatar

Randi! But- she was my boyfriend’s dog before I met him and my ex-husband’s name is Randy. We call them Good Randi and Bad Randy.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Hahahha I love this so much. Bad Randy sounds like a band name - though that Randy with the "y" doesn't deserve the honor

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Heather Marr's avatar

Not that you asked…but I have cats instead: Shasta and Topaz

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Heather Marr's avatar

Also, are people receiving their subscription-upgrade Sassy shirts yet? I haven’t but Canada Post was on strike for a month so maybe that’s why. (Also not sure if you were able to get my address through subscription info? I should know how these things work, lol)

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Jane Pratt's avatar

I have heard about some people receiving their shirts already, yes. If you don't get yours, let me know here in comments or email me and we'll take care of it. I'm not sure about the address part of the question. But I do know that Heather Marr must have her pink Sassy shirt!

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Heather Marr's avatar

I’ll give it a couple more weeks because of the postal delays, but will contact you later if I don’t get it. Thanks!

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JJacquie's avatar

I haven’t received mine yet…

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Heather Marr's avatar

What’s the story behind Lunch’s name?

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Jane Pratt's avatar

I'm here with my daughter Charlotte and I asked her how to answer and she said "just look at him". Which is the best answer. The truth is I had a list of about 30 possible names when I passed by a diner with a sign outside that just said lunch and I thought it was perfect. And for people like us who order in a lot of meals, it creates funny confusion in our household often.

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Heather Marr's avatar

I see that now! He is g-d adorable.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Lunch knows it and says thank you for recognizing it.

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Heather Marr's avatar

❤️❤️❤️

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Jane Pratt's avatar

I love those names, and I think that cats are harder to name than dogs, in my experience.

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Heather Marr's avatar

Thanks! It was definitely hard for my kids and me to all agree on names for them

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Agreeing on them is so hard. It's amazing Charlotte and I have been so in sync about ours (so far).

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Bianca Spence's avatar

I don't have a dog, but my almost 18-year-old cat is named Lowell. (After the poet Robert Lowell)

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Beautiful! And congratulations on the almost 18!

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JJacquie's avatar

Charlene Judine goes by “Charley “.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

Beautiful! I love both. I hope sometimes you say the full name too, because it is gorgeous.

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Cristina's avatar

Current dog is Bagheera, and previous dog was Sassy, so I’m glad you asked! Got my shirt and love it, thank you!

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Jane Pratt's avatar

SASSY!! I'm so glad I asked too! And Bagheera is beautiful too. I am so happy that you like your shirt - which for you has a double meaning - how cool. I am now without a Sassy shirt because I sent my only one to a reader who needed it for a present in time for Christmas so I'm ordering another and then look forward to some kind of group photo with all of us wearing them together. Yay! Thanks for supporting!

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Celia Cain, PhD's avatar

Chile! Spelled with an e because my youngest didn’t want him named after the dish - he’s named after red chile peppers. He’s a red poodle.

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Jane Pratt's avatar

That's adorable! So his name is spelled Chile like the place. I like the way your youngest thinks!

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