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Miss Ista is sitting on my lap, wrapped in her binky. She was a little carsick on the drive home, but she's otherwise doing well, and so are the rest of us about her (though we're not the healthiest lot in the world right now: [livejournal.com profile] timprov is having one of his bad days, and I seem to have caught [livejournal.com profile] markgritter's cold -- but in terms of having the puppy, we're dandy).

[livejournal.com profile] markgritter took some pictures, but I'm not going to get them up yet tonight. Still, take my word for it: I have a puppy. Right here. Right now.

Cool.

Date: 2005-07-12 02:52 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] sraun
Congratulations!

Date: 2005-07-12 02:54 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-07-12 03:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] truepenny.livejournal.com
Hooray for Her Puppyness!

Date: 2005-07-12 03:03 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] ellarien
Congratulations!

Date: 2005-07-12 03:08 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stillnotbored.livejournal.com
New puppies are wonderful. :)

Date: 2005-07-12 03:12 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] porphyrin.livejournal.com
Happy Puppy Day!

Date: 2005-07-12 03:35 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] loup_noir
Puppy! Even better, puppy pictures (soon!).

Date: 2005-07-12 03:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] stillsostrange.livejournal.com
Yay, puppy!

*frolics*

Date: 2005-07-12 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sculpin.livejournal.com
Puppy! Congratulations to you and everybody in your household, including Ista.

Date: 2005-07-12 03:42 am (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] batwrangler.livejournal.com
Puppy! Yay! I'm glad she's finally yours. Congratulations!

Date: 2005-07-12 03:44 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] ladysea.livejournal.com
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Date: 2005-07-12 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dd-b.livejournal.com
Ah, is that why the weather is so nasty? Dog days of summer and all?

Congratulations to Ista on her new people. I'm sure they will turn out to be the finest people in the whole world.

Date: 2005-07-12 10:58 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Amazing how many puppies end up with this result, as a percentage.

Date: 2005-07-12 03:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kalmn.livejournal.com
hello istapuppy! hello!

Date: 2005-07-12 04:20 am (UTC)

Date: 2005-07-12 05:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] athenais.livejournal.com
How splendid!

Date: 2005-07-12 06:35 am (UTC)
ext_12911: This is a picture of my great-grandmother and namesake, Margaret (smokey)
From: [identity profile] gwyneira.livejournal.com
Yay puppy!

Date: 2005-07-12 10:40 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] jenett
Puppy! Yay!

Still delighted over the name, too.

Date: 2005-07-12 11:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
She's already starting to answer to it. When she started to chew my mom's sandal, I said, "Ista, no!" and she immediately dropped it. Of course I praised her to the high heavens. Because she is a good girl.

What I don't know is the rest of her name. She has an AKC registry to send in, so she needs a middle name of some sort. So far [livejournal.com profile] timprov's suggestions are just Ista de Chalion and Ista Good Dog (because she is da good dog), but I'm thinking something else. I'm afraid it may turn out to be some hippie geeky name, but at least I'll get that sort of thing out of my system with the dog and not visit it on the human babies.

Date: 2005-07-12 11:21 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mkille.livejournal.com
Wasn't there a name [livejournal.com profile] markgritter was advocating for a human baby? You could get *that* one out of the way on Ista.

Date: 2005-07-12 12:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Pion? Yes, Pion did enter the discussion last night.

Date: 2005-07-12 06:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mkille.livejournal.com
"Ista Pion" sounds like a baking question to me. Not that it would disqualify it as a name. I'm quite fond of pie.

Date: 2005-07-12 07:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
It sounds like a baking question from a toddler, no less. Not that I'm unfond of toddlers, either.

Date: 2005-07-12 10:55 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] writingortyping.livejournal.com
Toshie says, "Congratulations!"

Image (http://www.flickr.com/photos/writingortyping/25426229/)

Really - he's truly excited!

Date: 2005-07-12 10:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
He is lovely. My last puppy's best friend was a little sheltie named Tasha, so the look of collies and shelties is a happy familiar one for me. They are so lovey and smart.

Date: 2005-07-12 11:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] writingortyping.livejournal.com
I told him about Ista, and he cocked his head, so he's definitely thrilled for you. Either that, or he wants a carrot.

Have been reading TN, BTW, in small(ish) doses on my screen!

Date: 2005-07-12 12:29 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
Good deal on both counts. We like carrots.
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Re: !

Date: 2005-07-12 11:03 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
What, if you have a puppy, your ordinary cold will go away in 2-4 days? I suppose she hasn't kicked in yet. She's still sleeping in her crate.
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Re: !

Date: 2005-07-12 01:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
This is true.

My old dog, when she was an old dog, was a most excellent Nurse Puppy. She would sit with whoever was sick and occasionally lick their hand. Sometimes, if it seemed necessary, she would place her 9# bulk on whoever was sick, to hold them down. Miss Ista is not nearly settled enough to serve in that role, but I'm not nearly sick enough to need it.

Date: 2005-07-12 12:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] cadithial.livejournal.com
What's your definition of binky? I always thought it was the cork you put in a babies mouth to make them stop screaming :P

Date: 2005-07-12 12:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
To me, binky = blankie. And the object you have described is a nuk or a plug (or, at the store when you're buying one, a pacifier).

Date: 2005-07-12 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] greykev.livejournal.com
puppy puppy puppy!

Is the proper term for Miss Ista a chocolate poodle, given her coloring?

Date: 2005-07-13 07:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mrissa.livejournal.com
No, she's a silver-beige.

Yes, I realize that she is neither silver nor beige. I'd say, "Discuss," but actually she will turn a silvery pale brown color once she's older. The breeder wanted to be very clear with us that we were not buying a brown poodle.

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