Oscar Bow-Wow

We now officially have a dog… and his name is Oscar. Mal and I were racking our brains trying to figure something out. He wouldn’t even acknowledge some of the names we tried… I really wanted to go with Maverick, since he is as stubborn and stupid as some people I have seen recently that call themselves “mavericks”, but he didn’t respond to that one either. Maybe he just marches to a different beat.

Mal’s dad suggested Oscar, only after I vetoed Payton. Payton probably would have fit… he has a huge forehead, runs funny and walks with his tail between his legs when anything else comes near him. I couldn’t live with all of the other neighborhood dogs making fun of him, so I thought it was in his best interest to go with something besides Payton.

Oscar actually seems to respond to his new name. We’ll see how it goes.

Everytime I think of his name it reminds me of the University of Illinois Fight Song, Oskee Wow-Wow… so I like to call the dog Oscar Bow-Wow for fun.

Here’s a clip of the song from the Illinois Marching Bands website:

Thanks to everybody for the name suggestions… some of them gave us a good chuckle. I really liked Jay’s Dr. Death idea… but then my AP-style nerdiness came out and I couldn’t call him Doctor if he wasn’t a medical doctor, and then his name would just be Death.

I know… I need a life.

Here’s OB-W tracking down a squirrel in the yard this afternoon…