{"id":16411,"date":"2021-01-17T00:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-17T05:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=16411"},"modified":"2021-01-16T08:45:12","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T13:45:12","slug":"help-me-choose-my-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=16411","title":{"rendered":"I’ve chosen my name!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I need help choosing my name. I want to thank everyone who offered suggestions either here, via email, or on social media.<\/p>\n

You might think I misbehaved with my doleful expression and am in trouble for it, but I assure you that’s not the case. I’m just sad because I don’t yet have my name.<\/p>\n

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Image by Manfred Burdich<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Here is the complete list that Melanie’s fans and readers have come up with:<\/p>\n

Bruno
\nBuddy
\nCarrot
\nCeltic
\nCooper
\nCopper
\nDanbie
\nDexter
\nDilis
\nFergus
\nHero
\nIvy
\nJerry (named for a man who had PTSD)
\nJesse
\nLuke (associated with the saint of healing)
\nMurtagh
\nPercival (Percy for short)
\nRed
\nRollo
\nRooster
\nRufus
\nRufus the Red
\nRusty
\nSadie
\nSergeant
\nThor
\nTrevor
\nTyson<\/p>\n

There are three that I’m rather partial to and a couple that won’t work. One is because I’m a boy, and it’s a girl’s name (Sadie). I’m an emotional support dog. I don’t want to need one of my own.<\/p>\n

The other that won’t is Buddy. He’s already a doggo in the book. His breeder name is Frankfurt’s Champion Beauregard, and he’s a wee black and tan Dachshund who looks much like this chap below.<\/p>\n

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Image by mystic_oneness0<\/a> from Pixabay<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You can’t have two characters with the same name in one book. It just doesn’t work.<\/p>\n

So which ones are my favourites?<\/h2>\n

They are:<\/p>\n

Jerry
\nLuke
\nPercival (or Percy for short)<\/p>\n

Which of these three names do you think suits me best? Do I look like a Jerry, a Luke or a Percy?<\/p>\n

I’ve decided I’m a Percy<\/strong>. Actually, it was Gareth who eventually came up with my name. It seems fitting since he and Melissa met in the town of Perc\u00e9. You might think it’s strange using a name so close to the setting where “It Happened,” but you pronounce them differently.<\/p>\n

This previous post<\/a> includes the doggos in the series (although not all with photos).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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