He seems to respond to either one, and not much else. We got him from a rescue that said they got him from a puppy farm that was raided in Missouri. He appears to be a poodle mix, four to six months old. Very tiny and snuggly with my wife and daughter but kind of suspicious of me, but last night he did sleep up in the crook of my arm and chest.
Vet appointment on Thursday. He seems pretty healthy overall. Still waiting on the rescue to give us all the paperwork on him. This morning we brushed out his coat and got it de-matted some and he looks great.
Baud
Congratulations! He’s a cutie. Good to see you.
Elizabelle
Welcome, Freddie.
Archie is ok too, but pup looks like a Freddie to me. Sweet pup.
Capri
Red head – He’s an Archie
chrisanthemama
FLOOFY!
Miss Bianca
Aww, FLUFF BOMB!
That’s his real name. Congrats, SG! : )
Betty Cracker
Awww! He looks like a Freddie to me, FWIW.
persistentillusion
I had a very similar dog, who we called “Mop-dog”. He was a very sweet boy and very stubborn.
Dorothy A. Winsor
Congrats! What a cutie
p.a.
QTπ
Jerzy Russian
How about “Fredrick Archibald <insert real family name here>, Esq”?
stinger
Well, hellooo, Frarchie or Arddy! You are a cutie, aren’t you!
trollhattan
@Betty Cracker: +1 for Freddie. Top pic looks like one of those really fuzzy caterpillars.
la caterina
Definitely a Freddie. Also, what a floofball! Squeee!
zhena gogolia
Haha, what a sweet, funny pup! So nice to see you. I like both Freddie and Archie — they seem to fit.
Mike in NC
My brother got a Goldendoodle puppy last year. We’ll see at Christmas time how big she’s gotten.
Miss Bianca
@Jerzy Russian: I like that suggestion!
frosty
Nice pooch!
Dorothy A. Winsor
Open thread? I may be getting off twitter sooner than I planned.
I just got a new computer. Actually, it’s not “new” but new to me. It’s Mr. DAW’s hand-me-down. So when I tried to log in to twitter, it said my account was permanently suspended. There’s a link to appeal, but I’m thinking there may not be anyone at the other end of that link
JPL
What a cutie and congrats to the family. I’m staying out of the Freddie/Archie name game. lol
Steeplejack
Spunky little guy. He probably doesn’t realize yet that he’s won the happy home lottery.
NotoriousJRT
OMG, what a cutie! Knowing he has a good home after a hard beginning does my heart good on this Sunday. As others have said, it’s nice to see you. Thanks for sharing your news.
Steeplejack
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Can you try logging in from your old computer (or your phone)? Might be a configuration problem on the new computer.
SiubhanDuinne
So good to see you here, Soonergrunt! I’ve missed you.
Frarchie is a cutie-pie! Congratulations on being his new hooman.
AliceBlue
Love the little toothy grin in the last picture!
Kevin
If we’re voting I vote Archie due to the Missouri connection.
He reminds me of my brothers family’s dog. Looks like a ball of fun!
Eljai
I’m telling you now, I think it’s Freddie.
Congratulations on your new moppet!
NutmegAgain
What a sweetie pie! Lucky lucky all around
I just brought home my own mill dog rescue yesterday…been way too busy to get photos etc. My guy was the stud dog at a mill in NY. He’s 5-going-on-puppy. Since yesterday he’s learned to deal with a stack of 2 stairs–good dog!! Also kinda sorta leash walk around to the fenced yard, using one of those special halter. That’s a damned good thing, since Gunter has no clue about leash, or walk, or lots of stuff. And he is a Big Boy. I think he only weighs about 125-130, but he’s way underweight. Yes he is a Newfy; his coat is a lovely gray. He’s leggy; his head is well above my countertops, which he finds delightful. He’s going to be a masterful counter surfer. But such a good dog! They’re all good dogs. And the monsters who run puppy mills? I can think of many tortures for them. Many.
Alison Rose
Oh mah gah, what a cutie poo!! I vote Archie, if only because I am a child of the 80s and the name Freddie in any spelling makes me think of Nightmare on Elm St.
Not to dissuade you if that’s the one you prefer :P
AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team
Great to see you again dude.
eachother
Freddie to my discernment.
This exceeds cuteness allowance per article.
Please use new pictures in another article to disperse cuteness to tolerable levels.
Madeleine
So cute! I love the fluff and color! (Always glad to see you.)
Another Scott
He looks like a long-haired mini capybara – I can see why you picked him! :-)
Good to see you. Good luck!
Cheers,
Scott.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Steeplejack: I tried from my laptop, and I’m suspended there too. Oh well. Maybe it will get fixed. Maybe it won’t. Whatever
ETA: I’m now on Mastodon as @[email protected]
Omnes Omnibus
@Dorothy A. Winsor: I just looked at your feed. No indication that you have been booted.
delphinium
So adorable-congrats on the new pup!
Layer8Problem
Outstanding pooch, I’d have to say.
Jean
What a lucky puppy to have found you and a new life in a good home!
TaMara
Who’s a good puppy? Who, who, who?! You are you fluffy little fluff-ball.
Congrats. I concur with:
J R in WV
That’s the cutest dog I’ve seen all day today, delightfully floofy.
Great to see you here, to learn that you are doing well and getting better by the minute with the new puppy. What a cutie!!
Take care, keep in touch every few years…
Another Scott
@Omnes Omnibus: Yup, I see her too (I don’t have an account):
https://twitter.com/dorothywinsor
I did see some brief Twitter weirdness earlier today, but clicking the “Try again” (or whatever) button fixed it.
Dunno.
Cheers,
Scott.
Ohio Mom
@Another Scott: That’s it! My first thought was Archie/Freddie looks less like a dog than something else. I was thinking Tribble, but long-haired capybara works too.
At any rate, he’s adorable and I wish him and the Soonergrunt Family many happy years together.
Kristine
He is adorable 🥰! Congratulations on making a pupper’s life better.
CaseyL
Soonergrunt! Hey, if the (probable) demise of Twitter brings you back here, that’s at least one big positive outcome. Welcome back! Please stick around!
And the pup is an absolute unit of cute floof!
@Another Scott: He does! I was thinking guinea pig, but capybara is perfect.
Another vote for “Freddie.” Archie to me is for someone a bit on the blustery rambunctious side. Freddie is for cuddlepuffs, and he looks like a cuddlepuff.
Starfish
@Omnes Omnibus: You know how Elon said he would get rid of the bots and spammers? Actual humans are getting caught up in the suspension of bots and spammers
I think that is what happened to the League of Women Voters lady.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Omnes Omnibus: If you can see my feed, you’re a step ahead of me
Mo MacArbie
Arddie? Frechie?
C’mon, Frechie.
Kristine
@NutmegAgain: looking forward to many photos of pony-dog.
sab
Is that a dog or a hedgehog? Adorable.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Another Scott: Thanks to both of you! I fiddled around and entered a different user name and lo and behold, there it was.
sab
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Please stay here too.
Kristine
@Dorothy A. Winsor: one thing I’d been hearing is that if you log out of Twitter, you won’t be able to log back in because two factor authentication was disabled and there was no one available to fix it. Not sure if that is still the case.
Starfish
@Kristine: Not everyone had 2FA set up, and they generally use tokens to keep you logged in so it doesn’t matter until you switch devices.
prostratedragon
Betsy
Fuzzy Freddie!
How can anyone operate a puppy mill. I guess if you don’t have any real talent …
Steeplejack
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
Bookmarked for future reference.
MomSense
What an adorable rapscallion. He has a mischievous look about him. He’s going to turn your lives upside down in the best way.
scav
His hair looks longer than his legs!
Good thing about having both names is being able to haul out the full polysyllabic double-barrels when they’ve done something wrong. All critters instinctively know what the dreaded middle name flag means. (Well, at least most. For a few, it’s the afterburner ignition.)
Tinare
He’s adorbs! Congrats!
MomSense
@Betsy:
I think of Fab Five Freddy
Dorothy A. Winsor
@sab: Lord help me. I have no plans to leave here. I signed on BJ from the hospital the day I had my heart attack
Betsy
You could name him Frederick because he’s great.
Then churn out a million cute nicknames. Freddie, Federico, FreddieQ, Freshy-Foo, the Federated Fluff Function (his own disco-funk band), Right Said Fred, Friendly Freddie, Fredikins
but i belabor my point
Anotherlurker
Congratulations! To me, it looks like both of you have hit the lottery. Please enjoy many years of cuddles, skritches and boops!
karen marie
@Betsy: Hear hear!
Brachiator
What a little cutie! Good luck with settling on a name.
Nelle
Soonergrunt! Glad to see your name up there!
PaulWartenberg
ARFIE
Soonergrunt
@Jerzy Russian: That’s what we’re kicking around.
MazeDancer
@Jerzy Russian: Ooh “Frederick Archibald” is good.
Last name Capybara.
Cuz that pup looks very “Capy” indeed
dlwchico
He looks great!
My mom is looking for a little dog like that. Unfortunately here in norcal it’s either pit crosses or Chihuahua crosses of some sort in shelters and she doesn’t want either of those.
MazeDancer
@NutmegAgain: Aww, congrats! Dog is lucky to be yours, now.
But no pictures? What’s with that??
You know what they say about no pics…
sab
I guess Covid is over. I cooked Turkey Day for my thirty menber extended family for two decades. Covid ended that.
So this year we worried about my step daughter. Brothers got wind of that, and now we have ten plus people for Thanikgiving. Better than the old thirty plus, but same work, just smaller turkey.
Actually, I have really missed these kids.
feebog
Rescue dogs are always the best. Congrats Soonergrunt.
J.
So cute! You done good. ❤️
sab
@feebog: Rescue dogs are the best dogs. Housebroken, plus know a few commands. Plus they desparately want a home.
MazeDancer
@dlwchico: Feel like half the dogs that come across my Twitter feed for adoption are from CA.
Tell her to keep an eye on Muttville. They are all Senior Dogs, which means over 7. And they have all kinds of pups.
Though plenty of those Chi dogs are mighty cute.
https://muttville.org/available_mutts
Damned as Random
Looks like a fancy guinea pig. Major cute points.
wmd
Umm… Thursday is Thanksgiving, you may want to double check the vet visit date.
jackmac
He’s adorable!
Annie
He’s adorable! Looks like a tribble.
Elizabelle
That last photo. I just want to hug him.
And we are all smiling back at him. Who shall eventually be named.
dww44
@Nelle: Ditto. The dog’s a real cutie, too.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
@persistentillusion: Yes, these little guys tend to be very stubborn (and smart!) in my (somewhat limited) experience
ETA: It’s good to see you back here on the front page, Soonergrunt!
Ruckus
@Dorothy A. Winsor:
As a retired individual I seem to have time on my hands so I’ve been on Twitter for a while and am having a bit of a time trying to figure out, stay/leave or just wait to let it implode. I think implode might be more fun but then the fun of watching Elon devolve into a puddle of sweat might take longer.
KayInMD (formerly Kay (not the front-pager))
@Another Scott: “long-haired mini capybara”
I thought that’s what it was when I saw the pictures, before I read the text!
WaterGirl
So glad to see you here, Soonergrunt! Oh my god, this little one is adorable.
Love the action photo (#2) and I laugh out loud every time I look at picture #3. So impossibly cute!
NutmegAgain
@MazeDancer: I will, I will! I need to catch my breath… This guy is really a new puppy banging around in a rather large body. At the moment, it’s all I can do to safely get us both out to the fenced yard (crucial) so he can have a wing-ding. (And it’s only a matter of time before he figures out the gate latch, changes from one that my dear departed Murphy could pop open. Hey ho! life with doggos who know they are smarter and more persistent than you are.) To be honest, like many dogs from trauma or abuse backgrounds, he doesn’t really know how to play, yet, if ever. Toy?! What is toy?!
I promise copious photos with no particular skill once we get a household rhythm going.
NutmegAgain
@WaterGirl: Could not agree more. That’s the kind of fluff bucket that I would love to cuddle. And the nose! I have a name pref., but it’s not my call. The Soonergrunt family need to find the right one for them. But, to complicate things, I’ll throw out “Capy” short for capybara. hahaha
Currants
Great to see you here, Sooner!
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Ruckus: It’s all maddening
Jerry
Well, if you’re not going with Trousers, I love Archie as a name.
Sister Golden Bear
Awwww, fluffpooch! He looks like a Freddie to me, but I like the idea of using Archibald as a middle name.
@Dorothy A. Winsor: Checked your account as well, and there’s no indication you’ve been nuked.
Gravenstone
You adopted a hedgehog. See if he responds to Sonic…
Martin
Man, that’s a big guinea pig.
MazeDancer
@NutmegAgain: Half of Twitter suggested the same name.
OzarkHillbilly
What a sweet smile for such a sweet boy. I’ll bet he’s every bit as lovable as our Billie Jean is, she came to us as a rescue from an Arkansas puppy mill.
Dorothy A. Winsor
@Sister Golden Bear: It’s lovely to know you all have my back
Kristine
@Starfish: That’s good to know–thanks.
Ms. Deranged in AZ
Well hey there stranger!!! Congrats on the new fur baby. He’s adorable and I love that smile in the last photo. Made me smile too!
dnfree
@dlwchico: My brother helps with a Northern California rescue for various cold-weather dogs called Norsled. I know they have huskies, malamutes, etc, I’m not sure what else. Some of them are medium-sized.
https://www.norsled.org
prostratedragon
@sab: I can do dishes! You want me to do dishes?! [wag wag wag]
ellie
So cute!
Princess Leia
What an adorable pup!!!! Happiness spreader for sure!
StringOnAStick
@Ruckus: Someone noted late last night if you close your account, someone will just take over your name and start posting as you; it’s a bot technique so keep the account, just don’t open it in order to deny Elon the clicks.
Jay C
So cute!!
and the third picture shows that he knows it!
congrats!
bbleh
Well, poodles are smart, so maybe what he’s thinking is, “You seem like a nice guy, so I don’t care if you call me Sheila, or Tinkerbell, or Donald Trump’s Hair.”
Elizabelle
@bbleh: Funny.
geg6
Immense cuteness. And so happy to see you here!
geg6
@Mike in NC:
My sister just got a mini golden doodle puppy. She looks like the cutest floofy teddy bear. I love her. Freddie/Archie kind of looks like her, especially the fur color.
E.
Hey good to see you SG.
SFBayAreaGal
@MazeDancer: Muttsville is a great organization for senior and hospice dogs
SFBayAreaGal
Good to see you posting. I love the pictures of your dog. My vote is for Archie (there’s actually a song)
https://youtu.be/DDdkN-NZ8Rs
Ruckus
@StringOnAStick:
I wasn’t clear. Not planning to close the account, just to stay the hell away from the insanity as I agree about the concept of bots taking over. There is a reason so many are on twit and that’s because it allows contact without layers of walls to climb. We have here at BJ a similar problem of yokels coming in and screwing up the day. Doesn’t happen as often as it used to, I think mainly because the pie filter does a pretty good job. I have 5 entries in my pie eating contest and a couple of those never to rarely ever show up anymore, likely because many of us likely put them in and now they don’t bother. I have about 6-10 blocked at twit, because they are so obnoxious.
rikyrah
Looks like a cutie😍😍😍
Lady WereBear
That FACE! Congrats, Soonergrunt!
Speaking of Twitter, he’s baaaaaaaaaack!
Yutsano
I took the privilege of yelling about your absence on Twitter. No need to repeat that here. :P
also: in with the Freddie group. Yes that exact spelling.
Bobby Thomson
OT: we brought a six-year-old pittie mix home to live with us today. Her current name is Riley.
ArchTeryx
Since this is an open thread, I had a question based on a post in the dead Club Q thread
When it comes to tossing people off the committees, that takes a full vote of the House to do, doesn’t it? The Speaker can bring up the vote for censure and removal, but can’t simply remove people by fiat?
I was discussing Nancy removing MTG vs. McCarthy’s threats to remove multiple hot-button Dems from the committees. She had the votes to do it and did it. McCarthy may well not, because he’d need *every single Republican* present and voting or he’d lose the vote.
IIRC, the Speaker sets the agenda, but can’t simply assemble committees by fiat. Is that right?
zhena gogolia
@ArchTeryx: Good question. I hope you’re right. I have no idea.
raven
@Bobby Thomson: We’ve had Artemis for almost a year-and-a-half. She’s a pittie and very sweet. . .mostly.
mrmoshpotato
Look at that furry beast!
mrmoshpotato
@Jerzy Russian:
Fredrick Archibald Basketball Jones, Esq III!
Isua
@Damned as Random: I was about to comment, “Look, that’s a guinea pig. Abby/texel mix maybe. Give it scritches for me, and regards from my piggies Mango and Peter” but you got there first. :)
Jackie
@ArchTeryx:
This explains it pretty well:
https://amp.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/article249003960.html
mrmoshpotato
Thanksgiving search party!
Jackie
@mrmoshpotato: It’s with the mustard.
mrmoshpotato
@Jackie: 🎶And the
dishmustard ran away with thespoonmolasses 🎶MazeDancer
@Bobby Thomson: Aww…Congratulations. Please provide pics.
Lady WereBear
@mrmoshpotato: How could he let it get away. It moves so slowly.
mrmoshpotato
@Lady WereBear: The mustard carried it? They were in cahoots! Cahoots!
JPL
@mrmoshpotato: Oh my. Since I’m not on twitter, tell him to look next to the mustard.
Lady WereBear
So I’ve paused my Twitter accounts, leaving my Mastodon (@[email protected]) address as a pinned Tweet. Trump has been let out of Twitter life imprisonment .
We might have a General Zod situation .
NutmegAgain
@Bobby Thomson: Congratulations! Will want to hear stories
NutmegAgain
@MazeDancer: Not really on twitter, I just read stuff for info on Ukraine. Clearly not up to date!
CliosFanBoy
What a cutie!!!!
mrmoshpotato
@JPL: I’m not on Twitter either. I just wanted to alert everyone.
Anne Laurie
Look at that smile! Freddie likes his new place / people.
Congratulations to him, and to you & your human family too!
sukabi
congrats Soonergrunt! very cute mop with a toothy smile. 🐶😁
Odie Hugh Manatee
Good to see ya and there’s some really cute lint on your lens. ;)
mardam422
Who knew dustmops could be so adorable??!!!?!
Congrats on your new pupster. And a rescue, too!!! Best kind.