Nothing wrong with Rainbows

So, just in case you weren’t aware (like that’s even possible!), we have puppies. Yes, eight of the little buggers. They’re 7 weeks old on Sunday. And they’re ready to go. And seriously, judging from the condition of my ankles and my flip flops, they NEED!!! to go…Just kidding.

But anyway, last weekend we did their shots and tattoos and, hell, I even gave them a pedicure. Yes, I’m nice like that.

And with the tattooing, came the “putting on of the collars”. When I went and bought the collars, the selection at the local Dollarama (insert trademark here) was so good that I got eight different colored/patterned collars. And this made the tattoo process that much easier. You see, apparently indelible ink is somewhat immune to puppy spit and the tattoo numbers written on the collars manages to disappear, within days! So, by colour coding them, it worked out really well. Because everyone knows that you can’t see the tattoos until, like, forever. Or, well, at least for 6 – 8 months.

Originally, we had eight collars, but one of them went somewhere. We’re not sure where. And no one knows either, go figure. So, one of them is currently collar-less, which doesn’t seem fair because one of the pups is now sporting two collars. Yes, someone loved this puppy enough to decide they wanted to take it home. But not quite yet. No, not for another week. But that’s okay.

And now, with these collars, we are really able to tell who is who and are in a position to tell prospective buyers just what type of personality each pup has. And we have nicknames for all of them. Limey, Blue Boy, Forrest (no, not as in Gump, but as in the green color!), Blackie, and well, on it goes.

However, I will admit, right here and right now, I messed up. The two patterned collars I picked up, one of a rainbow type coloring and the other of a tiger stripe colouring, well, they were inadvertently put on the wrong pups. The rainbow collar was put on the male and the tiger collar was put on the female.

We were referring to the pup as with the tiger coloured collar, as well, Tiger. But only for a day. She’s now called Tiger Lily and well, the rainbow collared pup is called Helorb. Yes, that’s correct. Helorb. It’s a short form of HEterosexual Lover Of RainBows. My idea. And quite possibly, not such a good one, seeing as I’m the only one calling him that. The others are calling him Rainbow pup.

I like Helorb better.