Although James and I had a radio show for a while, and I was a DJ in college, today I did my first radio call in as a promotion for one of our books.
I talked to Steve Dale about his article on “designer dogs” such as cockapoos and labradoodles. The article contends that shelters are a much better (not to mention less expensive) way to get these dog, which after all actually are simply mixed-breed mutts. In the article, he points out that he has a “King Daley Shepherd” named Ethel.
I like the idea of giving my shelter/rescue dogs fancy breed names. So hey, I have:
- Leia the Lab-olly (labrador/border collie)
- Leto, the Pyr-atriever (Great Pyrenees/retriever)
- Cami, the Aussie-moyed (Aussie Shepherd/Samoyed)
- Plus Tika who doesn’t need a designer name because she is a purebred Golden Retriever. (Approximately, 25% of dogs that come into shelters are purebreds; Tika was one of them.)
Anyway, I also got to give a plug for my book. So if you happen to be listening to pet radio and hear some woman from Idaho talk about a book called Happy Hound: Develop a Great Relationship With Your Adopted Dog or Puppy, yes, that was me 😉