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the dailypic 3155 yr9 233 The Name Argus

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There is a list in my kitchen of possible names for the new pup. Radar, Wilbur, Basil Fawlty, Finnegan, Toby Flenderson, Grizzly Adams, Vedder, Weegee, Quinn, David Bowie, Andre, Elvis, Fezzik, are just some on the board. At some point, Dan added Gus. Now Josie’s full name is Josephina Smalls the Great, so we had spice up ‘Gus’ if it was to be used to keep the grand gesture. Prince was considered, Prince Gustofer Fezzik the Giant, Prince seemed too much so it was changed to Sir, Gustofer – which we might have made up- was changed to Argus. Argus is when it all came together. Argus is a camera. One of which I have proudly displayed in my house, it was my Grandfather’s camera, an Argus C3 Range Finder from the 50’s. Dan gets to keep his first choice of Gus, I get to tie it to photography, and a prop for a puppy photo shoot is set. So today, Argus and the Argus went to the studio for some shots. Like his sister, he is a natural poser, when he is not falling off the box backward. Here we have Sir Argus Fezzik the Giant, weighing in just over 15lbs at 8.5 weeks old and his namesake, Gramp’s 60+ year-old camera, nicknamed The Brick, weighing in at 1.6lbs.

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the dailypic 3151 yr9 229 And Now… Argus

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Sir Argus Fezzic the Giant joined the family today, and there were nothing but smiles all day long. Josie took a bit to warm up to him, but the afternoon she was checking on him, teasing him to play and teaching him the best spot to dig. Tomorrow, Argus will make it to the studio for his first session.

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the dailypic 3133 yr9 211 And Now Argus the Giant

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Two years ago, today, we brought Josie home, the last thing the breeder said to us was, “call me when you are ready for the second one.” We laughed… and now here we are, picking out Berner number two – Sir Argus Fezzic the Giant, ‘Gus’. Gus is 5 weeks old, he will be coming home mid-May. We had two males to choose from, it was hard yet easy. We could not go wrong, but Gus was ready the second I saw him, the rest of the fmaily came to the conclusion fairly quick. Josie and Gus have the same dad, their Uncle Kash, who we met 2 years back was there too, giving everyone hugs. Now we wait, and try to explain to Josie how she will still be important just not an only ‘child’, I was about the same age when my sister showed up, I know how this works.

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the dailypic 3017 yr9 095 Josie’s Prepared

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Unless you have a “Winter” Dog you might not know how hard it is to get them to come inside when it is cold and snowy out. Josie was born for the snow, ice, cold. The second the temperature drops, she is beaming, hides in the yard – as well as a 100lb dog can in hopes that we will not see her and make her come inside. Tomorrow’s storm will mean, she sits at the window and whines until some one lets her out… then she runs back to the door in hope you too will go out and play with her. One of my favorite memes (what a stupid word) is the “reminder” about not letting your dogs stay out in the cold, then underneath is a picture of a Berner that says “Bitch, please”. Snow is her element. If only I could get her to shovel while she was out there. There is not an inch of my back yard that will not have a happy paw prints on it by the end of the day tomorrow.

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the dailypic 2995 yr9 073 Santa Josie

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I will admit it, this dog will pose for anything, she lives for it. I put the scarf on, she is smiling, I say sit, she sits, I put the hat on she smiles again, I say ‘stay’, then ‘wait’ and that is what she does, this is shot number one out of 3. I have to give credit to the incredible training Josie got from Christina at  Alpha Dog K9 Training in Medway. All that and… she is a bit of an attention hound.

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the dailypic 2928 yr9 006 Josie Outside

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Berners will not come in when it is nice out, well, Berners will not come in when it is not nice out too. We have our moments, but when it is cool, she decides she is an outside dog… we have to remind her who is in charge, but I get photos first. First photo is me saying “Josie…” the second I said “Come in.”

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