Rory is a Merlot/McKenna son from the 2003 litter. He lives in Brazoria, Texas.

PROGENY:
Rory/Madison - August 2006

July 27, ,2003

I don't know about the rest of you, but for me naming is sometimes not the easiest thing to do and in the case of the name that teal will now have, its taken, oh, i guess about 3 years or so? To come up with a name that felt right. Teal's full blown paper name is to be Majestic Knights King O D Hill, call name of Rory. Rory is actually a anglicized form of the gaelic name RUAIDHRÍ which translates as the red king. The reason for me picking out the name Rory is he's going to be shown, and Ii wanted to give him a leg up before that started. To me the act of naming has, in my own opinion, a significant impact upon that which is named. So I have been on a search the last year to find the proper name to go with such a destiny.

So that's it in a nutshell!

- Lloyd

September 8, 2003

The trip home was pretty much uneventful for me. I can't say the same for Rory since he found out that sleeping on a truck seat is somethng of an acquired skill. I think he now knows to not roll over while your sleeping or you will end up in the floorboard wondering what happend.

Right now he's passed out from a long day of jetting about. Let's see, two trips to the vet, my fault I forgot to get the bordetello when we were there the first time. which also reminds me, we both got to meet a couple who are german shepherd breeders who I had no idea even lived in the are much less breed shepherds and on top of that specifically try for blacks. they were there getting a health cert for a 3 month old pup who is going to go to Montana. Rory was almost twice the size of that pup. boy was that one wired for sound too, he did not want to being held he wanted down so he could play. Rory kinda cocked his head up and looked at him and then just went back to sleep.

Then we went to see my mother at her work. and again out like a light in about 5 minutes after we got to the church office. then off to Petco where he got another toy...oh and by the way just a little while ago, i told him to go get his sheep...and he came back with IT!!!!!! Not the other but the sheep, I will definately be checking to see if this was a fluke or not, but I have a sneeky suspicion that it isn't.

We came back home after that, himself took a nap after a nice meal, then off to Petco again since I had signed up for class, well, he decided about half way through it was nap time again so off to the grass we go to take another nap. after class we went to Lowe's because I had to some keys cut, apparently I lost my spare I carry in
my wallet.

That's the end of our offical first day.

- Lloyd & Rory

September 21, 2003

Well, today Rory got a chance to get out and about again. He got a chance to see chickens, who he thought were toys, and horses, which he wanted to play with. He even did the whole play bow bark and tail wag with Mr. Big, a 1 1/2 yr old arabian. Mr Big, just kinda looked at him and trotted on by.

Right now himself is snoozing away probably dreaming about chasing chickens more than likely. That's about all he wanted to do with the chickens, thank goodness for that flexi. He learned after a couple of tries that no, he cannot chase the chickens.

-Lloyd & Rory

September 28, 2003

Rory did me and my mother proud tonight. Our church had an ice cream social and himself was a midget magnet. He did very well, of course with all the ruckus going on (ie; people talking, music playing and rugrats running) I only lost his attention for a short amount of time a couple of times. He got to wander through the church, but I made sure that I kept him away from the ice cream He was of course the big hit, and as well the reaction "he's how old??" followed by mouths that could catch flies

Right now himself is comfortable ensconced and sleeping in front of
the a/c, guess he's a bit tired.

Lloyd & Rory

May 2004

Well, lets see, basically things are going rather well way down here. Thank God the house is done, himself has been getting more and more comfortable with the new living arrangements. he likes tile floors, which is like oh, probably half the reason for having them -- he is his father's puppy..... it's like he's on a mission at times, "wherever there's mud, or water, I will find it: splashing in it, spraying it about rolling in it" oh, and he just loves biting the water coming out of the hose, too I might add, and will chase the water all over the yard given the chance. I have no idea how much he weighs a this moment, I have been holding off to see what he weighs as close to his b-day as possible. Ok, I have to ask this question, anyone else out there have difficulty telling if their dog is tall ?? i swear there are days he seems like he's half my height, then there are the other times when he seems short......but I know he's somewhat big, he takes up 2/3 of the truck when we go somewhere. It should be interesting to see how he stacks up against his old man in the future since they were so close in size in February.

McKenna's influence has kicked in as well, he's getting better and better at the catching thing. If I toss it within a couple of feet of him he snags it out of the air almost without fail. He has a fan who has never even met him either. One of executives at work happened by my wonderful corporate supplied work domicile last week and he ended up talking to me for almost an hour about himself and the breed. In fact, after talking to me, he went out and started to research and has convinced his wife to get a puppy as soon as he gets to where he doesn't have to travel.

Lloyd & Rory