A game recently swept through one of the German Shorthaired Pointer enthusiast pages I frequent. It was one of those silly challenges that starts to quickly illicit backlash posts requesting the end of the game.
It was a fairly simple game. The dog parent or owner was to post a photo of his or her dog in a side-by-side shot with a clue as to the dog's name and then others in the group were to guess the name.
Our contribution. Dylan art by Shaine Schroeder.
Some were simple, like the photo of the trigger of a gun was obviously Trigger or a photo of John Wayne for a dog named Duke. I discovered that lots of GSPs are named after brands of hunting gear or guns, with lots of Cabelas, Benellis, and Remis in the mix.
Joey wasn't the only musical dog--we saw a Haggard and I'm sure we missed a Dylan. There's always a Dylan. It didn't take someone too long to guess Johanna for her. She's "Visions of Johanna," for reals, Joey for everyday, Jobu when she makes me laugh, and Asshole a small percentage of the time.