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Thurber’s tail: How not to name a puppy

F riends turned on friends.

Family members spoke ill of other family members.

Strangers on social media wrote posts that are unprintable in most newspapers.

That’s what happened 21 months ago when I asked people for advice on what to name my new puppy.

At First, His Name Was Willy — During the eight weeks they nurtured my puppy and his eight siblings, his breeders, Mike and Maryanne, gave each of them…

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