Okay... I think I'm getting close. What do you think of this:

Full AKC name: Thugs Rje Che Elmer Edward. (stuff b/4 Elmer = transliteration of Tibetan for "thank you"
In Tibetan: ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཆེེ་ཤུགས་ཆེན་པོ་ཕགས་པ་དང་གུས་ཞབས་ཆོས་སྐྱོང་ཁྲོམ (engrave on pretentious nameplate somewhere).
Translation: "Thank you, strong, noble, and respected protector of markets" (Elmer (my dad) means "noble and famous"; Edward (my mentor) means "protector of wealth.")

Short, everyday name: Either Thuji (pronounce "two G") or Elmer. I'm leaning toward former.

What do you think?

Wade

Originally Posted by: Wade 

Yup....i agree....."FORMER" is the best name! [grin1]

Originally Posted by: Cheesey 

Gee, I already live in a state full of hicks. You want me yelling, "HAY, FORMER" every time my dog takes too long taking a dump?

Wouldn't that be sow awful corn-y?

[grin1]

Originally Posted by: Wade 

Speaking of corn, how about naming your doggie Maize after the Spanish word for corn? People in Iowa would love that. After all, aren't 95% of Iowa people corn farmers anyways?

Originally Posted by: zombieslayer 

Thanks for your help, all.

The name is now officially Thuji.

First round is on me when we figure out how to do a PH meet&greet.

10 days from now, the two of us should be in the air, en route to O'Hare.

Originally Posted by: Wade 

What a crock of bullshit. How is "Quickie" not the winning name? I hope this dog pisses on your face every morning for the next four decades!!!!!

Originally Posted by: Zero2Cool