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Our new dog, a rescue we’ve named Emilia, looks rather like…

this.

We named her after Emilia Plater, a Polish heroine to whom Mr UD is related.

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Oh, okay. So this is
what she really looks like.

emilia

Margaret Soltan, March 13, 2015 2:18PM
Posted in: snapshots from home

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11 Responses to “Our new dog, a rescue we’ve named Emilia, looks rather like…”

  1. Polish Peter Says:

    Thus, your dog has a street named after her in every town in Poland. But that picture is none too flattering.

  2. Margaret Soltan Says:

    Polish Peter: Yes, I notice that there are plenty of Emilia Plater Streets.
    The dog looks a bit better than the Cloverfield monster (which is pictured).

  3. dmf Says:

    mexican hairless or just mangy? very kind of you to take on such a commitment, hope there aren’t too many (or too severe) issues to work thru one never knows what’s inside the packaging.

  4. charlie Says:

    I wouldn’t suggest breeding her….

  5. Margaret Soltan Says:

    charlie, dmf: She’s actually a very pretty, small, black, Staffie. It’s just that her broad black head with widely spaced eyes immediately reminded me of the Cloverfield monster’s head (I have no idea why I love that movie), so it’s become a sort of joke in the family.

  6. charlie Says:

    Had to look up dmf, wow, sorry, just a joke….

  7. Margaret Soltan Says:

    dmf’s the name of another University Diaries commenter.

  8. charlie Says:

    Oh, thanks for clearing that up…..

  9. Van L. Hayhow Says:

    Wow, that is a cute dog. I think it should bite you at least once for that picture you posted!

  10. dmf Says:

    gotcha hey does yer home-insurance know yet, if not you may want to remove all such info from public. great breed by the way i miss my deceased pitty but with so many restrictions popping up makes it difficult to take in another

  11. theprofessor Says:

    Nice dog. Mrs. TP won’t let me have a big or medium size dog anymore–little guys in our house now.

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