Ask Me Anything!

WHERE'D YOU COME FROM?

I was born in the Willamette Valley up near Portland, Oregon, bred by AKC Judge and lifetime lab enthusiast Allison Rogers. At Devonshire Labradors, they take great care to raise healthy pups with "classic conformation" (read: chonktastic figures) and calm, gentle temperaments. Both my parents had OFA excellent hips and passed a zillion more health screenings, which is really the respozzible thing to do if you are going to go "pure bread." (We encourage you to explore adopting rescues too, if it's right for your family.) My Momma Faith (Devonshire's Gotta Have Faith) comes from a long line of Champions, and my Pop Pop Huck (Am Ch Devonshire's Huckleberry Finn) even made National Top Stud at Potomac a couple years back. You could say my dad (Stonewall Aquarius Braxton), who had double-champ parents, is double-chonk himself, so that's prob where I got my ginormapaws.

STONEWALL AQUARIUS BRAXTON

DEVONSHIRES GOTTA HAVE FAITH

AM CH DEVONSHIRES HUCKLEBERRY FINN

WHERE DO YOU LIVE?

On my way to my forever home in Northern California, my family took me on an epic road trip over misty mountain passes and down through verdant vineyards to the rolling hills just outside San Francisco. Our house is on top of a ridge overlooking a big state park and sparkling blue reservoir where I wish they'd let me do my swimmies. Every morning we can hear owls hooting, turkeys squawking, and all sorts of other noisy birds, and in the afternoons the red tailed hawks drift by on the updrafts looking for snacks. Chasing deer and lizards are two of my favorite hobbies. I'm still investigating all the neighborhood critter poopoo, but I'm pretty sure we have skunks, raccoons, gophers, bunnies, foxes, bobcats, and even the occasional mountain lion. Definitely too many squirrels.

WHERE'D YOU GET YOUR NAME?

Well, my family was supposed to adopt a girl. Then somebody demoted me from Blue Ribbon Status to Beauty Pageant Reject (we think because my tail is a bit...extra. To the best of my knowledge, no husky or malamute menàge-a-trois took place as part of my parents' mad scientist romantical activities. The AKC states a labrador tail "may be carried gaily, but should not curl over the back." Whoops. As Ma says, their loss!) My name was potentially going to be Buster either way...and after receiving the gender update en route to get me, Chuck Berry came on the radio and the rest was history. Walking around the neighborhood, many folks have asked if I'm named after local legend Buster Posey of the SF Giants. The truth is my catcher mitts could really give him a run for his money, so my fam has welcomed this second and totally appropriate namesake.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVE THINGS TO DO?

Swimmies!

TREATS!

Zoomies!

Chomping things!

Dustbustering the kitchen floors!

Playing fetch with my squeaky piggy!

Pretending I'm a hockey goalie with any other bouncing object! (Work in progress...)

Giving kisses to any and all, ready or not!

HOW'D YOU GET TO BE SUCH A GOOF?

"Goofe" is only one letter off from "Goode," is it not?