Spanky
Nitro Member
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2007
- Messages
- 237
- Age
- 50
- Location
- Shawnee, KS
i need to call on all of the maters for a little help... here is the story and i’ll try to keep it as short as i can
i drive the nitro-madness fuel altered and i have two loves... racing and dogs. having traveled and raced for many years now i always have my pup in tow and everywhere i go people are way more excited to see him than me! go figure!
here’s the background... years ago i purchased a fawn boxer cooper and the breeder ‘threw-in’ a free white boxer who i named brody. many breeders don’t waste their time with white boxers and they simply kill them at birth. they are not recognized as ‘show quality’ by akc and are not breedable. not breeding them is actually a good thing in my opinion. about 20% of boxers born are white and about 25% of the white ones are deaf. so obviously other than the ‘ooohh aaahh-cute’ factor these little guys don’t have much going for them. breeders don’t want the risk or expense of getting stuck with these ‘problems’ so they simply put them down... sad deal.
so my ‘throw away’ dog got the gift of his life and i got the gift of my best friend for 10 years. unfortunately i lost cooper to very radical cancer when he was 4 years old. from that time on brody was always by my side... literally. when i was still running my own fuel altered, the metal mafia racing car... my mom would have to leash brody and keep him from following me to the car when i would get suited up for a run.
2 years ago brody developed a rare progressive neurological problem and his health began to fail. in order to keep him active and motivated i decided to get him a brother. i also decided it was gonna be my mission to help other white boxers that were tossed aside by society. so after searching shelters and rescues i found his little brother in cincinnati. i arranged the adoption and drove 13hrs to get the knuckle head.
i know i made a good choice. the new kid brooks was never abused but was severely neglected... tied to a tree his only year of life and then turned into a pound to get the needle. another sad deal.
brody and brooks were immediate soul mates and before passing away big brother brody had 4 months to mentor and teach his little brother how to be a companion and not just a pet.
well i’m on a mission again... i have found another little guy in need. he’s in arkansas and because he happens to be white and deaf his owner dropped him off at the pound and asked the he be put down. a rescue group saved his life and fate has led to our paths crossing. if all goes well i’ll be going to pick the little guy up next week.
this is where i need the mater’s help... he needs a name (not that he’ll ever hear it.. haha). having a passion for racing motivated to me to give all my boys ‘racing/car names. so throw me some ideas
here is what i’m looking for:
-somehow tied to racing/cars
-has to have human name qualities (something you would name a real kid... not fido)
-the more tied to hard core drag/nitro racing the better
here’s what i mean:
brody (as in brodix cylinder heads) and his brother cooper (as in cooper tires)
brody
brooks (as in brooks connecting rods)
brooks and dad
so give me some ideas for names and how you came up with them
i drive the nitro-madness fuel altered and i have two loves... racing and dogs. having traveled and raced for many years now i always have my pup in tow and everywhere i go people are way more excited to see him than me! go figure!
here’s the background... years ago i purchased a fawn boxer cooper and the breeder ‘threw-in’ a free white boxer who i named brody. many breeders don’t waste their time with white boxers and they simply kill them at birth. they are not recognized as ‘show quality’ by akc and are not breedable. not breeding them is actually a good thing in my opinion. about 20% of boxers born are white and about 25% of the white ones are deaf. so obviously other than the ‘ooohh aaahh-cute’ factor these little guys don’t have much going for them. breeders don’t want the risk or expense of getting stuck with these ‘problems’ so they simply put them down... sad deal.
so my ‘throw away’ dog got the gift of his life and i got the gift of my best friend for 10 years. unfortunately i lost cooper to very radical cancer when he was 4 years old. from that time on brody was always by my side... literally. when i was still running my own fuel altered, the metal mafia racing car... my mom would have to leash brody and keep him from following me to the car when i would get suited up for a run.
2 years ago brody developed a rare progressive neurological problem and his health began to fail. in order to keep him active and motivated i decided to get him a brother. i also decided it was gonna be my mission to help other white boxers that were tossed aside by society. so after searching shelters and rescues i found his little brother in cincinnati. i arranged the adoption and drove 13hrs to get the knuckle head.
i know i made a good choice. the new kid brooks was never abused but was severely neglected... tied to a tree his only year of life and then turned into a pound to get the needle. another sad deal.
brody and brooks were immediate soul mates and before passing away big brother brody had 4 months to mentor and teach his little brother how to be a companion and not just a pet.
well i’m on a mission again... i have found another little guy in need. he’s in arkansas and because he happens to be white and deaf his owner dropped him off at the pound and asked the he be put down. a rescue group saved his life and fate has led to our paths crossing. if all goes well i’ll be going to pick the little guy up next week.
this is where i need the mater’s help... he needs a name (not that he’ll ever hear it.. haha). having a passion for racing motivated to me to give all my boys ‘racing/car names. so throw me some ideas
here is what i’m looking for:
-somehow tied to racing/cars
-has to have human name qualities (something you would name a real kid... not fido)
-the more tied to hard core drag/nitro racing the better
here’s what i mean:
brody (as in brodix cylinder heads) and his brother cooper (as in cooper tires)
brody
brooks (as in brooks connecting rods)
brooks and dad
so give me some ideas for names and how you came up with them
10 weeks old today.
