I was going to title this March Madness, but this madness will run into April. Some of you know this and others do not, but we are getting a new puppy in April – a Bernese Mountain Dog. I know, quite a big difference from Ashby – that was sort of the main idea. Well, we won’t know if our dog will be a boy or girl until about a week before we leave to pick him/her up (pick up date is April 17th). We have our list of names and thus the reason for this post.
If your NCAA brackets blew up because of Kansas losing last week, well, fear not – you can try our name bracket! We have 32 names for girls and 32 names for boys. We haven’t even decided on a name yet, but we have narrowed it down to a Final Four in each gender. Over in the sidebar, you will find links to the ‘Berner Brackets’ I created. I have four sections of seeds ranked 1 through 8. I have the official answer key made up already except for the end. Our Final Four is set for both sexes, but we still need to decide who will win.
The first round will be this weekend. Check back and see how your guesses have matched up to the winners. Yes, I have free time on my hands, but Dara is the one who came up with the names to fill in the gaps. Not sure if this information will help anyone, but the breakdown of the litter is: 5 girls and 2 boys.
I came up with a “game” schedule where I will post the winners of each round. April 15th is the date we meet our puppy in person, but we’ll already know the gender and name by then (but not by much). Let’s see if this makes the time go by faster or slower . . .
March 28th – down to 16 names each.
March 30th – down to 8 names each.
April 2nd – down to 4 names each.
April 4th – down to 2 names each.
April 7th – winner of each gender.
April 15th – puppy’s name revealed.