Best friend has a new best friend. A border collie/blue heeler mix.
He came very close to naming her 'Kitty', after Miss Kitty on 'Gunsmoke'. To call his dog he would've hollered "Here Kittykittykitty".
He went with 'Annie'. He got her the day I told him about Levon Helm dying, and we had talked about the song "The Weight", and the lyric '...take a load off Annie, take a load for free, took the load off Annie, and he put the load right on me...".