MEOOYA!
Written by Pam on February 4, 2016
Above, Ozzy and Meooya sitting politely until I release them from the sit/stay.
We are changing things around here at HGT. Portions of our website have changed and there is one more addition we needed to make. After many word-swirling gyrations, a beautiful dog’s name has been finally chosen for our newest golden grand. HGT’s I Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You, Aberdare, or an abbreviated acronym of MEOOYA. Our Goal was to find a certain symbolism in a saying or song that rings true with the temperament and the fascination of the puppy. A bonus that tags along…here is that the pup’s grandmother, Wilhelmina, has many nicknames, a couple that seem to be used most often are Mean and Meeo. This puppy is the spitting image of what her American field golden grandmother looked like as a puppy, so we wanted to try our best in achieving this (name) connection. I think we succeeded in creating… Meooya. Meooya carries that confident yet resourceful temperament and certainly takes on that structure that sports that big-blocky look from her Canadian roots.
I Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You, truly speaks for itself with this small amazing pup, but Aberdare came to us with some research. The word, Aberdare, is a beautiful breath-taking place in the high sloping mountains of Kenya. When looking at Aberdare topographically, it resembles a completed circle within a circle – a non-ending circle of love. The Aberdare rain forests give way to a dense bamboo forest and then moorlands or that of water catchment areas that provide most of its water to many of the animals that live in Kenya and the surrounding areas.
Back home here at HGT, we love the word Aberdare and truly appreciate what this word must mean to those who live in Kenya. We too feel that this word, Aberdare, takes on a similar meaning for us and for this amazing puppy. We see in her, the willingness, the attentiveness, the quick “I got it, Pam” response and the “eww-ahh” rewards that I already foresee from a breeder’s point-of-view, to understand how this pup will someday become a valuable talented service dog – one that will continue to help those in need. I want to develop our Meooya to be in another spot-light – a spot light that will source her attention and behaviors on those who need her most – I have the best tool to do it…our MEOOYA!
