THERE ARE LOTS OF UNUSUAL NAMES WHEN IT COMES TO DOGS.., ESPECIALLY SHOW DOGS. TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOUT MY KENNEL NAME - - MY UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH IS IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES OF THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. PARTICULARLY DINÉ (NAVAJO) AND ISLETA (SOUTHERNMOST OF THE NORTHERN TANOANS) TIWA. MY HUSBAND, AMADORE, IS ONE OF ONLY A SMALL PERCENTAGE OF HIS TRIBE THAT IS A FIRST LANGUAGE TIWA SPEAKER AND IS WORKING IN LANGUAGE PERSERVATION WITH THE PUEBLO OF ISLETA HEADSTART. HENCE: TIWASPEAK.
ON TO THE DOGS' INDIVIDUAL NAMES.
HAPPY WAS NAMED THAT BECAUSE HE WAS BORN ON HALLOWEEN.
GIGGLES QUETZALCOATL IS AZTEC THE FIRE, FEATHER SERPENT THE DIETY OF THE NORTH
TIWASPEAK OZOMATLI (QUETZAL'S SON) IS AZTEC MONKEY DANCE GOD
DESERT MAGIC POP SECRET IS THE DAUGHTER OF THE UNSURPASSED SMOOTH BLACK TRI BITCH WHO WAS LOVINGLY KNOWN AS 'POPCORN' WHOSE OFFSPRING WERE ORVILLE REDENBARKER, CRACKR JACK AND POP SECRET.
TIWASPEAK TRICKSTER IS NAMED FOR THE RECURRING TRICKSTER THEME IN NATIVE AMERICAN LEGENDS. WE CALL HER GIRLIE AND MA'II (COYOTE IN DINÉ).
CLAWDOG DARWIN AT TIWASPEAK IS NAMED AFTER ALL OUR HEROES, CHARLES DARWIN.
TIWAPSPEAK MALES:
TIWASPEAK FEMALES:
CHELSEA MAWPET