Boris is such a lovely dog.   I bet he is a real character.  

Illicit,

lovely basenji, we had one when i was a child - Snoopy, he loved to howl and used to chase cars, rarely see them these days.

He is the most adorable little man, allergic to bee's, anti inflammatory's and doing as he is told.

Our miniature Terrier x miniature Whipped the children called Samson. (my oldest son called him a walking Dim Sim.

Here he is as a puppy and the next one fully grown.

Erica

We used to have a cat called Decker.................all the other kittens in the litter were black.

We also had a guinea pig called Doo-da.............no idea why.........that is just what happens when you let your grandchildren pick their names.

Actually, all crritters steal my heart away.  

We had a gorgeous little terrier cross ( silky? maltese? not sure - he was semi long coat and a lovely blonde colour).

My son named him Arnie Scwarzenpuppy 

When we were kids, we adopted a dumped grey cat we called Mokey - we wanted to call her Smokey but she was very timid and hated the "S" sound.

Our original Boxer was Ashka, her daughter was named Kita.

Currently I have Mischa and Baxter (2 rescues) - I call him Boo for short!

Boris sounds like he has you well t trained.  (smiley face)