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My Ursa was ridiculously gentle, and she was devoted to my daughter. In fact, before I went into labor, for a few weeks, Ursa started spending a lot of time in the nursery, sleeping in front of the crib. When people would come to the house, she would bolt to the nursery and take her place in front of the crib. When we brought Beatrice home, she was in guardian/clown mode with that little girl until the day she took her last breath.

The only thing Ursa did not like were grapes. She’d bark at them... and squirrels. She HATED squirrels.

Oh... and the pedo who lived in the neighborhood. She would growl upon sight. He kept his distance (and we found out later that he was on the registered list. He could rent in our community because his mother actually owned the property. Ick.)

So is Ziggy named for the cartoon character or the Bowie incarnation?

No, Ziggy got her name from her zig-zag tail. We think that happened when she was a pup, perhaps a door slammed on her tail. My son rescued her from the street when she was a few months old.

I was against adopting her at first, but relented. She's a good dog, and we have to be careful with certain words around her, such as "walk"...lol. She's a 95 pound bundle of love.