Man’s best friend may be a dog, but my best friend is an art director named Ron Werthmann. When he brought home a rescue dog, he was nice enough to let me submit few hundred name ideas. Since little Miss Thing has a whole-lotta-shakin’ going on, the name Ron chose was “Hula.” I like it because when she’s naughty and runs away (which is like, all the time), he can yell, “Here Hula girl, here Hula.”