I've had a few names in my short life. I came out of the shelter known as "Shadow", earned by my talent of not letting my human out of my sight. Yes, I have this habit of following you everywhere. Hence, Shadow was born.
Then I went off to one of my first of many foster homes. Here I lost my name "Shadow" and became known as "Bug".... Yes, "Bug".... A cute name but it doesn't exactly roll off one's tongue. "Bug" led to many nicknames, but my pack walker Al would call out "Bug-A-Boo" to get me to come running back at Fort Funston.
When I met the people who would later become my forever adoptive family, they tried out a couple variations of my name. You see, they let me stay over for a long weekend when my foster mom had to travel for July 4th. "Booger" caught my attention with a cute head tilt but it didn't stick cause they just couldn't call me "Booger" especially if I was in trouble.
Fast forward thru a few months of "Bug-A-Boo" being called out thru the dunes of Fort Funston to when my adoption was finalized. Mom and Dad wasn't feeling my name of "Bug", so the adventure of finding a new name began.
Candidates for names ranged from "Marshall", "Fender" and "Strat" but those just didn't click. Then Mom and Dad tried "Roadie". And I looked at them, like "yes, you called?"
Now you may have noticed a trend with the names, all kind of music related. Both my parents work in the entertainment industry. Dad is an audio engineer and musician. Mom is a lighting designer and artist. And what they needed was a roadie to be a part of their team. A dog that could deal with the schedule changes that happen in the business, the travel, and the "organic/flexible" routine. I was that dog. I could be their "Roadie". So with the adoption finalized, I proved to them over the course of a few months that I was roadie material. I stayed up late, slept in whenever I could (we don't do morning walks anymore because I am the last one out of bed), I showed that I was a great car passenger and I rolled with the flow. From then on I would be known as Roadie, full name Roadie - Rock Puppy.