The Chosen Puppeh!

by Meg on December 5, 2008

Many of you followed great interest the story about Martha Stewart’s quest for a new puppeh. We have an update!

As you recall, ever since Martha’s sweet pup Paw Paw passed away in April ‘08, Martha has been searching for a Chow Chow, and has finally found one!

Introducing… one of Paw Paw’s grandson’s… Genghis Khan!

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[and two of his sisters:]

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Back to Genghis in all his square-faced, Mongolian conquering glory!

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Sender-Inner Eliad! WHAT A WONDERFUL CHOICE! This pup is too prosh for words! Check out Martha’s blog for more puppeh adventures…

{ 94 comments }

1 maye 12.05.08 at 6:01 am

Aww, the pup has the anime smiley eyes. So kawaii!

2 katie 12.05.08 at 6:08 am

Hehe – when Martha calls the dog in from the yard, she’ll be yelling “Kaaahhhnnn!!”
*Star Trek nerd giggle fit*

3 scr 12.05.08 at 6:10 am

So stubular! So cute!

Now, if only the Obama’s would announce the First Puppeh.

4 warrior rabbit 12.05.08 at 6:19 am

Maybe it should be Genghis Conn, then. ;)

5 IZZH 12.05.08 at 6:26 am

But the blog says “I never ended up taking possession of that particular puppy. Instead, I decided to wait for another litter and I think things are right this time… Karen has told me that little Khan is very happy in his new home, where he lives with Daisy, a sweet fourteen-year-old chow chow.”

THIS ISN’T THE PUPPEH!

6 warrior rabbit 12.05.08 at 6:56 am

No, Izzh, she decided not to take Khan and wait for another litter. This is Genghis Khan, a different dog.

It’s like horse racing (if you ever read the stuff under the horse’s name), where you have Chopped Liver and Liver & Onions and wind up with a new horse named Chopped Onions. Same type of naming continuity here.

7 Hon Glad 12.05.08 at 7:13 am

She’ll have him making table decorations in no time.

8 Decca 12.05.08 at 7:22 am

I’m so depressed. This dog is richer than I’ll ever be. Sigh…

9 berthaservant 12.05.08 at 7:40 am

Well, I’m glad for puppeh and the owner…but really, naming your pet after Genghis Khan? Well, what’s in a name, I guess….

10 Conn 12.05.08 at 7:48 am

@ warrior rabbit: For some reason I think my (unfortunate) high school nickname will be far more cute on this pup than it ever was on me. *le sigh* Kids can be so cruel.

11 donna 12.05.08 at 7:53 am

Foo Dogs!

12 Jackie 12.05.08 at 8:26 am

I’m sorry puppeh, but I must snuzzle you.

-snuzzle!-

13 caelus 12.05.08 at 9:08 am

can they see at all?? lol looks like they need glasses

14 DLR in Canada 12.05.08 at 10:12 am

Awww, that’s one cute puppy! Congratulations to Martha for choosing Genghis Khan. I agree with above posters who say can you imagine her calling out “Kkkhhhaaaannnn!” aka Captain Kirk’s yell in the Star Trek movie. Hehe.

15 Patty P 12.05.08 at 10:17 am

@Katie: LOL!

@Hon Glad: I’m giggling my ass off because I read your post as: “She’ll make him into a table decoration in no time”.

@Meg: I read the title and my hopes were dashed when I saw the post, thinking I’d find out which Shibu pup was remaining with the human parents. But this was so cute, I bounced away happy anyway. Prosh indeed!

16 Wendy 12.05.08 at 11:37 am

YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM
YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM YUM

I want to grab him and squeeze him and squish him and kiss him and bite him and love him and MAKE HIM MY OWN!

17 Gail (the first one) 12.05.08 at 12:25 pm

Cute and VERRRY furry!!!!

18 Paul 12.05.08 at 12:59 pm

OMG…that last pic is the MOST anerable Chow I’ve ever seen! I can say that because mine, Miao Yin, is HALF-Chow, half-peke. Whew. :)

19 gryt 12.05.08 at 1:01 pm

HOW prosh are the sistahs? Eep!

20 Sunstorm 12.05.08 at 1:24 pm

I will adopt you, sisters! Even though I don’t like dogs that much, those look half-cat or something!

21 carol 12.05.08 at 2:06 pm

Kewl! My Siamese kitteh is named Genghis. He was a wild child, thus the name, but is now a big ol’ loveable lump.

22 ding 12.05.08 at 2:07 pm

How can anything be this stubbular? How?

23 Jeff4066 12.05.08 at 2:07 pm

I really can’t see the big whoop about this at all.

Never having been a radical in my life, I have felt that no breeders should get any attention at all while millions of cats and dogs die in shelters.

Decent people should adopt, but then, it’s Martha.

24 ding 12.05.08 at 2:09 pm

I adore the little triangle flap ears. I want to nibble them.

25 Carrie 12.05.08 at 2:37 pm

I had a foster chow once! *is jealous of Martha, yet again*

Mindy had her puppies last night!
http://mindypups.blogspot.com/

26 snoopysnake 12.05.08 at 2:40 pm

He looks like Martha Stewart herself, only cute.

27 Liv 12.05.08 at 2:52 pm

I wish she would have chosen all three :-(

28 Vicky 12.05.08 at 3:14 pm

Ohmygod,
These puppies are ADORABLE. They look like they have “^_^” faces on.

[Why yes, yes they do. ☺ - Ed.]

29 Annie 12.05.08 at 3:18 pm

@ Katie. Bwahahahah Thanks now I will be hearing Captian Kirk All Day KAHHHHHHHHHN

30 Theo 12.05.08 at 3:29 pm

I read that as “Caption Kirk”. Still works.

31 Pups'nstuff 12.05.08 at 3:40 pm

Chows bite.

32 Theo 12.05.08 at 3:42 pm

So do I.

33 ashley 12.05.08 at 3:48 pm

heyoooo

34 Katrina 12.05.08 at 3:53 pm

Carrie- congratulations, you’re a puppygrandmother!Best wishes to all five of you.

About this puppy, which I read ‘will be turned into a table decoration,’ too. It doesn’t really look real, now does it? I’d like to see how big it is today, the stubbular little beauty with the unfortunate name. Will people be naming their dogs ‘Saddam Hussein’ in the next millenium? I guess Jews have a longer historical memory, maybe. *sheesh*. But names always break down to more familiar names, so this one will be ‘gengy’ or ‘gissy’ or something, I’m sure. CUUUUTE!

35 Katrina 12.05.08 at 3:55 pm

Hold on, half chow, half peke- how does that work exactly? Either a peke with a big ego and ability to stretch or a Chow that bends down easily? What? And, I’d like a picture, please.

36 chanpon 12.05.08 at 4:25 pm

OMG!! Someone please set up a webcam on these puppies. This would tide me over this very sad day.

*mourns for the little shiba pups who will be leaving this weekend*

37 scooterpants 12.05.08 at 4:45 pm

“I haz such fluff-a-tude, I cannot see nusingk”!
He’s SO cute! OMG, I shall faint now.

38 ant man bee 12.05.08 at 4:51 pm

but then if Chopped Onions had a sibling would it be called Liver Liver?

39 Meredith 12.05.08 at 5:01 pm

Wow, something here actually struck me as not cute. I just do not like Chow Chows.

40 Alice 12.05.08 at 5:05 pm

I love Martha, and am so happy for her new pupster! :)

41 Noelegy 12.05.08 at 5:25 pm

Berthaservant, I can give you an even odder Ghenghis Khan homage…Go to YouTube and look up “Dschinghis Khan” (I think I got the spelling right) or “Moskau.”

A German 80s ABBA-esque band, in glam costumes, doing a song that is about a Mongolian conqueror. They were apparently really big in Europe, in the US not so much.

The song is catchy, though…Look for Buffalax’s “translation” of how he hears the lyrics. Very funny.

And oh, cute puppies!! So blocky and fuzzy!

42 Noelegy 12.05.08 at 5:26 pm

Gah. No, the song is not about Ghenghis Khan. The GROUP is named after him. The SONG is about Moscow. It’s a German song about a Russian city, by a German group named after a Mongolian conqueror. I need to go back to bed.

43 Kallisto 12.05.08 at 5:30 pm

He’s sweet and stubbular and all and I want to squish him and call him George. But what *really* got me was “We’re Ghengis’ sistahs”. Right! “Dontcha mess wit’ him!”

44 T.U.M. 12.05.08 at 5:49 pm

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

45 elly 12.05.08 at 5:55 pm

soooo cute! too bad most chows have such unfriendly personalities.

46 Theo 12.05.08 at 5:57 pm

Ghengis Khan, Ghengis Khan
Here’s a song for Ghengis Khan
It’s not a town, it’s Ghengis Khan
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!

…and we’re done.

47 Theo 12.05.08 at 6:00 pm

OK, that’s *four* times that Shatner gag has been used on CO this morning, twice by me. I’m not setting the bar high, here, people. C’mon, it’s Friday, somebody do something better! Make me proud.

48 warrior rabbit 12.05.08 at 6:18 pm

We had a dog named Spiro Agnew. ;)

@ant man bee, I think that’s when they start with the hybrids and end up with something like Livoni.

49 Diljá 12.05.08 at 6:18 pm

My gosh, they are the cutest things I ever saw. I just want to hug them to death

50 Patty P 12.05.08 at 6:19 pm

Theo, have you seen (?) the Robot Chicken episode where Kirk and Spock are running a pizza parlor and Kahn is their delievery boy who fails at his job, so Kirk gets to yell… wait for it… KHAN!!!!!!!

Made me giggle.

To anyone who knows – How old do Chows need to be before their tongues turn blue?

51 Patty P 12.05.08 at 6:31 pm

@Theo,

For you, Trek II clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8StLR-m2_4

Kirk yells at 2:18.

Still looking for Robot Chicken clip…

52 KC 12.05.08 at 6:38 pm

@Meredith, nobody asked your opinion.

53 lillianjane 12.05.08 at 6:40 pm

I would be impressed if Martha got a dog from the shelter, but to create more dogs and let others die just doesn’t seem very cute to me.

54 Theo 12.05.08 at 6:44 pm

Huh, Patty P, I didn’t realize that second chick from Cheers was in Wrath of Khan. Lt. Saavik. Heh.

55 Theo 12.05.08 at 6:45 pm

Oh KC, don’t even bother.

56 Boomer's Babysitter 12.05.08 at 6:48 pm

@Carrie-how cute!! Mindy was needing to shift positions when I peeked in, and all three puppies started whining, so she sighed (almost sounded human), and went back and flopped down again, resigned to staying there for their sakes. What a mom!!

57 tankgrrl 12.05.08 at 6:50 pm

They look like giant versions of my hammy ^_^

58 lu-lu 12.05.08 at 7:06 pm

I believe Martha would DISAPPROVE of astroturf! Non?

59 Patty P 12.05.08 at 7:07 pm

@Theo – Kirstie Ally. I loved her as Saavik and was pissed when they replaced her in the next movie with an ugly girl (Robin someone) for Spock to have sex with. During his adolescence. When he was growing up. Again. On the Genesis planet. I swear I’m not fully a Trek geek either…

60 Theo 12.05.08 at 7:25 pm

Williams, Patty. Robin Williams.
;)

61 Patty P 12.05.08 at 7:36 pm

@Theo- LMAO! No, that would make her Lt. Doubtfire, a very bad name for anyone manning the helm.

*still snickering…*

62 Not a Martha 12.05.08 at 9:24 pm

Is it just me or does Ghengis look a bit like Martha? (That’s a good thing).

63 Lisa 12.05.08 at 9:35 pm

Sweet cracker sammiches, that is one CUTE puppy! If all the chows I’ve ever known weren’t neurotic and psychotic, I’d be tempted myself.

TOTALLY off subject, but relevant to the site. Peeps, if you have a pet, please, PLEASE make sure it has a collar and tag on at all times, with all pertinent information. My hubby and I spent four hours yesterday going house-to-house with a sweet little spaniel that was roaming our neighborhood. We finally did locate the owner, and she just said “Oh, she never wears a collar because she’s strictly an inside dog.”

64 the bug man 12.05.08 at 9:59 pm

Three cheers to Lisa for rescuing that lost spaniel.

Collar and tags are a must. I can’t tell you how many bugs I’ve found wandering around outside without collar or tags. It makes it SO hard to find the owner…

65 binky-mama 12.05.08 at 10:33 pm

Holy Cow! These balls ‘o fluff have the whole “smile with your eyes” thing perfected to an art!

66 Theo 12.05.08 at 10:56 pm

Lisa — don’t forget there’s those scannable RFID chips for pets now, too.

67 Fegli 12.05.08 at 11:15 pm

I <3 <3 <3 anything for which the word "fuzzy blob" could be used! (In the spirit of the kangaroo post), good on ya CO!

68 Katrina 12.05.08 at 11:51 pm

Those RFID chhips are wonderful. Killer Corgi has one. She always wears her collar and tags EXCEPT when I had to take it off because I bathed her in it and

Think Crystal Gale (here): ‘don’t in turn my Corgi Greeenn! (Oh Lord, I’m so sorry I asked you to think Crystal Gale-I’m really sorry, it was too long to go for the gag.)

Anhwhoooo, it took the green quite a while to go away. Tags are a must ‘all de time’- for that is when my wandering Welshwoman decided to go roamin’ in the gloamin’ (an international dog, to be sure) Teho, yes, we have gloamins in Central Connecticut. Big ones. A Corgi could get lost.

69 katie 12.06.08 at 12:00 am

and there cute little pinch face so cute

70 Lisa 12.06.08 at 12:39 am

True…RFID chips are awesome, but not really helpful to someone like me, that found the puppeh wandering at 4:58 pm (a time when most vets have switched to voice mail). Nothing can beat the dinosaur technology of a tag with the pup’s name, address and phone number!

71 Molly 12.06.08 at 1:39 am

I’m generally not a chow person, but holy heck those are some freaking adorable puppies! How on earth she could ever choose is beyond me.

I hope Martha chose a responsible, educated, ethical breeder – but with puppies that gorgeous, I’m guessing she found a good one. Li’l KHAAAAAANNN!!! is going to be just as handsome as his grandpappy.

72 Gillian 12.06.08 at 2:28 am

Wow, the pups are as cute as a button. =)

73 Gail (the first one) 12.06.08 at 3:22 am

@Lisa: Thank you so much for finding that puppeh’s home!!! That is really cool that you and your husband took the time!!!

74 Theo 12.06.08 at 3:30 am

What, you don’t have an RFID scanner on your multi-tool? Might be time to ask Santa for an upgrade, hon. ;)

(OK, so mine doesn’t either.)

75 Samantha 12.06.08 at 3:56 am

I literally gasped when I saw that first picture, that pup is unbelievable cute. I really thought I was a Pom person, but Chow Chows might be a new fave.

76 anner 12.06.08 at 4:43 am

i’m going to be barfing rainbows for hours after looking at these pictures! honestly, how can anything be so sickeningly, nauseatingly, cute? i feel like i have rainbow ebola!

77 Amy 12.06.08 at 12:20 pm

Breeding dogs when thousands are killed in shelters every day? Not cool, not cute.

78 Theo 12.06.08 at 2:35 pm

Amy, be a dear and Google “zero-sum game”. Hint: it doesn’t apply here.

79 Blech 12.06.08 at 5:15 pm

I wish someone would evict Theo.

80 sharon 12.06.08 at 5:54 pm

OMG!!!!!!

81 anner 12.06.08 at 6:16 pm

Only Theo has the power to evict Theo!

82 Katrina 12.06.08 at 8:47 pm

THEO STAYS!

83 Theo 12.06.08 at 10:25 pm

Theo sits, Theo rolls over, Theo gets a treat?

84 Katrina 12.07.08 at 11:51 am

Yes, I’m sure he does. Like a Japanese deer in a park, Theo is ever-present and we giggle at him. Feed the Theo at your own peril! But we do it anyway, it’s fun, and we end up giggling!

85 Mikayla McNaughton 12.07.08 at 2:45 pm

Awwwwww! So cute! :)

86 Tinus 12.07.08 at 3:36 pm

what an unfriendly name voor the littl’un.

87 Elle 12.07.08 at 7:44 pm

Has any one noticed how much this pup looks like Martha? Fur real!! Look!!

88 stephanie 12.08.08 at 4:26 am

awwwwww smoooshie cute cutes! i love!

89 hamster-on-rye 12.08.08 at 5:13 am

Ghengis.com

90 totalee puppy 12.08.08 at 5:37 am

We need you, Theo–self-evict is not an option. The master of the poetic put-down…and other great stuff…

91 Theo 12.08.08 at 2:05 pm

Hamster — that page does exist, though sadly it’s just a generic link page by some opportunistic URL-grabber who’s got the domain name parked.

92 Theo 12.08.08 at 2:07 pm

Totalee — I’d stick around even if reality turned inside-out somehow, and Meg could no longer afford me. So, no worries.

93 Alex 12.08.08 at 5:24 pm

HOLY COW are those some ugly dogs…I feel nauseous…

94 Subhangi 12.11.08 at 9:08 am

Holy Kawaii Anime Eyes, Batman.

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