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Happy birthday sweet "Nick-Nick" (Canicula de la Bastille): July 14, 2001 - June 9, 2018
July 14, 2001, was sweet Nick-Nick's birthday (we lost him on June 9, 2018). Nick's predecessor was Sirius, which is the Greek name for the Dog Star - the brightest star in the sky. Sirius' full name was Sirius P. Wirius. The two doggies overlapped, so we couldn't name the new dog something like Sirius II. Since "Canicula" was the Latin name for the Dog Star, that seemed perfect. And since we got him at a Dallas animal shelter on July 14, 2003, and he was two years old, we designated Bastille Day 2001 as his brthday. And, thus, his full name: Canicula de la Bastille.
