Harvey's name. I'm always curious about why we choose the names we do for our animal companions, so for those who may share that curiosity, I thought I'd share the origin of Harvey's name.
Nothing profound at all, but we picked Harvey up the weekend following Jimmy Stewart's passing. Jimmy Stewart is my favorite actor - I'll stay up until the wee hours if one of his movies is scheduled. Thank goodness for DVR nowadays!
As we looked at the little roly-poly baby dog in that milk crate, we tried to think of a name that would suit him best. We ran through a few names that just didn't strike me as fitting.
Then, I thought about his birth mom, Molly the Beagle, and it dawned on me - what do Beagles do? They hunt rabbits, of course. As the passing of Jimmy Stewart was on my mind, the name of one of my favorite films came to me. Harvey. Of course! What better name for a dog of rabbit hunting lineage than to be named after the biggest rabbit of them all, Harvey!
So, to give credit to our boy's heritage and in honor of one of our finest actors and a genuinely nice man, Jimmy Stewart, our boy became Harvey.
Now, we always sit and watch the film together whenever it comes on AMC.
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Jimmy Stewart is one of my favorites too. We're praying that Harvey has his own Clarence and that you all will share "A wonderful Life" for many more years.
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