Of course, he needed a name. You know, something to ignore when you call.

You see, he was picked up off the street, he had no owners, no history, and no background. All they could tell us was that “he’s really fast.”

We wanted a good name, one that suited him, and said something about him.

One day while I watched him shred the bark off my lilac bush, I idly commented that he was in danger of de-foresting the back-yard.

Well, being Star Trek fans from way back when, and to honor of the recent passing of DeForest Kelly, the actor who played the good doctor on the original series, we named him “Bones.”

I know, it's a dreadful pun.