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An Upper Saddle River dog now has the perfect name—and the perfect family.

Meet Edgar, a 6-year-old pup from Upper Saddle River! His story starts like something out of an old country song. He and the rest of his litter were found in the back of a pickup truck in Mississippi, and each pup was originally named after a city. (Edgar’s name was Denver.) Meanwhile, here in Bergen, Jan and David Parker had recently lost their beloved rescue and were searching for a new dog. David found “Denver” through the animal adoption resource PetFinder, and the couple fell in love—with everything but his name. David and Jan spent days trying to figure out a better moniker, but couldn’t agree. They referred to their new puppy as “brown dog” throughout the adoption process and into the pooch’s first vet visit. Jan checked him in as “brown dog” and then, while in the waiting room, “I decided this had gone on long enough,” she says. “I made an executive ‘Dog Mom’ decision and advised the front desk that his name would be ‘Edgar,’ after Edgar Linton of Wuthering Heights.” And it’s all been smooth sailing from there. Per Jan, “Edgar rocks our world.”

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