//ROLE: the coolest freaking dog in the world (how can you resist a face like that?)
//HOW IT ALL BEGAN: I was just looking for a dog that was small and I could take on tour. Those were my criteria. Plus, I wanted a black one. When they told me it was black and white I was glad, but then I saw him and he was white with black! So now he has a nickname because he looks like a cow; we call him Mr Moo Suit. It's actually his last name - he's Eno Moo Suit. I was totally broke, but I said 'I want a dog now.' I called the breeder and they said 'We're out, call this number.' I called and they said 'Hola'. They spoke no English. We went and picked him up, and there were chickens running around the backyard, and I literally just went to the ATM and got out $200, because that's all they let you take out. -Aimee
//HOW HE GOT HIS NAME: For a name we were going over heroes and we thought Brian Eno. Eno - it's such a cool name. Jamie and I decided on it. The collection of chihuahua stuff started afterwards, because everyone gives you stuff, right? That's his 'dead' chihuahua toy [stufffed animal from Taco Bell] there. It's so cool! It looks like a Tim Burton - The Nightmare Before Christmas toy. We've had Eno since October, when we started the band. He might be full grown - he weighs 4lbs. He goes to movies with us, He went to What Dreams May Come. I think he liked it. He slept the whole time.-Aimee
//THE HOWLING CHIHUAHA: You know, it was just something that happened. How it happened was we were in the studio and we were watching Night at the Roxbury. And...was that how it first happened that he sang like that? Yeah. We were watching Night at the Roxbury and uncontrollably whenever he hears Will Farrell in this one part he does that. So we had made him do it like 9 different times for, “Watch this, it’s so funny!” You know, people would come in the studio and the movie would be on and we’d cue it up to that part and he just starts howling. So we actually recorded him the first time we did the record. And then when we went into mastering somehow his track got lost, it was on the computer and it didn’t end up on the record. But when we went in again and re-did it, we added the 2 songs last year and we made him do it again. <laughs> And he does it, like, on cue. It’s the most bizarre thing. And it’s so funny looking. It’s funnier looking than it is sounding. He’ll just do that... <howls> It’s just his little face. It’s amazing. That’s how that happened.
//THREE WORDS:
Perfect, Adorable, Buddy -
Aimee
Precious, Cool, Smart - Billy
Small, White, Adorable -
Fiona //WHAT FANS THINK OF HIM:
"He
doesn't like to jump up when he cant see... I understand.. I wouldn't like to
jump places I can't see..." - Aimee
"By
far the coolest chihuahua i've met. seriously." - Laurie
"My favorite
dog in the whole world. Maybe he's the real reason I love the band." -
Jessica
"Out of all the shows I've been to, I've still never seen this little dog.
Do I need to raid the van next time?"
-
Phil
"A super dog without a doubt. My memory of him dragging his cute little
butt on the floor of a church in Ventura will be with me forever." - Omar
"I am
happiest when I get to hold Eno." - Jes(sic)a
"My little lap buddy." -
Stormi
