Paramaribo Dog Names

Remy Kenneth Bonjasky is a former kickboxer who was born in Paramaribo. Bonjasky won the K-1 World Grand Prix super heavyweight championship three times (2003, 2004 and 2008) and earned the nickname, “The Flying Gentleman”. Remi, short for Remington, is also the name of a two year old Golden Retriever who is considered a teammate of a North Carolina baseball team.

Remi’s technical title is “psychiatric medical alert facility rehabilitation service dog”. He was brought to the team by athletic trainer Terri Jo Rucinski to help players that are recovering from surgery. Outfielder Brian Miller, a junior who had surgery, reported that canine therapy worked. He explained, “All of my rehab was taught and done through Terri Jo and obviously Remi was with her every day. Being injured isn’t really the most fun thing to go through so it was definitely fun to have Remi there with me”.

Remi went through a year of training to learn more than 100 commands; in fact, according to the university, Remi can follow commands that are written on cue cards. In addition to helping his teammates with their recovery, Remi helps out on the field. He will carry a bucket of balls to the umpire before the game starts and even hold a hat or glove in his mouth for the national anthem. The pup is even able (and willing) to open the refrigerator so that players can grab a cool drink.

Remi is the only service dog that is assigned to a particular ACC team, where he helped them go 47-12 in the regular season, leading to an overall second seed in the NCAA tournament.

Remy is also the name of a therapy dog who is registered with his owner, Katie Selzer, as a Paws and Think Therapy team. Katie had been looking to adopt an older dog when she found a photo of the retriever on the Indianapolis Animal Care Services website. The pup, who was thought to be five years old at the time, appeared to be smiling in the photo. It turned out he was not available for adoption yet, as he was in a program at the Marion County Juvenile Detention Center. A few days later she was able to meet Remy, who had graduated from the Pawsitive Corrections Youth-Canine training program. After a walk together, she knew that Remy was the dog for her. In 2017 Katie was looking for a way to give back to the community and encountered Paws and Think. Together, Katie and Remy have been able to give back to their community as volunteers.