In Thursday’s mailout, we mentioned a rumour that Ben Shephard once owned three dogs named “Ben”, “Shep” and “Herd”. While we don’t yet have any concrete evidence to definitively prove or disprove the dogs’ existence, we might be a little closer to understanding where the rumour might have started.
A former gym buddy of Shephard’s says that when they were hanging out, Ben would constantly tell the same joke to people about how he wanted an Alsatian (aka, a German Shepherd) so that he could call it “Ben”.
So we know that the ambition to name his pets after himself is real. Confusing matters, however, is another rumour that “Ben” “Shep” and “Herd” aren’t dogs – but the names of Ben’s goldfish. |