New York to Southern Drawl Dictionary

I thought I was getting better with what appears to be a language barrier between my New York ears and the Southern drawl... I was wrong. The other day the neighbor was walking his dog, Otis, this is a dog that has been living next door to me all year. Only this day the neighbor also had a pure white Boxer puppy with Otis. Otis always wants to see me when he is in his yard behind the fence but when he is out on the leash he turns his back to me, I don't know why but he ignores me when he's out of the yard, the Boxer puppy is a different story she was wiggling and happy to see me. The neighbor walks her over and she rolls over for me to rub her belly, she is adorable. While I am petting the puppy, and Otis is ignoring me, I ask what the puppy's name is. I hear Leche, so I say " oh how cute she does look just like milk " the neighbor just looks at me with this blank look on his face, so I go on to say " her name is perfect since she does look just like milk " he says " huh?! " So I say " in Spanish milk is Leche " he says " really? " I now am the one with the blank look on her face. I say goodbye and walk away thinking how did he ever come up with that name if he didn't mean for it to be milk. Today I figured it out. Today the guy's girlfriend has the puppy out in the yard, the girlfriend is not from the South. She is walking the puppy and when the puppy pees she says " Good girl Lacey ". I say " her name is Lacey?" She says " Yes ". I start laughing while she now has the blank look on her face, I was going to explain but decided not to I figure just let them think that's one crazy lady next door.