Ares, "god of war" or "dog of war"

I have a new dog. His name is Ares, like the god of war. We got him on May 3, 2008 at the North Shore Animal League. He was the cutest dog in the shelter. We somehow got him into our arms and adopted him. We had a hard time naming him; we had names such as "Spartan", "Mumble", "Leonidas", "Achilles" and "Ares". But Ares it was and I never looked back. It was hard not to love him, because he is just full of innocence. He loves to sleep or chill in the closest in between the shoe racks for reasons unknown.He is rough, but only with me, he only bites and plays rough when I'm around. He is a Labrador Retriever. He is only 9 weeks. At a young age he already shows intelligence. After doing the math, we figured that his birthday is about March 3rd, 2008. He was a quiet dog, and at the end of the second day with us he finally barked. And he loves babies. I can't really explain it but when he met my baby girl cousin, who is a little over a month, we put them together, to aquaint each other. He did not want to leave her side, at any costs; he howled and whined loudly just to be near her, it was mad crazy. It was funny, cute, and frankly unexplainable.