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We call her ""Devil Dog"", though right now she's ""Sleeping Puppy"" after a devilish morning. (Full-scale training starts next week.) Panamas aren't hard to find, and they range from cheap to way expensive. I got most of my high-end ones at one of the few makers of Panama hats in the US, ""Paul's Hats"" in San Francisco; I also have a nice Western-style panama from Montecristi in Santa Fe . We're talking hats that start in the several hundred dollar range and go up from there; Paul's top-end Panama goes for $30,000! (And the straw weave is as fine as the best linen. I think it's mostly a show-off piece; he's had it for a decade.) But: keep in mind that Panamas aren't all that robust; you don't want to spend the money on an expensive Panama for casual wear. You can find inexpensive ones pretty much anywhere; a Google search for ""inexpensive Panama hat"" can be fruitful. ∇∆∇∆ "