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My greyhound was called Tara at the Humane Society, and I didn't like that. I was going to call her Lady b/c she was so Ladylike, but that was too plain. My sister thought I should call her Bambi, b/c she looks like a deer.
I decided on Shaianne, spelled with an S b/c my name starts with an S.
My sister has a lab mix name Scooby Doo, b/c my 3 year old nephew said "I want a black boy puppy names Scooby Doo!"
Just goes to show Scooby is a Classic!!!
My aunt has had 2 lab mixes one was named Corey Bear, the new one is Katie.
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I have a small Baby Names book i use to pick names for my animals...
"Nika": means victory (she was found with her 7 siblings in the woods when they were 3 days old)
"Hoshi": means star in Japanese. she is all white with blue eyes that *sparkle*
"Billie": means strong-willed. (she was dumbed along with her 5 puppies in a small carrier. i had never seen such a mess. Billie was so skinny but her puppies were in excellent health!)
and then we have "Gypsy"...When i took her mom in to foster, she was first named Jackie (she had one white front paw so it was after Micheal Jackson) and then when we adopted her my sister-in-law had a fit about the dog having *her* name. so, she became Gypsy just because i liked the name and she is a terrier mix and looks like a gypsy!! has a bad-hair-day everyday.
that is how we came up with the dogs' names.
the cats have all just been named and all start with "S". we have a "Summer"(which i thought would be a *calm* name...boy was i wrong!), "Sillie"(as we were bringing her home my husband said "you're a silly looking kitten...) and "Samir", which Samir was picked out of the baby book: means partner.
My rats are Tai (I loved that name) and Tres, which is the spanish word for "3" (she is my third rat and i got her at a pet store on 3rd st.) My first rat was "Tara"...spell it backwards...a rat!
this was fun!
When i foster, i name the foster *kids* after family members...ha! the only one that has ever gotten bent out of shape was my sister-in-law!!!!
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Daisy was named by my mother who said the name seemed to fit our droopy little basset puppy just fine. It also rhymes with lazy with totally fits her!! She has about 10 nicknames last time we counted, but her most common ones are Daze, Lil' Roo (because if you ever heard a basset bark, it sounds exactly like a low "Rooo roooo!") and Bubboo Gizzoos (puppy kisses in baby talk! She loves giving kisses!)
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Gizmo is my black and white shih tzu. She got her name from Gremlins. She looks like a little mogwhy (sp?)
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Our 5 are:
Sox: named after the White Sox
Tigger: because I love Tigger and he actually bounces like Tigger!
Jasmine: It took us 3 days, but my husband just said...Jasmine...and it stuck
Shawna: I teach at Shawnee Middle School and my husband said he wasn't going to have a dog named Shawnee so we decided on Shawna and my assistant principal told me to add the middle initial "E" so she is Shawna E.
George: because my husband said the only name for him was George...if there ever was a perfect name for a dog George is it for him.
By the way....this is a great idea for a topic!
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My sister-in-law named her dog Jetta. She was bringing her black puppy home from the pound and was stopped at a light behind a black Volkswagon Jetta. The name just sort of clicked on the spot. She barks at anything outside that moves, and her husband has nicknamed her Barketta! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif
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Our Schnauzers names
Miss Daisy after "Driving Miss Daisy"
Kona after that wonderful Island
Dom Perignon Great drink but can't afford it
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I named my dog Simba because he simbply is the King of the house... and at the Time when we got him The Lion King was my favorite movie.......by the way im only 13 and he is 3 so we got him when i was 10.......We have many nick names you can see some at http://kakzrap.homestead.com/SimbaLou.html
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My cousin has 2 great Danes, and they're brothers. One is very handsome and smart and has a great personality and he is named Brain. And he is black except for a few white places. His brother sort of got all the left-over genes and he acts a little like Hitler sometimes. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif But his eyes sag a little, and he is mostly white with black speckles all over, and he is not quite as intelligent as Brain. Guess what his name is-
white, average-intelligence, brother of Brain. Everyone guess!!
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It's gotta be Pinky. That's what my daughter calls our dogs, Jeffrey and Bandit. Bandit is very smart, a little stubborn. Jeffrey is a big goof ball. She calls them Pinky and the Brain from the cartoon.
I didn't name my dogs, I kept the names the previous owners had given them. We were going to change Jeffrey's name when we got him, but he was such a little terror getting into everything. We were constantly saying JEFFREEEEEEY, STOP. JEFFREEEEEEY, NO. So we said forget, it stays. Bandit came from such a loving family who are good friends and we didn't think once of changing his name.
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i named my dog lilly'cause there was tiger lillys in the backyard of her parents house, so we named her lilly
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That's funny Lizzy, because my second Golden Retriever is Lilly too, Givens' Tiger Lilly!! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif Great minds think alike!!!
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Ihg0962- You live in Greenville? I live in Fort Mill!!! Ever heard of Teaching KATE or Camp Greenville? In 4th or 5th grade, i went there on field trips!!! CONNECTIONS
neways, Pinky is right. He broke his leg in 4 places recently (!) because when they put electric fencing in, the dogs are so big that they don't care, they can just run right through it. Pinky did that chasing after a car and they found him lying in the road a few hours later and thought he was dead! but he wasn't, just hurt really bad. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/frown.gif
But now he's recuperating http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif yay!
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I certainly know about Camp Greenville. I've been there myself, and my daughter wants to be there this coming summer herself!
Good to know there is another dog lover so close by! http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
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I have 3 mini schnauzers.
Healthy - the puppy we bought before her died of parvovirus. So when we bought her we want her to be healthy and happy. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/smile.gif
Cookie - I like the Cookie Monster. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/biggrin.gif
Donna - Looks like a pretty girly name. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/wink.gif
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My solid black mixed breed terrier was named Raisin. When I first brought her home at 6 weeks a friend said she looked like a raisin and the name just seemed to fit. My husband said the next male dog we get he is going to name him Riley because around our house a dog lives a life of Riley.
