New Boxer

**tigger** · 09-14-2006, 05:22 PM

I have a new boxer I got her Aug 14th Which was a day before she turned 8 weeks. She will be 13 weeks this coming Monday. I am new to this site and I'm looking for help coming up with a AKC name. I 've always had mixed breeds so she is my first purebred dog. And I know nothing about Akc names and how to create one. Plz help? Her name is Maya.

**LilacDragon** · 09-14-2006, 05:31 PM

Part of this depends on the breeder you got her from. Does your breeder have any requirements? Some breeders require that you use their kennel name. Some breeders require that all pups in a litter are named to a theme or that their registered name starts with a certain letter.

If you don't have any of those requirements, then you can name the dog anything you want. You can name her Princess Consuela Bananahammock and call her Maya if that is what you want to do. The registered name can, but doesn't have to have anything to do with the "call" name.

**zippy-kat** · 09-14-2006, 06:34 PM

Originally Posted by LilacDragon

You can name her Princess Consuela Bananahammock and call her Maya if that is what you want to do.

Well sort of. There's a limit of 30 characters so you'd have to drop off a letter in there somewhere.

**LilacDragon** · 09-14-2006, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by zippy-kat

Well sort of. There's a limit of 30 characters so you'd have to drop off a letter in there somewhere.

LOL!! I knew that but was making a point.

I suppose you could shorten it to Princess Consuello Speedo.

**zippy-kat** · 09-14-2006, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by LilacDragon

LOL!! I knew that but was making a point.

I figured you did! Bananahammock indeed! lol

Well, then how 'bout Tighty-Whitey Goes Commando?

**zippy-kat** · 09-14-2006, 08:40 PM

Tigger, I'm sorry for hi-jacking your thread. I found this link for you; it's the AKC's rules and regs for naming: http://www.akc.org/reg/namingofdog.cfm

Hm, as for names... let's see... she'd be a Gemini, wouldn't she? And Gemini's represented by twins. So maybe something with "Times Two" in the name? Just a thought! Have fun with it!

**lady_bug_mistress** · 09-18-2006, 01:54 PM

we've never had any requirments from our breeders, so we;ve always had fun with naming our pets. we used our last name for our great dane "Chaney's Graceful Shadow" et called her Gracie for short. Our boxer on the other hand is a brindle, so we went with "Camoflaged Trouble" or Cammie for short. we thought is was a cute play on words because Cammie's cute goofy face she gives us when she's caught doing something she knows she's not supposed to (like getting into the trash). Boxers can be a handful so the "Trouble" part of her name seemed sooo perfect lol.