Bitsy didn't have a name before we got her. She was Bitsy from the first moment we saw her.

Charlie was named "Shorty" by his previous owner. He was 2 when we got him but Justin and I hated that name, it didn't fit him at all. Within the first day we'd renamed him Charlie.

Buster was 6 when we got him and he came with his name. The name Buster fits him to a tee.

Nacey came with her name too. It fits her so well and we really like the name. A few people wanted us to chance her name to Lacey, but that doesn't fit her at all.

Nova was never meant to have "Nova" as a permanent name. We found her on Thanksgiving Day and needed something to call her until we found her owner. We called her "Nova" in honor of the holiday (which is in November). We had her for about a month before her owner contacted us and basically said "keep her". Then already having 4 dogs we started looking for a home for her. It was about another month before we decided we had to keep her, because not only were we attached to this little girl, Nacey and her were inseparable. By that time we had been calling her "Nova" for 2 months and felt we couldn't change it.