Dogs:

Happy-it was what her Breeder called her and it fit lol

Misty-is short for "mistletoe mischeif" because she was a chistmas gift and she kept getting into mischeif lol

Ripley-we had been watching the show "Ripleys beleive it or not" when we were trying to come up with a name, randomly someone said "Ripleys Believe it or not we got another dog" because he was our 4th. and the name "Ripley", stuck lol

Perky-umm cuz she is perky lol

Blair-the name his breeder gave him, we kept it because he was given to us only days after my parents split up, and before my dad my moms serious boyfriend happend to be named "Blair" it was funny.(coinincidently my moms current boyfriends nickname is "Happy")

Birds:
Taru-it means Legend in Finnish, I chose it because Taru is also a god of the sky, and my Taru is a white and sky blue fancy budgie.

Toivo-I wanted another finnish name and I liked the sound, it means "Hope"

Critters:

Kari-cuz someone suggested Caramel for her coloring, and my freind called her "carry" for short, I am not fond of the name "carry" so I said "Kari" and it stuck.

Smores-2 reasons, 1 he looks like a smore lol and 2 he looks just like his dad hence "some more"

Blondie-my mom wanted to name a piggie Blondie lol

Puddin-again my mom just wanted a piggie named Puddin

Checkers-she has to perfect squares on her rump, one pure chocolate and the other roan, it looks like a checkerboard lol

Doodles-he looks like somone doodled all over him lol