The arrival of a new dog in our family used to be an opportunity for my dad to indulge his wackier creative self. He'd simply try to pick the oddest names he could, from which we could derive "normal" nicknames. Here are a couple examples:

A poodle was named Maya Angelique ("Angie")
A pom was named Rustacia Dustina Loueen ("Rusti", or sometimes, "Rusti-Dusti")
Another pom that, sadly, only lived to be about two months old (just suddenly died--a mystery to this day) was named Gustavo something-or-other ("Gus")

My dad has since calmed down, or perhaps my mother had had enough. Our Yorkie Sugar was named so because "she looks so sweet!" (ugh), and we named the Corgi Katie simply because it seemed to fit.

[This message has been edited by Smilla (edited November 04, 2000).]

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