Rags (RB) was rescued and named by my parents about 6 months before I was born. They said that if you stuck a handle on him, he would've been a great mop because he looked like such a ragamuffin, so Rags it was. When he was bad, we lengthened it to Raggert. hehe

For Samantha... well, I actually wanted to name her Bridget. I thought it was cute and spunky, but my husband (then-boyfriend) hated it. So I came up with a list of names that would be acceptable and from it, he chose Samantha. It took a little warming up to but now I can't imagine her named anything else. It's still spunky but feminine, and that's my girl to a tee.