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    Jadie came to us at the age of 2 years (and almost 2 months) and was already named Jadie. She knew her name and I thought it was adorable... She's our little Jadie Lady.

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    Zoee's original name was Bonnee and we were not keeping that name for her, just didn't fit. So I went to the computer and looked up names. First it was Cali we decided on. Then I asked my boyfriend if I should finish the alphabet and he said sure. So we had Cali, Sophie and finally Zoee. Zoee worked and after we figured out how to spell it we didn't even realize we stuck with the breeders theme of double E's in the names. Zoee's litter was named with double E names.

    Taggart got his name at the shelter. I liked it so we kept it. That's not exciting, but that's how it is.
    Someone at the shelter told me Taggart is a British TV show kind of like the American show Magnum PI. I thought that was cool too.
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    Mikey came with his name at 2 years old. I am not really one for human names, but it works for us. He already knew it and it DOES fit him...especially when he's bad..."MICHAEL" or just for short..."Mike".

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    ANNIE: She was a year old stray who came to the house six years ago and we kept her. She looked pitiful--all skinny, shy, and covered with ticks. I thought... poor dog has been thrown away.. she's an orphan... and she's female and I named her Annie for Little Orphan Annie.

    LilGirl: First I named her Rosie which is on her file at the vets. However, I had trouble remembering her name LOL and Little Girl just came more natural to me. She's little and a girl. She has other names such as Baby Girl, Sweetie, Lucy but most of the time she's LilGirl.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee View Post
    Someone at the shelter told me Taggart is a British TV show kind of like the American show Magnum PI. I thought that was cool too.
    Haha, that's the reason my Taggart got his name. Because the tv-show was on the second or third night he spent at my place so it was one of the names I tried calling him and it stuck. I had no idea what his original name was, so I went through several ones; Kazuya, Sofus, Bobby and Sparrow are the ones I still remember I really wanted Kazuya to stick (it's a favourite video game character of mine) but nope, he was a Taggart! haha

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    Maggy:For some reason i wanted to call her Sasha,and that is what her name was for a matter of 20 minutes.My husband looked at her and said "Maggy" her ears perked and she barked at him.So Maggy it was!
    Lacy:I was back and forth to see Lacy since she was about 3 weeks of age.I had chose Lexi,Jenny or Lacy.Lacy just stuck.
    Molly:We got Molly at 6 months old.Her name was Crystal.I didn't like the name,Molly just suited her better.
    Doc:I had not part in naming him,Although i had a few names in mind.My husband named him,They are the only men in the house LOL So I let him name him.

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    Mine already had her name when she was given to us at 2 yrs old and I thought it suited her well so just kept it.
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    Of the dogs we had growing up, Sheba was named before I spoke English, so I don't know how she got her name. Freckles (Saint Bernard) had a charming smattering of freckles on her face, and lots more on her tummy and feet, so that fit! And Gracie, well, she was such a klutz, we thought maybe naming her "Grace" might help ... nope! She did gain somewhat more control over those long Great Dane legs when she finally stopped growing, but would still wipe out making sharp turns at full speed sometimes!
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    name

    Heidi had already been named by the people we bought her from,we were told we could change it but we liked the name and stuck with it.
    thanks very much devon. I have been boo'd.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Asiel View Post
    Mine already had her name when she was given to us at 2 yrs old and I thought it suited her well so just kept it.
    What's her name?
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    Lily is actually named TigerLily Princess, but she goes by Lily for short. She's named after the Princess TigerLily from Peter Pan. I wanted to stick with a Peter Pan theme and do something in tribute to Tink (the Pom we had before Lily who died at a young age), so that's where that came from .

    Brennan was already named when we adopted him; however, it reminded me of Brennan from the TV show Bones (which is one of my favorites), so I liked Brennan and it seemed unique, so we kept it.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mrspunkysmom View Post
    What's her name?
    Cherie- French for Darling, Love or whatever other mushy name you like I guess
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    One Down was named One Down because one of his ears is dangling

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    Both of ours came from the shelter with their names. Well Niño was called Nino by the shelter but my ten year old self figured he was surrendered as Niño since he had basic obedience training in Spanish so I added the tilde. Eliza was named by shelter staff and my parents couldn't think of anything that fit her that wasn't already super common. They ran all potential names by me to check because I work in a grooming salon and see many dogs a day.

    They decided to just drop the E and call her Liza, but my mom's friend called very upset because her daughter's name is Liza and she thought somehow a friend calling her dog the same thing as her child was insulting. So eventually they stuck the E back on.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Varga View Post
    Haha, that's the reason my Taggart got his name. Because the tv-show was on the second or third night he spent at my place so it was one of the names I tried calling him and it stuck. I had no idea what his original name was, so I went through several ones; Kazuya, Sofus, Bobby and Sparrow are the ones I still remember I really wanted Kazuya to stick (it's a favourite video game character of mine) but nope, he was a Taggart! haha
    I thought of you and wondered if this was how your Taggart was also named. Too funny!
    Our goal in life should be - to be as good a person as our dog thinks we are.

    Thank you for the siggy, Michelle!


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