Step right up and play *Name That Dawg*, with your host, Cinder, the lil Shepherd~

Suggestions needed to name "The Stray", a 1 year old, 21", 30 pound (he shrunk from previous estimates), light & dark gray with black overlay 3/4" long to 1/8" long semi-course coat, partial German Shepherd mixed with quite a bit of ??? Smallish, tipped-over (forward) ears; Long but thin tail. Sorta cute, he starts to grow on ya. He's quite timid (read fearful) account abuse from the two-leggers who dumped him in front of Dad's and my house last Sunday. He's super friendly to me, Boots the Kat, and Daddy-O. And if you've been reading these Tails, ya know the rest...

So far, we have the following names (hope & more hope I didn't furget someone's idea)...

  • Ashley (as in fire ashes)
  • Ashdog
  • Ashen
  • Ashton (wow! He'd have to wear a tie)
  • Ashtray (play on several themes)
  • Blaze
  • Burny or Burnie
  • Charcoal
  • Chimney
  • Cindersfella aka Fella
  • Cole or Coal (fire)
  • Dumpster ('splain That to everyone)
  • Flame
  • Flash
  • Flicker (as in flame flickering)
  • Flint
  • Gunner (Angels for Animals kennel name)
  • Match
  • #2 (as in Number Two; dog or poop)
  • Poop-in-Box (neat?? at dog skool)
  • Poopie-Come-Lately (Dad! that's not funny!)
  • Smoke
  • Smokey
  • Sparky (pretty common, usually Dalmation)
  • Stray
  • Stray Bo
  • Stray Boy
  • Stray Dude
  • Stray Mate (the Down Under flavour)
  • Stray Pal
  • Stryker
  • Tinder
  • Trevor aka Trey
  • Trey / Tres / Tray (French Three = 3rd FurKid
  • sTray (takeoff on Stray & Trey)


OK, I hope that's all of 'em suggested so far. If we left out anyone's idea, so sorry and Please post it again. Dad and I really like some of 'em; even the Kid pricked his little ear-bones at a few.

Offer some more and everybody can use the list as a reference the next time you hafta name a new FurKid.

Off we go to home and another dose of *motor oil and Krunchies*.

Thankx for all the Ideas and Kind Thoughts!!!
/s/ Cinder, the lil' Shepherd Dawg