Pet's name and why...

[lovemymaltese]

Carina is beautiful and the Italian meaning makes it so special.

[Rottieluver45]

We chose the name P.J. Cause it stands for Pride and Joy.

[Pam]

Albea I didn't know Carina was a Jersey doggie!! Our Bella was named by my hubby. I am not sure to this day where he came up with the name, although there was an old thread on Pet Talk about a Bella but I never told him the name although I did relate the story. He just liked the name and since I had named all of our other dogs I thought I'd give him a chance this time. LOL! I came to find out later that Bella means beautiful in Italian, and she certainly is!

[Cincy'sMom]

Before we went to get Sadie I knew she was black with some white. I was sorta thinkin Panda. Once we saw her it didn't seem to fit. Ralph suggested Sadie, as it was the name of a neighbor dog growing up. It was only later I found it Sadie means Princess, and boy does that fit!

Cincy is a shorten form of Cincinnati, where Ralph and I both went to college and met.

[Albea]

Originally posted by Pam
Albea I didn't know Carina was a Jersey doggie!!

Pam:
The reason why Carina is a Jersey doggie is because when my second Golden, Irina, died I was so depressed I didn't sleep or function,for three weeks. At the time, Yankee Golden Retriever Rescue was in its infancy, not as well organized as they are today and I could not get another soon enough. Then I remembered that the parents of one of my students were breeders. I talked to his mother, she said they only had a six months old pup and they intended to keep her because she was so good. Well, my powers of persuasion must have been very good because I talked her into selling me the puppy. My brother, who lives in Virginia, drove to NJ to get her and bring her to me. That was the first time I saw her. As they say: the rest is history She has been with me for nine years this week.

[ParNone]

McMurphy, after the lead character in the TV show, China Beach.
The character was somewhat fiesty, so I thought that was
appropriate for a terrier.

Madison, after the mermaid from the movie, Splash. The name of
a character that was curious about everything, seemed
appropriate for a terrier too.

Par...

[Pam]

Originally posted by Albea
My brother, who lives in Virginia, drove to NJ to get her and bring her to me. That was the first time I saw her. As they say: the rest is history She has been with me for nine years this week.

That's one terrific brother! I guess he has earned the name "Uncle" where Carina is concerned. What a sweet beginning!

[wolf_Q]

Reggie and Smokey were both named by my brother so I'd have to ask him lol. I think with Reggie he just suggested it and we all liked it.

Nebo is named after a beautiful mountain here in Utah. It's one of my favorites. My fave is Timpanogos, but I'm not naming a dog that!

[yorkster]

I have a Border Collie/Lab mix named Scout. I chose that name because of the book & movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" , one of my all-time favorites. I also just like the name!

[LoudLou]

Louie's full name is Louis Qwilleran Winthorpe. My husband named him after Dan Akroyd's character in Trading Places, Louie Winthorpe. Qwilleran is from The Cat Who... books.

[yorkster]

You mean like "The Cat Who Could Read Backwards" or "The Cat Who Liked Danish Modern" ???
I love those books- Lillian Jackson-Braun (I think)?

[LoudLou]

Yes! I was going to name our first "skin"kid Qwilleran but we decided to have only furkids so Louie got the middle name.

[lovemymaltese]

Welcome to Pet Talk Parnone

[Stenograsaurus]

Well, Dakota's original name was Voyager because when we were driving down to get him, we were following a Voyager van. Well, after a few weeks, we decided Voyager would be hard for the baby to pronounce, so we changed it to Dakota after the Dodge Dakota (I always liked that truck.).

Patience got her name because she was a stray that came with a lot of "baggage" and required a lot of work and patience in the beginning. It has definitely been worth it though. I was actually thinking of changing her name to Treasure because of the saying "one man's trash is another man's treasure". She was an idiot's throw away but she's definitely a treasure to me.

Kilo, our RB dog, was named when we got him. When we got him, I asked them if they would accept a check and who to make the check out to. When she said her last name was Rickabaugh, I about died. Rickabaugh is well known for their drug use and here is their dog named Kilo. I asked my husband when we got into the car if we should run right to the Vet's office to have him x-rayed to see if he had any baggies in him. Since we had Kilo to work with when thinking of a papered name, we named him Kilometer of Playfulness.

[anna_66]

Well, I'll start with our little Huney girl first,
I named her this because when we were trying to get her (she was dumped) we kept saying "Come here honey". And everytime I would say "honey" she would look at me like "That's my name!"

Roxey got her name from the Police song *Roxanne*, it came on the radio when we were bringing her home, and it just sounded right!

Angus, well, Mark said whenever we get a Rottweiler, his name is going to be *Angus*, ya know, Angus Young from the group AC/DC!