What was your pet's Shelter Name?

[Kfamr]

Simba and Nala didn't have one. - honey [in my sig] blue stang24's dog... her name was Honey already.... We were thinking on Precious but Decided on Sweet Precious Honey.

[PayItForward]

George was called CPC. He was named after the carpark he was found in I always wanted a cat called George so that is what we called him.

Milly/Mildred was called Edwina.

Milo was Milo, we liked the name.

Treacle was Sooty. We changed his name in memory of Caramel (Our nearly cat)

[lovemyshiba]

Abbey was A--they had gotten 3 dogs from Ohio in a transport, and just named them A, B, and C--the man at the rescue changed that into Abbey, Baxter, and ???? I forget. She knew it, so we kept it.
Riley's name was Dominic--supposedly. that's what the woman who was coming to drop him off told me, but he didn't even move when I said it, so we changed it.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Mildred's name was Edwina?????

[Cinder & Smoke]

Going back a few generations ~

"Fred" - the furst "Howze Kat" - was a tiny stray who moved in with and adopted "Casey" the German Shepherd as a foster mom. The kitten just acted like a Fred - and was originally examined by Doc Mike and "thought" to be a male... so Fred stuck. (Mite have had sumpin to do wiff Dad becommin "Phred" wiff da Fire Guyz!) On "neuter day" da Vet's Gurl called an asked if Dad minded if they did the "other operation" - kuz "Fred" wuz a she! Fred stayed Fred, even though Fredrica mite have been more appropriate.

"Arrow" was hired from the Dawg Pound to be a guard dawg atta howze - but moved inside durrin his furst winter and onlee went *on duty* when da Hoomins left for werk. He wuz dumped off atta pound when he wuz about one year old and knew his name - so Arrow it was.

"Shadow" wuz a beautiful Shepherd/Husky street kid around towne fur several munths... Had a red collar; but no one ever looked for her. Two local Vets had never seen her, and the lady across from the Fire Station knew Dad "needed a dawg"... The name came by accident - Dad an No-Name-Yet were inna Fire Station. Wunna da Fiur Guyz came in and not seeing N.N.Y., asked Dad "Where's your shadow?" *Instant Name*. "Shadow" fit her like a glove.

Dad's note: (through leaky eyes...)
Dear Casey, Fred, Arrow, and Shadow ~
You're all at the Rainbow Bridge now - but NEVER will you be forgotten!
Thanks for being important parts of my life. Wait for me, Kids...

"Boots, da Kat" - wuz a "walk up" atta Ranch... prolly dumped out frunt azza tiny lil kitten. Managed ta get past Shadow who wuz out onna tie-out ropey inna frunt yard. Climbed in the hole inna screen door an sat down on Dad's kliner chair arm an sed MeeOUW! I'z HUNGREE!
His name came frum lookin like he wuz wearin a pair of white firefighter's "Boots" onna back legz.

"Cinder"... I wuz a 6 mo old street kid till I gotz arrested an tossed inna new jail in Wheeling, WV. Nebber had a "Jail Name" - onlee an inmate fur 3 weeks. My jail Foster Momz posted a nice mug shot (earz UP) on the jail's webby site - just aftur Miz Shadow died an Dad wuz really down inna dumpz. Dad drove almost 3 hours to *check me out* - took me onna kuple Test Walkz around the jail yard, I passed a Kat Test (sorta ignored a jail kat inna face-ta-face "test") - so Dad sed "SOLD" an paid da Jailur a lil munnie - an off we went to da Ranch! (Course dat wuz AFTUR da Foster Mom sed I HADDA have a *baff* affore she'd lemmie go...) Dad sed Wow! when allua street grime warshed off.

"Smokey" owes hiz Happie Home to allua Pet Talk Gang ...
He started out az "Stray" - but Dad dint like dat an we fixed him up all propur rite here on PT!
Frum becommin a "Keeper" to pickin hiz name - Pet Talkerz wuz there frum the start to now... If ya missed it before - get kumfortabul and read all about him here >>
Cinder's Tailz & Smokey's Adoption...

So... them'z Our Tailz... an we're stickin to em!

[aly]

Originally posted by AdoreMyDogs
Graham was named Rufus, which I thought lowered his IQ quite a bit.

HEHEHE, that cracked me up

I came THIS close to naming Reece Graham Good name!

[Desert Arabian]

Dudley was a number. I can't find the exact number, but it was something like C-2513. Sam was called Rusty by the lady who gave her to us.

At first when I read the thread title I thought you meant the name of the shelter which we got our pets from. lol. Which would be H.A.W.S. (Humane Animal Welfare Society), in that case.

[Aspen and Misty]

Nova's name was Bridgett, and she looks liek one. I just don't like the name so I changed it

Ash

[Cincy'sMom]

Spot is our only shelter dog and that was the name he came with. We thought about changing it, but he knew it well, it fits him and we got a note with him fromthe little girl who's dog he was. It was obvious she cared about him and so even though she wont know it, we partially kept his name for her.

[wolfsoul]

I've never rescued from a shelter before But my grandma was given a poorly treated husky, and she gave him to us. She named him "Rauzha" (sp?) We hated the name for one thing, and it's a girl's name. So we renamed him Cheeko

[Desert Arabian]

Originally posted by Cinder & Smoke
Dad's note: (through leaky eyes...)
Dear Casey, Fred, Arrow, and Shadow ~
You're all at the Rainbow Bridge now - but NEVER will you be forgotten!
Thanks for being important parts of my life. Wait for me, Kids...

Awww....that is so/too sweet!

[Tweety_Pie]

I got one of my dogs from a neighbour, who's dogs "did somthing" on new years, and Taffy was called Plum.

My other dog Honey(Lhasa Apso mix) wasn't from the shelter, we kind of rescued her. The people that had her before hated her so much, and I know they didn't pay attention to her because 1. She was kept outside from when she was 6 weeks old (even in winter)

2. They said she was a boy. and she clearly isn't.
They called her Beethoven and her fur was all mated when we got her.

It sad what some people can do to an innocent pet...

[AmylovesMisty]

Misty had the same name every since she was born. We thought it was a great name and we didn't want to change it!

[jenluckenbach]

Rutherford was Jello
Fern was Brown Sugar
Jim was Smudge
Kim was Lilly
Calvin was Wilson
Ashley was Quilt

Monte and Willow came with those names

Amber and Sterling were unnamed at their shelters

Jasper was a no name kitten, Lucas was a no name stray.

And the children who found Biddy named him and I kept it.

[HoRsELUvR]

Our shelter had a theme(music) and they named the cats having to do with the theme.
Midnight was Waltz
Reese was Melody
When my friend got her cats the theme was sports and one cat was named Javelin and the other was something that I forgot.