How did you name your dog?

[pitc9]

Sierra was Kira when we got her, and my hubby changed it to Sierra (I think because that's the truck he wants!!! )

Buddy was Barry when we got him, and I didn't like it, so I just started calling him Buddy while I was trying to come up with a name, and it just stuck!!!

Talking about kids naming animals... that's why my in-laws had/have cats named Butch and Spikey!!!

[anna_66]

Angus-named after Angus Young from AC/DC (my husbands idea)

Roxey-from the song by Sting "Roxanne"

Huney-since we found her we had no idea of her name so I started saying come here honey, and she did. So the name stuck and I just made the spelling different.

[Canis Amicus]

I like doggie names for dogs: Oto, Rex, Fido, Fidelis, etc. I also like Max, Jerry, Bob, Kael.

Rex was named Gigolo by his first owner. The second kept that name.
I changed to Rex. Sometimes I call him Rex Tremendus.

Rosana
and
Rex

[4 Dog Mother]

Jack is Jack because he came with the name. And he is Jack.

Snoopy is still Snoopy because he is! I thought about changing it but he came to Snoopy and he is very, very snoopy!

Taggert was the name the rescue group gave him. We tried other names - almost renamed him Simon but my sister said since I had had a dog named Simon I wasn't allowed to use it again (?) so since nothing else seemed to fit, he stayed Taggert.

Dazzi was named by the man who gave her to me. The only thing he wanted in exchange for her was for me to keep the name he gave her - and the spelling. He never told me why but we respected his wishes.

Oreo was adopted when she was 5 weeks old because it was December and she was an accident between a pure bred beagle and poodle. She lived on a farm and was left to run loose. Her sibling had already died getting stuck in a field tile. Amy was about 12 or 13 at the time with Rob being 11, Christy 7. There was a real debate on the way home about what to name her. I thought Misty was nice or Mitsy since all four paws were white. Carl came up with Oreo because she was divided in half by a white stripe down her chest - just like an oreo cookie. It was the only name everyone agreed on.

[mruffruff]

My shih tsu/poodle mix waddled like a bear cub when he was little. So I called him Bear. Later he became Ted E. Bear.

Scruffy was named by the lady who brought him to the rescue. It suits him perfectly.

Samson was brought to the rescue with a female dog. The rescue named them Samson & Delilah. Delilah got adopted right away. I said I'd foster Samson until his health improved or he died. That was 4 years ago

Bella was a stray that was hanging around a house in the country, caring for her second set of pups. When she didn't get adopted at the rescue, I took her home. She is such a pretty girl, I named her Bella (Spanish for pretty) and Mae for her country origins.

Mary

[Tina]

Ginger- was pretty much named for the color of her fur, she looked like a Ginger.

Reggie- was named after one of charcters from the cartoon Rocket Power. My daughter Kaitlynn use to watch it some.

[Aspen and Misty]

Nova - She is yellow like a star and just looks like a Nova

Connor - Came named from my sister, I think it's a REALLY stupid name!!!

Ashley

ps: If I could go back I would re-name Nova Princess and Call Connor Prince, they BOTH look and act like them!

[caseysmom]

Casey was already named when I adopted her from the shelter...she was an owner surrender. I figured she was going through enough in her life she could keep her name and it fits her. Hopefully everything else in her life is better for her

[chrissycat21]

Snowy was named Snowy because her fur was white and the day we got her the snow had just melted!

-Chrissy

[Fox-Gal]

Tuffy was named after a Bennie Baby dog. I let a friends daughter name him.

Mooch got her name sense she likes to mooch food off people.

Odie got his name after the Garfield cartoon. He was getting picked on by the cats just like Odie in Garfield.

Cannillia, Rocky and Brandy had their names when we got them.

[Rhodie]

Simba's is pretty obvious lol. He's a Rhodesian Ridgeback, which are known for hunting lions. Therefore Simba only seems necessary for a name. lol

[Smilla]

He came with the name Lefty, and it fit, so it stayed.

[cloverfdx]

Penny got all different names for the first few days as she was born on December 25th we wanted somthing Christmassy, we thought Tinsel, Holly, Misty (Mistletoe) but none suited her then Mum was saying she was as tiny as a penny coin so Penny it was.

Clover was named after the little black Poodle in the VC Andrews books Flowers in the attic series. Her registered name is "Four Legged Clover"

Theodore was named after a Police officer in our local newspaper, there was a story about a senior sargent Theodore (Something??) i mtntioned the name and it was perfect.

Mum named Elvis after you know who I didnt and still dont like the name Grrr. I wanted to call him one of the following names Astro, AJ (Astro Junior), Turbo, TJ (Turbo Junoir), Zippy, Flash, Zephyr, Buddy. I still call Elvis AJ as a nick name and he seems to know it.

I am sending off Elvies registration forms in the next month (Associate register only so we can compete in Agility and Obedience) i am thinking of what name to use, i wanted it to be "Flyin Elvis the king" ,anyone got any better ideas???

[RobiLee]

Gosh we had such a hard time naming both of the pups.

Katie's name has always stuck with me because that is the first name that my son was going to call our RB Chloe. I wanted a stronger name for Katie and I tried others but I was just stuck on Katie. So to give it a stronger punch, her full name is Lady Katherine Lee.

Tori was so hard to name. I posted here on pet talk about it. We just could not agree on a name. I don't know why we had such a hard time. I finally saw the name Tori on a website that Anna had posted in that thread and mentioned it and everyone at home seemed to like it. Sooo....we had to give her a full name also and her name is Lady Victoria Rose. I love that name!

Robin

[pitc9]

Anna, that's funny how Buddy and Huney got their names the same way!!!