Doggie Names

mings · Post by **mings** » January 5, 2006 4:10 pm

Building on Christina's Dog thread, I thought of this. What is a better name for a dog: a people name (Charlie, Frank, Hannah, Mary Jane) or a "dog" name (Sparky, Bruzer, etc.)?

If you vote "doggie" name, then give a name.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 5, 2006 4:12 pm

When hubby and I were in a "get a Dalmation" phase, we were gonna name him/her Apacalypso and call him/her Paco for short.

Doggies need doggie names. Doggies aren't people. They are dogs. However, sometimes adding "ie" to a people name can name it a doggie name.

For example, our neighbors down the street have a dog named Frankie. Crotch sniffer extraordinaire.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 5, 2006 4:14 pm

buffettbride wrote:When hubby and I were in a "get a Dalmation" phase, we were gonna name him/her Apacalypso and call him/her Paco for short.

Doggies need doggie names. Doggies aren't people. They are dogs. However, sometimes adding "ie" to a people name can name it a doggie name.

For example, our neighbors down the street have a dog named Frankie. Crotch sniffer extraordinaire.

You sure his name isn't Shaney?

MelliJellyBean · Post by **MelliJellyBean** » January 5, 2006 4:15 pm

i have one dog named Maggie - people name

and one named Calypso -doggie name

The Lost Manatee · Post by **The Lost Manatee** » January 5, 2006 4:15 pm

I have pets with "pet" names and pets with "people" names. For example, my German Shephard is named Shadow and one of my cats is named Evie.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » January 5, 2006 4:16 pm

The Lost Manatee wrote:I have pets with "pet" names and pets with "people" names. For example, my German Shephard is named Shadow and one of my cats is named Evie.

I think that falls within the aforementioned "ie" clause.

pbans · Post by **pbans** » January 5, 2006 4:20 pm

For me, naming a pet is kind of like naming a kid.....it depends on the personality. Mine are Rosie and Gunner..which fits them. Rosie is the princess and Gunner is the bulldozer.....but I've had dogs named Sparky, JJ, Snoopy, Ginger....and a cat named Bob...

job41475 · Post by **job41475** » January 5, 2006 4:25 pm

I'm kind of on the fence as I've owned a dog a growing up named Reggie and also recently Sage ( with an ex-girlfriend that she got Sage in the "divorce") and now Bucca who was named that before I got her.

spark26981 · Post by **spark26981** » January 5, 2006 4:36 pm

Sparky is a dog's name?!?!?

Lightning Bolt · Post by **Lightning Bolt** » January 5, 2006 4:43 pm

Anyone remember The Jerk with Steve Martin ?

"You should call that dog... Sh*thead!"

way back, I had a roommate who named his cat that... "Heeeere, sh*tty kitty!"

tikitatas · Post by **tikitatas** » January 5, 2006 5:21 pm

Have always preferred people names for my cats and dogs and . . . critters. Over many years, there've been:

Gibson
Reilly
Emma
Maddy
Dickens
Samantha
Sophie
Heidi
Nico
Lainie
Alex
Jesse and . . . damn! I've had lots of pets!!!!!

Moonie · Post by **Moonie** » January 5, 2006 5:31 pm

Col. Bud E. Weiser, Sweet Pea, guess she would fall in the vegetable catagory..and Wee Dog..because..he's wee, probably Maltese, dumped out here for some reason.

The cats are Pyewacket, Spankie, Cleo(patra), and Sabouu

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » January 5, 2006 5:32 pm

How about something half and half.

Arfur ...... sorta like Arthur but doggie-ish

z-man · Post by **z-man** » January 5, 2006 5:40 pm

if it is a mythical person, is that a dog name or a person name?

we had Samoyeds years ago (BIG dogs with long white fur)
the Male was named Gandalf, the female Galadriel

always wanted to have a Samoyed named pepper and a Newfoundland (BIG dog with long black fur) named salt

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » January 5, 2006 5:42 pm

Place names are good for dog names: Dakota, Montana, Memphis, Tupelo, Dallas, etc... ("Indiana was the dog's name.")

I like 'doggie' names, but sometimes a people name just fits right, i.e., my dog Sam.

LIPH · Post by **LIPH** » January 5, 2006 5:45 pm

bravedave wrote:I like 'doggie' names, but sometimes a people name just fits right, i.e., my dog Sam.

So your dog is a member of the right wing lunatic fringe?

Cubbie Bear · Post by **Cubbie Bear** » January 5, 2006 6:00 pm

Current Dog----Jesse (peep name)

Former Dog----Putz ( like you schmuck, you putz)

Former Ferret----Peeve (my pet peeve)

rsgeist · Post by **rsgeist** » January 5, 2006 6:50 pm

Cubbie Bear wrote:Current Dog----Jesse (peep name)

Former Dog----Putz ( like you schmuck, you putz)

Former Ferret----Peeve (my pet peeve)

So, you named him after yourself?

sy · Post by sy » January 5, 2006 7:32 pm

Let's see, for my dogs, past and present, it's been Sable, Baylor, Cashel, Krillin, Poptart, Waffle, and Homefrie (they were 3 siberian huskies, and my grandmother let me and my cousin name them....it's was early in the morning

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carey24 · Post by **carey24** » January 5, 2006 10:51 pm

I want 2 dogs- a boy and a girl. Captain & Morgan.

I had a friend who had a black lab, Guiness.

Houston was a fine golden retriever I once knew with the best personality.

And I named my friend's rottie for them, Dulaney.

I have one now named Balto. He is my friend's and he was born in SC, but she was from Baltimore. Sometimes we tell people he's named after the hero sled dog, tho.

My fish is Bulldozer. I think I was drunk.....but it is funny. For a fish anyway.....

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