# Dogs! Woof Arf Woof Aka Best Dog name **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 1999, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225 "1999-09-18T09:09:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Heath\_Doolin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Heath\_Doolin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heath_Doolin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/1 "1999-09-18T09:09:00Z")
Sorry got a little carried away What was or is the best name for a dog cant or animal I had a mouthy cat I called Screamin Jay Hawkins (if you don’t know the singer look him up) Perfect name for him ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/2 "1999-09-18T10:16:00Z")
Maddison – best name, best dog! She’s cute too! ---
**Author:** ![Contestant\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce7236/32.png) [@Contestant\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contestant_3)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/3 "1999-09-18T11:42:00Z")
We have a dalmation named Spot. …also a rowdy black tomcat named Tyson. * * * Contestant #3 ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/4 "1999-09-18T13:10:00Z")
The two best names I’ve heard so far are [ul][li]Bob[/li][li]Elliot[/ul][/li] The worst name for a dog I heard was on the Brady Bunch. They named their dog _ **TIGER** _? That is like buying a cat and calling it _ **WOLF** _ ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/5 "1999-09-18T13:12:00Z")
We have a cat named Sovtek. He’s named after my husband’s tube amp. Sigh. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/6 "1999-09-18T13:13:00Z")
- > [@](#): > > Contestant #3 >             > We have a dalmation named Spot. …also a rowdy black tomcat named Tyson - No offense but if the dog’s name is Spot shouldn’t the cat be called “Puff.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/7 "1999-09-18T15:26:00Z")
The current dog, a yellow lab, is named Murphy. If we ever get another dog, it will be named, " Your Highness." As in, " Would you like to go for a walk, Your Highness." ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/8 "1999-09-18T16:58:00Z")
Gotta Lab/Chow named “Rikki”. Gentle as a lamb. LOVES to play in water! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/9 "1999-09-19T05:02:00Z")
I’ve got a friend who’s poodle is “Debbie”. In high school I knew a guy who had a AA/FD and his german shepard was named “Nitro”". ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/10 "1999-09-19T05:10:00Z")
My much loved beagle/basset was named Hector, may he rest in peace. The woofer who now shares my life is a big black/brindle Lab/Shepard mix. She looks like a killer and is the gentlest, happiest dog who ever lived. Name: Baskerville. The best names suit the dog. A friend has a dog who is extremely timid. I mean, this dog is afraid of trees, doors, air, everything. So my friend named her Reilly, after Sigourney Weaver’s kickass “Alien” personna. She wanted it to be an inspiration. Hasn’t worked, but it’s a damned clever name. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/11 "1999-09-19T05:18:00Z")
I call my cant “jargon”. * * * Tom~ ---
**Author:** ![jane\_says](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jane\_says](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jane_says)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/12 "1999-09-18T18:19:00Z")
We had a great little bassett named Bill (short for Bilbo, 'cause that was who he was shaped like), and now we have a Shar-Pei named Doobie and a bulldog named PeeWee, which could be the WORST name I’ve ever heard of for a dog. Incidentally, we have a cat named Spot (he’s marked like a Dalmation) and another very wise, self-important cat named Uncle Cecil Adams. We got him right after I found the Straight Dope site. I perhaps got a little overzealous. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/13 "1999-09-18T18:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > The best names suit the dog. A friend has a dog who is extremely timid. I mean, this dog is afraid of trees, doors, air, everything. So my friend named her Reilly, after Sigourney Weaver’s kickass “Alien” personna. > > She wanted it to be an inspiration. Hasn’t worked, but it’s a damned clever name. Maybe the problem is that your friend inadvertantly named her cat after a Jackie Gleason character. Sigourney Weaver’s character was Ripley. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/14 "1999-09-18T18:32:00Z")
Oops, I see it’s a dog not a cat. This is a critter with a real identity problem. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/15 "1999-09-18T19:00:00Z")
Duh! Mental head slap… Right you are. The poor critter was named Ripley. Believe it or not, I knew that. –\>slinking off in disgrace…\<– ---
**Author:** ![Kryptonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6bbea6/32.png) [@Kryptonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kryptonite)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/16 "1999-09-18T19:38:00Z")
I have a yellow lab named Sugar, but she isn’t so sweet…damn we should’ve held off on naming her! ---
**Author:** ![Torgo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@Torgo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Torgo)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/17 "1999-09-18T19:44:00Z")
Phydeaux * * * Tim “My hovercraft is full of eels.” ---
**Author:** ![BoBettie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@BoBettie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BoBettie)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 1999, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/18 "1999-09-18T22:09:00Z")
Jane, A fellow Shar-Pei fan!! Bet mines cuter! 😉 Anyway, we have a black Shar-Pei named Yoda, and my previous shar-pei’s name was Sharpie. I also used to have a dog named “Arfie”, who I just loved. We also have a parrot with a big beak appropriately named “Ringo”…fits him well… * * * Run for the hills, folks! Or you’ll be up to your armpits in martians! ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/19 "1999-09-19T14:31:00Z")
If you get a dog for your wife/husband name it “Great Reluctance” That way when you dump her/him you can say “I’m leaving you with Great Reluctance.” ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 1999, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225/20 "1999-09-19T15:13:00Z")
I called my old street cant “argot”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-woof-arf-woof-aka-best-dog-name/8225.md?page=2)