There’s a new puppy in my family, and the sweet little thing needs a name.
She’s a little girl, currently 8 weeks old.
Mostly, if not entirely border collie
she’s very sweet and cuddly… very people oriented, but like most border collies, she’s very mischievous , and likely to be trouble on four paws in the near future.
Our first thought was that she should have a Scottish or Gaelic name, since she is a border collie… but so far we’re drawing a blank. Any suggestions?
(if you can provide the meanings of the names that would be greatly appreciated)
Pictures will follow eventually, I need to borrow a digital camera
I would suggest NOT naming your dog something that is very uncommon because whenever you board your dog or take her in for veterinary care her name will get mispronounce, misspelled, etc.
I like the previous suggestion of Tara. You could also try Emma, always liked that one Looked at this site:Baby Name site
I used to have a 1/2 border collie 1/2 jack russell, ended up looking like a miniature collie. We called him Shep (very original i know). Don’t know if that is a gender specific name tho, or even if that matters with dogs
Tara, unfortunately, will not work, because it is the name of a a family friend (of the older middle-aged variety) who would be likely to be quite insulted if our four’-legged “sister” shared her name.
I like it… but it won’t fly… another name that’s off the list is Bridget (as that is my brother’s girlfriend’s name)
Currently being kicked around is Fiona… and upon preview, I see that it means white… which would be rather approriate, since (unusually for a border) the majority of the puppy is white
Anyone know what the Gaelic word for trouble is? Or where I could find out?
As for difficult to pronouce/spell names… the humans in our family have difficult names. We’re all used to correcting people frequently. The vet would not be a concern there either, we’ve used the same vet for years, it’s a small town, and he’s never had trouble with names (ours or our dogs). And in fact has no problem remembering them on the street, without chrats to help him.
All of the border collies i’ve known have had short names. I have a ten year old dog and once she’s gone to doggy island I plan on getting a border collie. I’m going to name him Pip.
Whatever you name you puppy, do this to screen potential names. Stand at your back door and yell out the name three times. See if it doens’t sound too stupid.
