# Help me name my new, pregnant dog! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 14, 2008, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106 "2008-12-14T10:48:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/21 "2008-12-15T03:25:02Z")
I think she looks like a Joanna. Don’t ask me why, she just does. And in case you aren’t already, you should feed her a puppy formulation food. She’ll need the extra fat and minerals for all those little bones and nerves forming. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/22 "2008-12-15T03:40:59Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Heh. If it weren’t for the “no names ending in an -ie sound” I would’ve suggested “Mary”. Or how about “Virginia”? If you go with Virginia, you could name her puppies after Virginia’s counties. Virginia has about the best named counties of any in the country, by the way. Imagine little Culpeper, Madison, Amelia and Fluvanna running around under foot. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/23 "2008-12-15T04:23:44Z")
> [@Kat](#): > > Well, I read the thread before looking at the pics, and this comment inspired the suggestions “Sugar”, “Candy Cane” and “Peppermint”. Maybe “Sugarplum”. The pups could be additional types of candy. > > I didn’t get any additional ideas from the pics. She’s a cutie, though. Awww! Sugarplum! She looks so round and plum-like. I’m liking that. Will run it by the husband. Top contenders so far are Sugarplum, Cinnamon, Olive, and Nick. Of those, I like the sound of Olive the best and it doesn’t sound like any of our other pet names, but I’m still not sure she really looks like an Olive…although: round, stuffed, oblong…hm. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/24 "2008-12-15T05:54:31Z")
You know, for some odd reason, she does remind me of this [Olive](http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/13839/46_2007/111516_2762_pre.preview.jpg)a little bit… It’s Kristin Chenoweth as Olive in _Pushing Daisies_. ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/25 "2008-12-15T11:41:00Z")
We went with Olive. Where would you like your new puppy sent, **pudytat**? 🙂 I’ll post pictures of the babies when they come. Thanks for the help, everyone! ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2008, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/26 "2008-12-15T19:35:58Z")
> [@pbbth](#): > > How about Ginger, as in ginger bread houses and cookies and…hmm, now I want dessert! I like Ginger! And you could name the puppies with spice names, too! But hey, since you’ve gone with Olive, you could give the puppies names like Pickle, Cheese, Crackers, and have a little relish tray! ---
**Author:** ![Renee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/renee/32/287_2.png) [@Renee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Renee)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/27 "2008-12-16T04:44:49Z")
[Olive had her puppies!](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=10576733#post10576733) ---
**Author:** ![Jennyrosity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@Jennyrosity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennyrosity)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/28 "2008-12-16T18:45:53Z")
> [@Renee](#): > > We went with Olive. Where would you like your new puppy sent, **pudytat**? 🙂 > > I’ll post pictures of the babies when they come. Thanks for the help, everyone! So, you took in a pregnant female with nowhere to stay right before Christmas and _didn’t_ call her Mary? Huh. Cute puppies though! ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2008, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/29 "2008-12-16T18:55:28Z")
> [@Jennyrosity](#): > > So, you took in a pregnant female with nowhere to stay right before Christmas and _didn’t_ call her Mary? Huh. > > Cute puppies though! Having 6 puppies named Jesus would have gotten confusing though.😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106/30 "2008-12-17T01:58:46Z")
Well, there the Olive, the Other Reindeer Xmas connection. She’s as cute as Drew Barrymore as well. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-name-my-new-pregnant-dog/477106.md?page=1)