Mr. Poysyn came home with an early Christmas present, a beautiful black lab puppy.
It is a male, but we can’t agree on a name. Any suggestions?
Spanky!
Poysyn I’d suggest getting a shortlist of names and then standing at your back door and yelling them out, ‘trying them on for size’ so to speak.
We are fostering a puppy called Tarquin for the Australian Customs Dept. and I always feel such a git calling out his name.
Puppy name suggestion - Michael
My dog’s named Hobbes.
It’d work better on a cat, but it still works on him.
Hmmmmm, Cecil , Ed, Ike , Arnold…ect…etc
Walter.
How about Oliver. I have a neighbor that has a dog named Guumba. I thought that was original.
My dogs name is Denali, it means “the great one”
I was always partial to the name Scout from “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Boo works too, for that matter.
A Lab? Those of the perpetually wagging tail, and no end of energy?
How about Nitro?
Bruce
Aww, is he all round and fat and fluffy and do his widdle ears go forward when he’s happy? Oh yes they do! OH YES THEY DO!
Anyway, Snoopy.
Or go and google what various languages use for the word “black”. Maybe there’s something nice in Swahili or Russian. Or a cool word from one of the Canadian Indian languages, him being a Canuck and all.
A booze word is always nice. Sherry or Brandy or in his case, Guiness.
Eddie. Eddie is a good name for a dog. You can’t go wrong with Eddie.
Congratulations! They’re great dogs and make wonderful loyal goofy friends. And they’re smart–my friend has a black lab guide dog named Willow who can navigate Times Square with her with no problem. OK, so she’s trembling a little at the end of it, but dammit, she does it.
I called the last lab that I owned Dubbs. It was simple, (albeit dopey) and seemed to suit him to a tee. You are correct to wait a while to name your pup. In a few days or weeks his name will come to you.
In keeping with tradition…
Pablo
Tom
This may sound stupid, but the first name that came to me was …
Licorice
Heh, I like licorice, but that doesn’t seem to lend itself very well to being a dog’s name! My other suggestion: Ebony
If he has a dopey, sad little face and big eyes, call him George.
If he’'s a crazy little thing that chews up everything, call him Mambo.
Those have always been my two favorite dog’'s names. Funny, since I named my dogs Toby and Fugly.
Have fun with your new best mate!
Those are wonderful dogs!
Blackie was the first name that popped into my sleepy mind. Enjoy! 
Well I must be crazy. Our first night of kennel training he cried for twenty minutes then settled down. Forty minutes later he worked up again, for an hour.
I took him out and he peed.
He cried for another forty-five muntes, then went to sleep. He lasted until six this morning.
As son as he got outside he peed and pooped.
I was so proud.
And sleep-deprived.
Hopefully he’s better tonight.
Rats! No spots, so Grafenberg is out. (One day… one day…)
Let’s see… black Lab… hmm…
Spanky! (No, that would be stupid. (I kid lno, I kid.))
Toby
Waldo
Rupert