Okay the foolie household got a new puppy today. Foolieboy just wants to name dog “Dog”. I refuse, so I turn to the dopers. I want something clever, but not too contrived. This is a family dog*, so nothing sexy /risque that you wouldnt want a four year old to call a dog. He is a boy, and seems to be part border collie (mom) and part yellow lab/maybe some shepard. (Daddy dog) He has a white stripe from nose to forehead.
Ok dopers… and Ive been told atomic badger racing is not a name we are using, and Cecil is right out. (my son has a slight lithp)
There is a very strong chance that I am going back tomorrow to get his brother, who has markings more like a german shepard but fluffy fur and his brother is about half again his size. These dogs are seven weeks old… Brother will probably be named Max. Unless you can come up with some cute name pairs.
Not too many personality traits so far except a love of chewing and he seems thirsty…of course not competing with 6 siblings for the water bowl may have something to do with it…
This is my first photobucket endeavor so hope I did this right.
No name puppy
*And despite my boyfriend’s joke that since this is a family dog we should name our dog “Brian” I have a mildly retarded cousin named Brian, so that is right out.
Hmm I like Iggy. Mr Nobody is my son’s sort of fall guy imaginary friend. Mr Nobody put the cheese under his bed… I might suggest this…I like that idea.
Darnit! That’s what I was going to say! And on any other board I would have been the only one to come up with and/or get that reference. (I love this place!)
Ahem. On topic, when I saw the pictures of the cute wittle puppy the first name that came to mind was Rover. I’m not usually one for the classic names (the only pet I have ever had, a gerbil, was named Einstein) but that’s what jumped out at me.
I’m going with the name ‘Claxton’. Again.
I love that name.
Sadly, out of 5 cats and 2 dogs that we currently have living with us, my family refuses to let me name any of them Claxton.
I have no idea why.
Puppy is dong well this morning. B/F and I slept on couch last night and let puppy play in blocked off rec room. I slept like crap and awoke to playful barking.
You should call that dog SHITHEAD.
Only kidding.
Here’s how my dog got his name; me and my sister picked him up from the pound, and he sat on her lap on the way home (I was driving). On the journey home, she kept trying to get me to pat the dog, and seeig as how road safety is a concern of mine, I refused. She kept insisting, until I lost my patience and yelled
“I’m driving! I’m not going to pat the dog!”
then, muttered to myself “Chrrrrrist. Pat the dog…”
Note: Please do NOT go get his brother. Trust me. It is almowt impossible to get a good bond going with a dog if you try to raise two puppies at once, much less littermates.
But, as for names, our list of names recently rejected by a friend of ours includes:
