# Name this dog! (with pictures!) **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2005, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253 "2005-02-28T05:28:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/41 "2005-03-01T07:33:35Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > … I’d want to call her “Bonkers,” because I’ve always wanted a dog named Bonkers… Go with **Bonkers**. Picture yourself late at night, out on the lawn in your robe, calling for her to come back inside from the back yard… _Booooooooooonkerrrrs!_ The neighbours will be amused… 😃 . ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 9:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/42 "2005-03-01T09:05:40Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > So we gotta find someone who wants a dog. Anyone? Free to a good home! She’s sweet as the dickens (if you’re not a cat), loving, and eager to play. I think she weighs about 10 pounds, and the vet says she’s just about done growing. Anyone? E-mail’s in my profile… So your mother-in-law’s out. Did Zuzu meet her and start growling? Or vice-versa, perhaps. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/43 "2005-03-01T13:31:18Z")
A very standard/traditional looking mutt, & therefore quite likely to be a suitably loyal & loving pet. Names [ul] [li]Sport[/li][li]Scout[/li][li] **Hi Opal** , always a fine name for a puppy. 😉😃 [/li][li]Or, if you wanna get all too-cool-for-school/hyper-ironic, Fido. 🆒 [/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/44 "2005-03-01T13:44:42Z")
> [@TVeblen](#): > > Awwwww. What a cute puppers. > Ahem. > > How about calling her Ripley? > > A friend had a rather shy, friendly female dog so she named her after Signourey Weaver’s kickass alien-killer as inspiration. A fiercely loyal heart no doubt beats under all that warm fur. > > Besides, it’s a catchy, perky name, not too cutesy and not too butch. > > Veb Nice idea, but for a more subtle reference, because she’s cute and dog pre-pubie, how about Newt? (Ripley’s grade-school age sidekick from Aliens…) I’ve always wanted a slightly stupid dog, so I could name it Hosehead. I have a neutered tomcat named Booger. He earned the name the hard way. A friend had a rather exuberant Boxer named Bongo. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/45 "2005-03-01T14:18:42Z")
> [@roger thornhill](#): > > So your mother-in-law’s out. Did Zuzu meet her and start growling? Or vice-versa, perhaps. No, alas; it turns out my father-in-law said they’d take her, but m-i-l hadn’t known about it and doesn’t want to take on another pet right now, as they’ve lost two old dogs in the last six months or so. So that’s out. We’re going to start putting the word out to everyone we know; I’m sure someone can take her. I hope. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/46 "2005-03-01T23:07:44Z")
I would take her in a heartbeat if I could get to Memphis. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Like\_Tears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@Time\_Like\_Tears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Like_Tears)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2005, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/47 "2005-03-01T23:09:13Z")
And Zazu was the little birdy major-domo from The Lion King. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/48 "2005-03-02T02:09:45Z")
I think her name should be “Rowdy Roadrunner.” Very, very cute . . . hope you can find somebody to give her a loving home ---
**Author:** ![Rock\_n\_Roach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Rock\_n\_Roach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rock_n_Roach)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/49 "2005-03-02T19:02:22Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > **Zazu!** God bless you! ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2005, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/50 "2005-03-02T22:09:58Z")
> [@tarragon918](#): > > She looks a lot like the puppy of a friend - and that puppy’s name is **Sadie**. She really is a cutie and glad to hear that she’ll be going to a good home. 🙂 [aside] LilMiss’s teacher has a dog named Sadie. LilMiss’s name _is_ Sadie. Her teacher told her that whenever she lets the dog out she thinks of her. Thanks. :rolleyes: OR, there’s the time when we were at Petco and LilMiss wanted to pet a gorgeous bull dog who was there with her owner. LilMiss asked if she could pet the dog. Owner looked at the dog and said “Sadie?” - LilMiss said “What?” The owner though LilMiss was being snarky and walked away. My poor baby!! [/aside] ---
**Author:** ![Gymnopithys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/fbc32d/32.png) [@Gymnopithys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gymnopithys)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/51 "2005-03-08T16:37:37Z")
Nebuchadnezzar ---
**Author:** ![Canadiangirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Canadiangirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadiangirl)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/52 "2005-03-08T17:43:04Z")
I vote for “friend”. She looks like one. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2005, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/53 "2005-03-08T23:45:22Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > She’s caramel and chocolate with a bit of nougat. Call her Snickers. Caramel and chocolate means she should be Riesen. And when you’re looking for a home, you can say, “You need a dog!” And then the person replies, “Gimme one good Riesen.” And then you hand the dog over. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Zahava424](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/76d3ee/32.png) [@Zahava424](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zahava424)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2005, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/54 "2005-03-09T00:37:58Z")
Ellie. Or Karat. ---
**Author:** ![Large\_Marge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@Large\_Marge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Large_Marge)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/55 "2005-03-10T06:57:33Z")
> [@jackelope](#): > > My wife was driving back form her mom’s house this afternoon and saw this dog on the median of the Interstate. Figuring the poor thing would get killed otherwise, she stopped and picked her up. The dog is maybe six months old, quiet and well-behaved (so far); she seems fairly healthy, but she’s underfed. We fed her and bathed her, and now she’s been sleeping for about four hours. > \ It takes a special person to actually _stop_ and help a stray, especially on a busy Interstate. Since the dog can’t say it, thanks, Jackelope. That was a wonderful thing you did. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/56 "2005-03-10T07:22:57Z")
> [@Large Marge](#): > > It takes a special person to actually _stop_ and help a stray, especially on a busy Interstate. “On a busy Interstate”? Luxury! We used to dream of livin’ on the Interstate. Woulda’ been a palace to us. [With apologies to the four Yorkshiremen.](http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/python/Scripts/HollywoodBowl/TheWeAreSoPoorSketch) ---
**Author:** ![Snickers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Snickers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snickers)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2005, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253/57 "2005-03-10T14:30:56Z")
> [@hillbilly queen](#): > > She’s caramel and chocolate with a bit of nougat. Call her Snickers. Ha! That’s what I named my kitten, because she was snicker-colored (she’s a calico with some tabby stripes). Then I stole it for my moniker. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-this-dog-with-pictures/292253.md?page=2)