Name This Dog!

Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
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Well, I finally did it. Now that I’m all settled into my new apartment, I adopted a dog today. There’s more red tape than you might expect - they come out to your house to interview you.

Annnnnyway, I got him. And that’s allll that matters!

He was a stray and has no name. So now I have to come up with him. I can’t keep saying, “Here, boy!” and whatnot forever.

He’s a tricolored beagle, around 4-5 years old (maybe).

I’ve put a couple pics I was somehow able to take earlier today. They’re at

www.geocities.com/dfranzen70/dog1.JPG

and

www.geocities.com/dfranzen70/dog2.JPG

Now, you guys don’t know me all that well, so of course you’re not going to know what I’d like in a dog name. So I’m not saying I’ll certainly absolutely positively definitely accept whatever’s mentioned here. I’m just kind of looking for suggestions!

So if you’re interested, please check out either of those two pics. Please ask me whatever you want, although of course with a pound puppy, the history’s rarely known.

Thanks!

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Jake

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He sure is cute.

How about “Ralph?”

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Jax

Miles

Major

Hunter

Scout

Duke

Pokey

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I knew a beagle named Jake. He was sweet. I like that name.

How about Bugle?

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Buster
Sam
Charlie
Snoop
Monty
Flynn
Doug

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Or how about Jack? Cuz he used to hang out at the Regal Beagle! :wink:

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Page not available. Different link, please?

Mine are Bailey and Guinness.

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Oh Elmwood, they’re so cute! What kind of doggies are they? And will you please scratch them for me?

Gazelle, Certified Dog Nut

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The link’s not working for me, either.

If we’re sharing dog pictures…

My bitch, Zeke.

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The link not working is a geocities thing. If you go to the link, then copy and paste the url, it will work.

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You’re right, it does work. Interesting.

That dog looks to me like a “Sparky.”

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They’re Portuguese Water Dogs. Think of 'em as friendly, unpretentious, manly standard Poodles, and you’ll have a good idea about their character.

Slightly on-topic: the majority of Porties I’ve encountered in the US have either aquatic or Portuguese-based names (“Splash,” “Lisbon,” “Rio,” “Chuvo,” ad nauseaum), but since mine aren’t really big fans of H20, they’ve got just plain old dog names. “Bailey” is named after Bailey Avenue in Buffalo, New York; her registered name is “Del Sur’s Dock of the Bay,” conceding to the aquatic thing. Guinness (a rescue; he’s supposedly AKC registered but I don’t have his pedigree yet) is named after the stout.

I’ll scratch 'em for you. Bailey likes gently belly rubs. Guinness that has no tickle spot; any nail-digging scratching anywhere on his body will trigger the happy twitching reflex.

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I’ll second “Sparky.” Two syllables, sounds friendly, unlikely to be confused with a command. Besides, he just looks like a Sparky.

Some of the other names mentioned seem like Labrador names. Nothing wrong with 'em, but they don’t seem like beagle names.

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Hmm… Sparky…

Now there’s a bright idea!

He’s very friendly, which makes it tough to type this sentence…

But here’s a neat little kicker. I just took a nap, and I fully expected there to be a “problem” when I woke up. Nope, just him laying down on the blankey I got out for him…

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I too like the name Sparky. He just looks like one. I loved everyones doggie photos. They are all so adorable.

And since we are sharing. Here is a couple photos of our furbabies.

Max
Gizmo and Max

By the way. Gizmo is our little pound hound. She came from an animal shelter also. Adopting rocks.:slight_smile:

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Since this is the SDMB, how about “Doper”? Or “Cecil?”

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Since he’s a dog, supposedly to be trained to listen to commands, I’d say “Ed” would be better than “Cecil”. :wink:

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Well, he hasn’t piddled or crapped since I got him. Should I take that as a sign? Maybe he’s just not used to the place, although I would think that would make him pee all over the place…

I haven’t had a dog since this dog, so this is all a new experience for yours truly.

Hm… Ed… Come, Ed. Come.

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Buddy.