“Digger,” though it will be through your garbage pail, not the Dardenelles cliffs.
Foster?
That’s a terrible name for a dog!! What’s the matter with you?
Never turn your back on a Blue Heeler!
I used to have a job that took me to a lot of dairy farms, and I quickly learned that Heelers love nothing better than biting strangers in the calf.
Well, they are trained to bite calves.
Younger son has a champion border collie that he takes to herding competitions. Here are a few he said he likes:
Boomer (male kangaroo)
Brizzie (nickname for Brisbane)
Jackaroo (Aussie ranch hand)
Jarrah (species of Eucalyptus tree)
Miki (Aboriginal word for moon)
Youri (Aboriginal word for listener)
Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!!
Dinky Dee
Mel
Mad Max
The Gyro Captain
Warrior of the Wasteland
Bruce!
Since Saint Cad’s post directly followed yours, I assume he was referring to a dingo as a “Baby Eater”. As in, “Maybe a dingo ate your baby?” YMMV
One of my first jobs out of college was working in a small office in a strip mall. The business next to us was a car detailing and window tinting place. The owner had a blue heeler named Shasta. One day when the weather was nice I was sitting in a chair out in front of our office taking a break when Robert and Shasta came walking up. Robert grabs my leg and starts shaking it and says “Get 'im, Shasta!” and the dog started going after my leg! He was just playing around and the dog didn’t do any damage, and we had a good laugh. But it was crazy because I had never seen a dog go after someone’s leg on cue like that before!
Yeah, I got it. Hey, maybe you’d have gotten my rejoinder if I’d made it “That’s a terrible name for a cattle dog!”
Has anyone suggested RUDY? Nice name.
I’ve had a cat, a snake, and a dog named Rudy. Is that weird? If I outlive Silas, I am definitely naming my next cattledog Rudy
double post (about RUDY)
In Australia, a “cowboy” is a boy who looks after a cow.
There has never been an Australian cattleman called Rudy. Ever*. If there ever was, he was teased to death in the first week.
*This is completely true. No one is allowed to google this point and find I’m wrong because I’m not wrong, in point of principle, even if I am.
Oh my. Sorry to misrepresent such a sensitive topic.
Anyway, Rudy! Rudy! Rudy!
I was going to suggest Boomer, short for Boomerang.
Otherwise I suggest you take a leaf out of my neighbor’s book and name him Steve. The neighbor, Wayne, was chatting with us on our doorstep one day when this dog came trotting up our drive. Wayne says “Oh, that’s just me young bloke’s dog”, then he turned around and yelled “Oi, Steve! Get home!”.
Greatest name ever.
How about … um … “Mister Peepers”!
All Australian dogs are called “Dog”, aside from a few called “Deefer”.
If you’re going to do this, make sure he always wears a hat and sunblock. I think you know why.
Yukon King.