# New puppy **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010 "2017-06-27T20:25:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/41 "2017-06-30T18:41:03Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > One of her diseased older pet sibs was a Freya. Damn. Sorry. I came in here because it looked like a happy thread. I needed some happy. So, naturally, I screw it up. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/42 "2017-06-30T19:38:10Z")
> [@Folly](#): > > Careful, they grow into those feet… 🙂 > [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > After the Newfoundland, they’re all “little”. 😉 My Newfie never did grow into her feet … Name the new pup “Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky V” ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/43 "2017-06-30T21:06:39Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Damn. Sorry. I came in here because it looked like a happy thread. I needed some happy. So, naturally, I screw it up. No, no, not to worry. Freya was awesome. Hubby and I discussed naming this one Freya as well because we like the name, but decided not to. We did discuss it though. 🙂 Why is naming pets so hard? 😛 Now the list is: Raven Cedar ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/44 "2017-06-30T21:08:18Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Damn. Sorry. I came in here because it looked like a happy thread. I needed some happy. So, naturally, I screw it up. No, no, not to worry. Freya was awesome. Hubby and I discussed naming this one Freya as well because we like the name, but decided not to. We did discuss it though. 🙂 Why is naming pets so hard? 😛 Now the list is: Raven Cedar ETA: it should, of course, be “deceased” as in “pining for the fjords”. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/45 "2017-06-30T21:27:54Z")
Gorgeous! (Also a good name) You have to go outside and call out the potential name as loud as you can. Some names don’t sound right when yelled into the neighborhood. I should know, I have a dog named Basso. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/46 "2017-06-30T21:33:32Z")
I was just thinking about my co-worker who had a baby girl and planned to name her “Raven”. Oh, cool, I thought, until I learned she was spelling it Rayvynn. So a new Raven dog would tip the scales back toward sanity. (I still have an irrational fear of GSs, I think because of a childhood trauma, but I’m glad you love yours!) ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/47 "2017-06-30T21:38:42Z")
We are here to help, but one picture is nowhere near enough to go on. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/48 "2017-06-30T21:40:50Z")
> [@steatopygia](#): > > Gorgeous! > > (Also a good name) > > You have to go outside and call out the potential name as loud as you can. Some names don’t sound right when yelled into the neighborhood. > > I should know, I have a dog named Basso. I named my dog “Squirrel”, which is an awesome name, I think. The only problem is when I am calling her outside, I sometimes get odd looks. ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2017, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/49 "2017-06-30T23:04:19Z")
Ruby is a hood name for a female GSD. Gary for a male. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/50 "2017-07-01T00:19:20Z")
Another [pic](https://www.flickr.com/photos/133093217@N04/34797717844/in/dateposted-public/). She has a tendency to try and eat my phone when I attempt to take pictures. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/51 "2017-07-01T00:20:44Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > [Ilsa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilsa,_She_Wolf_of_the_SS). > > She’s a German Shepherd, after all. > > Regards, > Shodan :dubious: I was on board until I clicked the link. :smack: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/52 "2017-07-01T00:32:35Z")
Ursula, as in ursa, for bear. StG ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/53 "2017-07-01T01:54:43Z")
What a cutie pie with those enormous feet and ears to grow into. ������ A acquaintance of mine recently adopted a GS pup and named her Heike. It’s a good dog name: German, easy to say, and unusual enough that all the other doggies won’t come running when you call her (speaking to all the Maxs and Bellas out there). ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/54 "2017-07-01T02:07:37Z")
She’s sooo cute! My German Shepherd is Hannah. I think you should reconsider Freya - I love it. I’ve had 3 GSDs named Hannah. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/55 "2017-07-01T02:32:14Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Oh noes **Swampy**. ☹ Don’t tell **Baker** , but my scared as a kid dog was a dachshund. My babysitter had one that bit me. They do seem to aggressively posture against strangers until they get to know them. Though I think mine learned a lot of that from my chihuahua,who was originally raised by someone who is very afraid of strangers due to some bad stuff in here life. I think it just takes more work to socialize dachshunds. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/56 "2017-07-01T03:05:48Z")
I like the suggestion of Freya now, after seeing it. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/57 "2017-07-01T04:12:40Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > :dubious: > > I was on board until I clicked the link. :smack: > > 😃 Ilsa was also the name of Ingrid Bergman’s character in _Casablanca_, though. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 10:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/58 "2017-07-01T10:32:06Z")
How about **Schnell** , or **Schnelly**. I can see you calling her at the dog park. " **Schnell**! **Macht Schnell”**!!! ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/59 "2017-07-01T11:30:37Z")
How about Heidi? ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2017, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010/60 "2017-07-01T14:01:03Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > :dubious: > > I was on board until I clicked the link. :smack: > > 😃 In that vein, when I still had my Weimaraner, we were out and about and saw another couple with a young male Weim. Seeing fellow cultists, we came over to introduce ourselves, and mainly play with their doggie. He was about two, running around, and so the couple proudly told us that, in honor of his boundless energy and German heritage, they had named him, “Der Stürmer.” [Oh, that’s nice.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_St%C3%BCrmer) Your Shepherds look beautiful, Sunny. I wish you many happy years with your critter. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-puppy/790010.md?page=2)