We have a new kitten named Murphy. he is all gray and white, kinda tiger-stripey. He is super affectionate, and totally non-aggressive.
I called him Murphy for ‘Murphy’s Law’.
I am looking for another kitten to keep him company…I dont have any ideas yet for a name.
Kelli… how about…
loki = Norse god of mischief
or yoda
An opportunity to talk about my furbaby? You betcha!
We have recently added to our little family a German Pinscher who answeres to Cali. SHe has one of those long kennel names, but she doesn’t know it. She has natural ears, we didn’t want to cut them.
German Pinschers look like medium sized Doberman Pinschers. She’s knee-high, and will be 35lbs or so when fully developed. They are one of the foundation breeds of the Dobie, and are aggressive, but are more similar to a terrier in temperment. Very smart little girl. We are looking into agility classes.
Dansir, border collies do extremely well at agility. They are the only breed I would be nervous competing against. (Not that I’m anywhere near that level yet)BC’s are so smart and fast it’s amazing.
I struggle every day to be the kind of person my dog thinks I am.
Our first cat was named “Herbert” when we got him and never knew why.
Two birds – “Nervous” (my choice) because he kept jumping around in his cage and “Tweety” (my brothers’ name).
Our dog was named “Dolly” after the song “Maria” in WEST SIDE STORY. “Maria” was on the radio as we drove home with her. My father said we should name her that because she’d have a song named after her. I said it should be “Dolly” so she’d have a better song named after her.
Another cat, “Snowflake” was a stray. I don’t recall who named her. When she had kittens, they were named “Herbert” (see above), “Honey” (for the honey color), and “Calico Runt” (a calico and the last of the litter). There was another whose name I don’t recall.
“What we have here is failure to communicate.” – Strother Martin, anticipating the Internet.
Smug, those are perfect! Thanks.
My family’s dog (I miss her since I moved out) is Chelsea. I named her that when we got her. I had heard the name on TV on some show, and I thought it was the perfect name for a dog.
My husband and I (before we were married) had a few pets, all of whom have since departed this mortal coil:
Two chinchillas–Sam and Elmer (as in Yosemite and Fudd)
Five hermit crabs–Ted, Ross, Herman, Mickey and Gary…the first two had no meaning, Herman was as in “Herman’s Hermits”, Mickey and Gary were after two players on the Cubs
One goldfish–Bluebeard (like the pirate)
When I was a kid my dad got the family 2 painted turtles, and I got to name them; Plop and Fizz, after that old Alka Seltzer commercial (“Plop plop, fizz fizz, oh what a relief it is” - cracked me up when I was 6).
My folks now have 5 cats at home because every kid abandoned one there when they moved to the big bad city: Buggy, Fritter, Willie, Pooky and Tiggy.
Had some goldfish named Enie, Menie, Miney, Moe and Harold
My family seems to be into stupid names for our pets.
Applying computer technology is simply finding the right wrench to
pound in the correct screw.
Let’s see, cats…over the years, I’ve had a bunch. Licorice (all black), Willamina (calico), Simba (dusty orange, very leonine), Chester (tabby), Ugly (no other way to describe it…cat looked like five colors of clay mashed together), Poindexter (tuxedo), Spot (calico face and tail, but all white otherwise), Punkin (beautiful Persian/Siamese mix, white body, silver face/paws/tail), Rascal (all black)…
Had our share of dogs, too. George (Great Dane, and great dog), Squirt (Dalmatian), KoKo (tiny yippy dog), Bubba (Doberman/Dane mix), Mick, Jack, Bert (three mutts), Bones (Doberman), Sweet Pea (Chihuahua)…
Fella who lived up the road from us used to have a German shepard named Chip. Get it? Police dog, CHiPs? Har!
But the best of all the names was my favorite dog, a mutt I found abandoned at the garbage dump…Shabby.
I have a betta (Siamese fighting fish) named Vlad[imir] (after Putin, Nabokov, The Impaler and Vladimir and Estragon) but that’s 'cause I’ve already had a betta named Cthulhu. I was going to name him Fang, actually, 'cause I originally wanted to get a tarantula but the pet store didn’t have any and I decided the name’s too common. My next pet is definitely gonna be Diablo.
``All of your dreams will come true. All of my dreams came true, but now… I have a bunch of other dreams.’’
– Sonic Youth
xekul: I have a cat named Vlad[imir] after Vlad the Impaler also, perhaps they should meet 
AWB: How about One fish or Two fish depending on if you got him before or after Freddy.
A point in every direction is like no point at all
No cat or dog here, but at Christmas time the Chief and I went shopping to buy a new coffee pot. I don’t know what happen, but instead of a coffee pot, I came home with a pair of love birds. Being that it was Christmas I named then George and Mary… It’s truly a wonderful life having them around. I think they miss the Chief too. He spoils them with snacks…
Girlbysea (AKA: ChiefScott’s GBS)
I have a dog named Sparky, or his full name, Golden Sparkules of that Ilk.
We call him Sparky, Sparkle, Sparks, Sparktometrix, Sparkalator, SparkBarks, and other similar names.
Cats:
Ding, short for Dingaling, who we also call Ding the Fierce or Ding the Ferocious because of her extremely timid nature.
Claude, who we call Claude, Clod, DirtClod, and Cwaude.
Kaia, who mostly gets called “Kaia” or Kaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaia! and occasionally “sharp and poity one”
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“it’s all real”
“I KNEW IT!!!”
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I’ve got two mutt cats which I got at the pound, a solid black one who answers to the name of Boo and a red calico who we call Rudy, but she too stupid to know that that’s her name. Boo is the smartest cat ever. I just have to voice a command to tell her to do things and a lot of the time I think she understands on some level what I’ve communicated and complies. Rudy, Rudolphina (got her around X-mas and named her after the most famous reindeer of all), is the prettiest softest cat ever. All her dumbness went straight into the vanity department. She loves to roll around in perfume over-spray and as a result she always smells very nice. I love my cats. My roommate has only one cat now. The male got his ass ripped off last Sunday and she had to put him to sleep. Her other cat, Itchy, is bitchy. She’s an awful cat with an awful temperament.
Oh, getting a cat declawed is evil. If you’re worried about the furniture, don’t get a cat.
geez… i think i’m always the last one to go… before i had kids, i had 2 dogs, 3 cats, a rabbit, a guinea pig, 3 cages of mice, 17 hamsters, on overly full 20 gallon tank of fish, pair of zebra finches, and pair of rats… all i have left now are 2 dogs: jonah (long-haired chihuahua–the only surviving original pet), and lurch (a mutt–looks like the dog on the simpsons, 'cept she’s mostly black). but i do have 4 kids… do they count?
“…for i am always a lady, archy… always a lady. i did not do anything vulgar. i simply removed his right eye with my left claw.”
mehetibel the cat on the subject of marraige
You are probably going to think this is so unoriginal, but the cat that we got last fall ended up being named Shadow, mostly because she follows me around like a lost puppy 24/7. But only me, she doesn’t want anything to do with anybody else in the family, but she is always within eyesight of me (so she can keep an eye on me, that is).
Shadowfox
“The dead have risen, and they’re voting Republican!” - Bart Simpson
Since we’re being forced to talk about our furry housemates, might as well add my little family.
There are 6 dog-children: Pupperoni, Goldy-locks, Sandy, Bobbalooey, Woody, and Muppet (who bears a striking resemblance to Big Bird in size if not color).
And 7 cat-children: Orange Julius (usually shortened to Jules), Beegie, Maggie, Scooter (3-legged and scoots around), Tykie, Fluffy Demon, and Beebie Demon (the last 2 had demon added because they bedeviled the older cats when they joined the group).
Really don’t remember how we chose most of the names, but as you grow closer to your fur-family, believe me, the nicknames will just come naturally. All of ours have various nicknames, as does our only human child.
We currently have a dog–a black lab/chow mix and we named her Hasek, after our favorite hockey goalie–The Dominator. Turns out it was a good choice because she is always in the way and doesn’t let anything (or anyone) by her.
I used to have pet mice and they were named Mickey, Andy and J.P.–all after this one guy that I was madly in love with.
I also have a cat who lives with my parents and his name is Jay. He is named after an ex-boyfriend (trend?). His vet has his name listed as “J” because my mother said she was too embarassed to tell the vet the cat was named after her daughter’s boyfriend so she made up this story about how we named him “J” after Dr. J since he could jump so high as a kitten. Not that the vet asked why he was named that, my mom just thought she’d save herself any problems (?) She is a strange woman.
I have a hobby. I have the world’s largest collection of seashells. I keep it scattered on beaches all over the world. Maybe you’ve seen some of it.
Ah, how we love our pets!
I’ll make my list brief: All cats:
Ambrose. Six-toed white cat. My dad named him.
Yella For “Yella Sack of Shit”. He was.
Henry Orange six-toed cat.
Spooky Strange Siamese cat that stares at you with alarm.
Feisty Big fat tail.
Tangie For “Tangerine”. Orange cat who has the rare habit of “humping”. (masturbating.)
There have been more…many more…
My turn, my turn!!
I got a beagle puppy for Christmas one year when I was a wee tyke… Mom and I named him Gabby, because he, like most beagles, just loved to bark and howl.
We had a black lab mix from the pound that my mother named Murphy. It was female.
I found a stray cat at one of my Boy Scout meetings, and begged my mother to let me take him home. He was solid gray, and grew to be a HUGE cat (15lbs, I think) before he developed diabetes and eventually had to be put down. His name was Harpo, based on the fact that we NEVER heard a true ‘meow’ sound come from him. It was all chirps and twitters. There will never be another like him!
Mom now has three more cats that have taken my place since I’m at school. A pure white, dainty little female named Lucy, a big black and white tom named Oreo (flowing with creativity there!), and an orange and white tom named Jesse, for some reason.
I also have a large male step dad at home. He came with the name of Gary.
When I’m finally out of school and on my way to being financially secure, I will probably have an odd assortment of pets… Their names will be, Groucho, Chico, Harpo, Zepppo, Richard, and Karl. You got it…the MARX Brothers!!!
“If we submit everything to reason, our religion will have no mysterious or supernatural element. If we offend the principles of reason, our religion will be absurd and ridiculous.” Blaise Pascal
I’ve got a gorgeous little half Persian kitten named Molly. My husband nicknamed her “Booger”, as in “you little booger, what have you done now?”
“There are more things you don’t know than there are things that I do know. I despair of the imbalance.” – Dr. Morgenes, The Dragonbone Chair