Good name for a dog?

Oasis690

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I have a friend who is getting a dog for his kids and I am trying to get him to let me name it.

So far, no luck. For some odd reason he insists his kids get to choose the name, which probably means it will be fluffy or oreo or princess or some other recycled pet name.

I had a few suggestions he didn't like, how about:

Fred (confuse your friends, "Me and Fred are watching tv")
Nerf (in respect to the fabulous soft toys)
Aardvark Tommy (Just sounds dumb and fun)
Vulva
Rabies (Scare the entire neigborhood)

Once I heard a comedian, Steven Wright maybe, say he named his dog Stay. Then when he called him it was confused: "Come here, Stay."
 
Just take a good look

My wife and I are actively involved in breed rescue, we 'rescue' dogs from animal shelters and find homes for them, that's the very shortest way of preabling this post. When we bring a new dog into foster with us we give them a new name as the day they leave the shelter alive is the first day of their new life, hence the need for a new name. Sometimes finding a name that fits the dog is quite a challenge, so what we usualy do is take a good look at them and see if anything obvious comes to mind from their appearance or personality.
Using that method we've had Joker, a dog with one eye covered with a dark patch, Rocket, a little female that could really tear across the yard and Banjo who brought a smile to your face much like a hearing a lively strummed tune......
I won't try to explain Hayley, Jobee, Jasper, Willow or Bon-Bon as those explantations lose a lot in the translation but all the same, each fit the dog bearing that moniker very well.
Have fun and just see what the dog in question makes you think of, you may be pleasantly surprised.
 
Elvis- my friend just got a Boston Terrier and named him that. It totally suits him.
 
I saw a play last week where a boy gave a dog to a girl he was attracted to. He wanted her to name it Rufus. "He makes that sound, 'Roof', and you and me, us. Roof-us. Rufus."

She rejected him.
 
My puppy's name is Bonehead for obvious reasons. Rocky came named Rocky and Bullwinkle was chosen by us. He's a 4 pound black and white Chihuahua-yeti and Rocky and Bonehead are dalmatians.
 
I'd almost suggest taking a look AT the dog prior to naming it. If it had some distinguishing characteristics, you could probably base a name off of that (I had friends name their 3 legged cat, TriPod). I'm not a huge advocate of letting kids name the poor dog, but I'd definitely hear their suggestions.
 
We got a cat when my son was 4. He named her "Joe."

We got another cat when my son was 6. He named him "Godzilla."


I'm against children naming animals. Of course, the adults didn't do much better. I had a hamster named "The Flying Britches of Thunder" because she kept having babies via immaculate conception.
 
My nieces named their German Shepherd..."Opie".

My son calls it "Dopie"

It's a huge powerful male Shepherd.

NEVER let kids name animals LOL
 
When I was a kid...I named our dog...Brandy Georgina Hover Digger Mischieouvs Monkey (then our last name) hehehe

I named my cat Norm...he was this huge muscled cat. I would stand outside yelling Normie...he had such a wimpy meow...he was my baby. He was named after Norm on Cheers. So that everytime he came in the room...everyone would yell Norm...and they did.

I want a dog...and I want to name it Bubble Butt.
 
Name him Stay.

Then you can confuse the crap out of him saying, "Come, Stay. COME, Stay!"


Or you could name him Stain. Similar effect - PG-13 version.
 
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