What's in a Name

[ladyjubilee]

Why did pick your dog's name?

Bramble's name is pretty straightforward. Her her brindle stripes look like sunlight filtering onto a dog laying in a bramble.

My last girl was Gotcha...as it took two 3 hour drives, one of which could have gotten me in trouble with the courts to go get her.

We also had Snuggles, a teeny tiny 89 lbs lap dog boxer lab mix. People always assumed he was some ferocious pit that as one guy said, "would tear your arm off."

[Joxgirl]

Rogue. Well hubby picked it. Don’t know why. (She’s my dog but
I let him name her. ) I told him I was fine with it because Sarah Palins first book was titled, “Going Rogue”. Rogues name is actually Rogue Palin in her honor.

[TimL_168]

Endeavor was named by her original owner. I got the impression that she was named along the same reasoning lines as I named my Shiloh Shepherd Aurora, registered name "Dawn of all Adventure"... Which reminds me, I should update my signature here .
Regardless of who named her, Endeavor has been a good name. We are running headlong into life with goals fixed in our sights.

[Jay knowles]

Changing the subject slightly my eldest son Ryan who is seven years older than the youngest son chose his name which was REX. So that’s what the youngest was called. I think Rex was the one that called the dog Pepsi, i see a theme. Jay

[Joxgirl]

I liked reading how each pup got the name they have.

[ICE]

I try to choose call name based on registered name.
ICE = In Case of Emergency Open Crate
Mufasa = Beck's King of the Jungle
Diamond = From the Heart Gem in the Ruff

[centrop67]

Radar was called "Goofy" at the shelter (probably something to do with the big ears).

I was all set to name him Ragnar.

My mom mentioned how his ears were radar-like (yes, ears again) and voila - his name was born.

[Tim91118]

My wife is from the Netherlands so I chose a Dutch name for my female Dutch Shepherd. Her name is Anja which is pronounced Anya

[ladyjubilee]

Are her commands in Dutch?

[Tim91118]

Are her commands in Dutch?

No, I use English and some hand signals

[ladyjubilee]

Bramble is learning some sign.

[montecarlogirl87]

I keep a list of names I like (mostly because I used to dip my toe into writing fiction, not so much anymore), I picked Shylah's name off that list just because it felt the best
Shota (show ta) was named from a character in a series of books I like, cus I wanted another unique S name

[Mark77]

My wife named the dogs.