When naming our dogs, I often think that people might think about it too much, and if you don't have any particular names in mind, it's best to just go and pick a name that you think suits the dog.
There's no point having a female Rottweiler but calling her Tinkerbell for example, as that simply doesn't look or sound right for that breed of dog.
When we first got our first dog we didn't really knew what name would be proper for him to have, we didn't wanted anything conventional or forgettable, so we just looked at the calendar, lol. And the first day that we lived with him it was around 24-25 of august, and my mom looked for names close to that date and she found the name of Bruno, I own a Boxer, so it was, on my opinion, the right name for him! 🙂
Both of our dogs came from the shelter with their own names. Both times I hated the names they came with, but because they were adult dogs and already accustomed to their names, I could really only tweak them a little bit. I think dogs respond to the main sounds within their name rather than the name itself, so it was easy enough to morph a Princess (seriously?) into Fritzy. Not ideal, but the "r" and the "tss" sounds were there, and she was responding to Fritzy within a couple of days without an issue. Same deal was with Benny (who turned out to be a girl) morphing into Minnie.
It isn't ideal, and these aren't the names I would have picked for them if I had them from puppies, but I thought it was important to keep their only piece of identity with them while also satisfying my own desire for more fitting names for my girls.
Our dog was named after my step-dad's already dead favorite horse that he used to have back in the days. It was a mutual decision, since my step-dad was anyway more interested in keeping our dog alive than me and my mom, since we're always really busy thanks to school and overtime work. To me, naming a dog is important but it's not a thing that you should fight about. I'm really happy about the name we gave to our dog since she really fits it.
The thing is that her name is not a usual dog name, so whenever I'm calling her to come over in a park or somewhere like that, people usually turn their heads to see who am I whistling to. I think they're wondering do I have a little sister or a brother, but no! It's actually pretty funny to me, haha!
Just yesterday I was watching a TV show and saw that Gordon Ramsay named his dog King George. LOL, I think this is a great name and to be honest sky is the limit when naming a dog, we can be as imaginative as we want.
My first dog was named "Puppy", so I guess it wasn't very hard to figure that out. But hey, I was young, so give me a break, okay? 😀 Right now I have two cats, but I think I still fell into the same traps that lead me to the name "Puppy", because I named my cats after the first thing that came to my mind. I'm not very creative with names, you see. So I guess the name is the easiest part of the job? It's more of a challenge training them, taking care of them, and that's what makes owning pets fun.
We have several dogs in our family, and most of the time I have to fight the kids for the honor of naming the newest puppy. Usually, they beat me to it. Yet, every now and then, I get to name the puppy.
Usually, my son wants to go for a name like a super hero, so we have a Dark Knight and a Man of Steel. Most often, these names are shortened to Knight and Steel. My daughters on the other hand, like to go for cutesy names like Marshmallow.
For me, I like to watch the puppy for a day or two. I like to pick names based upon the puppy's personality. Watching the puppy gives me a chance to get to know the puppy. I find that then the name truly belongs to the dog.
My first dog, my parents named. All the remaining dogs were given to me, so I inherited the names they already had. However, I named my current dog, Petey. When I first got him, he was a puppy and he was so tiny and stubborn. My dad used to tell me, "He's quite a pistol!" So, we started calling him "Pistol Pete" and now it's Petey for short. He sure is a character!
Well, interesting name story if you ask me. 🙂 In fact, I think many people do that, they simply give the same names to the dogs. My dad had a dog who had the same name as the dog he had as he was a kid, so that says a lot about dog naming. 🙂
Pretty easy.
I never usually decide, I just ask people on FB/in person and they come up with suggestions and I just pick one I like.
I'm never too picky anyway so I guess that's why it's easy. When I was younger it was kinda hard though, I just think what I'll feel comfortable shouting up the road if my dogs runs off.
Are you kidding? It was so hard for me to name my dog they're like my children I couldn't name them with just any other name. It's a lifelong decision that shouldn't be taken lightly. I know I'm being too serious and all but that just shows how much I love my dogs. I hope the names I've given them are lucky or unique and they wouldn't be called something generic like Spot or something along those lines.
I went through a ton of dog name idea lists when Zero came home. I originally wanted a German name, or maybe something based on mythology. He was here about three days before I looked at the Nightmare Before Christmas tag on my keychain and saw Zero, Jack Skellington's dog. That made naming him easy, and when my husband started looking at golden retrievers, we already knew that we'd pick another NBC name, we just weren't sure which gender we'd end up with.
It can be hard choosing a name for our dogs, especially if we get the dog as a cute puppy as we often want to go with a cute and friendly name to match how the dog looks.
We tend to forget though that the dog will eventually grow, so we have to bare that in mind when we're naming them.
I've named all my dogs up to this point (including my family's when I was younger), I don't know I guess I'm just good with names. 😛 I currently have a stray dog I rescued name Bruno (he's brown so I thought it was appropriate) and a small, little Yorker named Blake (a variation of the word "black", because he's 90% black).
I don't have a hard time naming my dogs, the name usually comes naturally after I spend some time with them and learn their habits.
Heh. I always think of cool things with common names. My first dog was a golden retriever crossbreed, I called him "kite". Something easy to remember with a few vowels. We recently got a female pinscher, and called her "Venus". It really fits its fiery temper.