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Name My Puppy

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ibis the being

03:24 / 15.05.05

I just bought a cocker spaniel pup from a breeder, due to come home with us in four weeks, and still have to come up with the Perfect Name. The prospect of living with the name for the next 15 years or so has induced naming paralysis. Surely the creative folks of Barbelith can help me come up with something great? We like people names for dogs (as opposed to the Snowball/Fluffy/Fido variety) and so far in the running are Russell, Cassius, and Carl. Any ideas?

Triplets

04:46 / 15.05.05

Naming dogs like people ROCKERS. How about: Toby, Rupert, or Milo. Fine, old school names.

Spaniel

08:35 / 15.05.05

Well, I don't lke naming animals after humans unless there is a certain degree of dissonance present. For example, I might name a dog Brian or Malcolm - solid, serious, po-faced names for people. Not fun or cheeky or friendly or cute like the human names most of us pick for our beasties.
Also, in the UK, everyone seems to giving their animals human names these days. It's becoming boring.

And, well, animals aren't people. I like to give 'em odd names to remind myself that they are other than human. Strange names help thwart too much anthropomorhising.

Spaniel

08:39 / 15.05.05

Trip, just my opinion, mate, but those names are bland, bland, bland. I mean, how many dogs are called Toby? Answer: fucking millions.

8===>Q: alyn

08:47 / 15.05.05

I have always been of the opinion that Steve is the perfect name for a dog. If not Steve, then your own name. If not your own name, then Vengeance.

Mistoffelees

08:48 / 15.05.05

Some suggestions:

Alain, Albert, Al, Balthasar, Boris, Curtis, Connor, Douglas, Erwin, Erkan, Francois, Friedrich, Graham, Holger, Henry, Ichabod, Ian, Jimi, Jean, J.R., Klaus, Lysander, Laurent, Louis, Marvin, Miguel, Magnus, Miles, Nick, Nathan, Otto, Osama, Pablo, Pavel, Quentin, Rudolph, Remington, Reed, Scott, Sebastian, Tarzan, Tristram, Timothy, Ulysses, Udo, Vincent, Vladimir, Walther, Wolfgang, Xenophon, Yorick, Yakim, Zaphod, Zeus, Zebulon

Triplets

08:49 / 15.05.05

Well, I've never met a dog called Toby. In your face, statistics!

And, I've had two dogs called Nipper and Gringle (not to mention a cat called Fluffy). For me, personally, naming a dog with a hu-man name would be a cool change of pace by proxy.

How about a third way? Call it "Dog". Or possibly even "Cat".

Cut me some fucking slack, yeah?

Benny the Ball

09:18 / 15.05.05

My dog's name was Max (after Maximillian the robot in Black Hole)

My dad's dogs name was Misty (her show name was 'Play Mist for Me')

both worked well enough.

Spaniel

09:33 / 15.05.05

Steve and Vengeance are pretty cool as is Stupid Dog.

We had a dog called Friendly Man.

GogMickGog

09:42 / 15.05.05

Some names I don't think get given due credit are Judas, Herod, or passibly Jezabel...can't think why..

Whisky Priestess

10:26 / 15.05.05

How about "Walk" as in "Walk the Dog"?

8===>Q: alyn

10:34 / 15.05.05

SCENE: The dog run in a neighborhood park, afternoon. Doggies getting walkies, assorted bourgoisie gadding about with their chains and pooper scoopers.

enter ibis

IBIS: Vengeance! Vengeance! Come to me, Vengeance!

fuckbaked

10:41 / 15.05.05

I've always thought Caelo would be a good name. It's the ablative singular form of the latin word caelum, which means sky.

JOY NO WRY

11:03 / 15.05.05

"Man bites" the dog

STOATIE LIEKS CHOCOLATE MILK

11:06 / 15.05.05

Well, I almost called Biscuits Jihad when she was a puppy... fortunately my then girlfriend wouldn't let me.

Really, even though it's fun, you can't choose a name just like that. You need to live with him/her for a few days, or at least (if you're still waiting) spend some time together, before you can come up with a name that fits.

Me? I'm just grumpy cos a friend recently honoured me by asking me to come up with a name for his new child. I was gutted when I found out he didn't actually call him Yoda.

BUUUTTT... if we're all making with the advice here, we demand photos as soon as you can get them. Puppies are the best anything in the world ever.

Tezcatlipoca

11:25 / 15.05.05

Not really a suggestion as such, but an anecdote on the subject of dog-naming.

Many years ago, when Tez was but a small god, he used to live on a farm in Devon. The guy who owned the farm always had two working sheepdogs, the oldest of which was named 'Old Dog', the other being 'New Dog'. This seemed to work quite well, expect for when 'Old Dog' reached the end of his working life. Then 'New Dog' became 'Old Dog', and a new 'New Dog' was brought in. Apparantly the guy had been using this system for decades.

■

11:38 / 15.05.05

It's good to make names two syllables and have a prominent I EE or Y sound in them so that when it runs away you can shout it without sounding and feeling strange. Single syllables make you sound angry, and stretching out the EE noise is more effective. Just noticed that all our animals: Barley, Charlie, Amy, and Judy followed this pattern.

Persephone

11:57 / 15.05.05

I did read once that you should avoid naming your dog anything that rhymes with No.

Spaniel

13:46 / 15.05.05

Yeah, but you should call your dog Herod.

LOL.

alejandrodelloco

14:13 / 15.05.05

John Stamos

To stick with the EE thing, call him by Johnny...

Cailín

14:21 / 15.05.05

For the love of God, Ibis, don't ask these people for a name for your dog! That's how I ended up with a cat named Doom (as in Viktor Von Doom). And he's lived up to the name, I am a prisoner in my own house, he's a maniac.
But if we must... Boba Fett. (why should I be the only one who suffers?)

Scrambled Password Bogus Email

14:47 / 15.05.05

Craig.

Although Steve is very good, too.

Jihad

LOL

ibis the being

15:04 / 15.05.05

Our friends just got a puppy and named him Judas.

We were actually thinking of a two-named moniker for our dog whose second name is the same as my boyfriend's - also thinking of [Boyfriend] Jr for laughs - but all the dog books said that would be a nightmare. Ditto for anything that sounds like a command, so there went "Sid."

You know when someone asks you for your opinion on something but they're kinda going to go with their original thought anyway... well, sorry, I think this is one of those times. We like Russell. Russell Jones. We can call him Little Baby Jesus for short.

And, as requested, here's a pic of the little bastard: