Good/bad dog names

Kittyfrisk · September 2023

Saw a TV play in the early 80's which had a dog called 'Haversack'.
Love the name but I keep ending up with rescues that are already named...

Dominic · September 2023

My grandmama had a Black Scottie called Romeo who was always running away
she genuinely used to shout across the park 'Romeo,Romeo where art thou '

KevS · September 2023

Ebola MacBubo.

Tannin · September 2023

Never had a dog. But my cat's name was Woof.

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

Tannin said:

Never had a dog. But my cat's name was Woof.
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Girlfriend's sister named her cat Duck, and the dog Bear.

Grampa · September 2023

School friend had a dog called Trigonometry (Trigger for short) on account of it having a white triangle of hair on it's forehead.

breakstuff · September 2023

swiller said:

Surely...
Male - Dave
Female - Barbara

I've got a chihuahua called Dave. Hard as nails.

BillDL · September 2023

When I was about 11 we got a rescue kitten. My Mother called her "Puff" because she was a fluffy wee ball. The problem was that she grew up into a big strong beast that would chase us around the garden clawing at our legs to bring us down like prey. I still squirm when I think back to having to go out and call her in for food when I thought I was a real hard man of about 15. I did manage to deepen my voice as I called out her name in case any of the other kids heard me.

There was a big hoo-ha on Facebook about 6 years ago when a Spanish girl posted photos of her dog named Negro (much like we would call a dog "blackie") and loads of people accused her of being a racist. I would guess that if an amp enthusiast named her dog or cat "Blackface" it would generate a similar furore.

My friend as a kid had a Bull Mastiff that they named "Baskerville". It would chase cars and bite the tyres. It lost a few teeth doing this.

Cols · September 2023

Taking a dog named Shark for a walk on the beach is a bad idea.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

CavemanGrogg said:

Tannin said:

Never had a dog. But my cat's name was Woof.
.
Girlfriend's sister named her cat Duck, and the dog Bear.

There's a cockerpoo on our street called Bear, I think more Teddy than Grizzly.

mudslide73 · September 2023

My mate's dog is called Bow-ie.

Dr_Necessiter · September 2023

I quite like human names for dogs and we called our previous staffie Eric, but we currently have Smurf and Beau. Smurf started life as Murphy but had his name changed in rescue to try to soften his image as brindle staffies are a hard sell. Beau is female so probably ought to have been "Belle" but was, too, named by a previous owner.

We thought that re-homing would be stressful enough without a name change so we've kept them as is.

Sporky · September 2023

Cols said:

Taking a dog named Shark for a walk on the beach is a bad idea.

I had a rabbit called Sniper.

We didn't take her on walks very often.

RocknRollDave · September 2023

Good name: RSS Sir David Attenborough
Bad name: Boaty McBoatface

Sporky · September 2023

Doggy McDogface?

Teyeplayer · September 2023

RocknRollDave said:

Good name: RSS Sir David Attenborough

Every dog should start: RSS. Good call.

Offset · September 2023

Our rescue was called Phoebe when we got her from The Dog's Trust. We'd never seen a dog that looked less like a 'Phoebe' so she became Pickle the day we brought her home.

Our lab is Ozzy, named after The Prince Of Darkness hisself.

Sporky · September 2023

Teyeplayer said:

RocknRollDave said:

Good name: RSS Sir David Attenborough

Every dog should start: RSS. Good call.

RSS News Feed is a great dog name.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

Offset said:

Our rescue was called Phoebe when we got her from The Dog's Trust. We'd never seen a dog that looked less like a 'Phoebe' so she became Pickle the day we brought her home.

I have thought about having a second dog and that dog would be called Pickle although I realize that walking over the park shouting 'Cheddar and Pickle!' would only confirm for locals that I am, well, to be avoided.

CavemanGrogg · September 2023

EricTheWeary said:

CavemanGrogg said:

Tannin said:

Never had a dog. But my cat's name was Woof.
.
Girlfriend's sister named her cat Duck, and the dog Bear.

There's a cockerpoo on our street called Bear, I think more Teddy than Grizzly.

A cockerpoo being named Bear, I can understand, but a Jack Russel? It makes no sense to me, there's nothing bear like about the breed, but then naming a dog ''Toddler On Meth'' is probably not socially acceptable.

Her naming her cat Duck, actually makes a lot of sense, once you meet the cat, it a real weirdo as far as cats go, she loves water and will dive in sinks, bath tubs, anything with enough water to fully submerge herself really so she can either have a paddle about, or just simply sit in it and relax like she's at a posh spa.

EricTheWeary · September 2023

CavemanGrogg said:

EricTheWeary said:

CavemanGrogg said:

Tannin said:

Never had a dog. But my cat's name was Woof.
.
Girlfriend's sister named her cat Duck, and the dog Bear.

There's a cockerpoo on our street called Bear, I think more Teddy than Grizzly.

A cockerpoo being named Bear, I can understand, but a Jack Russel? It makes no sense to me, there's nothing bear like about the breed, but then naming a dog ''Toddler On Meth'' is probably not socially acceptable.

Her naming her cat Duck, actually makes a lot of sense, once you meet the cat, it a real weirdo as far as cats go, she loves water and will dive in sinks, bath tubs, anything with enough water to fully submerge herself really so she can either have a paddle about, or just simply sit in it and relax like she's at a posh spa.

JRs should have names like old people. Ours was Alfie but Doris, Clive,Arthur,etc, all acceptable. Every Jack Russell is the reincarnation of a grumpy old soul who liked cribbage, nursing a pint of mild and shouting at children.

SpoonMan · September 2023

mudslide73 said:

My mate's dog is called Bow-ie.

There was a dog named bowie round here a while back. It had different coloured eyes.

Dr_Necessiter · September 2023

I knew someone who had a rabbit called Strimmer...

Haych · September 2023

Deefer.

Philly_Q · September 2023

My sister has a beautiful black cocker spaniel called Dax. I don't know where the name came from (maybe better suited to a dachshund) but I like it. One syllable, nice and simple.

westford · September 2023

Our dog was called Tinkerbell at the rescue centre, but we didn’t fancy yelling that across the local park so we changed it.

A friend has a chihuahua/Pomeranian cross called Teddy because he looked like a cute little teddy bear. He’s a snarly yappy little shit.

CHRISB50 · September 2023

My mate’s dog was called Plank.

He wasn’t the brightest dog.

breakstuff · September 2023

One of our other Chihuahuas was a rescue called Maverick, of all names. He sleeps most of the day and is the least dynamic dog you could ever meet. Hardly an appropriate name.

He's now called Bob.

hollywoodrox · September 2023

Woof-o , woofer ,

tone1 · September 2023

Anyone said Deefer yet?

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