What's your dog's name and how did you name it?

AMD · May 13, 2014

Ours is a Redbone Hound mix - a little lab in there but she was the only one in the litter that came out all red. We named her KayAnne - a play on the spelling of cayenne peppers for her red colour.

grnspot110 · May 13, 2014

"Chief", sitting, anybody who's been around fire chief's will understand (they think they're God!

"Dottie", (Lil' Miss Lot's of Dots) laying down, self explanatory!

~~ Lowell

Dr_Zinj · May 13, 2014

My last dog was a pointer-mutt(Mountain Cur?) mix.
Pure black, medium-sized, had the ugliest wrinkled up face you ever saw on a puppy. I mean he made a shar pei look good.
So we called him Wrinkles.
Good bird dog, loved to run behind the snow mobiles on the trails, lived 20 years before we had to put him down.

Daver1963 · May 13, 2014

Ours is (we think) a Labrador-Chow mix. We had just moved back to the home area, put in a late garden, and one afternoon he comes out of the tall weeds. We wanted a dog, but were waiting to find the right one. I tried chasing him off a few times and he came back. I called the dogcatcher on a Friday and he didn't show up. We decided we had been chosen, bought food & a collar, and on Monday called the dogcatcher and asked for a reprieve.
For some reason the move "Every Which Way But Loose" came to mind and he is named Clyde.

Tollster · May 13, 2014

We had a chocolate lab we named Levi Garret after the chewing tobacco, he was that color.

Jstpssng · May 13, 2014

MossRoad said:
We got a dog named Skippy, from the pound, when I was 8 that was white with peanut butter colored blotches. Smartest dog I ever met. They said he was untrainable....yeah, about that...
Heel, come, sit, stay, lie down, roll over, roll over the other way, dead dog, dead dog's don't wag their tail (he'd stop wagging), dead dog's close their eyes (he'd close them), sit up, shake, other paw, speak, growl, count to one(one woof), two fingers go two woofs and three fingers got three woofs. Four fingers and he'd just go nuts! Jump through a hoop. Climb a ladder (couldn't get down from the roof, though). Fetch. Get the paper from the paper boy. Take it to anyone in the house by name. And if you'd snap your fingers and point at someone and yell "WARN 'EM" he'd become the most vicious, snarly, growling, slobbering beast you ever saw!!! YIKES!!! Untrainable indeed. NOPE! :laughing: He'd catch biscuits off his nose. And if it was raining out, he'd come in, you'd say "Wet feet" and he'd plop down on his back with his feet in the air, you'd dry dry his feet with a rag, hand him the rag and say "put it away" and he'd take it to the laundry room and drop it in front of the washer! Then, of course, he'd head straight to the kitchen for a treat. My mom taught him most of that stuff. Just a once in a lifetime dog to witness.

I had my first dog at about age 16-17 and named hime Dog, after the dog in the movie Big Jake.
View attachment 374923. Very loyal dark collie mix. Great dog for a young man. Very mellow. My sisters thought 'Dog" was undignified, so they called him Mr. Dog.
Also, Dog could sneeze on command. And I mean a big, wind up, bounce your nose off the floor sneeze! I think he had allergies or something, because every time I told him to speak, he'd sneeze first, then start barking. So I just stopped saying speak and would say sneeze instead. He got too old to travel when Letterman was doing Stupid Pet Tricks or I'd have taken him. Overall, that was the best dog I ever had the pleasure of knowing.

We had another dog named Pooky after garfield's teddy bear. She was a border collie with a perfect black eye on the white side of her head. Sweatest dog you'd ever meet, but for a border collie, she was a loveable box-o-rocks. Dumber than a doorknob. Great pet though.

And finally, my wife and I got a Cairn Terrier when we got married named Max. He came with that name. What a fiesty little beast. Very smart, too. Many tricks. Typical terrier that thought he owned the place. We got him a kitten to keep him company. Kitten raised by a male terrier was too funny. The cat would walk on a leash with the dog. That got some looks. :laughing: (guess what I named the cat? Cat!).

Some people mistakenly base their pet's intelligence on their own lack of training ability. The smarter the dog, the more problems you're apt to have if you don't find ways to stimulate it's natural instincts. People who just want a dog to keep tied out all or most of the time should consider a lawn shadow; very low maintenance, no feeding or vet bills, and they never bark.

OK, end of sermon. i'll get off my soapbox.

Mike_Kanzer · May 13, 2014

Savannah
Our chesapeake bay retriever

And our horse "whoa ******!"

Walkin Horse · May 13, 2014

Someone brought us an Australian Cattle dog that they didn't have room or time for. He came with the name Jack. We didn't change it ,'just have to make the distinction of Jack dog Jack cat or Jack horse.
The first day was funny when he herded the horses. But that got old and kinda dangerous. You should have heard the silence one day when a boarder lady screamed Jack....... Off as he was chasing her horse.

Redneck in training · May 13, 2014

One time a scary looking big stray dog showed up by our house. First just played with our dogs but when saw us immediately run away. When he returned next day my wife gave him some food so he stayed. We called him Smokey because he looked like the cartoon bear. But it was wrong name for him. We should have called him a Shadow because he will not move away from my wife and followed her everywhere she went like a shadow. When walking in the woods and there was some racket he would run to check it out but returned right away by my wife. When she talked to a stranger he was sitting in between. He was scary looking because he was so hairy and big but he was the nicest dog we ever had. He never walked in the house. He slept curled outside in the middle of the yard covered by snow. When we got up he just jumped out of snow. I checked his paws they and they were nice warm. His fur was at least 4 or 5 " long.

coobie · May 14, 2014

Lucy,the spoiled brat.Named after Lucille ball(note red/orange hair)

Gary Fowler · May 14, 2014

Wife's sister has a GSD and a black lab, one named Duke and other Princess. Wife says a Duke, Princess or even a King is ok but she has a god name Zeus her 115# GSD. This dog reminds me of the old Lassie shows where Lassie runs inside and want to be followed.
Several times now, Zeus has jumper up, opened the door (he does that himself if we don't bolt it) ran outside and then came running back, jumped up on the door, opened it ran inside and woofed a few times and ran back outside. Following him, we always find someone either at the front gate or meter readers inside the fenced area. Nothing gets in our yard that he doesn't let us know, not even a chicken. He loves to chase off flocks of blackbirds and he wont stop till they are all either in trees or flown away. Several times he has caught and pinned down geese that were in the yard (we have about 40 Canadian geese and a couple of semi-domestic that hang with them). He so far hasn't harmed any other than mauling them a bit with his paws. Once we caught him with a chicken in his mouth, taking her to the pond (maybe he though it was a duck and needed to be in the water). I once saw him with something in his mouth and called him over, he spit out a baby bird that he found in the grass. Bird was soaked in dog slobber but otherwise unharmed. I put him (the bird) back in a tree but don't know if he stayed. Zeus has the softest mouth I have ever seen, he wont snap something out of your hand like many dogs but gently takes any offering and any tidbit is thoroughly chewed not swallowed whole like most dogs do.
The only fault this dog has is he loves to get dirty(should call him Pigpen like the Charlie Brown character). He can follow the neighbor German Shepherd (DUKE) around and come back covered in mud/water, Duke will look like he just had a bath. Needless to say, he gets hosed off regularly. We have to sneak up on him though, if he sees us with a water hose he stays way off and no coaxing can get him to come.

KiotiKowboy · May 14, 2014

Our 2nd most recent addition of canines, 6 total, was the largest in a litter of 13. His mom was a black lab mix and dad was an unknown traveling man. Because of his size and energy, we named him Hercules. It wasn't long before he picked a new name for himself and now he is known exclusively as GOOBER

MossRoad · May 14, 2014

Bird said:
On the way home, my wife asks, "What are we doing to name her?" I jokingly said, "How about Dee for "defective"? And the name stuck.:laughing:

That's too funny. You could have also named her Abby, for abi-normal.

firemech · May 14, 2014

Our dogs are Chance for the Shepard (every day the little hellion gets one more chance!) the Dalmation is Bangor (named after the ladder) what else would afire fighter do!

AGRIMAN · May 14, 2014

I have a solid white American Bulldog named "Snapbean". The original one to have this name (name has stuck) was a true sport and people still talk about today. Long story but the name involves a stray dog, a trailer park and 200 acres of snapbeans.

MossRoad · May 14, 2014

Honest to goodness we once had to put our 14 year old Cairn named Max down due to enlarged heart and seizures. My wife had to have it done while I was out of town. It was at the after hours clinic. We had a toddler at the time, and my wife couldn't handle bringing home the poor dog to bury it, so she had them keep it in their freezer for a few days until I got home. So I drive over there to pick up the poor fella. We go out to a shed behind the clinic and there are three freezers. We open the first one up and its empty. We open the second one and the kid says is this one yours? The name on the box was "Lucky". Now all those jokes about one-eyed tailless dogs with a missing ear came back and I start laughing and the kid just looks at me.... "Ah, no. This is him over here." and I open the box to make sure its our pup. I had a smile on my face as I took poor old Max out to the farm and buried him. He had a pretty good life.

SPIKER · May 15, 2014

Ours is named BEAR as he is not a barker, but growls/grumbles and makes a noises just like a bear cub. The boy has done this since we first seen him, it will hold his tennis ball in his mouth and bark/growl and makes the funniest noise. Sounds like he had/has a trumpet mute stuck in his mouth lol... Best dang dog & one of top two I have had or been around. If he was much smarter he could probably speak English

When i had back surgery (he was just 14months old) I would point at something and ask for it & he would bring it to me. Drop something he will pick it up and hand it back, has figured out if he wants undivided attention he will stomp on the remote to (change channels or turn TV off.) My Avatar pic is of him when this was going on, he was/is a pretty good nurse & would have been a GREAT Service dog.

When he wants out he picks up his collar and hands it to ya, puts his nose on the variety of treat he wants at the time etc... He has one major problem that is he only comes when HE wants too, kind of a Husky issue I'm guessing... Head/nose down tail wagging and chasing some hapless 4 legged critter or his mortal enemy Squirrels !

One other FUN thing is he has to get mommie prior to getting what he wants & make her squeal (ya I taught him that one) he will hold her down and lick the tar out of her just cause he and I think it's funny as heck...

M

sixdogs · May 15, 2014

We have a dog with two names.

It's Curley, our Springer Spaniel. Kind of an immature name but he is an arrogant, overbearing, pushy and obnoxious dog intent on separating you from your pizza. Still, he is lovably sweet and when his hair grows out long and curley (hence, his name) he looks far bigger, beefier and lazier than his 80 lbs suggests. That's Curley, and that's before he gets a haircut.

After a haircut, he's a whole new dog and unrecognizable to his former self. So much hair comes off that he now looks sleek and trim and could be confused as a ladies man with tortoise shell glasses and an ascot. That's the dignified Curley and while in this mode we change his name to "Sheldon". He loves it, answers to it and seems to behave as an entirely different and well mannered dog. Sheldon fits him perfectly.

He's in the Curley mode now but buzz cuts are on the way in the next week or so.