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14922. judithathome - 5/11/2005 10:40:41 PM Arky, any thoughts on names for the new pooch? 14923. arkymalarky - 5/12/2005 12:52:59 AM No, so I'd welcome any Mote ideas. I thought of Moxie today, but Bob didn't like it and I wasn't overwhelmed with it, either. Mojo was easy to name. Maybe we can do a "name that dog" contest. I saw a segment on the news the other day about parents whose child was one and a half years old and they still hadn't named her. They need to have a contest to get that poor kid a name.
I'm torn about getting this puppy because I'm still really having a hard time over Diva and I'm not excited like I would be under normal circumstances, but it's almost 3 weeks before she arrives and she is very adorable. She barked--no whines at all being taken away from the other puppies to the living room. She also was alert, but not too hyper. She licked my nose when I put her face up to mine and she didn't do the puppy bite thing when I was holding her. She seemed smart and secure. 14924. judithathome - 5/12/2005 2:53:44 AM Smartygirl.
14925. Ulgine Barrows - 5/12/2005 8:45:03 AM Do you not have to look at the pup to name it?
Take your time. Get to know the puppy and the sounds it likes. Make up a name with a 'tc' sound, bet it likes that.
People in the hospital freaked when my son was unnamed 7+ days. It all worked out OK in the end. 14926. Macnas - 5/12/2005 8:46:18 AM Sounds good Arky.
More unsolicited advice: Depending on how young the pup is, or whether it is still feeding from its mother, you might consider preparing it's bed such that it feels more at home.
By this I mean doing things like, putting a hot water bottle under a blanket to give it simulated body heat from mom. Often times pups miss siblings, so roll up some socks into puppy sized bundles and put them in with your pup.
This also get the pup used to your scent and to associate you with security.
If, when the pup does come home, it begins whining at night, do not go to it. You'll have made sure that it has everything it needs, that it's safe and cannot injure itself, so the pup is just a bit lonely. If you come to it's whine, it is not good for establishing the right relationship and will put you on the wrong foot from the get-go.
This may sound mean, but you always have to be the top dog, never the under dog. Once the pup knows that you are boss, it will be happy, easier to train, and more obedient.
Don't be worried that this may upset the dog, in fact, the dog wants you to be a good leader, it wants you to be strong and confidant. 14927. Macnas - 5/12/2005 8:47:34 AM What about calling her marcie? 14928. Magoseph - 5/12/2005 9:16:31 AM I'm taking notes, Mac, since Flexy's getting a dog for his birthday in July. He never had one before, but I did while my kids were growing up--never a puppy, though. 14929. judithathome - 5/12/2005 11:49:49 AM My sister once had a cat she named Pervert. She was embarrassed when it got loose outside and she had the call "Pervert! Pervert!" 14930. Macnas - 5/12/2005 11:54:59 AM At my home place, there have always been cats. Sometimes 5 or 6, some times just 2, but the place is never without cats.
The thing is, we never named them. To this day they are not named. I was up there the other day, having a smoke outside with a brother, and we were watching the 3 current cats playing in the garden. There is "the black one", and "the black one with the bit of white on her chest", and "the mother cat". 14931. judithathome - 5/12/2005 12:02:27 PM Keoni had two cats when I met him...TC and OT. The Cat and Other Cat. 14932. judithathome - 5/12/2005 12:02:56 PM TC and OC, rather....it's very early for me. 14933. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 2:06:27 PM Our old cat emily picked her own name...i had a dictionary that listed names of famous people and I kept calling out various names and when I hit Emily, the cat came over so that was it.
But I find we're prone to nicknames any way. So our current cat Casimir, has been known as Cas and Cazzy and Catamir and Catickle (cat' ickle) and Catickle (ca 'tickle) and Put (as in putty-tat) especially when he's at the door... then he's in-put or out-put.
We had a dog whose name was officially hobo according to my mother, but we all called him Opie. 14934. robertjayb - 5/12/2005 3:44:44 PM My Uncle Babe (actually a great uncle) was never named by the family. He was Babe. As a teenager he left the central Texas farm for a town job and met a storekeeper he admired name of James Asbury. He took the name and became James Asbury Smith. But in the family he was always Babe. 14935. PelleNilsson - 5/12/2005 3:46:36 PM Hobo? Isn't that a down and out character found where the freight trains stop? 14936. judithathome - 5/12/2005 4:04:31 PM Yes, it is.
I've always liked the name Taffy. Especially for caramel colored dogs. 14937. alistairconnor - 5/12/2005 4:16:43 PM I've got an American friend near us who has a dog named Taffy.
I saw my daughter write down the name as "Toughie". That was how she heard it.
Question of accent. 14938. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 4:17:58 PM Well, if you saw this dog, you'd realize hobo was pretty appropriate...he was an airedale terrier/sheep dog mix and looked pretty ratty most of the time. Though he was a very good dog, very affectionate and protective. 14939. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 4:19:38 PM friend spent a lot of time in the south and said he knew a man named general washington. His first name was general. 14940. PelleNilsson - 5/12/2005 4:25:06 PM I don't know where I picked up 'hobo'. Steinbeck perhaps.
Karo is a classical Swedish name for a dog which I like (the name, that is). It is probably derived in some obscure was from Charon, the chap who for a fee rows you across Styx to the realm of the dead.
Considering that the pup is a female I propose Carrie. 14941. thoughtful - 5/12/2005 6:19:33 PM Does a dachshund need a german name? Frau Bluecker?
friend had a little bichon....musta had a french name, right? wrong...they called him Murray.
We've always given our pets human names, like trixie, emily, george, thaddeus, travis, tanya. My FIL named their animals after their characteristics...dummy, knucklehead, fiddlefoot. But i've not been a fan of regular pet names like spunky and fido and blackie. We did get a hamster once when I was a kid on St Patrick's day. Named her Erin-go-Braughless.
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