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BIL just used our ds's name on his new puppy...

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:03

Grr.. That really.
Ds1 is due today and after 9 months of stewing over a name for him ( feel like all the ones I love are spoken for by friends and family's kids) my brother in law has just named his puppy Ted. I could cry. Especially as he named his son Rex which to me is a better dog name..
We had decided a few days ago on Ted Sidney E... But feel that we can't use it now.
Any other Ted-like names we might like? Middle name is Sidney and surname begins with an E.
Tia x

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 22:01

Decision made. Keeping Ted. Bil is a crapheap.
Thanks ladies x

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PattyPenguin · 06/07/2015 19:18

I knew a bloke who used to complain bitterly (after a few pints) that his parents had named him after his gran's budgie. His middle name, which hardly anyone knew (and no-one would have known had he kept quiet) was Joseph, and I'm pretty sure the budgie was Joey, so I thought he was imagining things, myself.

I vote for calling the baby Edward (if a boy) and using Ted as a nickname. And never, ever, mentioning the dog.

(Plus, if he decides he doesn't like Ted when he gets older, he can change his nickname to Ed / Eddie / Ned.)

CheeseandGherkins · 06/07/2015 19:09

I would just use it, bollocks to him! My mil, and her then partner, named their dog my dh's middle name when he was a young teen...Awful.

YonicScrewdriver · 06/07/2015 19:07

I think OP means Edward Evert or whatever her surname is wouldn't work.

TwoTribes · 06/07/2015 18:54

Really don't like the long versions of Ted, plus our surname begins with an e so would sound silly.

Why would the 'e' sound silly? Unless you are talking about Ted E (teddy) in which case you wouldn't want the name Ted anyway would you?

HettyB · 06/07/2015 18:53

Use it anyway and if anyone points out that it's the same as BIL's dog, then you can say "yes, we told BIL that we were naming our son Ted and he named his puppy it the very next day!". Then who looks like a tosser?

YonicScrewdriver · 06/07/2015 18:41

Or ignore it and call him Ted. How often do you see BIL anyway?

YonicScrewdriver · 06/07/2015 18:41

Call him Theodore then use Ted as the nickname. Once he's of an age for it to cause confusion (which should only be between say 2 and 5), use Theodore when you are visiting.

chrome100 · 06/07/2015 18:37

You are being ridiculous! Who cares if your kid has the same name as it's uncles dog? Call him ted. I had the same name as my gran's dog (Meg) and no one batted an eyelid.

MamaLazarou · 06/07/2015 17:05

Wow, so many Ted threads lately!

Sorry to hear about the dog, OP. I would suggest Eddie or Ned.

Maya15 · 06/07/2015 15:33

Ask him to change the dog's name or still name your DS Ted.
Your child is more important than the dog and will be around for longer.

Rosieliveson · 06/07/2015 15:14

That's annoying. You could give him a text/call and ask if he'd consider changing the dog's name. You never know.
Otherwise, either still with it or go for something like Ed, Ned or Teddy.

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:55

Dh likes Fred but I just don't love it like Ted. Hoping now the baby will come out and actually be a girl and solve all the Ted drama.

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Cuppaand2biscuits · 06/07/2015 14:48

Fred?

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:45

We had. A horrible jack Russell who lived next door and barked all day and night. Such an unlikeable wee thing. Poor thing was prob attention starved looking back

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:43

not really, he lives an hour or so away. Just annoying he named the dog so close to our due date. I'm so getting a dog and naming it Steven (his name)

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Zakken · 06/07/2015 14:42

Clearly our tastes are diametrically opposite, as I have a much-loved Jack Russell.

They can be very long-lived Smile My neighbour has a 17 year old JR who is very fit for her age.

YourBubzYourRulzHun · 06/07/2015 14:41

I accidentally did this! Got a new puppy and named him and then when SIL was pregnant she told me it was very very close to her favourite boys name and she couldn't believe it when I had called the dog what I called him.
I told her she should still use the name as it's not exactly the same and her son will be around long after the dog will.
I do sometimes call them by the others name by mistake and if she is here with my nephew and I call his name, my dog comes over!
But we laugh about it and hopefully she doesn't mind too much that I sort of stole her baby's name for my dog!

MrsDeVere · 06/07/2015 14:41

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00100001 · 06/07/2015 14:40

Just call your son TED!!!!

tabulahrasa · 06/07/2015 14:39

About 14 years or more...

Do you think they'll spend much time together? If so it will be confusing for a small child and any age dog (as they don't really get cleverer with age, lol).

If not, just do it.

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:37

Haha I keep thinking that.. How long do jack Russell's live anyway?!

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Toooldtobearsed · 06/07/2015 14:33

Just use the name!

When I met my DiL to be, I had 2 dogs and a cat.

One dog had her name and the other cat and dog had the same name as both of her brothers!

Confused the hell out of me when she kept talking about what she was buying for 'D's' birthday. Totally inappropriate for a young dog!

Just go for it. To be bunt, by the time your Ted has grown up, t'other Ted will be gone.

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Stoppissingonthefloor · 06/07/2015 14:33

Dh mentioned it last week and bil actually said he really liked it. Clearly. Pure knob. I'm hormonal and sure it's not a big a deal as it is in my head.. But he's still a knob

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OttiliaVonBCup · 06/07/2015 14:32

One of my cousins and a friend used DDog's name for their children.

DDog was there first.

I don't mind.