Please sanity check our proposed dog names

[InPaws]

We are soon getting a black, male miniature poodle.

Proposed names are:

Arthur
Treacle
Leo
Rory
Rufus

Which name would you choose? Help us narrow down please

Treacle definitely 😊

Treacle. Love it.

Leo or Rufus get my vote, but I like them all.

Rufus. Only Rufus.

Thank you. Ds came up with Treacle.

Can you reassure me that there aren't any inappropriate connotations with Treacle that I may not be aware of?

Rufus

Rory. Leo is a cats name.

Rufus is best.
Leo
Arthur
Rory
Derek
Not keen on Treacle

Rufus or Treacle :)
We are in the same position.. picking up our puppy on Sunday.
I swear we have spent more time on trying to choose a name for her than we did for our kids

(She's going to be Orla as we have two other pets starting with O )

Arthur gets my vote

So Rufus gets the most votes so far, followed by Treacle?

Is Treacle ok for a dog rather than a 'bitch'?

The best dog's names for training natural give your voice and upward inflection on the end of the name so Rory would be the best of the bunch from that lot.
As a vet Teacle is a very common cats name, I see lots of Rory's, Leo's and Rufuses. Arthur is again more commonly a cat name.

Short is good not too many syllables as you are going to be calling it.
I am not a fan of human names too many other dogs with these names I tend to name my dogs unusually names with a connection to me. My current dog is named after a Shetland island - I have family in Shetland and this particular island has a special meaning to us.

Rufus

definitely not treacle.

Try shouting them...

Most of those if I shouted them would kind of tail off indistinctly, which isn’t so good for a dog’s name.

That might just be the way I say them, but it’s worth trying them out.

Rufus ( the horse next to mine was called this ) or treacle. I can not see any problems with this name

I think Treacle is unisex, yes.

Lonecatwithkitten I like your approach and will try to think of something that has a personal meaning to us.

Interesting about Rory and training, that could also work.

"Rory's, Leo's and Rufuses."
Are they common dog or cat names in your experience?

001 Why would you say "definitely not treacle"?

Rory and Leo are cats and dogs and Rufus dogs and is really quite popular currently. Not quite as popular as Ralph which is definitely the pets name of the moment around me.

Not Treacle. Reminds me Pete Beale off Eastenders “ awight Tweacle “

I like all of the others.

I like proper names, rufus is my favourite there

Not keen on them.

Roger
Bentley
Dali
Felipe

@lonecatwithkitten vaila?

Rory! Only because that one of my DS's names and the other two have very common dog names but I've only met one dog called Rory!!

Winstone Churchill had two poodles named Rufus and Rufus II.