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Hector, Lysander or Valentine

17 replies

Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 15/06/2013 12:05

Actually for my new baby dog, is a black flatcoat retriever. beautiful but a tad stupid, was thinking Lysander after the hero in The Man Who made Husbands Jealous, also beautiful but stupid.
Hector, big Trojan hero, stonking name.
Or just quite like Valentine!

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bulletwithbutterflywings · 15/06/2013 12:11

Hector is a wonderful doggy name!

KikkiK · 15/06/2013 12:16

Oh thank God you are talking about a dog! Was trying to think of a polite way to talk someone out of Lysander or Valentine for a human baby.
I'd go for Hector. Lysander, nicknamed Sandy would be nice, but a black dog called Sandy may be a little odd!

AnotherLovelyCupOfTea · 15/06/2013 13:26

What is it with Hector? it's such a random name but yet there are babies cropping up called Hector with some frequency now.

Valentine I love but I wouldn't have the courage! what about Victor? I like Victor.

Lysander. Em. Again, I wouldn't have the nerve. I do like nn Sandy on a boy though. Not on a girl.

AnotherLovelyCupOfTea · 15/06/2013 13:26

oh sorry! woof woof

Thumbwitch · 15/06/2013 13:27

Hector!

Alisvolatpropiis · 15/06/2013 14:01

Hector is a great dog name!

fussychica · 15/06/2013 14:25

I was just going to say "Please don't do it" or "No, just no" but who cares it's a dog - and for a dog it's Hector for me - knock yourself outGrin

DramaAlpaca · 15/06/2013 14:30

Hector is a brilliant name - for a dog!

DramaAlpaca · 15/06/2013 14:31

Lysander is more of a cat name...

squoosh · 15/06/2013 15:01

Phew! I too clicked in to say 'DON'T DO IT!' Hector, Valentine and Lysander sound like a foppish trio that would have been in Oscar Wilde's entourage.

But for a dog you should definitely go with Hector. Great doggy name.

WillYouDoTheFandango · 15/06/2013 15:08

Grin Another who clicked on to say none. I like the idea of a doggy hector.

Thumbwitch · 15/06/2013 15:43
Subliminal messaging for why Hector is the best name for a dog Wink
chickydoo · 15/06/2013 15:47

Hector's house. Lovely kids programme from the 70's Hector was a daft old dog with catch phrase "silly old Hector"

chickydoo · 15/06/2013 15:48

Beat me to it thumbwitch

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 15/06/2013 15:49

A liitle boy who l

WhereBeThatBlackbirdTo · 15/06/2013 15:50

Stupid phone, sorry!

A little boy who lives nearby is called Hector and I always smile to myself as we walk past 'Hector's house'!

Orangesarenottheonlyfruit · 16/06/2013 05:49

Hector it is, thank you all!

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