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What's the best name you have heard for a dog??

361 replies

scarlettlips · 05/08/2011 20:10

Today whist out for a walk...a dog owner was yelling for her dog in the park. At speed a Jack Russell called....Shackleton...comes flying out of some bushes.

Big name, small dog! IMO Brilliant Grin

{{Appeals to NMHQ to add a Dog's Name Section Blush just for fun..please!}}

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Choufleur · 05/08/2011 20:11

We wanted to call our dog Steve but DS vetoed it. He's now called Jake.

catinboots · 05/08/2011 20:12

Slightly off topic but can I include horse names? The bestist horse name I ever came acroos was Bathtub.... Untill I met, wait for it, ............... LAPTOP!!! I kid you not Grin

scarlettlips · 05/08/2011 20:12

A White West Highland Terrier called Porridge, Springer called Crumble and a Jack Russell called Tickerbell Hmm

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mycatsaysach · 05/08/2011 20:13

cadbury was the naughty dog in our training class Grin

Choufleur · 05/08/2011 20:13

Our cat is called Dave. So is our next door neighbour.

scarlettlips · 05/08/2011 20:15

Baby names...sodding everywhere!!! Pet names MUCH more fun.

We have a 'Dog List' of baby names...they inc all the names which DH vetoed whist pregnant. No one raises eyebrows if you have a dog called Orlando or Rupert..I will have my Hamish Smile

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feckwit · 05/08/2011 20:15

There is a Noodle in our village...

He's a Poodle.

mycatsaysach · 05/08/2011 20:16

my hound is rolo - but orlando sometimes too

mycatsaysach · 05/08/2011 20:16

love noodle the poodle

catinboots · 05/08/2011 20:17

Scarlett - every name DH came up with when I was pregnant I vetoed. Too doggy, too horsey etc.

Fast forward to us walking in the park when DS2 was 4 days old. A huge filthy, chocolate labrador came bounding out of the lake with a red faced woman running behind him hollering "Hugo, Hugo.."

Yep, you guessed it. DS2 is called Hugo Grin

catinboots · 05/08/2011 20:18

I also knew a beautiful silver whippet called Mr Whippy

Empusa · 05/08/2011 20:18

I once knew a driving instructor with a small dog called Hubcap! Grin

pud1 · 05/08/2011 20:21

i have a dog called Darren. it is just normal to me but i have just bumped into my new neighbour as i was walking the dog. he is also called Darren so when he asked the dogs name i think he thought i was taking the piss

emptyshell · 05/08/2011 20:26

We have a Trevor the Terrier around our way, also a husky called Skoda (two names you usually hear yelled CONSTANTLY all he time). One of our dogs was Brian while in rescue (he'd been brought in with a short haired dog who was Freddie from Freddie Mercury and he had long hair so was Brian May) - but none of the staff could spell so he was down as Brain on every bit of documentation going... never has a dog been so inappropriately named cos he's stoopid.

LostInTransmogrification · 05/08/2011 20:27

Think Sprocket is a great name for a dog (anyone remember Fraggle Rock?).

The bad dog in our training class was a chocolate lab called Chewbacca!

Joolyjoolyjoo · 05/08/2011 20:31

I met 2 gorgeous dogs last week called Fred and Wilma Grin And we had a surgery cat called Colin, which really suited him! I also used to know a lively little dog called Boogie.

scarlettlips · 05/08/2011 20:33

Chewbacca is superb..{adds to list}

Sir Didymus from the film Labyrinth!

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Empusa · 05/08/2011 20:35

"Sir Didymus from the film Labyrinth!"

I love it!

roundtoit · 05/08/2011 20:36

long long time ago when i was little our dog was called Bingo it was supposed to be Bengo after a kids programme with Bengo the boxer dog in it but our dog got called bingo for some reason.

scarlettlips · 05/08/2011 20:38

{{Grin pats herself on the back Grin}}

DH says no...[stamps feet}

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5inthebed · 05/08/2011 20:41

We used to have a collie x called Eddie, he was fab! And I had a sausage dog called Chipolota, Chip for short.

LemonDifficult · 05/08/2011 20:41

Hubcap is brilliant, genius.

I've known a couple of Taxis. Also had a frined with a dos called Snogger, ideal for bellowing across Wimbledon Common in the summer.

alp · 05/08/2011 20:51

Oh dear...naughty dog in our training class was called ....I'm waiting for my dogs name to come up Blush

I'd like to say now; shes not naughty just very fast (or so the trainers say)

She is a Springer Spaniel

emptyshell · 05/08/2011 20:56

I remember watching Animal 24/7 (ok daytime TV brain-death trash) and hearing the presenter very earnestly tell us how "and thanks to the people who cared for him, little Smeg was going to be ok"