Comments | shirebound: What, no Sackville-Baggins?

shirebound

What, no Sackville-Baggins?

Nov 03, 2009 07:34

Mom visited our local used book store (which is closing, *sob*), and brought home When Rover Just Won't Do: Over 2,000 suggestions for naming your puppy. It's such a fun book! So far my favorite names are Beowoof, Neutron, and Cadbury.

What's the wackiest pet name you ever heard?

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rabidsamfan November 3 2009, 15:42:05 UTC

My cat was named Mononucleosis.

shirebound November 3 2009, 15:45:14 UTC

Oh my!

mechtild November 3 2009, 16:04:46 UTC

Ha ha ha! Did you call him using his full name, or did you call him (her?) something for short, such as "Nuke", "Cleo" or "Mono"? :)

rabidsamfan November 3 2009, 16:25:35 UTC

We called him Mono for short. He was all gray, except for a barely noticeable bit of white on his chest and very very pretty.

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nixnivis November 3 2009, 16:07:05 UTC

My favourite so far is Fenrir - after the Fenris Wolf, the huge wolf-type monster think that in Scandinavian mythology is supposed to kill Odin at the end of days/Rangarök.

What was so funny about it is that the Fenrir we met was a rather portly and very friendly mini schnauzer - not exactly the fiercest god-slayer around. ;-)

Right now, here it's all the rage to give your dogs human names, and for girl dogs especially older, grandma-type names (like Signe - but that's not why I named her that) are very popular. When Signe and her girlfriends get together, just going by their names it could be a bunch of little ol' ladies meeting for coffee. ;-)

nixnivis November 3 2009, 16:08:12 UTC

Wolf-type monster thing, not think. :-P Argh for not being able to edit comments!

shirebound November 3 2009, 16:23:35 UTC

Fenrir is a delightfully silly name for a mini schnauzer. :)

nixnivis November 4 2009, 00:24:36 UTC

I read a comment farther down about show-dog names. Just for the record, Signe's real name is "Bambur's Must Be an Angel Northgrey". Must be an angel, you wish. ;-)

cookiefleck November 3 2009, 16:22:12 UTC

The wackiest names are the long ones that owners give their purebred show dogs. My dog Sherlock's father's name was something like Jonathan Sir Strawberry Fields His Majesty.

shirebound November 3 2009, 16:24:45 UTC

LOL!

addie71 November 3 2009, 16:25:33 UTC

I love Beowoof, lol!

I guess Hoover really isn't wacky, but I get a kick out of it.

shirebound November 3 2009, 16:28:11 UTC

Heee, Hoover dashes around the house sucking up all the tasty crumbs.

dreamflower02 November 3 2009, 16:39:37 UTC

My brother had a corgi named "HeartButt" because of how his little rear end looked walking away! He called him "H.B." however.

And what's wrong with Rover? Though Roverandom might be even better! *grin*

(We had some wacky *nicknames* for our dogs. My husband calls Sugar "Boo" more than he does "Sugar". And we used to call Sissy "ButtUp" because she always liked to have her rear end higher than her head. LOL!)

shirebound November 3 2009, 16:41:15 UTC

The name "Rover" definitely means more to me now!

Awwww, ButtUp and HeartButt. :D

gamgeefest November 4 2009, 03:02:35 UTC

LOL! This just reminded me of another coworker. He named his dog Mr. G, because of this one time he put some article of clothing (can't remember now) on the dog and it looked like he was wearing a G-string! :P