How do/did you name you your pets?

[Johnny Hammersticks]

49 minutes ago, BuffaloBill said:

 

 

You’ve had a like impact with your posts….. yet, you have forced acceptance on us ….  

I like short walks and a good butt scratch here and there if you’re willing.

[Gugny]

When I was young, we always named pets (cats) after famous people. 
 

Nipsy (Russell)

Mookie (Wilson)

Rebbie (Jackson)

 

My first cat after going out on my own was Janis (Joplin). 

The only other pet I named after someone was Maceo (Parker) - inspired by a Jane’s Addiction song. 

 

[Augie]

I’m surprised this didn’t come to me first! It’s the dog at my feet! The last fun thing we did before Covid shut things down was seeing To Kill A Mockingbird on Broadway. (Awesome, btw!) We had been in line with the breeder for a while and went a couple weeks before pickup of the puppy to make our selection. It turns out our dog’s mother was named Scout. We just looked at each other and thought of the play. Our dog had been named. 

 

Funny little tidbit……everybody wanted puppies during the lockdown because it was a perfect time to train a dog. The breeder told me “if I had a hundred puppies, I could sell them all this weekend.”    

[nemhoff]

I named our black lab after a river that I like to fish on…Rogue.

 

[Augie]

6 minutes ago, nemhoff said:

I named our black lab after a river that I like to fish on…Rogue.

 

 

River? That’s a Nissan! 

[nemhoff]

5 hours ago, Augie said:

 

River? That’s a Nissan! 

Rogue River, southern Oregon.  And a great name for an ornery old female black lab

[Augie]

18 minutes ago, nemhoff said:

Rogue River, southern Oregon.  And a great name for an ornery old female black lab

 

Lovely, it was my youngest son’s first car. 

 

And also describes a few people I have known. 

[PromoTheRobot]

I get rescues so I keep whatever name they answer to.

[DefenseWins]

5 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

I get rescues so I keep whatever name they answer to.

same here. We have a rescue dog (Pops) and two cats (Wilma & Maxine) adopted from the SPCA. Whatever name they came with is their name as far as I am concerned... Previously, we had a very young cat left on our doorstep by it's mother - a feral cat we sometimes fed. We took Fred to the vet and then kept him for 17 years till he passed away... 

 

[BritBill]

Plenty of cats over the years. Currently have Woody after the cowboy in Toy Story (my son's idea at the time) but I like to think it's named after Eric Wood. Also, Lily which I've no idea why. We got her in 2007 and she's a good old girl. Still climbing fences and being mischievous. 

 

Over the years we've had Morph (after a plasticine TV character), Mia (after Mrs Mia Wallace) and my favourite, Walwyn. He was named after one of my soccer club's legendary players. A big daft beautiful boy.  

[Steve O]

We're not that imaginative. The black cat is named Blackie. The skinny cat is named Skinny. Nayla is the outlier, we took her in when the original owner had no other choice. 

[Fr. Jerk]

I named one of my cats Smokey after Chris Tucker.