I had one dog who for the first year of her life, thought her name was G#¡¡@%%¿t Blaze ! Fortunately, she outgrew that “puppy” stage and was with me for over 14 years. She was the daughter of a purebred, dry mouth St. Bernard and a tall, dark, and sneaky stranger.
I always thought that if called upon to name a doberman or pit bull, I would name it fluffy. Since both are short hair dogs, that would be perfect. A kitten is harder, since they do grow up. “Killer” or “Fangs” would be nice for a kitten, but might be appropriate for an adult cat.
One rule of thumb: don’t give a dog a name that you’d be embarrassed to use when calling him, outdoors. (I suspect Hieronymus would be in that category.)
Ravenswing about 6 years ago
Bet Handsome’s take is that the lil guy ought to be called “Lunch.”
gary about 6 years ago
We picked up a puppy at HS when our daughter turned 5. She said “He’s black, let’s call him Brownie”, so that stuck.
karmakat01 about 6 years ago
takes more than a passing thought to name a KID!
jagedlo about 6 years ago
or better yet, have Tank name him!
Linguist about 6 years ago
I had one dog who for the first year of her life, thought her name was G#¡¡@%%¿t Blaze ! Fortunately, she outgrew that “puppy” stage and was with me for over 14 years. She was the daughter of a purebred, dry mouth St. Bernard and a tall, dark, and sneaky stranger.
don.fitzsimons about 6 years ago
Tank gives sound advice: One wouldn’t want to bosch things up with a hasty naming.
fuzzbucket Premium Member about 6 years ago
That sounds like Bosche to me.
rwstyles1234 about 6 years ago
I always thought that if called upon to name a doberman or pit bull, I would name it fluffy. Since both are short hair dogs, that would be perfect. A kitten is harder, since they do grow up. “Killer” or “Fangs” would be nice for a kitten, but might be appropriate for an adult cat.
kodj kodjin about 6 years ago
We had a dog that had a bad habit involving human legs ( if you know what I mean) We finally re-named him STOPIT!
captastro about 6 years ago
We resued a Russian Blue. It took a week to name him. After numberous names our grandkids came up with the perfect name, Bob, Bob the Cat.
AndrewSihler about 6 years ago
One rule of thumb: don’t give a dog a name that you’d be embarrassed to use when calling him, outdoors. (I suspect Hieronymus would be in that category.)
Wendy Emlinger about 6 years ago
Hieronymus isn’t so bad. He’d probably wind up calling him Harry for short.
edward thomas Premium Member about 6 years ago
Ex’s grandfather said all should be called “Sooner.” Sooner go on the carpet than go outside.
Dr. Crazy about 6 years ago
In junior high school, we got a dog and named him AD. Stood for A Dog. Claimed if we ever got a second dog we’d call it ND, Nother Dog. Didn’t happen.