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Good Dog Names?

Started by Alatar May 22, 2009 at 9:55 PM 38 replies 8.2k views
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Alatar
Alatar
Hi everyone, We're getting a new puppy tomorrow, a Doberman Pinscher, and we can't think of a good name. I know naming an animal is easier to do when you can see/spend time with it, so this might not work very well, but do any of you have any good ideas for names?
"All you have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to you." - Gandalf
mutex
mutex
In all seriousness, Woofie.

Moe
Moe
Pooch?

How about something like "sit". Then you could confuse the poor dog by saying things like "Come here! Sit! Come sit! Stay sit! Good sit!".
fastcall22
fastcall22
How about "Roofus"?

Or something more unique, like computer-science terminology, such as: "Buffer," "Stack," "Heap," "LIFO," "FILO," "FIFO," ...
tstrimp
tstrimp
I'm partial to Dogmeat.
Structural
Structural
I tried to name our dog "Ein" (pronounce like "àin"), like the dog from the Cowboy Bebop series, but my lil' brother overruled me with a more traditional (Dutch) dog name, "Sem".
I still think "Ein" is a cool name though.

STOP THE PLANET!! I WANT TO GET OFF!!
Zipster
Zipster
I'd probably call him Dog. I mean, we have a bird named Bird. It's just easier that way :P
Marmin
Marmin
Quote:
Original post by Structural
I tried to name our dog "Ein" (pronounce like "àin"), like the dog from the Cowboy Bebop series, but my lil' brother overruled me with a more traditional (Dutch) dog name, "Sem".
I still think "Ein" is a cool name though.
Einstein is much better :D
RivieraKid
RivieraKid
i plan on calling my future dog "madness" then when kids say

"can i play with madness?"

i will look and laugh at them then shout

"no, your too blind, too blind to see!!"
owl
owl
'Fuck You' is a good name if english isn't your first language.
[size="2"]I like the Walrus best.
DevFred
DevFred
Copernicus
oliii
oliii
Bongo
Lex
Louis
Max
Melvin
Oscar
Ralf
Sam
Seymour
Scooby
Zap
Everything is better with Metal.
Gooberius
Gooberius
Whatever it is, pick something with two syllables. Most of the first set of commands that dogs learn tend to be single syllable, so it's easier for the animal to tell the difference between a command and something else.

Or so some random tv programme told me.
Buster2000
Buster2000
If you're getting a peddigree dog like a doberman it will probably already have a KC name so maybe you could get some insperation from that. Some of the KC names are pretty cool I used to have a Staffordshire bull terrier and his official KC name was Lethal Weapon the third.
Buster2000
Buster2000
On the otherhand some of them can be really bad names. I just remembered one of the other dogs in the same Litter was called "Big Boys Boobie".
Tha_HoodRat
Tha_HoodRat
I had a dog when I was a kid, and I called him Sheriff. He was the only dog I ever owned.
I was influenced by the Ghetto you ruined.
Simian Man
Simian Man
My parents have a dog named Roridan (Rory for short). I think that's one of the best dog names I've ever heard.

I also like pet names based on historical or mythological figures like Zeus, Genghis, Ares, Newton etc.

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