My sister has weird choice in names for pets. They are named after feelings or emotions. Thus: Trouble, Rescue (saved litter mate cats), Dreamer, Finale (Grand Finale a Great Pyrenees), Chance, Freedom, Miracle, Promise (more cats). Thankfully her husband named her daughter--LOL!
I have a little Shih Tzu that my son named Zippy (this was AFTER I nixed the 'Hairy Pooter' idea!!). Zippy REALLY lives up to his name -- more so than any other dog I've had. The blue Lacy I had I picked his name out before I got him. I wanted a "Texas" sounding name so he was "Texas Ranger" -- Ranger for short.
"Bogie" is short for "Bogieman" because we like scary movies and had just seen one before we got him. At first he was "Zeke" but "Bogie" seemed to fit him better.
Capone was going to be koda, because he looked like a lil bear but we found out his mom was kona and second guessed ourselves. Laying in bed one night I said he looks like a capone, I thought capone was fitting because he did look like such a little tough a$$ when we got him. Didn't live up to it he's a big softy, we more often than not call him Caponey Macaroni. And his registered name is Capone E. Macaroni. Still love the name capone, even if its silly and tough.
A book I read a long time ago had a fat old labrador named, "Sorrow".
I always loved a name I heard at our clinic, invented by a little child with a pup- Velvet Ear pronounced Vel-va-tear. A yellow cat named, "Cheese". Lots of great names out there!
Sorrow floats, Betty. I've NEVER been able to get that out of my head.
I had the name "Turbo" picked out long before I got him. Probably like 10 years prior.
I think a lot of it is like Aaron said, they live up to their names.
But we went a little reversed and had the dog named before I got him. I wanted a Turbo. If there was a noise outside of the dog house when he was 6-7 weeks old, he was the first one out. His mom was crazy, his dad was a ball psycho. They were what I wanted.:smile:
Thinking about it, going with a purposefully extra sissy name is the same to me as going "tough".
The driving force behind the owner doing the naming is the same, IMO. To have a "tough" dog. Boy named Sue. For all intents and purposes, the name Sue on a male dog is a "spiked collar".
But in the short run, I could give a crap because its not my dog.:smile:
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