Author Topic: Giving animals names .  (Read 36311 times)

robate55

  • Joined Aug 2010
  • Suffolk
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #60 on: March 05, 2012, 08:00:59 pm »
Hi that would be Debbie Back's dog - I think Debbax Duck the Fog. She always has good names for her dogs. There used to be a dog registered as Norfolk Enchance (try saying it) until the Kennel Club thought he was qualified for the Obedience Champs at Crufts where they announce the names. They made the owner change the name
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bazzais

  • Joined Jan 2010
    • Allt Y Coed Farm and Campsite
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #61 on: March 05, 2012, 08:04:18 pm »
Our fisrt bottle fed lamb started off this year as thumper - but now he is called 'dump truck' :)

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colliewoman

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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #62 on: March 05, 2012, 08:46:29 pm »
Hi that would be Debbie Back's dog - I think Debbax Duck the Fog. She always has good names for her dogs.
Rose

Could be, as I 'knew' her online from a dog forum. Norfolk enchance.... brilliant ;D
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #63 on: March 05, 2012, 09:17:54 pm »
I had a rescue collie x who was great at agility and not bad at obedience, so I registered him so I could participate in agility events etc. 

His name was JD but the KC don't allow initials as names.  So I registered him as "Initially John Doe."
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Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #64 on: March 05, 2012, 11:08:57 pm »
I had a rescue collie x who was great at agility and not bad at obedience, so I registered him so I could participate in agility events etc. 

His name was JD but the KC don't allow initials as names.  So I registered him as "Initially John Doe."


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suziequeue

  • Joined Feb 2010
  • Llanidloes; Powys
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #65 on: March 06, 2012, 08:45:00 am »
My husband has nameed our most recentley acquired caravan!!!! (as a "spare room" for woofers this summer as we are living in the 4 berth caravan while the house is bring rebuilt).

Becasue it is smaller than out caravan he's called it "Dinky" ::) :o

Our dog started out as Dugg but over time it's transmogrified into "Dougal dogaroogle" and "Ijigaboo". He seems to respond to all of them  ::)
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SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #66 on: March 06, 2012, 11:05:01 am »
Our dog started out as Dugg but over time it's transmogrified into "Dougal dogaroogle" and "Ijigaboo". He seems to respond to all of them  ::)
All my dogs have at least two names.  Their own name and "Two dogs".  (When I went up to 3 I tried "Every dog", but "Two dogs" seems to work best, however many there are!)
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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #67 on: March 06, 2012, 11:11:38 am »
Our terrier Lucy responds very well to Lucifer when she has been bad - which is mostly  :dog:
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Bert

  • Joined Jan 2012
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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #68 on: March 06, 2012, 12:20:18 pm »
Our collie is named seven because the last one we had was named six. He was named after the other half's favorite drink at the time witch was Wadsworth's 6x. As he was a contract Shepard in the south west at the time it got shortend to six as for some odd reason he felt uncomfortable standing in a field shouting 6x at the top of his voice when gathering a flock  ;D

SallyintNorth

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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #69 on: March 06, 2012, 01:27:07 pm »
Our terrier Lucy responds very well to Lucifer when she has been bad - which is mostly  :dog:
;D

I heard of a gent of the cloth who named his Dobermann "Satan".  Eyebrows were raised until folk realised that where some of us may say, "Heel", or the less-recommended "Stop pulling", this owner would command, "Get thee behind me, Satan."  :D
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princesspiggy

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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #70 on: March 06, 2012, 02:58:21 pm »
Our collie is named seven because the last one we had was named six. He was named after the other half's favorite drink at the time witch was Wadsworth's 6x. As he was a contract Shepard in the south west at the time it got shortend to six as for some odd reason he felt uncomfortable standing in a field shouting 6x at the top of his voice when gathering a flock  ;D


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Fleecewife

  • Joined May 2010
  • South Lanarkshire
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Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #71 on: March 06, 2012, 03:52:55 pm »
Our terrier Lucy responds very well to Lucifer when she has been bad - which is mostly  :dog:
;D

I heard of a gent of the cloth who named his Dobermann "Satan".  Eyebrows were raised until folk realised that where some of us may say, "Heel", or the less-recommended "Stop pulling", this owner would command, "Get thee behind me, Satan."  :D

 :D :D :D :wave:
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TheCaptain

  • Joined May 2010
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #72 on: March 06, 2012, 04:12:10 pm »
Jeeez, where to begin. Names and then associated nicknames... The majority of stuff gets named, although I balled my eyes out when I had to do Rodney my RIR cockeral; that was a real heart wrencher as he had been attacking the mother-in-law (woohoo) but then started going for my son (not woohoo). I tried to tell the boy he wasn't allowed to go out but that was a bit harsh.

We have the four ponies - Misty (moobags), Gracy (Growbags), Coco(nut - after his amazing surprise testicle) and Bella.

The two cows, Betty and Mooey, although Betty is sometimes referred to as 'Madame' after the cow in one of the kids TV shows. My two sows are Pepper and Petal, the piglets don't get names. Hercules the ram, which isn't his pedigree name, and my ewes are generally referred to by their shortened pedigree name although I sometimes call them number 1/2/3 depending on when they lambed last year which causes some confusion with this years lambs. We have Tiny Tim the Orphan, although he headbutts a lot of stuff so he's more commonly known as 'little bastard'. He does repsond to being shouted at 'TIMMMMYYYYYYYY' in Southpark manner.

Most of the hens don't have names, bar one or two. Ms. Barker springs to mind after my son's teacher. The cockerals have names; Rodders, Steve, Ronnie, Reggie and Charlie (Kray brothers - complete bastards and ran protection rackets on the yard, and Ronnie was a bit bi!), Jean-Claude, Jean-Piere (Favorelles), Biff (buff sussex who got covered in horse muck - Back to the future), Mike and Dave (after my father-in-law, he's a bit grouchy and a bit dim).

The only turkey that got named was 'One-eyed Wilimina' and we felt bad about selling her...


NormandyMary

  • Joined Apr 2011
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #73 on: March 06, 2012, 09:47:33 pm »
After naming and losing so many chooks to foxes and dogs, we no longer name the girls but our cockeral is called Jethro. Our previous cockeral was called Monty, named after Monty Panasar the cricketer, our hero! Obviously the boys have names as they are our pets, Toby and Billy, and of course the cats have names too, Tabitha and Freddie (named after Flintoff...we love our cricket!)

Lesley Silvester

  • Joined Sep 2011
  • Telford
Re: Giving animals names .
« Reply #74 on: March 06, 2012, 10:42:49 pm »
My OH's guide dog is called Victor (named before we had him) which is funny when you know that our surname is Silvester.  (This will go over the heads on anyone under a certain age).  I started calling him Vicko the Thicko because he can be.  My granddaughter misheard and called him Micko the Flicko so he now answers to Victor, Vic, Vicko and Mick.  Both dogs come if you yell DO-O-O-OG.

 

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