What’s in a name?
Hector, Midget, Bouncer, Pin, Cricket, Bessie, Jolly, and Bob are all perfectly good names, and they’re the names of a few of the dogs who were the first of their breed to be registered with the AKC. Not all that “highfalutin,” right? (we especially like, “Bob,” which is also a good name for a bridge). One of these names happens to belong to the dog whose breed is this week’s Purebred of Interest, and you are hereby served (your third to last hint, that is).
As long as we’re talking about names, what are the most common names in your breed? (more than a few Pulik are named Marley, Bear and Whoopi).
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I enjoy finding just the right name for my dogs. With purebred dogs we are lucky because we have two names to play with, the registered name and the call name. When getting a puppy I make a list of possible call names. When the puppy arrives I try one out to see if it sticks. Sometimes, after a few days, it just doesn’t work and I try a different name. Only once has the name at the top of the list been the one that seemed right.
Gimli the Sealyham is named after the dwarf member of the Fellowship of the Rings in Tolkien’s trilogy because Sealyhams are a dwarf breed and, well, check out my last name :-). One time nothing on the list worked and I had to start over. Henry the Airedale got his name in 15 minutes. When I brought him home a group of neighbors and gathered on the lawn to meet him and we all agreed he looked like a Henry with just the right combination of dignity and goofiness. It fit him all his remarkable life.
As for registered names, my favorites are Laughing Out Loud (Lola the Airedale) and The Thundering Herd (Kaleb the Malamute who, as a puppy, was a thundering herd all by himself).
We LOVE your comments, Linda, and laughed in several places. Names ARE tough at times, and like you, we found that some dogs almost named themselves, while others were more challenging. Our personal favorite registered name belonged to a rather successful Maltese named, “Small Craft Warning.”