What did you name your pets and why?

[Walkerman]

We've got two dogs...Winston Spencer and Ronald Wilson......named in memory of the two men I consider as being the greatest of the 20th century.

[guitom]

I LOVE your names.  However, I chose Owen, Lucy, Lydia and Steve.  For no apparent reason.

[el guitana]

Butters. I named her after she chased a butterfly as a pup. My wife and adult son were nearby.
My wife thought that was cute.
The look on my son's face showed he knew the truth - I named her for a character in a disgusting cartoon.

[Walkerman]

Butters. I named her after she chased a butterfly as a pup. My wife and adult son were nearby.
My wife thought that was cute.
The look on my son's face showed he knew the truth - I named her for a character in a disgusting cartoon.

I assume you're referring to South Park?

[ducktrapper]

Just got a new kitten. Since the senior cat was named Ella by my daughter (before abandoning her with dad) I called this guy Sam. Yep. Sam 'n' Ella! 

[tuffythepug]

Well, my Pug is named Tuffy........see his pic in my signature and you'll see that it seems to fit

I have a mixed breed (Doxie / ???)  That we call Bosco because my wife had a dog named Bosco when she was a little girl

My Tabby cat is Mr. Stripey
My Black cat is Blackie                yes we are so creative  

My Cockcatiel is "Lucky" because I found him walking down the street with cats lurking in the bushes.  He was lucky I found him.

Here's Bosco being his normal modest self



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[zpcm04]

My Miniature Schnauzer is named Tommy after the actor Tom Hardy.  The breeder named all their show dogs after Star Trek characters, but their household name was typically based on the actor that played the character.  Tommy's formal name was Praetor.  Tom Hardy played the role of Praetor Shinzon.  

Btw, his dad's name was Nemesis and his mom's name was Seven of Nine.

Here's Tommy

[el guitana]

I assume you're referring to South Park?

Yup. Butters is about the only "nice" character - though he does have an evil side.

[unclrob]

A bunch of cats
Murry just because.
Scossy because she was so tiny and now she's our biggest.
Gibson because he has strip's and is orange and looked like a LP that was hanging in a shop I worked in.
Georgia because that was her name when we got her.
Squeech who is one of Georgia kids and well he squeeched alot
Bella who is also one of Georgia's kids because he like's having his belly rubbed.

[Caleb]

Current dog, Josephine, name of the town we got her in.

Old beloved dog of 14 years, Sebastian, because it sounded cool. 

[broKen]

Buck Trails of Cedar Hill (Buck) finds bowshot deer for us. He's a german shorthair pointer (aka weimaraner). A real countryboy neighbor of mine calls him a "wyhammer". When we are in town or around people I call him 'puppy', (for obvious reason) which he responds to.



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[el guitana]

Current dog, Josephine, name of the town we got her in.

We named a previous dog Montrose (may she rest in peace) after the town she was born in (Montrose, South Dakota)

[ducktrapper]

Buck Trails of Cedar Hill (Buck) finds bowshot deer for us. He's a german shorthair pointer (aka weimaraner). A real countryboy neighbor of mine calls him a "wyhammer". When we are in town or around people I call him 'puppy', (for obvious reason) which he responds to.

Nice pooch. Is he really green, though? That can't be easy.  

[Caleb]

Buck Trails of Cedar Hill (Buck) finds bowshot deer for us. He's a german shorthair pointer (aka weimaraner). A real countryboy neighbor of mine calls him a "wyhammer". When we are in town or around people I call him 'puppy', (for obvious reason) which he responds to.

Good looking dog. 

[Randy_R]

Sweetie, took her to the vet for shots the day after I got her, but hadn't named her yet. The vet's front desk person asked, what a sweet puppy, whats her name.....


Strength, named by the family I got him from, puppies had biblical saying names 'give me Strength oh Lord'

Filly, was named Felicity as a puppy by the children of the family I got her from, I shortened it to Filly, also expecting her to be as big as a horse.

[broKen]

Nice pooch. Is he really green, though? That can't be easy. 

Perhaps a cheap camera or the light coming through the picture window behind me tainted the color. He's grayish brown.

Good looking dog. 

This is one of only a few breeds that will retrieve, point, and track.  This one fetches arrows shot from the back porch of the house. A very utilitarian breed.

[teh]

Skye - My late, great Golden Retriever named after the Isle of Skye (Scotland)

Scout - My son and daughter-in-law's mutt named after Jean Louise (Scout) Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" (We inherited Scout when they were deployed and have had her ever since). Reminds me that required reading or movie viewing should include:

"To Kill a Mockingbird" for a view of the world through the eyes of Scout and her brother Jeremy (Jim)
"The Grapes of Wrath" - Listen to "Here Comes that Rainbow Again" by Kris Kristofferson which is based on a scene from the movie
"Cool Hand Luke" - Dragline: "He beat you with nothin." Luke: "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

[Walkerman]

Skye - My late, great Golden Retriever named after the Isle of Skye (Scotland)

Scout - My son and daughter-in-law's mutt named after Jean Louise (Scout) Finch from "To Kill a Mockingbird" (We inherited Scout when they were deployed and have had her ever since). Reminds me that required reading or movie viewing should include:

"To Kill a Mockingbird" for a view of the world through the eyes of Scout and her brother Jeremy (Jim)
"The Grapes of Wrath" - Listen to "Here Comes that Rainbow Again" by Kris Kristofferson which is based on a scene from the movie
"Cool Hand Luke" - Dragline: "He beat you with nothin." Luke: "Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand."

Just got the dvd "Inherit the Wind" for my son.  Told him it was a great movie about the Scopes Monkey Trial...he asked "what's that?"  And he has a Bachelors degree in film studies from UCSB.  What do they teach anyhow?

[BlastersFan55]

We have a cat Phoenix, who was named that since she pretty much came back from the dead, or "rose from the ashes if you will."  We've had her for 15 years now, and got her through the mother of a friend of my wife's who lived in NH. 

A few days after Phoenix and her sister were born, their mother who evidently was a stray, was hit by a car and killed.  Luckily, not far from where Phoenix' Mom was killed, Phoenix and her sister were found in very poor shape, close to death.  They were brought to a vet where they somehow recovered, then they went home with the woman in NH, where she played the role of mother, and raised them until they could take care themselves.  We got her when she was around 1 1/2 or 2 I think. First cat I've ever had in my life, and she's a sweetheart.

[Danny]

  Bubba, Gump and Jenny.   Kinda obvious.     Zoe came to us with her name.