We heard on the radio today about a somebody who’s named their dogs after rock stars. We’ve been at it too.
We had Lzzy and Slash in aquarium and now we have dogs called Myles (Kennedy) and Ronnie (James Dio).
How do you name your pets?
A lot of mine have been named after food. Kind of weird now that I think about it, it wasn't really intentional, it just fit their personalities at the time.
I've mostly just kept their names from rescue. I adjusted the spelling of Louis to Louie, because to me Louis is pronounced either Lewis or like the mum from Malcolm in the Middle.
Chalky kept his name because he's 12 so good luck teaching him anything else.
We renamed our girl to Freya because we were having a viking phase. She was Dolly before so would have changed it no matter what.
I remember quite a funny comment on the Trashfuture podcast a while ago, about a reversal in naming convention.
Someone observed that the sort of person who drives a big posh Range Rover would give thier daughter a name like Binkie and the dog would be called Sarah.
Through a strenuous process of debate and whittling down. We all ended up calling the cats different names in the end and all the talk didn't matter because they're cats and answer to anything if they want to.
The only way to go is an original name that reflects the personality of the dog (if it's a rescue) or what you imagine it might become (if it's a puppy). A dog's name is really important; take some time to think of something original!