If I ever had a pug or other small smash faced dog, I'd name it Roach. No idea why.
If I ever had a pug or other small smash faced dog, I'd name it Roach. No idea why.
I named a black lab Willie the Wondering Gypsie before I had brought him home. Willie never really fit and everyone called him buddy, come here buddy, hey buddy etc. All of my other dogs have been allowed to come into the family and a name has come to the dog over time, some quicker than others.
We started a trend of naming our animals using the Greek pantheon and the ensuing sub-roster.
I've always thought there would be great utility in naming a dog "Dammit." One less word for the dog to try to learn. "Dammit, Come!"
But yes on the one syllable names -- or at least a name that can be easily abbreviated to one syllable.
Because dogs like to go, and the skies can be big:
I read in the 'Swiss Family Robinson' that a dog name should include an "O" because words with "O" can be heard farther. I think they named theirs Coco.
Code Name: JET STREAM
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
He was faster than Orville (and a lot smarter) and seemed to be able to do anything he wanted to with him, no matter how angry Orville got and he sometimes got scary angry. I have dozens of scars on my hands and arms from just Orville's vet visits alone. His meltdowns were just insane, even before we got him to the vet, he would be screaming angry and would attack anything near him. Usually at the vet, that was me. I have a tape someplace of me getting bit on the web of my right hand during one of Orville's rages. Those 4 fangs sinking in hurt really bad.
He was for many years, the "Worst Patient Ever", but after he died, a big orange cat took over the title. Not as big as Orville was, but even more insane. I can''t remember his name, but it was a nam that sounded like he should have been a nice patient, but he was just out of his mind.