Growing up, my dad raised bassets and he always had a favorite he would name Speedy. We had Speedy 1 through 5. Shortly after he passed, I got Speedy. In honor of my dad, he was named. 8)
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George was "Bowser" when we got him and I thought GAG, how original. 
Why not just call him Fido or Rover and be done with it? So naturally we had to think of something better. My heart was set on "Eeyore" but he simply would NOT have that. The look he gave me when I tried that one on him was priceless: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME!!! Okay, okay, we won't call you Eeyore. So I tried several others, I don't remember them all now, but I usually like to give my babies "people" names (as opposed to "Spot" or "Fluffy" type names). Anyway, he totally ignored everything I tried (actually had his BACK to me after the Eeyore debacle -- clearly that was a huge insult and I still don't know WHY, it's a CUTE name!). But when I said "George," he turned around and wagged his tail. So I said, "Do you like that? You want to be 'George'?" and he wagged his tail again. To get him used to it, we got to using it constantly, saying stuff like "he's a good George" and singing to him, changing the words to songs to put "George" as often as possible (I blush to report that we even changed the words to a song we played at church, so we were singing "Our George is an awesome George ... " instead of "our God is an awesome God," you won't tell the pastor, will you? ) and it was only a couple of days at most until that awful "Bowser" moniker was HISTORY.
Why not just call him Fido or Rover and be done with it? So naturally we had to think of something better. My heart was set on "Eeyore" but he simply would NOT have that. The look he gave me when I tried that one on him was priceless: YOU GOTTA BE KIDDIN' ME!!! Okay, okay, we won't call you Eeyore. So I tried several others, I don't remember them all now, but I usually like to give my babies "people" names (as opposed to "Spot" or "Fluffy" type names). Anyway, he totally ignored everything I tried (actually had his BACK to me after the Eeyore debacle -- clearly that was a huge insult and I still don't know WHY, it's a CUTE name!). But when I said "George," he turned around and wagged his tail. So I said, "Do you like that? You want to be 'George'?" and he wagged his tail again. To get him used to it, we got to using it constantly, saying stuff like "he's a good George" and singing to him, changing the words to songs to put "George" as often as possible (I blush to report that we even changed the words to a song we played at church, so we were singing "Our George is an awesome George ... " instead of "our God is an awesome God," you won't tell the pastor, will you? ) and it was only a couple of days at most until that awful "Bowser" moniker was HISTORY.I don't think Huck looks like a Bowser any more than George looks like one. WHAT were those people THINKING? Clearly both dogs were meant to wind up with the homes they have now.
I always try to go with unique names for all my animals. I have 5 cats....Charles (not so unique), Lambchop, I call them Prince Charles and Lady Lambchop. There's Angel (didn't pick that name), Blanka AKA Binky, And last but not Least, Loche, he is named after Loki, the god of mischief and boy does he fit it. Stella is named because I always liked the name and have frequently screamed STELLAAAA I also had a cat named attilla because she was very evil at first ( abused) and Foofer the cat, they have since passed. If I get another female animal I want to name it Mabel. I absolutly love that name and since all I will have is furbabies, they will get all the names that I would have used for kids.
I also had a cat named attilla because she was very evil at first ( abused) and Foofer the cat, they have since passed. If I get another female animal I want to name it Mabel. I absolutly love that name and since all I will have is furbabies, they will get all the names that I would have used for kids.
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I had started of thinking a name before we went to pick her up, and some how Jasmine stuck in my mind, but we wanted to make sure it 'fit' her. When we saw her, it just seemed right, only reinforced by the fact that her mum's name is Fleur, so of course her daughter should be named a type of flower.
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