So we named Murphy (8 mo old RT) after Murphy's Law, which states that anything that can go wrong, will.   Originally we got him as a dog for our 9 year old son, but raising a terrier pup has become primariliy the parent's job.  Somehow, he's become my dog, and my son just plays with him a lot.  I think That's just fine.

Daisy (9 yr old Carrin Terrier) got her name from the movie, 2001... when Dave was shutting down the HAL 9000 memory banks,  HAL started singing the song, Daisy, Daisy, Give me your answer, true.   Daisy likes me Ok, but she's clearly bonded to my wife.  I think that's just fine, too.

So... how did you decide on the name for your dog?

Apollo got his name from the Olympic Speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno.  But I liked the "traditional" spelling of A-P-O-L-L-O better rather than A-P-O-L-O.  His middle name is Prince, after my favorite singer Prince.

Emma's name was one of about five names that I liked and I had the members here help me choose.  But I also liked Emma because FRIENDS was my favorite show and Ross and Rachel named their little girl Emma.  Her middle name is Bama, because as a puppy, and even now, she just does everything with a BAM!  No thinking... she just does it.  Plus, my husband is a graduate of University of Alabama.

Indie's name came about with us just throwing around names.  Mainly football related like Romo, Eli, or Manning.  Then Indie came up and it just fit him.  His middle name is Blue for obvious reasons.  

Sonic came with the name but his nickname Moosie came with the size that he has grown into.  Sydney is just because I love that name.

Marley is short for Lord Dunmore the Duke of Albemarle.  I love colonial history.  Misty is short for Miss Margaritaville (she is a BIG Jimmy Buffett fan).

Yaz is named after Daddy's favorite Boston Red Sox player, Carl Yastrezemski. That was the deal breaker for getting a dog. I wanted one, Daddy said no way, so I said if we get one you can name it Yaz, Daddy said okay. Full registered name is Princess Yazmin Diogi.

Posted By treble02 on 05/13/2008 6:40 PM
Trixi was named "sissy" when she was at the SPCA...but it was too "sissy" for her!! We just came up with Trixi out of a few others...I think we asked for help here also!!
Toa....well, its a liittle embarassing...but im not gonna lie....(shut up Tracey)....TOA is a gladiator on the new American Gladiators....were not big fans but the name just really stuck out....hes not really a gladiator either...LOL

I will not, you closet Gladiator fanatic, you

Boogie was named "Drifter" by the breeder but we wanted something all ours.. We decided to name him Bogart.. I said yeah we could call him Bogie for short and  our daughter (then just 3 yrs old)  pipes up from the back seat.. "You mean like Boogie Woogie !?  So Boogie Woogie it was    Bunny got her moniker because she .. well, she hops.  She does this hop straight in the air and kicks her butt around and lands running.  She still does it so the name continues to fit.   Our rescue came to us already named Buddy and as we where initially just a foster home we did not rename him - so when we decided to adopt him his name had grown on us.  He is a good Buddy, too.

Lets see....I went to our local humane society wanting to adopt a "small" dog but they had none that they could promise would stay small. Living in an apartment, there was a weight limit...so I went to the pet store. I just wanted to look because I had no idea about small dogs since all I've ever had was bulldogs and labs. I wish I had known about RBR back then..but I wasn't looking for a Rattie...she found me. I had no clue about small dog breeds. I will most likely never have another kind of dog. I love her to death. She is so smart and spunky and fantastic!

There was this teeny tiny polka dotted puppy in the window and I just had to see her up close. Needless to say, I couldn't live without bringing her home. She was cute as a button...all pound and a half of her (at 8 wks)

I think that I just have an attraction for Tinkerbell, the tiny pixie faerie. I  have a lot of clothes with her on it and if I ever got a tattoo, it would probably be one of Tinkerbell (the faerie not the dog) I just think shes cute...as a button...like my baby girl when I got her. She made me think of Tink because she was so cute and tiny..so hence I named the dog Tinkerbell...

The breeder named the litter after the Little Rascals..there was Buckwheat,Alfalfa,Darla and of course, Spanky.

We tried thinking of another name but nothing seemed to fit so, Spanky it was and it fits him perfectly. We registered him as Spanky McFarland of HOPs, George McFarland played the original Spanky on the Little Rascals.

One of his nicknames is Monkey Butt, started by the receptionist at his vets. we also call him Spanksters and Spanky Doodles.

Katie Scarlett was named after that most southern belle of all southern belles, Katie Scarlett O'Hara (Gone With the Wind).  Our dogs all had southern themed names and I figured KS would suite this little, but tough, girl.  I was right!  Not only is she little and tough, she is a huge flirt, has her daddy wrapped around her little paw (just as the original Katie Scarlett did), thinks she's the cutest thing to come down the pike and is spoiled rotten.  Sometimes we call her Katie Snarlett.  If ever a name suited . . .