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11-19-2015, 12:09 AM
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Pet names
So many of you know I'm an avid hunter and my dog is.my life... Was wondering about pet names and the reason for it?
My pets typically have namesakes. Togo for instance takes his name from the hero dog of the Nome Serum Run of 1925. While the dog backing him up hasn't been selected yet I was struggling with a name until today. I think its going to be Diesel after the dog in the French Raid today.
Just curious the names people choose for their pets.
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11-19-2015, 09:03 AM
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Had a Springer Spaniel with a big spot on his back so we named him "Spot"
Also has a red eared slider turtle that we named "Shelly" (works for a male or a female, since we had no idea which it was)
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11-19-2015, 09:09 AM
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Fine looking dog, he would be proud to be named Diesel. 
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11-19-2015, 09:20 AM
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Rescued a nine year old mix 10 years ago called Teddy, altered her name
to Lady Teddy for obvious reasons. Then rescued a pup 4 years ago who was schooled by L.Teddy, named him Winston and have never felt safer. 
Lady Teddy recently passed at 19 great years.
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11-19-2015, 12:05 PM
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I have a tortoise I named Leonard after a friend from years ago that while perfectly healthy and in his 20's was the laziest slowest moving person you ever met.
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11-19-2015, 04:35 PM
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Took in a cat that was abandoned in a building. Her name was Kahlua because her previous owner was an alcoholic and just up and left one day. We renamed her Zuzu after the little girl (Zuzu's petals in his pocket) in It's A Wonderful Life. She lived a very long life as well and died at age 20. Her life was decidedly better than the people that left her in the hallway crying. That girl saw the world and acted like a queen.
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11-19-2015, 05:21 PM
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Out-of-town Jasper
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I have two cats I call Thing 1 & Thing 2, but other family members call them by their real names.
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11-19-2015, 05:35 PM
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have 2 cats---brothers-- COCO - PUFFY nick names.. COCBOBOPOLOPOGUS
PUFFY WUFFY aka The Boys
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Buy Sam a drink and get His dog one Too--->mlang
and now in Lancaster, CA.
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11-20-2015, 01:06 AM
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I have a dog named Max. My kids named him when we got him as a puppy. He is now 12. We have a cat named Lily, or as I sometimes refer to her, "That damn cat!" She has good qualities. We have had her for a year and a half and I have never heard her hiss or growl.
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11-20-2015, 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by elysiantraveller
So many of you know I'm an avid hunter and my dog is.my life... Was wondering about pet names and the reason for it?
My pets typically have namesakes. Togo for instance takes his name from the hero dog of the Nome Serum Run of 1925. While the dog backing him up hasn't been selected yet I was struggling with a name until today. I think its going to be Diesel after the dog in the French Raid today.
Just curious the names people choose for their pets. |
That is a beautiful animal!
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11-20-2015, 11:35 AM
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INDEED - that is one gorgeous German Shepard.
My wife insist on name our pet using people names. We have a rescue miniature schnauzer named Maddie. A rescued Kern Terrier named Johnny, after my wife's brother who had just passed away. A rescued Pit bull named Sam. We just lost a Cat that I rescued from the Norfolk Naval base, who I named Virginia (Ginny) after the state she was from - broke my heart to lose her.
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11-20-2015, 01:46 PM
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Originally Posted by kingfin66
That is a beautiful animal!
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That is the dog that was killed in the French Raid on Wednesday.
Not Mine.
This is Togo:
Last edited by elysiantraveller; 11-20-2015 at 01:48 PM.
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11-20-2015, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by delayjf
INDEED - that is one gorgeous German Shepard.
My wife insist on name our pet using people names. We have a rescue miniature schnauzer named Maddie. A rescued Kern Terrier named Johnny, after my wife's brother who had just passed away. A rescued Pit bull named Sam. We just lost a Cat that I rescued from the Norfolk Naval base, who I named Virginia (Ginny) after the state she was from - broke my heart to lose her.
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Delayjf, I don't know anything about you, other than what you post on this board, but, I must say, you are one fine human. To take in that many rescued animals is to be commended.
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11-20-2015, 05:37 PM
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Thank you for your kind words. I'm just a big softy when it comes to animals, I see a stray cat or dog, I do what I can to feed and water the poor thing. I've been told not to feed the strays, but F that - nobody starves on my watch - sometimes they follow you home. Its a mutually beneficial arrangement, you give them your heart and they will give you theirs.
God bless, that brave german shepherd that was killed in that raid.
Togo is gorgeous as well. I always loved a choc lab. My wife has a thing for squeezing dogs noses - Togo's would get lots of attention. 
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11-20-2015, 06:22 PM
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Originally Posted by delayjf
Thank you for your kind words. I'm just a big softy when it comes to animals, I see a stray cat or dog, I do what I can to feed and water the poor thing. I've been told not to feed the strays, but F that - nobody starves on my watch - sometimes they follow you home. Its a mutually beneficial arrangement, you give them your heart and they will give you theirs.
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me too
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