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Names for Golden Retrievers... or any dogs for that matter

70,256 5,366 December 30, 2015 at 10:27 AM in Question
OK, I am hoping that Bea lives a nice long time, but she is already about 13 and had a very hard first 5 years.

A friend in MI has goldens in breeding age and for the last 2 Decembers I just fall for the pics of the puppies. Bea won't tolerate any other dog in the house so I cannot get one (or 2 )now. If they are still breeding in a few years after I no longer have her I think I may want to drive to MI for one or two.

I'd probably want sisters.

My mind already plays games with naming them.

First I thought..
Sanity (as my dogs have been my sanity...grounding me) if I got one.
If I got 2 though???

I had a golden when growing up, named Misty.

I saw one of Daisy's (the friend's golden...momma) puppies on FB and she was named Abby Rose which I thought was pretty

The names Blanche and Rose popped into my mind and cracks me up. On one hand I don't know that I'd want silly names but I keep thinking about that. *will wait for the joke part to sink in


Since dogs are precious to me I thought Sapphire and Ruby.. but it sounds... hmm ehhhhh



What would you name them if you could?
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Jasmine
Maple
Rosebud (Rosy)
Chaos
Hope
Auora
Faith
Chloe
Bella
Nugget
SugarBear
Iris
AbbyRose
Daisy
Ikigai (means reason for being - roughly)
Sophie
Lexie
Bit-O-Honey (one ancestor was Lil Bit-O-Golden's Atom lol)
Elizabeth (aka Lizzy)
Dam-It

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w3kn
12-30-2015 at 05:27 PM.
12-30-2015 at 05:27 PM.
My parents' golden retrievers have been:

Ripken
Chase
Tripper

My sister had Abby and now has Chewie.
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12-30-2015 at 05:47 PM.
12-30-2015 at 05:47 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
My dogs name was puppy, I'm not very creative. Frown
I had a fish named fishy once. Embarrassment

You could have at least gone with DOG (pronounced "dee-oh-gee")
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Jabbit
12-30-2015 at 05:57 PM.
12-30-2015 at 05:57 PM.
Name your dog "celery".
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12-30-2015 at 06:00 PM.
12-30-2015 at 06:00 PM.
Quote from BostonGirl :
My dogs name was puppy, I'm not very creative. Frown

When I was a kid we had a dog named Dawg-Dawg. But his brother's name was Terence Aloysius Mahoney. laugh out loud
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The Llama
12-30-2015 at 06:10 PM.
12-30-2015 at 06:10 PM.
Au-gy.
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12-30-2015 at 07:54 PM.
12-30-2015 at 07:54 PM.
All of my pets names have fallen into one of two categories: food, or human laugh out loud Hence, there has been...

Peaches and Plum (sisters)
Twinkie
Gumdrop
Snickers


Vladamir and Dimitri (brothers)
Annabelle and Gabrielle (Annie and Gabbie for short)
Sarateva (pronounced Sarah-Tee-Vuh)
India
Cheyenne
Charlene
Ian and Anthony
Helix


and....Dude laugh out loud
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12-30-2015 at 08:06 PM.
12-30-2015 at 08:06 PM.
Quote from finzz2dlft :
All of my pets names have fallen into one of two categories: food, or human laugh out loud Hence, there has been...

Peaches and Plum (sisters)
Twinkie
Gumdrop
Snickers
Our neighbors had a bunch of dachshunds named like that:

Sugar
Spice
Cinnamon
Pepper
Ginger
and Anise
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12-30-2015 at 09:33 PM.
12-30-2015 at 09:33 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
I've always picked a name for the cats after observing their personality for a couple of days.
But what if you get knocked for a loop? I got a new female pet 2 months ago and have been calling her just about everything but nothing fits. Dontknow Personality is like nothing I've ever seen in any animal. I'm not a fan of naming animals after inanimate objects. Back to dogs....

Marisa Tomei: (petting dog) What's his name?
Christian Slater: I don't know. He hasn't told me yet.

http://www.akc.org/learn/dog-health/puppy-names/
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Zoe Moon
12-30-2015 at 11:27 PM.
12-30-2015 at 11:27 PM.
Quote from LC2 :
But what if you get knocked for a loop? I got a new female pet 2 months ago and have been calling her just about everything but nothing fits. Dontknow Personality is like nothing I've ever seen in any animal. I'm not a fan of naming animals after inanimate objects. Back to dogs....

Marisa Tomei: (petting dog) What's his name?
Christian Slater: I don't know. He hasn't told me yet.

http://www.akc.org/learn/dog-health/puppy-names/
All three of my cats have human names but the names fit their personalities.
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Schooby
12-31-2015 at 08:57 AM.
12-31-2015 at 08:57 AM.
Quote from MsGal :
Our neighbors had a bunch of dachshunds named like that:

Sugar
Spice
Cinnamon
Pepper
Ginger
and Anise
I kind of like those... hmmmmm

laugh out loud I have years *I hope to think about this.
But it's fun to play with names.
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12-31-2015 at 09:43 AM.
12-31-2015 at 09:43 AM.
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Au-gy.
You see it's clever because Au is the atomic symbol for gold and Augie Doggy is the name of a cartoon dog, so...
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12-31-2015 at 10:13 AM.
12-31-2015 at 10:13 AM.
Quote from The Llama :
You see it's clever because Au is the atomic symbol for gold and Augie Doggy is the name of a cartoon dog, so...
laugh out loud I caught the augie doggy part.. didn't know the gold part Wink

I have a friend whose dog is named Augie.
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12-31-2015 at 11:09 AM.
12-31-2015 at 11:09 AM.
Quote from The Llama :
You see it's clever because Au is the atomic symbol for gold and Augie Doggy is the name of a cartoon dog, so...
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laugh out loud I caught the augie doggy part.. didn't know the gold part Wink

I have a friend whose dog is named Augie.
Very clever name for a Golden Retriever. I had a neighbor years ago who was called Augie, it was short for Augustino.
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12-31-2015 at 06:26 PM.
12-31-2015 at 06:26 PM.
Quote from Zoe Moon :
All three of my cats have human names but the names fit their personalities.
Zoe would be a nice name for a dog. Girly I knew someone named Zoe. Nice lady.
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