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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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Chewbarka, in honor of Star Wars: The Force Awakens
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Rudy.
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Quote from Frugalbish :
Chewbarka, in honor of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

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Butters
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Zoe Moon
01-01-2016 at 08:06 PM.
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Honey for a girl (going with the Golden Retriever breed)

or...

Buttercup
Golda
Goldie
Ora
Oro
Nugget
Tawny
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01-01-2016 at 11:12 PM.
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So far all of the dogs we've had in my lifetime have had names that started with a C and in alphabetical order too somehow(cue Twilight Zone music).

So far we've had:

Candy
Chip
Cindy(short for Cinnamon)

And now we have Clifford.

For a little white Shih Tzu mix he has the power of a German Shepherd. LMAO I'm a 200+ lb guy and he drags me to the gate to go in the yard for his walks.

As for the topic at hand, I would suggest

Serena and Venus
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Themes are good. Greek gods. Flowers. Months - like April and May. We had a biblical streak here which I'm debating continuing. Scratchchin
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01-02-2016 at 04:17 PM.
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from what I have found a two syllable name works well the first gets their attention then they know you are talking to them.

Abby over Bob, Briscoe over Rose, Trapper over Fred etc..
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Prettttty sure that's illegal...
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Biscuit

My default name for ANY animal other than my own is Biscuit regardless of what the animal's real name is.
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Prettttty sure that's illegal...
Don't make me smite you.
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You should name your future dogs Autumn and Summer. Autumn would be the good dog, probably your favorite. Summer would be a girl dog so you could call her a bitch. She would probably also pee everywhere and you could yell at her all of the time. Autumn would be awesome and you could be like "Autumn, you're such a good girl, yes you aaare! Wtf? Bad Summer! Bad dog! Stop pooping on the floor!"
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01-04-2016 at 05:34 AM.
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I say go with Tango and Cash.

But don't listen to me. The last dog I named was a female beagle named Kevin.
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