What not... (Update 08.17.07)

[Unzumi]

Unzumi's Guide to What Not to Name Your Dog
AKA: The Most Common Names at the Kennel

So, I decided to compile this for ya'll, partly for fun and partly because I'm really tired of seeing the same dog names on different dogs. As with most of my writing, this is rather tongue-in-cheek. Here we go:

Bailey: Any breed, really, although particularly annoying for yellow labs and any terrier. If it's a run on Bailey's Irish Cream.. well, it's been run into the ground. And besides, I'd rather drink it.

Buddy: This just screams "I don't know what to name my dog." See also: Spike and Spot. Boring.

Hearshy/Hershey: If I see one more chocolate lab named after, well, a chocolate bar, I'm going to hurt someone.

Keesha: For a Keeshound, NOT original; for a Shepard, simply too common to warrent a worthy name. Scratch it.

Lucky: For black labs especially, nono. See also: Buddy, Spike, and Spot. (Thanks, Vel!)

Rocky: Not a fun name for Boxers, particularly, or Shepards. Especially if they're not tough, evil, bite your face off dogs.

Sadie: Across all breeds, this is a big nono. I'm especially tired of seeing Golden Retrievers with this name.

Sarge: Particularly boring for German Shepards as is any military-esque name, Corporal, Major, or General.

Scruffy: For terriers this is not allowed. Yes, they look Scruffy, but I bet they hate the constant reminder of what their coat feels like. I'm sure they know.

Shadow: Any black lab. Been there, done that. Other dis-allowed black lab names include Bandit, Blackie, Midnight, Oreo, and Shade.

Snoopy: If I see one more Beagle with this name, I'm going to hit somebody.

Spike: ... I'll ... let you figure that one out for yourselves. Obvious, ne?

Spot: See Buddy, and Spike (Thanks, Vel!)

Updates to come.

[Kamau]

Haha, I am proud to say none of my dogs have those names, although I have had two pets who have names related to drinks: Michelobe the cat (nicknamed Mickey), and Jaeger the boxer (even if he was named after the German word for 'hunter', since boxers are German dogs).

[Tasa]

I'm proud to say that I haven't either. All my dogs have had other names compared to the ones listed. Not that they're bad. I just don't like 'em.

[Msasi]

Shadow should be disallowed as any dog name. Not only have I seen it on one too many black labs.. but also on shepherds and goodness gracious is I see it on one more husky/malamute (or other wolf-ish breed) I'm gunna have to start taking hostages. XD Also, variations on Shadow (read: Silent Shadow, ShadowDancer, etc).

Our current pets are Mugsy (chihuahua/pomeranian), Rizzo (cat) and Squint (dwarf hamster). Mugsy was named for Muggsy Bogues. Rizzo was named for Rizzo the Rat. And Squint was named because of my favorite tv show, Bones.

[Unzumi]

I've also seen Shadow on a Golden. NO idea where THAT came from.

[Msasi]

Shadow was the name of the Golden in 'Homeward Bound' so that might be it. I've also seen Shadow on a white shepherd. Shadow is used on just about anything, I guess. XD

[Unzumi]

*point* Oh, yeah. Gawd, I haven't seen that movie in ages! ._.

[Msasi]

I saw it.. a month or so ago? Can't watch it too often.. it makes me cry like a baby. Every. Time. XD;

[Velaera]

XD OMG

I'm SO SORRY. I have two chocolate labs with the names Hershey and Mocha! HAHA. I didn't pick their names though. Doesn't help I have a horse named Coco. LOL

Oh, I have three cats with the worst non-original names too: Furball, Kitty Cat, and Trouble.

My instructor had a black lab named Shadow and a golden retreiver (who was red actuallyl) named Sebastian. We got their names so mixed up we just started calling them both Shebadow.

[Velaera]

Oh, I've also go another name for you to add: Lucky, and Spot

[Tilyn]

Love the chocolate variety Vela' XDD

I had one cat named Dongato [spanish for Top Cat]. one cat named Emmy, and one cat named Luna. My Rats were Lokyata [Loky for Short] and Atreyu, and my current cat now is named Eight-Ball [but my mom calls him Charlie.] my horses name is Ethan [or Big E] oh and my hampster is named Honey. So. XD

[Kamau]

My other pets, past and present, have a mix of cliche and more original names. The cliche included Whiskers the cat and Sockes the cat (yes with an 'e', I was terrible at spelling when I got her), and besides Jaeger the boxer I have another dog named Klondike the samoyed (named after the polar bear, not the ice cream), and Jato the cat. Horses have had normal names, like Jane or Max(imus).

[Msasi]

Our past pets include:

Tootsie, the pekingese/cocker spaniel/poodle
Dusty, the golden/lab/dane
Zane Grey, the cat
Spice, the cat
Spooky, the guinea pig
Jose Cuervo, the crab (plus another interestingly named crab whose name is on the tip of my brain, I just can't remember it)
Fish, the beta fish
Rainbow Flash, the beta
Countless goldfish, including Hannibal, who ate his own babies
Dollars, the mutt (we didn't keep her, she was a stray who lived in our yard one afternoon 'til the Humane Society came and picked her up)
Shorty, the dachshund (we didn't name him, though)

[lutalo]

Hehs.. pet names. XD
Past birds: Eagle, Scooter, Skylar, Rio,(cockatiels) Devil Bird (albino parakeet!), Tweety (1-least 5, I was a kid go away!), Mixup (pigeon)

Birds I have now: Snowy and Cinnimon(doves), Tweety and Lucky (saved parakeet), O-Ren (insane lovebird) and now Loki my cute baby tiel!

Guinea pig: Bandit
Rat: Lorelei
Beta's: Crimson, Sharky, Jaws, Blue, Rainbow, Ebony, An now Fritzy and Champ XD

I've never had a dog or cat so just these guys. XD

[Velaera]

Ahem, more common dog names:

Patches
Lady
Lassie
Butch
Killer
Goldie