Rosana's Ramblings:
I love looking through books on pet names, and we named our cat
Nia from one of them.
I don't generally favor names that are also human's names but
Martha and Dorrie came to us like that. Martha was a large German
Shepherd/Malamute so we called her Martha Moose or just Moose as
well. She was also timid despite her intimidating looks, so that
led to Martha Mouse on occasion.
Dorrie barked at everything, so since she was our doorbell, we
often called her Dorrie Belle.
Larry came to us as Spike. That didn't suit him and wasn't our
preferred two syllables so he eventually became Larry and that
gradually changed to LarryDog.
Cider was the color of cider. We also called her Dorfums, for
no good reason.
Teddy Bear was a bundle of fluff like a teddy bear. That led to
Ted, Teddums, and Mr. Bear.
Sunbeam crowed like a rooster rather than barked -- like all Basenjis.
That got her the nickname of "the roo." She was also
Sunbeamer, Beamer, and Sunny Buns. An eight-year-old friend of
ours was so enamored of this last nickname that it stuck more
than it probably would have otherwise!
Lola came to us at about eight months with that name so we chose
to keep it. I've sure come across a lot of other dogs named Lola
since, online and off!
Ah, naming dogs... such fun! |
