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One does not simply name such a dog Fluffie or Sweetie-pie (Original Post)
packman
Feb 2022
OP
My German-born grandfather named a huge German shepherd he owned when we were little kids --
highplainsdem
Feb 2022
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North Shore Chicago
(4,256 posts)1. How about
Scruffy-snookems?
Or Maneater?
No matter no matter, he/she is exquisite!
lastlib
(28,607 posts)2. I would name him "Sir".....
"Come here, Sir!' "Sit, Sir!" "Stay, Sir!" "You're a GOOD dog, Sir!"
hlthe2b
(114,680 posts)3. What a handsome and regal one.
Maybe "his (her) highness."
Thomas Hurt
(13,993 posts)4. I would go with Conan the Caninian.
Baitball Blogger
(52,719 posts)7. +1
EYESORE 9001
(29,885 posts)5. Gravitas. He haz it.
tblue37
(68,449 posts)6. But he is so fluffy.
highplainsdem
(63,103 posts)8. My German-born grandfather named a huge German shepherd he owned when we were little kids --
so little we'd sometimes ride around on the dog -- Graf, which is German for count or earl. Seemed to fit him.
Donkees
(33,745 posts)9. He's looking at this cat...

TlalocW
(15,675 posts)10. Awwww...
It's Schmoopie-poo!
TlalocW
Wicked Blue
(9,020 posts)11. He looks like a Thor nt
niyad
(134,034 posts)12. Why not? Hagrid named a three-headed dog Fluffy.
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