whats the best dog or cat name you ever heard?

[cleveramerican]

when I was a kid there was this big white sheep dog named "cloud" in the neighborhood

another neighbor had a cat named "DC", later I learned it stood for dumb cat, so named because he would sleep out in the open in the rain.

[Glorfindel]

1. "Whatadog" - a small mongrel that looked like a Welsh corgi with a long tail

"Cadwallader" - a St. Bernard, "Pusswillikins" - a black cat - and three kittens named "Surely," "Goodness," and "Mercy"

[hippywife]

2. DU cats named

Flea Taxi and Chairman Meow. :hi:

[peekaloo]

7. Chairman Meow is great!

I have a stray that I call the Little Meowski (in honor of the Dude). :-)

[WolverineDG]

18. Another vote for Flea Taxi nt

[hippywife]

25. I can't remember which DUer owns that one, but

I think Chan790 has Chairman Meow. I think. I do love Flea Taxi, too, Totally cracks me up. :rofl: :hi:

[Patiod]

114. MY SO thought he invented that

until I googled it, and found plenty of cats named "chairman meow"

[tosh]

3. A cat named Rover, and

my Granddad's dog Toodlums (pr. Toodle 'ems).

Good thread as I'm trying to name a feline newcomer now.

[Tobin S.]

4. We named our cat Casper.

She had completely white hair, pink ears, pink paws, and yellow eyes.

[Heidi]

5. Snake.

That was my friend's dog's name.

[omega minimo]

95. Fluffy

for a snake :hi:

[NightWatcher]

6. a neighbor's dog named "dee-oh-gee"

d.o.g.

[Hawkeye-X]

77. was it a daschund?

[newcriminal]

8. Someone on here has a cat named fleataxi, I always thought that was cute.

[peekaloo]

9. Once had a neighbor whose dog was named "Dammit".

as in "Come here Dammit" "Dammit where are you?" "Get out of that flower bed Dammit!"

good for a giggle when you're young.

[dana_b]

21. LOL

that's good

[dana_b]

22. Beast

a friend's dog - little Boston Terrier. She actually was pretty cute and only a little beastie.

[dana_b]

23. oops!

I meant to post this down below.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

10. My neighbor had a cat named Renfield. He ate spiders.

[anneboleyn]

64. That is wonderful! I love the novel Dracula. Stoker was/is the awesome Irish author.

[Paladin]

11. Stanley and Waldo, For a Pair of Bassett Hounds (n/t)

[HopeHoops]

12. I named a dog Odie. A year or so later, a stray tiger cat adopted me - name?

What else - Garfield.

[melman]

13. My late dog

Baby Roo

[Jetboy]

14. I had a grey cat named Cloudy Arnold. That was the best pet

name I ever came up with.

[Minimus]

15. Sonic, Frolic and Mimic - my JRTs

I used to have a cat named Cricket.

I knew a lady with two black cats named Shadow and Echo - I thought those were cool together.

[Mopar151]

16. A dog named Pawzi

or "Posi" (short for Positraction). Out twin black cats, Laverne and Shirley (RIP Shirley). My cousin's cats, Cliff and Norm.

[MrsMatt]

112. knew a couple with a pair of black poodles

named Lucy & Ethel. Their cats were Mr & Mrs Johnson.

[Maine-ah]

17. We had an pure bred Irish Setter - Benedictine Brandy

we called him Ben for short.

[Grey]

19. The neighbour's border collie- Banjo

[JitterbugPerfume]

20. a dog named JD--just dog

and my cat named Mandu.

My friend has great danes named Li'l Abner and Daisey Mae (you have to be old to get it)

[meow2u3]

24. I had a cat named Boots Mobile

So named because he constantly chirped like a Boost Mobile phone.

[Skittles]

26. I have a cat named Riff Raff

the worst fucking behaved pet ever but I adore the hairy little dude

[nytemare]

61. After Rocky Horror?

:D

[Skittles]

74. I love Rocky Horror but actually, no

as a teenager in England, my grandmum used to bemoan the long-haired musician types I liked to date as "bloody Riff Raff" - I named my kitty in her honor :D

[nytemare]

87. It must have been fun to live in England

I loved my short visit to London.

:hi:

[Skittles]

91. I lived there three times as a US Air Force brat

me mum is a Brit so she liked to go back home - my favorite stint was 69 - 72 - friggin' awesome :hi:

here's me and my brother as English schoolkids in 1963:

[Texasgal]

27. Had a bassett hound named

clemetine. :)

[av8rdave]

28. We once had a cat that was completely black. No markings of any kind.

My Dad named him Spot.

I've been dying to name one of our dogs either Zaphod or Slartibartfast (I'm an HG2G fan). Mrs. av8rdave always seems to overrule me.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

30. I had a calico named Spot.

But the black cat is even funnier.

[av8rdave]

79. Guess it's not as original as I thought

But it is funny!

I have a cousin who grew up in a very small, rural village. At one time when he was a little kid he had a pet goat. The goat's name? Scape.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

104. Scape Goat.

Excellent.

[susanr516]

41. I named my first cat Stripe

Spot was a common name for a dog, why not Stripe for a tabby?

[ThomCat]

81. Zaphod would be a friggin GREAT name for a pet.

:)

[RebelOne]

29. My Rottweiler named Legend

and my Chihuahua named Honey Bear, except she is more bear than honey. Mean little critter.

[Ohio Joe]

31. My Aunt and Uncle let their kids name their dog and cat

The oldest kid was about 7 at the time and the youngest about 4. They came up with Johnson for the dog and streaker for the cat.

[crim son]

32. I had one of those short-tailed cats. We named him Bob.

I love the current names of my cats, Wolfie, Freyja and Muezza. Wait, I mean the names of my current cats. Eh, whatever.

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[Fire Walk With Me]

34. That's a weird name for a cat.

[anneboleyn]

66. I thought so too, and rather long to fit on a tag! hee hee.

[coconuted]

35. There is a lady on my street

That has a three legged dog named "Tripod".

[susanr516]

42. One of my neighbors

had a three-legged cat with the same name. She had another black and white cat named Tuxedo--it really looked like he was wearing one, right down to a little bow-tie shaped black patch on his neck.

[Xithras]

36. Had a neighbor as a kid with a dog named Kittie.

The name over the doghouse said Kit (as in Carson), but the neighbors son called it Kittie so long that it wouldn't answer to anything else. When the kid grew up and moved out, it was just his dad and dog left behind. The neighborhood knew them as Grumpy & Kittie :)

It was very funny watching him walk out and yell "Here Kittie!" and see a big old Newfoundland come running.

[Roon]

37. Cricket

For this black cat I used to have :-)

[BlueJazz]

38. Rover

[dgibby]

39. I had a cat named Boomer.

He was scared to death of thunder storms. Used to hide in the bottom kitchen cabinets until the storm was over.

[femmocrat]

40. A cocker named "Soccer" and a St. Bernard named "Noodles"

:)

[_dynamicdems]

43. A poodle named "Piddles" had the funniest name.

And someone I know named their small, mixed-breed pooch Rat Dog.

My cat was named Pouncer, which was kinda cool, but probably not very unique.

Psyche, however, is my favorite pet name. Psyche was actually a wolf, but that's close enough to a dog.

[Ivan Sputnik]

44. Dogma (n/t)

[RushIsRot]

45. I've named my two mongrel critters Rascal and Puddin'.

They are brother and sister from the same litter, and they love living way out in the woods where there's lots to sniff and chase. Every day is a new adventure to them.

[graywarrior]

46. My cat's name is Kamere

I knew a dog once named Whatthefuck.

[Pool Hall Ace]

47. Kamere? As in the way many people say, "Come here?"

[graywarrior]

48. Yeah

We couldn't find a good name and we'd been calling him to come to us for weeks when we first got him so the name just stuck. I actually got him from a post on DU.

[baldguy]

49. When he was a kid, my nephew had a dog named Jack.

Jack died when my nephew was about 9, and was devastated. My brother & his wife were hesitant about getting another dog because my nephew always talked about how he missed Jack.

After about a year, my brother had the opportunity to get a puppy from one of his friends and one day the family went to visit them to pick the puppy up. My nephew was introduced to the dog & allowed to be with him for a few minutes. Then my brother went up to my nephew and asked what he thought of the puppy & if he thought he would be a good dog. My nephew said, "Well, there's a chance that he'll be as good as Jack was."

So, that's what they named him - Chance.

[onestepforward]

50. "Bacon" for a kitty! n/t

[rcrush]

51. That what I would name a pet pig.

Here bacon bacon bacon! Good Bacon! Yummy Bacon! err oops.

[quakerboy]

73. and Stew for a bunny. NT

[EFerrari]

101. I had two geese named Pillow and Dinner.

:)

[LT TX]

52. My Mother in Law

has two dogs named Jake and Elwood.

[UrbScotty]

56. So they're Blues Dogs? (nt)

[theNotoriousP.I.G.]

53. Our Dogter is named Piglet

because she snorts like a pig and is constantly hungry, We also had a Tipper, long before Al and Tipper were on our radar screens. Other than that it's a menagerie if shitty names like D.J., Jessie, etc.

[TZ]

54. a cat named Trouble...

and yes, she lived up to her name!:)

[redwitch]

78. I have a cat named Trouble!

Hubby says he wishes I'd named her Sleepy. She really lives up to her name.

[TZ]

82. lol

I always liked going over to my friends house and on seeing the cat saying "Here comes Trouble!":)

[redwitch]

98. I love to call for her to come in.

Looking for Trouble. :-) I am often looking for Trouble.

[darkstar]

55. Deeohgee the dog

[KamaAina]

57. A friend of Mom's had a polydactyl cat named "Darwin"!

:rofl:

[Minimus]

85. I have a fish named Darwin,

[begin_within]

58. Not a dog or cat name, but my friend had a canary named

Peter Paul Canary

[madamesilverspurs]

59. Tizzie.

That's what my hairdresser named one of her dogs. When she got her husky, she named him Nanook.

She loved annoying her fundie neighbor by leaning out her back door to call the dogs in from the yard:

"Here, Tiz! Nookie!"

[applegrove]

60. I housesat for a cat named Blueberry. I liked that name.

[mockmonkey]

62. A friend

named a cat "Move." I always liked that.

We have 12 cats and I was allowed to name one of them. I named her "Stinkerbutt" and have been told that I am no longer allowed to name any new pets. :shrug:

[Kat45]

63. When I was a kid, my friend had a cat named Ho Chi Minh.

We al called him Ho Chi for short. She (or her family) took names for a lot of their cats from unusual names they heard on the news (or wherever). They also had cats named Gita (sp) and Casabooboo. As an adult, some friends had cats named Herpes and Dredd.

[anneboleyn]

65. Pair of cats named Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru (from Star Wars). Fantastic!!!

[grasswire]

67. once we named two kit-kats "Beauty" and "Beast"

Then we realized that Beauty was a boy. His name got changed to Cookie.

My aunt's cat got named Meowiweather Lewis.

[grasswire]

68. oh, two other cool names

A cat named Crybaby.

A cat named "Meatybone" -- named by a young boy.

[grasswire]

69. dupe

[Petrushka]

70. My little brothers' rat terrier pup CHOSE his own name. No matter what anybody called him,

he wouldn't respond. He'd ignore them even if he was being offered a treat. Then,
one day, while the opera "Figaro" was playing on the radio, the pup would approach the radio,
whine and howl. After that, all anybody had to do was sing or call "Figaro, Figaro" and he'd be
right there, wagging his tail.

"...and Figaro was his name-oh!"

==================================================================
Also: My daughter had a German Shepherd she named "Sylvester" and
a black cat she named "Widdershins".

Edited to add:
My granddaughter recently purchased two goldfish and named them
"Misery" and "Company".

[Manifestor_of_Light]

107. Figaro is the little black and white cat in Pinocchio.

Trivia.

"Figaro" is a lot shorter than "The Original Bedroom Farce". :D

Mozart is COOL!

[SwissTony]

71. Neighbour down the road

has a lovely poodle who jumps an incredible height vertically (repeatedly) when another dog walks past. He's called Bungee.

[quakerboy]

72. I named my first Ferret Ferret

Till my family stuck their noses into the matter.

Ive always wanted a cat named monkey, a dog named kitty, a ferret named Dog, and a monkey named ferret. Preferably all at once. And the monkey should be trained to clean litter boxes.

[cleveramerican]

75. some others....

my brother went down to the pound and asked which dog was next in line to be euthanized? He took him home and named him"Lucky".


my then six year old daughter named one of my dogs "Sing". Which I have grown to think is a great name.

and of course our new cat is named ... "Danger" which i like

[BuelahWitch]

76. A coworker adopted one of my cat Tisha's kittens

and named it "Kalamazoo." Tisha was a Persian cat with papers which were registered in the name of "Nartisha Louise." I thought it was the weirdest thing I'd ever heard, but then found out that breeders often give the offspring of champions weird names.

[Mad_Dem_X]

80. A former coworker had a dog

that he named Phideaux.

[Blasphemer]

83. Ruffles... and the owner was frantically trying to come up with a name for #2...

My suggestion was the winner - Pringles.

[Auggie]

84. Fearless -- a dog afraid of it's own shadow n/t

[Kerrytravelers]

86. I have a cat who did nothing but sneeze when he first came home. His name is Sniffles.

And my other little buddy is constantly on the go. His name is Pitter-pat.



Pitter-pat and Sniffles

[newcriminal]

88. My late dog.

No he isn't dead that's his name "my late". He is always the last of the animals to come when he's called.

[Brother Buzz]

89. Mighty Manfred the Wonder Dog

[madmom]

90. When my kids were young they had a black cat they named BOO, the little neighbor girl

adopted the sister of said cat and wanted to name her cat Boo too. No matter how we tried to explain it to her how it wouldn't work she insisted so her parents named the cat Butu.

[PassingFair]

92. Sprocket is the name of our Corgi....

It completely SUITS him.

We were going to name him "Scooter", but
he just LOOKS LIKE Sprocket!

[Paper Roses]

93. How about the Golden Retriever whose name is Molson?

[applegrove]

94. Someone in my neighbourhood had a bouvier named "bear". I always liked that.

[omega minimo]

96. What's a bouvier?

[applegrove]

100. A big, black, hairy dog. See the link below.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=bouvier+des+flandres&meta=&aq=0&oq=bouvier

[omega minimo]

103. Oh, thanks!

:hi:

[omega minimo]

97. Maybe the cat liked the rain.

[Captain Hilts]

99. Our cat, Mr. Peabody. A red cat that was a dog in a cat's body. Very friendly. Very stupid. nt

[Shell Beau]

102. I am going with my FISH's name.... Eelvis.

He/she is an eel. Seemed appropriate enough. My dog's names are Hutch (RIP), Lolly, and Hank.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

105. Just remembered another good one: Zool.

He was the roommate of the aforementioned Renfield.

[EFerrari]

113. Those names have to win.

lol

[kwassa]

106. A black dog named Snowflake.

along with a white cat named Midnight.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

108. Cain.

Cain was a little runt cocker spaniel that belonged to my BF when he moved in with me.

Cain was about six months old, when his momma had another litter, of two. Cain killed one of the pups.

Therefore, he was Cain because he slew his brother.

<rimshot>




The sister that survived was Sera, short for Seraphim. Their momma was Angel.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

109. Two cats.

Named Strabismus and Nystagmus.

Owned by a student in the University of Houston College of Optometry.


=============

One cat named Ben.

Then Ben had kittens, so Ben became Ben Her. :D

[csziggy]

110. The One and Only Original Vanilla Caramel Ice Cream Cat

When he was curled up he looked like a bowl of vanilla ice cream with caramel sauce drizzled over the top. Really cool cat.


My sister had a cat she named Screaming Yellow Zonkers. He was slightly yellowish, screamed a lot and was totally insane, so it fit him perfectly.

[paulsby]

111. kind off topic but i used to have a pet snapping turtle named

"fluffy".

i still think that is funny, and the best pet name ever.

i also had a cat named "zeus", so i could call out "hey zeus".

lol

[Patiod]

115. Judy and Betsy

dogs owned by my friend's boyfriend Chip and his sister Buffy.

We used to call their house "the place where the people have dog names, and the dogs have people names."

[grace0418]

116. I know an Aleister Meowley. Mine are (were) Frank and Beans. eom.

[Rosie1223]

117. There was a stray tomcat in our neighborhood that was missing part of an ear

from numerous fights he's been in.

We dubbed him "Evander".

[Bertha Venation]

118. Skittles - so named because she kicked my ass!

True story. :)

[ScreamingMeemie]

119. Kittimus Prime...

Although I wanted her to name him Battlecat.