[HairOfTheDog]

I like Brown Bombshell! It has spunk!... but why those names? The only breeders I've known with naming requirements involved naming according to the letter of the alphabet that corresponds to the litter number, i.e. first litter=A names, Second litter=B names... and so on.

[AnAmericanMother]

When I bought her, I was so ignorant I had no idea but that was what the breeder wanted. I could ask the breeder why, I guess . . . but she had a typed up list of names, and the pups that were already sold had names crossed off the list.

I think Brown Bombshell actually fits her pretty well, because she is a looker and she's full of energy - certainly better than Lady Godiva (she's no lady, even though she has no clothes on), and Chocolate Cheese is just right out . . .

In the South, at least, it used to be traditional for hunting dogs to have classical (Greek or Latin) names. I don't think the tradition is followed any more, a lot of them seem to have rednecky/ country music sort of names now. Just got my Hunting Retriever News with the report on the Grand, and one of the winning dogs was somebody-or-other's That Thang's Got a Hemi. Made me laugh.

[Darnright]

Woody the Belgian Malinois turns 12 this Christmas Eve. His registered name is Crocs' Blanc's Christmas Rush. He's named after the season, and after a certain harmless, lovable little fuzzball (c;