[Tell It Right]

In China they're named:

Breakfast

Lunch

Dinner

[gundog]

I guess it’s still OK to assign gender to an animal. And why nit? Most of them get their gonads removed.

[BamaBelle]

My son’s dog is named Phydeaux...lol

[FlyingEagle]

A friend has a French Bulldog, and he wanted to give him a French Name. He lives in South Carolina, so wanted something southern in the name too. He said the dog’s face is all smushed up like a tater-tot. So:

Napoleon ‘Tater

I thought that’s pretty good.

[mewzilla]

I have had feline overlords all my life.

They pick their names.

[Bon of Babble]

I would also add “Archie” for male dogs - there are at least three dogs in my neighborhood with that name and one I encounter on my dog walk.

Milo is another overused dog name. Luna and Bella are everywhere for girl dogs.

Neighbor just got a new puppy and the daughter wanted to him him “Archie” - I advised against it, it’s become common in our area.

They settled on “Theo” instead.

[real saxophonist]

After my dad died, my mom got a Pekingese to keep her company. His name was Ewok, named by me, because that's what he looked like as a puppy.

[packagingguy]

Chloe...that was my cat who passed away a few years ago.

[moovova]

We used to use Rover...it’s a decent service. We found a lady that we loved and used her consistently. A lot of Rover sitters ARE NOT reasonably priced, but this lady was. Still, with two dogs, boarding was quite expensive. We eventually decided to look for “pet friendly” hotels and put the “sitter” money towards stays in those, if there was an upcharge.

As far as animal names...

We just let the animals decide their own names...just like we let them decide their own sex.

[Vermont Lt]

I don’t think there are “girl and boy” dogs and cats. There are male and female...

Using those terms just seems “grammar school”ish.

[glock rocks]

Booger’s feeling left out.

[Sirius Lee]

I would have thought either Kaden or Harper.

[1FreeAmerican]

My dog names...

Ali’i
Lassie (not my idea!)
Andrew
Bartholomew
Sunny
Ezekiel
Jedediah

And the latest... Dipper!

[Theophilus 7]

Orangeboy and Brucie
Father and son tabbies
I work hard so my cats can have a comfortable life!

[DJ MacWoW]

I have an 18lb black cat named High Jinx, just Jinx for short. My daughter named him because she said I had to stop calling him "Little S**t", it wasn't a proper name for a kitten. Trust me, my name fit.
The rest of the clan are Smudge, Socks, Sneakers, Tessa, Tamsin and Tipton Longcat.

[Fiji Hill]

I recently adopted a big seal-point Siamese cat who started showing up in my patio. I named him Calvin, after Calvin Coolidge. He has blue eyes, like our 30th president.

[marktwain]

It is wrong for them to refer to animals as "boys" and "girls".

They should use "males" and "females" or the correct terms:

For dogs: Dog and Bitch.

For cats: Tom and Molly.

[Fiji Hill]

My mother once named a cat Nannette, after a family friend. But when I informed our friend of that, she threatened to retaliate and name a cat after me.

[glorgau]

I named my first dog “Rufe” just so I would have fun calling him.

[Hatteras]

I had a dog named Doug. Good ol’ boy, now soaring with his pals in doggie heaven