OT: Apologies and Processes

First, I apologize to any & all I've offended with any posts this week. Plain & simple, the stress & pain have turned out to be more than I can handle, and that's on me. I once mentioned that when someone posts something that seems out of character, there's usually a reason. Mea Culpa.

Next, I'm curious about the *processes* people go through in naming their QIs. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR NAME SUGGESTIONS. Thanks, but we have that covered; the list is down from 144+ to 12 this morning. I am curious about the *process* - did you (like us) make a list and then use some method of elimination? Did a name just pop into your head? Did your QI name themselves by some act/behavior? Did your kids just pick one out of thin air? Did you have it planned ahead of time? Something else?

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith
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I'm not very creative with names. I tend to use old standbys- Daisy, Missy/Misty, Teddy, Mojo, Samson/Samantha/Sammy, Bingo, Lucky, Midnight, Honey, Max, Suzy, Liz, Tessie, Barney, Clyde, Dusty, etc. Boring, but everybody can pronounce and spell them... like at the vet's office. The most unique is my darling goofy Golden named Hoover. Yep, named after the vacuum cleaner and for good reason. If you've ever known a Golden or Lab you will understand the reason! LOL (And I didn't name him- he came already appropriately named!)

Can't much help you out! ;-)

Feel better soonest!

Leslie & The Furbabies in MO.

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Leslie& The Furbabies in MO.

It was usually the kids who found the right name somehow. A few QI's got named by their behavior though and again, it ended up fitting perfectly. We name our cars too, stupid I know, but after driving a car for awhile, they seem to take on a personality all their own. Be paitient, the right name will evolve in a day or so. Donna

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dealer83

I understand the cranky mood for whatever reason. It has been a long grumpy summer here for several reasons. Lea dog was a female Leo. Her birthdate was approved by my astrologer dad so that fit. Georgia was chosen after hearing Boz Skaggs sing the song of that name while I was in the grocery. Georgia made me think of the red soil of Georgia and she is kind of a big red gal. Ginger dd came up with. We wanted a 'G' name to go with Georgia so we could call them the G or golden girls. Helped that Ginger on the group here is a pretty neato gal and so the name had a very positive feel to me. Ginger and Georgia took over a week to name. Just took a bit to feel right. DH names cats mostly. Personality traits seem to be his choice. Friends have a dog named Cowgirl. Kids picked that one. ; ) I think sometimes it just takes time to get a feel for a pet before you can name it. I'll look forward to hearing what you choose for that cute lab. Taria

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Taria

My parents' cat was named as a literary reference - she met the description of Dinah in "Alice in Wonderland"

My first two cats were like their mother (Fun Kuo) & uncle (Siu Mai) named after Chinese food. I knew I would call my first cat "Ow Yuk" after finding it so amusing on a dim sum menu (little prawn & pork steamed meatballs/dumplings) but I also had his little sister who was a very black tortoiseshell so she was Blackbean.

Of our current cats, the first was named by the boys when they found him (Smokey as he is grey) and the other two had names when we got them, oddly enough again literary references: Malicia (more usually called Mally or "Twitty Kitty") and Rock (Rocky aka "Fridge Magnet")

Oh, and my daughter's bearded dragon is called Dexter - another book (and TV) tie in.

Dunno if that helps, but it worked/works for us.

Hope the pain returns to bearability for you and have lots of fun with your new pup.

Lizzy

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Lizzy Taylor

Well, let's see...out of my five QI's

BOOTSIE -- That one is obvious, no?

YODA-- He had huge ears and a pointy face. DS was in the STar Wars phase and used to fold his ears down and say "Force be with You." He did look like a Yoda.

FRANK: A Siamese named after the original ole Blue Eyes

BOSLEY: This one just popped in my head. He's dark orange with a serious case of lentigo, a bad attitude and huge for a cat. He's just like the obnoxious red-headed, freckle-faced kid we all went to school with. (apologies if you *were* that kid, ha ha)

BISKIT: One night during a horrible sleet storm we were watching "Seabiscuit." I looked up and this beautiful, though emaciated calico cat was looking in the window. We live miles from nowhere. No idea where she came from. It just fit her.

I have been very involved in our humane society (this is my 10th year on the Board of Directors). Names are *very* important! Names can even influence adoption. People would relinquish animals and bring them in with the worst names, and I always insisted we change them. But change them *just a little* so the dog would still recognize it. So "Booger" would become "Sugar", and "Snot" would become "Spot."

Sherry

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Sherry

Whatever you choose - be sure to stick your head out the door and yell it. Some names just simply don't call well. Avoid names such as 'Effenphiesterfoid' and 'Dammit'. Polly

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Polly Esther

All of the methods you list - at one time or another!

Black bunny - what is black? lots of hackneyed ones; then Shadow = perfect for her. White bunny " what is white? Snowy? well, yes, but.... eventually = Polo.

Most intriguing: beautiful silver cat; regal head and bearing. All the way home from breeder = Aslan (from the Lion, the Witch ...). But, when he came into the house and bounded around, he had to be = Tigger (it has been perfect for all of the 12 years ....

One rabbit I named after a dear friend = Rosie (for Rosemary)

One cat we named after another cat, in memory of her.

Lots like naming quilts really >g< . In message , Dr. Zachary Smith writes

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Patti

Fret not. We all go through it. Great thing about this group is that we *know* that, accept, and move on. :)

Our first cat arrived under his own steam... Strolled in, aged about 16 weeks, snuggled up with us, and stayed for 16 years. He was a typical ginger moggie: splodge-patterned tabby markings with a tiny white patch under his chin. An archetypical marmalade cat, so that was it: Marmalade. Sorted!

After a few years, we acquired a second one. This was a garden tiger: lean and rangy, with soft fluffy fur about an inch or so ling. He was ginger and white too. Much more white than the first cat. Ok, so you have to have something to spread all that Marmalade on, so he got called Muffin!

Once those two had gone, we acquired two kittens: ginger and white, this pair. About half ginger and half white. Litter brother and sister. Curled up in a heap, they looked like bowls of breakfast cereal, so we stayed with the breakfast food theme: Cornflake for the boy (he has all the brains of a cornflake, but is really soppy and affectionate), and Sugar Puff - because she's small and very sweet!

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Kate XXXXXX

Next dog I get no matter what what breed or heinz 57 ...the name will be Gussy. After the dog my gramma had when I was so young.

Donna in WA

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DEM

Hi Donna, My grandmother had an Aunt Gussy! I had to laugh! Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

Cats over the last 30 years:

Tippet (Tippy) 1 year old and already named by previous owner because she had aq white end to her tail.

Frith - A Red Burmese (Tippy's son). Frith is the name the rabbits call the sun in Watership Down. An aristocratic name for a rather simple cat!

Chadwick (Chad) - a rescue cat, named by the cattery as he was brought in as a stray in a banana box with Chadwick on the side!

Hodge - current elder statesman. Rescue cat originally called Rizla. Looked Rizla up to see if there was any meaning to the word, and found only one and who wants to be called after a cigarettte paper used for rolling goodness knows what. Hodge was the name of Samuel Johnson's cat who he described as "A very fine cat, a very fine cat indeed". Hodge thinks he is very fine!

Mia - was originally going to be kept by DS, but mother cat Polly (called Polly as she liked to sit on shoulders like Polly Parrot) was about to have another litter so Mia came to stay with us when we adopted her brother Kiwi, until 'Mummy was able to have her back'. Hodge thinks she is his kitten, (even after 3 years) so needless to say after 3 months here she stayed. (DS kept two kittens from the second litter, but after Polly threatened to kill them if they didn't leave home, and also started to get aggressive towards human, they were re-homed (together), and Polly returned to normal and shoulder sitting.

Kiwi. His name came by accident. When I first fell in love with him at 1 week and we decided to have him, I said we'll have to call him Kiwi because he's all black (for those who aren't into Rugby, the New Zealand (Kiwi) Rugby Team are called the All Blacks. It was just a passing remark, but he became Kiwi. He always gets special attention from our NZ vet!

I used to feel really sorry for a neighbour's cat called Tiddles!

Sally at the Seaside~~~~~~~~~~~~~uk

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Sally Swindells

Great thread . . .

R.T. - Retriever - stood for Real Trouble but the name was too long to yell out so shortened. Ryan's Ebony Magic - a beautiful Black Chow Chow Scheme - the most wonderful Pekingese - her registered name; Ryan's What's the Deal Schemel. I have no idea what that meant, but Scheme fit her perfectly - always scheming to get her way and most of the time she did. Current QI's are two Chiweenie brothers - a mix of Chihuahua and Dachshund. We adopted them from the no-kill sanctuary here in Las Vegas. Captain T who is the bigger of the two and Runner Man who is thin and sleek - man can he run. It took us about 3 years after Scheme's passing to Rainbow Bridge (a full life of 13 years) before we could allow another QI to steal our hearts. I'm glad we did cause these two certainly give us love and enjoyment.

The process in naming them took a day of watching their behavior and then seeing how they would react to the name - heck, they might as well like it too!

Thanks for posting this question - fun to read through the responses.

Carl R in Henderson, not far from Sandy in Henderson :-) quilts, crafts, personal website:

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Next, I'm curious about the *processes* people go through in naming their QIs. I'M NOT LOOKING FOR NAME SUGGESTIONS. Thanks, but we have that covered; the list is down from 144+ to 12 this morning. I am curious about the *process* - did you (like us) make a list and then use some method of elimination? Did a name just pop into your head? Did your QI name themselves by some act/behavior? Did your kids just pick one out of thin air? Did you have it planned ahead of time? Something else?

Doc

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Carl R

Hi Doc, hope you get feeling better soon. I get cranky when I have sinus headaches. Family will just avoid being around me! My little dog was 3 months old when we rescued him, It took a few days for him to name himself. He looked like milk chocolate and his feet looked like he stepped into peanut butter. And he loves peanuts! He is Reese (peanut butter cup.) My son's big dog is black with long fun and she was rescued off an Interstate where she was under a bridge. Cars were trying to avoid hitting her. Her name is Troll and she is well trained. Don't know how anyone could not like this dog, except she has a BAD BODY odor! We have changed dog foods, sprinkled her food with garlic & vegetable oil, given her vitamins and we still can't get rid of the smell. Any suggestions? We have taken her to a groomer where she was clipped and washed. Two hours later and the smell is back! Barbara in SC

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Bobbie Sews More

Re: naming QIs

My QIs name themselves. I guess the names just pop into my head. We had a very straggly, ugly, stray, feral cat adopt us many years ago, his name was Steve. He had broken bones and was so afraid of people that it took me four months of talking and singing to him before he would jump into my lap. I took one look into his eyes and knew immediately that his name was Steve. He was a great gentle toothless guy who just melted my heart and lived here for many years.

Ginger, my current Schnoodle, is the color of cinnamon and ginger, hence the name.

Brigit, was named by my son, who also named Pippin and Kaz.

The only animal who was named by DH is my other Schnoodle, Wolf. He no more looks like a wolf than I do, he weighs 15 lbs and is all soft and cuddly. We call him Wolfy, but deep in our hearts, both Wolfy and I know his name is really Leroy.

Go with your heart when naming critters, otherwise the names never seem to fit right.

Denise

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Denise in NH

Yeah, a lot of the names on our list come from Yiddish. I'm not Jewish, but I grew up in a predominantly Jewish school district so I picked up some of the terms that got tossed around.

My dad used to name all his cars. I started to, but they just don't seem to have the same character they used to.

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

I'm terrible, but shouldn't that have been "Ew Yuk!"?

That one I'm up with. The epitomy of "anti-hero".

Every lil' bit helps.

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

How do you think I eliminated the first half of the list? :-)

A neighbor across the street and down a few had a yellow lab called Boomer at the same time. It was years before we finally met and found out.

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Dr. Zachary Smith

Brown dog - what is brown? Do we really want to go there? 8^P

Doc

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Dr. Zachary Smith

Our first pet (tiny apt) was a hamster named T.H. (The Hamster)

Like Polly says, try yelling that out the door... (Yeah, I know - call names)

In German it's both a surname and it means "stool" (the kind you sit on).

For me too.

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Dr. Zachary Smith

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