Aug
2012
What Would Your Name Be If Your Dog Had Chosen It?
I love infographics and this one from Pet 365 has got to be my all time favorite. I mean who doesn’t like to talk about dog names? As pet owners, most of us put a lot of time and effort into picking the perfect name for our dogs. I personally think I did a pretty good job picking out my dog’s names, well except for Plunger’s name. Poor Plunger, forever named after a plumbing tool.
Dog names graphic produced by Matt Beswick for Pet365. Click here to view the original post.
Now the question is, what name would they pick for me if they could?
I think Leroy would pick a goofy name for me, something like Petunia. He would pick that just so life would be difficult for me, that’s how he rolls. (no offense to anyone named Petunia.) Sherman would pick a sweet name for me like, Sugar or Precious. Plunger, well Plunger would pay me back big time, he would name me something like Flush or Skid Mark.
What about you? What name do you think your dog would pick for you?
janineinfrance
August 30, 2012 at 3:05 am (292 days ago)Great post! My dogs are Ella Fitzgerald, Churchill and Frank Bruno! I think if they could name me they would repay the compliment and name me Toto after one of their own legends – Dorothy’s dog in the Wizard of Oz!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:06 am (290 days ago)Oh! I love your dogs name! How creative!
LOL, I love that they would name you after one of their legends!
Daisy
August 30, 2012 at 4:18 am (292 days ago)Bella and Roxy came with their names. As they were 5 months old, we just kept them.
I, Daisy, am the memorial scottie and I’m named after HER mother’s favourite flower.
We don’t know what we’d name her….probably something short and attention getting.
XXXOOO Daisy, Bella & Roxy
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:07 am (290 days ago)That is so cool that Daisy is named after your favorite flower!
Eva or sometimes Priscilla
August 30, 2012 at 5:52 am (292 days ago)The cartoon is really cute! There are so many royal doggies and their names are cool!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:07 am (290 days ago)Thanks!
emma
August 30, 2012 at 6:28 am (292 days ago)I think I would call my mom crazy woman – she is nuts a lot of times but in a fun good way – kind of Indian too and since we live in MN now no one would find it so odd!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:07 am (290 days ago)LOL, I think crazy would somewhere be in my name too!
kristi
August 30, 2012 at 7:18 am (292 days ago)Skid mark? Way too much info sister Jen! Sometimes your humor is just beyond me!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:08 am (290 days ago)Shut it, I don’t have skid marks, that’s just what Plunger would name me because it is embarrassing!
houndstooth
August 30, 2012 at 8:27 am (292 days ago)I love that infographic!
Hmm… Well, Bunny would probably look for something that sounds worthy of her aristocratic status. Victoria or Madeline or something like that. Morgan and Blueberry would probably agree with her. Kuster would probably just call me Chicken, since he thinks that’s what I tasted like!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:08 am (290 days ago)LOL, Chicken! Now that would be a unique name!
Holly @ A Pet's Life
August 30, 2012 at 9:16 am (292 days ago)I love that depending on who you ask you might have Skid Mark or Precious as a name! I think I’d be named Lady – mostly because that is how I feel with most pets, like some ‘Lady’ who takes care of them!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:11 am (290 days ago)I know, total opposite names depending on who you ask!
I was thinking of the name Lady too! “Hey Lady! Feed me!”
2 brown dawgs
August 30, 2012 at 9:47 am (292 days ago)Great graphic. I think my dogs would call me “Big Meanie” because I make them follow the rules.
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:12 am (290 days ago)Ha-ha, I’m sure the would name you Sweetie:)
Peggy Frezon
August 30, 2012 at 9:56 am (292 days ago)I think Kelly and Brooks might name me Softie or Pushover.
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:12 am (290 days ago)LOL, Softie is a good one!
Two French Bulldogs
August 30, 2012 at 10:27 am (292 days ago)Cute poster. We have seen it before. Thanks for the post
Benny & Lily
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:17 am (290 days ago)Thanks, I think this one is adorable!
Blueberry's human
August 30, 2012 at 11:04 am (292 days ago)Treat dispenser! Probably TD for short.
Skid mark? That’s hilarious!
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:17 am (290 days ago)Ha-ha! I love that!
Jackie Bouchard
August 30, 2012 at 11:43 am (292 days ago)Hehehehehe. Funny. I love this infographic too (have a draft post ready for tomorrow on it!). Not sure what Rita would name me… She does think I’m awfully special (which of course makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside – just like she is warm and fuzzy on the outside…) so she’d maybe name me “Regina” or “Queenie”. Then again, she also likes to use me as a punching/wrestling partner, so maybe Sugar Ray.
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:18 am (290 days ago)I like Sugar Ray! Sweet and tough! perfect!
Taryn
August 30, 2012 at 11:47 am (292 days ago)Fun post!
Now I know my agility instructor would say Jimmy was calling me “YO! Be-atch!” when he would sass me for correcting him. He is quite the bossy boy so that might be close to what he’s saying
Wilson is always a sweet, respectful boy so he probably calls me “Ma’am”.
And at dinner time, both boys shout in unison, “Hey! FoodLady! Hurry up!”
Jen
September 1, 2012 at 11:19 am (290 days ago)LOL, I thought of a few curse words that Leroy would like to name too:)
Flea
August 30, 2012 at 12:22 pm (292 days ago)I like Petunia. That would probably work for you. My dogs would probably name me Chicken Mom (they’re jealous). Or Food Pusher.
Dachshund Nola and her Mom
August 30, 2012 at 12:24 pm (292 days ago)I love that infographic! No idea what Nola would name me. Weight Nazi perhaps? I’m always breathing down peoples’ necks about not feeding her LOL
Nola’s Mom
Nichole
August 30, 2012 at 12:49 pm (292 days ago)LOL, I just spit coffee on myself when I read Skid Mark
Jodi
August 30, 2012 at 4:29 pm (291 days ago)Oh my sweet skidmark, I can only imagine the names my dogs would call me if they had the opportunity. Some things are better left unsaid.
Jen K
August 30, 2012 at 5:43 pm (291 days ago)Hahahaha. You are hilarious.
All my pets have pretentious people names that signify just what kind of nerds we are.
Moses – after Moses Maimonides, philosopher (not the parted-the-sea Moses, as most think)
Alma – short for Amelia, as in Amelia Earhart.
Isaac – as in Isaac Newton
Emma – Jane Austin’s title character in novel of the same name
Therefore, assuming the pets respect this, they’d return the favour. Or they’d give us dog names, since we gave them people ones: Spot, Fido, Fluffy, Scruffy. Or maybe they’d go in the complete opposite direction, picking low-brow names (Honey-Boo-Boo, anyone? God help us.).
I’m glad this is a hypothetical.
Jana Rade
August 31, 2012 at 12:03 am (291 days ago)That is a good question, what would Jasmine name me? Firstly, I think dog would be more likely to use “native Indian” type of names than the typical ones. That’s my theory, anyway. It makes sense to me that if a dog was to give a name, they’d want it to describe some meaning.
Going with that theory, I guess I’d be named either
“The sucker who does everything I ask her to” or “The kind provider”. I’d be more partial to the latter.
Julie
August 31, 2012 at 2:09 pm (291 days ago)Petunia is actually pretty cute! Our neighbors have a cat named Dumpster (because they found him in a dumpster) poor kitty. He is the bad boy on the street, I think it’s because he is pissed off about his name!
I’m not sure I want to know what Cali would name me
tylersat99
September 1, 2012 at 2:23 am (290 days ago)I’m going to go with things the dogs know so Mica who is loving, gentle, cuddly and rarely ever bad. When I walk in her eyes light up, her tail wags gently and she smiles. Something that would make her smile would be a cool breeze. I think Mica would name me Breeze. Lexie has always been one to argue. She minds very well, doesn’t break rules, watches over everything and love us a lot. However Lexie’s opinion I’m sure is always opposite of mine and she tells me. Going with things she knows I think she would name me Storm. One who stirs things up to disagree with. Come to think of it those would be perfect names for all of us
tylersat99
September 1, 2012 at 2:31 am (290 days ago)I left woods walks out because that is a complete different set of rules, emotions. And beauty
Misty Shores Chesapeakes
September 1, 2012 at 11:06 pm (289 days ago)Great post Jen and skid mark…too funny!
I think mine would name me Meal Time or Bone because I honestly think they look at me as a big food and treat dispenser