BS: Help name our new dog?

Subject: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 04:33 PM

Our Luna was bored and needed a playmate, so today we went to Pet Smart and met with the Petsamaratins who drive over from Utah, every other weekend to adopt out dogs. They had a ten month old border collie, which looks more like a McNab BC, like our old Merlee. Anyway, she came home with us and she and Luna are getting along great, as are the cats and grandson with her. Looks like a GOOD fit. I told Rog we could consider her an early b-day present to me.:-)

Anyway, her previous owners claimed they'd had her since she was two months and only noticed when she was ten months that she was a girl and squatted to pee on their perfect grass, so they turned her in! Idiots!

So, her name right now is "Minnie" which none of us like and it doesn't fit her personality, so how about some suggestions? I think it'd be best if it had the same sound at the end as "minnie," but different.:-)

She is sweet, fast on her toes, and looked like some kind of so-fast-it-was-a-blur-fish when going after a ball a few minutes ago. She can leap at least five feet, all four feet off the ground and shows the BC intelligence.

So put yer thinking caps on and the winner gets a prize to be determined.**bg**

Thanks,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Georgiansilver
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 04:50 PM

Well you already have 'Luna' (Lunar).. so how about 'Sola' (Solar)?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: catspaw49
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 04:56 PM

Jamie

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bert
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 04:56 PM

I think you should live with her for a while until the right name suggests itself.

Our cat was officially named M&M but after a couple of months his real name became obvious and now he is "Floppy Cat"

From what you have said so far "Speedy" might be an option, but give it a few weeks.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Ed T
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:00 PM

How aboutb Sylvie?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:33 PM

How about Squat?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Neil D
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:47 PM

Annie?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Rapparee
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:51 PM

Chewy? Jumper? Piddles?

Wait. She'll name herself.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Amos
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:52 PM

Maximinnian?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 05:52 PM

LOL...thanks, folks! From the suggestion of Sola, we are thinking of going with Soli/Sully or maybe la dulce only pronounce it "dull-see."

Can't go with Sylvie due to my dad's widow, Sylvia, not one of my fav. people.:-)

Definitely like unusual and, like Bert says, we may have to live with her for awhile before the right one comes up. Keep 'em coming, folks, and thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 06:44 PM

Well, you love her, don't you? You think she is sweet?

So

HONEY

~☺Michael☺~

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bobert
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:04 PM

I'm kinda leanin' toward "Tik"...

You know, Luna 'n Tik...

B:~)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:13 PM

Spaw would be a good name.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Paul Burke
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:18 PM

Border collie... female..

Walter Scott's ballad heroines tend to be nameless or have one of a small collection of token names (Jane, Jeannie, Janet....), reflecting the status of women in that primitive society... but Madge Wildfire has a ring to it, and will appeal to Hearts fans.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Ed T
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:21 PM

Tia-TIA?
TIA Thanks In Advance
Tia Maria
Tia Greyhound rescue group
(But, not a transient ischemic attack)
TIA

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:29 PM

Dan... "Spaw"

One syllable, which is important when naming a non-human, and just seams to be a good name.

Kat... "She is sweet, fast on her toes, and looked like some kind of so-fast-it-was-a-blur-fish when going after a ball a few minutes ago. She can leap at least five feet, all four feet off the ground and shows the BC intelligence." Reminds me of Spaw, mentally at least.

>;-)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Ed T
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 07:30 PM

Jessie, the dog from the satirical novella Animal Farm by George Orwell, is portrayed as a Border Collie in the 1999 film version

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Beer
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 08:19 PM

How about "Puter", so when she is out and you want to call her you would shout "Come-puter".computer.
Or how about "Arf". So when you are calling her you would be shouting ARF!, Arf! arf!

I know they are old jokes. Here are a few that sound close to "minnie".
Bonnie, Angie, Annie, Brownie and Aggie. I like Bonnie.
Adrien

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bert
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 08:21 PM

Gnu, the only time old Spaw gets all four feet off the ground is when he's on the job.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 08:40 PM

Not at all meeting the rhyme criterion but fits with her high jumping: Pogo.
Closer to the rhyming thing: Ricochet (Rickie for short)

I wouldn't worry too much about making the name rhyme for the sake of the dog. Years back we adopted a 16-month old shepherd-lab mix, named Norman after a horror movie character. Within a day he understood very well that when we said "Rudy" good things happened to him--food, love, walk, fetch.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 08:51 PM

So, she's American and exhibits all the positive personality attributes of.. "Barbie" ?


ok, how about, perhaps so obvious but.. "Collie" ?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Bizibod
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 09:23 PM

You say she's a doll - Dollie sounds nice to me
*¬)
*

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 09:31 PM

Beer... "Puter"... I love it... hahahaha.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bill D
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 09:34 PM

Phydeaux

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Beer
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 09:53 PM

Love that name Bill. Spelled your way. There is a great dog joke about this Cajun's hunting dog spelled Phydeaux. Wish I still had it on tape. it was very very funny.
ad.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 10:33 PM

Then there's my name "Hookey" - sounds good to me.

Or, seeing as Borders are notoriously mental {I KNOW, I used to take one for long walks}

"Barmy"


Or, a tribute to one of England's dearest loved wartime singers "Jessie"

Or one of Englands fattest banjulele playing singers "Tessie"....

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: gnu
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 10:39 PM

Sorry about the spelling. I ain't up on my French... well, Acadian French anyway, but...

Vien'cit la, Phydeaux. I said SIT LA, m***********!

Is that part of it, Beer? I can't recall it, but I heard a joke where that was part of it. There is a guy here who does mostly French venues and he mixes in English words in such a way as the Acadians do in everyday language that would crack you up. He's VERY funny. Dunno why I have never seen this guy on TV... Just For Laughs festival?

Then again, I have never seen some other locals on Just For Laughs either and they are surely better than some of the thousands of reruns aired on The Comedy Channel. Money, I guess.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 10:42 PM

Well, my first thought was Chantey : P , but after your description I thought Rocky, short for Rocket, because she moves quickly. Now, most people think of Rocky being a man's name, but I think it is also used for women named Raquel, although in that case it may be spelled differently.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Ebbie
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 11:26 PM

Well, since Merlin was such a special dog, how about a name for the new babe that honors him and invokes his powers? Like Merrily, or Linnet/Linnie, or Meribeth/Bethy, or ?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: ranger1
Date: 24 Mar 12 - 11:36 PM

I like Beer's suggestion of Bonnie.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:33 AM

I like Merrily, but I don't think the rest of the family would go for it. Some of the other suggestions are good, some funny, but nothing has struck as "just right," yet.

Oh, and she is definitely a McNab like Merlee was..so quiet and right beside you anticipating what's next, but without all of the "barmy" as mentioned above of BCs.:-) That is a fun suggestion...I kind of love it...goes along with Luna getting called Luna-Tik once in awhile, old joke or not.:-)

Tilly is in consideration as I've always liked it since taking care of an old lady in a nursing home whose name was Tilly Olguin (Ohl-geen soft "g".)

Off to go look up more Scottish names. Thanks, ya'll! We keep referring to her as "the new one" so we have to hurry and come up with one or she'll start being known as the "Newbie!"

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bert
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 02:10 AM

Hinny might be a good name for a Border Collie.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 02:13 AM

"Hinny" is a NE variant of "Honey", the name I suggested above. I agree it would be appropriate for a border collie. But I still like the suggestion of sweetness inherent in "Honey".

~M~

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Ebbie
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 02:40 AM

You might keep in mind that in the USA a hinny is the get of a female donkey and a male horse. :)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Joe Offer
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 04:29 AM

I vote for "Spaw," but I'm dying to know what Himself would suggest for a name.....

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 04:57 AM

All feet five feet off the ground - "Jordan" (not the UK's enhanced slapper, but the US basketball player - wrong gender but who cares).

Or if you're sold on a girl's name "Winnie" - like, incidentally, the US RVs.

Or "Cindy" (Cinderella - cruelly treated by family then rescued)

"Tennie" - I don't know what it means but a friend's daughter is called that.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Monique
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:22 AM

I don't know what Bennie suggests in English but Bénie means blessed in French.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 07:10 AM

Benny is a very dim character in an old TV soap called "Crossroads" - a name ("Bennies") that politically incorrect UK soldiers gave the Falkland Islanders when Argentia last invaded there.

In the US Benny is a derogatory term used by year-round residents of the Jersey Shore to describe rude, flashy, loud, tourists from northern New Jersey and New York.

Benzedrine is the trade name of the racemic mixture of amphetamine (dl-amphetamine). The drug was often referred to as "bennies" by users and in literature.

Cambridge online dictionaries also give "a sudden period of uncontrolled anger; a tantrum"

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Monique
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 07:38 AM

Well Richard, it means I've got it all wrong!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 07:43 AM

Shiney
Jinni (a spirit)
Shimmy
I dream of jeannie (shortened)
Dreamy

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 07:53 AM

One owner's trash is another's treasure. Is she a jewel? Is she a gem? How about Gemma or Gemmie?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:17 AM

And thinking along the same lines, is she a hairy dog?

How about Lemmy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3Qqej8bHp8&feature=related

:)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:56 AM

An "old lady" (probably just over 30) who worked the food line at the high school cafeteria was picked up one day by a relative who brought her puppy along.

She called it "Kafir," although I'm not really sure of the spelling.

I presumed it's full name was "Kafir Terrier" but didn't have a chance to discuss it with her.

John

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:57 AM

Did somebody say "Offenbach"?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 09:30 AM

Or indeed JS - for JS Bark!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: John MacKenzie
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 09:36 AM

Doug

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bobert
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 09:36 AM

So, I guess that Tik is out of the running??? Oh well... Yeah, I guess that going to the door and yellin' "Luna!!! Tik" might have been a little awkward...

But on another matter... Border collies are nervous critters, Kat... So be ready to try to keep the new dog entertained...

B~

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 09:52 AM

Another name to honour Merlin: Magic. Alternative call names Madge or Maggie.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: gnu
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 10:36 AM

John... hehee

Banshee.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Wurzel Head
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 11:06 AM

Mother natures's most blessed gift - Scrumpy

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 11:50 AM

Still trying them out, poor thing does need a name. First night went well. No waking us up to go pee or anything and when I got up she was in "Papa's" recliner while Luna had the whole sofa to herself per usual!

Still thinking about Dulcie, Shemmy/Chamois (though she is not like a car-polishing cloth! She does shimmer in the light, so Shimmy is what brought us to Shemmy, that & the way she goes after a ball) and a couple of others, including Barmy! We really like more unusual. She is very calm, McNabs really differ from BCs in that.

Thanks, ya'll!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:01 PM

Mimi - French, rhymes well with Minnie & quite cute

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Monique
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:06 PM

Mimi

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:31 PM

I second ChanteyLass's suggestion of "Rocket." I was going to first it but I found the suggestion already in play as I read. :)

Kat, if you've paid any attention to Cesar Millan, be sure that as you blend this family that YOU are the pack leader. It makes it much easier on the dogs to know who is in charge.

My dogs have more than one syllable in their names, and still manage to know that I'm talking to them. I like the idea of having Luna and Rocket - you have a theme there.

My dogs have spice/seasoning names. I don't tend to give them people names any more, it confuses people in my life. (Please don't name her "Maggie").

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:36 PM

Naw, she won't be Maggie nor Mimi, as I have friends who carry those names.**bg**

Luna's full name is StellaLuna after a children's book of the same name, about a bat, which does not mean she is bat-like...she has starry colouring on a silver-grey "sky" and we love saying "LOOO-nah" to her.

As an homage to Art Thieme from whom I learned the song, Shake Shugaree, we are trying out Shoo-gah-ree with Shoog for short. So far she and the kid like it!

whaddaya all think?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:39 PM

That's nice!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 12:57 PM

great song, great name.

Here's the wonderful Elizabeth Cotton (with Brenda Evans on vocals):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXxgeNoDv6o


Elizabeth Cotten - Shake Sugaree lyrics
Have a little song
Won't take long
Sing it right
Once or twice

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my watch
Pawn my chain
Pawn everything that was in my name

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn by buggy
Horse and cart
Pawn everything that was on my lot

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my chair
Pawn my bed
Ain't got nowhere to lay my head

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my tobacco
Pawn my pipe
Pawned everything that was in my sight

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Have a little secret
I ain't gonna tell
I'm going to heaven in a brown pea shell

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my farm
Pawn my plough
Pawned everything, even pawned my old cow

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Pawn my hat
Pawn my shoes
Pawned everything that I could use

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

have a little secret,
I ain't gonna tell
I'm goin' to heaven and I ain't goin' no...

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned

Chew my tobacco
Spit my juice
We raise cain but it ain't a bit 'a use

Oh, lordy me
Didn't I shake sugaree?
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned
Everything I got is done and pawned.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Jeri
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 01:14 PM

Phoebe and Selene are are also moon-related mythological figures.

They have potential for easily recognized (by dogs), as would nicknames.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 04:24 PM

I like Phoebe, Jeri, thanks.

Another in the running: 'noobie which would be short for Anubis (I know different gender, but she kind of has that look!) and a new way to spell "newbie."*bg* Her ears go up at the sound of it.

For those of you who are "friends" can see a couple of pics of her on my Facebook wall.

Thanks!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:15 PM

Scoobie ? hmmmm..

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:15 PM

And/or "Doozie" as in she is a doo-zee!:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:21 PM

How's she interact out and about with male dog strangers

"Floosie / Floozy" ???

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:36 PM

No. 1 daughter suggested "Leelee" or spelled differently, so we'd have Luna and Leely?!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: WalkaboutsVerse
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 05:55 PM

Walkies?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 07:08 PM

Bella
Nuala (kinda Luna inverted)

Thinking about her luminosity:
Shine
Mina: ...one of a pair of twins in our village has been named Lumina, with the Rumanian pronunciation of Lu-MEE-na; she is called Mina for short.

I'll pipe up if I think of others (Piper?)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Crowhugger
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:07 PM

Hey great idea kat; I really like S(h)ugaree for a dog's name. Not really relating the personalities, it nonetheless mputs me in mind of Shug in The Colour Purple (from the book, I didn't see the movie till later and don't remember it as well).

Another Sugaree song...

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:26 PM

The former owners sound a bit dim. Most dog owners know that even male dogs squat to pee unless they are marking.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:27 PM

I vote for "Hinnie".

You do know that Border Collies are very active, and need room to run? They are also the most intelligent dog in the world.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 08:35 PM

and bloody destructive furniture and fittings wrecking vandals when they're left alone in a house and bored.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 10:25 PM

NOT MCNABS!! They are very calm, patient, and quiet. We've had one before, for over thirteen years,

Learn all about them HERE and, read about our old one HERE. (Written before we knew he was a McNab,)

So far LeeLee is getting the most repsonse from her.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: YorkshireYankee
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 11:24 PM

First name that occurred to me was "Sunny" (like Sola, goes nicely with Luna (IMHO), but ends with the "nee" sound). And it sounds like she's got a sunny disposish...

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 11:27 PM

I'm getting nostalgic yearnings for a dog again...
It's too impractical and probably never likely to happen.
But, a decent sized healthy crossbreed with mostly Border Collie would be my ideal choice.
Maybe Spaniel/B Collie mix again ?, like my first ever childhood dog.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 25 Mar 12 - 11:49 PM

Ya never know. I didn't think we'd ever have two dogs at the same time, again and here we are!

I've figured out why I like the sound of LeeLee/LiLi/Leighly so much...it's because I love the sound of ceildh (kay-lee though one site I read said it is kay-lay in Scotland.) I also like the Scottish name "Esme" which is short for Esteem. The one show I heard it used in pronounced it "ez-mee."

Sorry if I sounded a bit tetchy about McNabs. I should have just left "border collie" out of the description as it really is a misnomer. There is a real difference in temperament, though.

Thanks, again, folks!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:17 AM

She is sweet and quick on her feet, how about Twinkle?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,kendall
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:22 AM

Any dog can be destructive if not trained to be alone for a period of time. Training them for that is so simple. Leave it alone for a few minutes, then return and pet it. Then, leave it alone for a longer period. Keep doing that until you can leave it alone all day. All the dog needs to know is that you will come back, and it has not been abandoned.This can take a week or so, but it's better than having it destroy your house. It's not boredom, it's fear and frustration.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bert
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 11:02 AM

Well why not ceildh then?

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 01:01 PM

Why not, indeed, Bert! It is 99.99% positive that it will be Ceildh, just have to run it by the grandson when he gets home from school.:-) We will pronounce it kay-lee.

Thanks, everyone!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 01:58 PM

Well, then ~ please spell it Ceilidh, or the poor creature will be gravely disorientated...

And then will your Cat Laugh? Ours wouldn't!

❤~M~❤

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 02:08 PM

oops! Thanks for that, MtheGM! Our cats love her.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 02:09 PM

oops.. 99.99% of the outside world population will think she's named in honour of Kylie Minogue !!!???

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 03:35 PM

Well I guess I am ignorant, never heard of her and over here "Kylie" would be pronounced "kie-ly" as in "pie," so I don't see a problem with it.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: gnu
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 07:36 PM

"kaylee"

Excellent choice.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 08:35 PM

Ceilidh sounds good!

Kylie Minogue is an actress and singer who was born in Melbourne, Australia. I would describe her as a pop singer. If you've ever watched The Vicar of Dibley on PBS, there is one episode about the town planning a celebration and Geraldine badly wants Kylie to appear at it but knows that it won't happen because a star of Kylie's stature would never come to a small place like Dibley. But at the end of the episode, Kylie does arrive and Geraldine can hardly contain herself.

Here's a video of Kylie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f_gdeZFeIg&feature=related

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 26 Mar 12 - 10:35 PM

Thanks, gnu and CL. The only thing I can see our Ceilidh and Kylie Minogue might have in common is they are both skinny-minnies, but we're working on plumping Ceilidh up a bit, she's too skinny. I don't think her previous owners fed her very well.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: GUEST,CS
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 10:49 AM

Kayleigh

Became a very popular name in Scotland in particular after the success of this Eighties song.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 10:58 AM

Thanks, CS. I had thought of spelling it that way for the sake of the vets and staff etc. who're probably not familiar with "Ceilidh."

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Bert
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 03:20 PM

I would spell it Ceilidh just to have fun with the vet.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: maeve
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 03:44 PM

There's nothing wrong with expanding a few horizons, kat!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: PHJim
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 04:04 PM

A song called DOG by the late Tom Dundee has this verse:

The first few weeks were certainly strange
What with all that barking and thinking up of names
Old Blue he wasn't and Spot just didn't apply
So I settled on Harry, just because
Hairy he is and hairy he was
And that's how the house gets more and more as time goes by.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 04:14 PM

PHJim, thanks! That fits our Luna...she is a walking hairball at the moment with her winter fur!

I think I will stick with the Ceilidh spelling..ya'll are right about expanding horizons and our vets are good sports, anyway.

Second time HOME ALONE and someone decided to drag out all of the empty cat tins from the trash. Luna would never do such a thing, so you-know-who had a fun/guilty look to her when we came in and scolded. It looked like she'd had a blast and I am sure Luna had a few good licks, too. She didn't tear up all of the trash, just what was on top. Now she knows it is not allowed I don't anticipate any more trouble. She's smart and eager to please.

AND, they are actually playing rough and tumble together, today! Luna had been rather demure having been our only "child" and Ceilidh is definitely an alpha, but they've had a lot of fun and been safe with each other. It's a blast to watch. I know Luna came from having lived with at least one other dog and obviously missed having a playmate.

Thanks, again, my friends!

katproudmama

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: ranger1
Date: 27 Mar 12 - 06:23 PM

We'd thought about spelling Kaylee the cat's name that way, but took pity on our vet.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 12:16 AM

Well, we've had her one whole week and there has been a final (I hope!) name change! Ceilidh was not working out. No one but I could remember it, Morgan confused it with a classmate's name of Kylie and it didn't seem to fit, no appeal to her.

So, she is rechristened, A. Maizee Grace, Maizee for short after a dear friend's old dog from many years ago. I called my friend tonight to ask permission and she said her Maizee had just come to mind a night ago as she was thinking about getting a new second dog to keep her new dog company, just as we did for Luna. We're pretty in sync a lot of the time, so, through the phone call, it seemed like the Universe was telling her to get a second dog and for our grrl to become Maizee. This one really *feels* right. I've never had so much trouble choosing a pet's name before. Once again, thanks to you all. One week later and we are still just as pleased as ever to have her in our family.

ATB,

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 12:25 AM

Maizee may be learning what is allowed, but is the sensible owner who also puts the trash up out of reach. :)

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 12:35 AM

Nope, we won't always do that. She will learn. Today, there was not a hair out of place when we came back from an hour away. She is smart, McNab's are like border collies that way, but she has no problem with knowing that I am the alpha bitch!**bg** She's a good dog. She learned hand signals as well as voice commands in a day, no kidding, just like our old McNab. When I point down, stay, she parks it right where she is while Luna, who *knows better* takes her time, but does obey. Luna has more of a one task mind, i.e. THE BALL, whilst Maizee is concerned with where I am and what I may want her to do, just as Merlee was. (Our old McNab.) Theya re having tons of fun together and in visiting the neighbour's dogs through the fence.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 12:42 AM

I realize that when you choose a dog you choose characteristics of the breed. With Zeke here, the trash is up, because no matter how many times that dog is told "NO!" he WILL get into the trash. He is a food-seeking missile. I mentioned to a friend with 2 labs that, despite his having been neutered, he still has the balls to go after a lot of out-of-reach food. She laughed and said that to solve that problem we'd have to cut off the other end of the dog. "Counter surfing" is a term that was invented for Labrador retrievers. :-D

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 12:48 AM

A. Maizee Grace?

How Sweet The Sound...!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 01:09 AM

Thanks, MtheGM, that's it!

LOL, SRS, my sister had a lab like that. She even had an under-the-counter-with-a-door trash bin, but had to shut it with a bungee cord because he would always get into it, otherwise.

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 09:19 PM

So . . . are you the wretch she is going to save? : )

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: katlaughing
Date: 01 Apr 12 - 09:30 PM

Naw, I might be a Lost Cause!**BG** I'm hoping the wretch will be the yappy dachsie next door..she needs to be *saved* from being such a pest!

Subject: RE: BS: Help name our new dog?
From: Mrrzy
Date: 02 Apr 12 - 11:33 AM

Muddog, of course!