I'm only passing on what I have read. my last dog (Tuli - pronounced toolie) who was also a black lab could mind read, for you only had to say the first part of a sentence and she knew the rest.
Do you want... ( to got for a walk) for example
the name is very personal - i nearly chose bracken myself, along with Maggie, bramble, Olive, Tinker, among others.

Geoff on the side