Haha Dave! A 'Molly flower'! That's so sweet.
I've always thought one should name a pet with something you can call easily. If it ends in 'y' this is ideal. We had cats called Smokey, Minty, Murphy and so on. I read on Mumsnet (I think it was) that some lady wanted to call her cat 'Jesus'! Everyone said that standing at her back door calling "Jesus! Jesus!" would have given her neighbours food for thought!
We once took in a poor little cocker spaniel called Pela just for the weekend. Her South African owners (we cleaned their house for them weekly) intended to go away and just leave her trapped in their concrete backyard. They were hard-hearted (and rather racist towards my black husband, which enraged me) so we took her home with us.
It was the first time we'd ever 'owned' a dog, and my husband was horrified that one was expected to lift the hot poo from the pavement in a thin plastic bag. But he manfully stepped up, and we walked Pela all over our lovely village. That dog was so delighted to live with us, and for the two days she spent the whole time in my arms on my lap or snuggled up to us in bed!
I'm afraid I cried when we took her back to those nasty people. But fortunately, they went back to SA and gave Pela to a nice lady they knew. Thank God!