BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!

Subject: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:04 AM

I loved watching (mostly lurking) the process of the naming of Kat's beautiful new dog, A. Maizee Grace! Little did I suspect how soon I would need to call upon the Mudcat Hive Mind to help with the same situation. Next week we are getting a companion dog for our beautiful potcake, Nellie (shown here with my beautiful daughter, Maggie!).

Meet the puppy currently called "Bonita"! She is a Bahamian potcake pup, who will be coming to me next Sunday (Earth Day!).
Here she is again.

You can learn more about potcake pups at Potcake Place .

Here are some name requirements:
-No more than 2 syllables.
-Sounds different enough from "Nellie" that they will be able to distinguish who is being summoned.
- Can't be Maggie, another very common dog name.
_Nellie is named after "Nellie Bly" and "My Darling Nellie Gray" which are both tunes used locally for years for contra and square dances. An added bonus is if the new pup's name has a musical connotation!
-Not too "cute", not too "pop".
-Names under consideration are "Emma", "Gaia" (because of Earth Day, but it's being vetoed as reeking too much of patchouli!).

Any suggestions, o wise friends?

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:26 AM

Corkscrew.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: gnomad
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:33 AM

Vesta might be possible (think Tilley, rather than ready meals) then she can be a match for anything.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:35 AM

I've never heard of "potcake" - what is that? And I seem to remember seeing this very puppy on a rescue thread on facebook, is that correct? What is her story? Perhaps that will help people in name creation/selection.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:37 AM

Oops - "'Potcake' is the name given to the dogs of The Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands. It came about because the locals fed the caked remains of the cooking pot to the dogs."

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 11:42 AM

I once had a Dalmatian, I named it 'Pair-O'-Dice'.
I'll check yours out.......

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: SINSULL
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 11:56 AM

Alice?

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: open mike
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 11:59 AM

how about some Bahamian name? something that denotes something of the Islands? I also like "Neeta" (short for Bonita)

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bahamas

Originally inhabited by the Lucayans, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucayan

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ta%C3%ADno_people (Taino)

I like the sound of the name of this Island
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleuthera

eleutheria means "freedom" in Greek, while Ἐλευθερά eleuthera means "free".

She looks kind of caramel colored...

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Ebbie
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:04 PM

I vote for Bonny. (She looks bonny!)

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: LilyFestre
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:15 PM

I think she looks like a Lucy. :)

Cute and full of mischief. :)

Michelle

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:16 PM

Ok, I know Jamaica is not strictly near the Bahamas.. but I'm listening to a lot of reggae again these days...

honored names of classic reggae include :..

Jammy

Tubby

Bunny

Perry

Marley [already favoured for a recent big money hollywood move pup]

Mudie

Jolly


.. and tht's all I can think off the top of my head for now....

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Rapparee
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:17 PM

Ripper.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:27 PM

Bahamas - Calypso

Cally...

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:45 PM

Three syllables, but I second the "Calypso" suggestion.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 12:59 PM

Because her name has been Bonita, I was going to suggest what Ebbie has already done, but I would have spelled it Bonnie. I'm sure you can think of several songs with that (either spelling) in the titles or lyrics.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: frogprince
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 01:52 PM

Mocha

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: MGM·Lion
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 03:33 PM

Woof-woof?

Good name for any dog, I should have thought; tho have never known one with it.

~Michael~

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Gurney
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 04:07 PM

Deefer. Deefer Dog.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 06:45 PM

They are both adorable and your daughter beautiful, 2Ls! Thanks for the link about Potcakes.

I was going to say Sweet Cakes or Baby Cakes, etc. in connection with Potcake, but that's just for fun.

I have a Puerto Rican friend whose name is Abdulia, which she hates, but her nickname is Juji (jew-gee) which I've always liked. Might be too close to Nellie, though.

Have fun!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 06:53 PM

OK, I found the corkscrew, used it, and now I'll go give it some thought.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: gnu
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 07:12 PM

999.... Claret?

I always was partial to one syllable names. Like "Dawg." That's what an old hand at dog breeding told me... one syllable.

Odd... just this eve a neighbour with a new dog (9 weeks?) passed while I was on my evening walk. She let the small dog come toward me on the leash and it wanted to jump on me. I said "NO!" to the dog and she reined it in. She said, "Oh. He can't hurt you." I said that no dog should be allowed to jump up and that I could train the dog not to do so in less than an hour if she wanted me to do so.

She went on and on about how good the pup was and how she knew how to train a dog. I said, well, that's a good thing because now you can train it not to jump up on people. Next time we meet, I look forward to making friends with your dog but if it jumps up on me I'll slap it.

She was not impressed. Then again, she's not much smarter than the dog.

I find it odd that SO many people have NO idea how to train a dog but THINK that they know how to do it. I think it is worthy of considerstion that anyone who wants to get a dog should have to take a course on training and caring for a dog. No need for any fees... I am sure the likes of the SPCA could find volunteers to provide this service... a service for the dogs.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Bert
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 07:46 PM

Teapot.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 08:45 PM

Love it, Burt! It has a song connection and everything!

I love all the suggestions! I may need to get a whole pack of pups just for the names!
Kat, today my daughter texted me with the suggestion of "Luna"! Isn't that funny?

Keep them coming!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 08:51 PM

"999.... Claret?"

Is claret red and do es it sell for under $3.45 a qaurt? I f so, yes.

I'm thinking abuot namse.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: gnu
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 08:57 PM

Maybe in La Belle Province. Round here, ya can't get squat fer $3.95.

That's why so many Herring Chokers cross the border fer their booze.

Say, what bout "Clarey"? As in, GIVE ER SOME, CLAREY!" Ahhh, old Nova Scotian thing.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 15 Apr 12 - 10:53 PM

Luna is a kewl name, Allison, and works well. She knows she's in real trouble if I call her StellaLuna, though, unless I sing it to her to the tune from the movie Thomasina (with varied made-up lyrics):

StellaLuna, she of the amber eyes
StellaLuna, she has a wiggly butt
Such a pretty little grrrlll,
Such a darling sweet young thing
StellaLuna, don't ever go away.

LOL

I LOVE "Teapot!" And, you could spell it T-Pot!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 16 Apr 12 - 05:35 AM

Pat-a-cake:

    Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, roam this land;
    Pat us a cake as much as we can;
    Pat it and brush it and love it do we,
    Put it in the BIG bed with the other sweet three.

Callin' PAAAAAT-(uh)-cake... PAAAAAT-(uh)-cake...

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Apr 12 - 12:04 PM

Hello, Allison. I just clicked on the link with the picture of your new puppy. It seems to me that the most remarkable thing about her is her beautiful dark eyes.

I'm trying to think of people famous for large, brown eyes.

Audrey Hepburn
Mary Tyler Moore
Loretta Young...

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 16 Apr 12 - 12:10 PM

How's about ET.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 16 Apr 12 - 02:26 PM

Oh, 999, you silly thing!

Oh, yes, her eyes.... I just know I'm going to melt right into them! They remind me of seal eyes, so I suggested Selkie, but Hunt will have none of it!
Pretty sure we'll have to wait till we meet her, and perhaps she'll tell us her name!

Meanwhile, I'm loving the ideas and anecdotes!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 16 Apr 12 - 04:48 PM

She looks like an Audrey to me.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,ClaudeTheDog
Date: 17 Apr 12 - 12:21 PM

My wonderful dog's name is Bernice; we both like it and it seems to amuse the passersby she charms on her walks. She would be honored to share the name with your new pup if it suits.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Jack the Sailor
Date: 17 Apr 12 - 03:51 PM

Potty.

Think of it as a conversation starter! when people look at you funny you can explain where her breed comes from.

Also

You can giggle every time you say "Here potty!" or even better when you say "Go Potty! Go Potty! Go get the ball!"

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Richard Bridge
Date: 17 Apr 12 - 05:43 PM

I don't see what's wrong with "Bonita".

We rescued a cross-breed called "Benji" which was much to close to our existing "Bonnie" (the small Dane) so we named him "Benjamin" and it worked just fine.

But if you MUST - "Yellow" after Yellowman the reggae singer. It falls to the end of the name while Nellie rises so there should be no confusion.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,Guest from Sanity
Date: 17 Apr 12 - 09:27 PM

When we were 'young-ins' and hitting THAT age, we took in a stray...named it 'Stain'...and chuckle when my Mom, or others were calling it. At the time, it was hilarious.

GfS

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 17 Apr 12 - 11:45 PM

My friend had a yellow dog once whose name was Strider/Stryder. He was a really neat dog. She'd tell him to "sack-out" and he'd flop down and lie on his side right where he was.


What about Cecile or Cecilia? CC i.e. SeeSee? Easy to say. There are some women of reggae names HERE some of which are kind of interesting, imo.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Apr 12 - 03:45 AM

Lotta as in Lott-a-potta?**BG**

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: banjoman
Date: 18 Apr 12 - 05:31 AM

Once had a rabbit called Throat Ripper. The vet refused to treat it until we changed his name. He became Wesley and that would be a good name for a little dog as well. Named after a character from Star Trek.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,999
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 12:02 AM

OK, Allison, this is my last suggestion.

Dammit.

Think of the ease when training the pooch: Sit, Dammit; roll over, Dammit. Dammit, come here. Dammit, put your back legs on the paper, not just the front. Hey, it's a natural.

Regardless what the dog's name ends up being, that is one cute AND intelligent dog. Just plain looks smart. He(?) will be your worst nightmare unless you give his brain lots of things to ponder and work out.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: banjoman
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 06:03 AM

Great little dog - can I have your OK to use the picture as my computer wallpaper?

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Bert
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 08:01 AM

999, we had a dog called Dammit once. A little neighbor girl said to us "I am not allowed to say that" so we said, "You can call him Darnit"

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 10:12 AM

FYI: "Bonita" is a girl dog.:-)

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 02:21 PM

Yes, she's a girl-child-puppy-dog.

What are some other names for seals? We keep looking at her eyes... Yes, intelligent and such an old soul! Am I smitten? Nope, not me!

Sure, banjo man, you can use the picture; pm me for some more recent photos of utter cuteness. On the current foster mama's FB page there are also many photos that make me shake my head and sigh... She has been playing "dress-up" with my baby aho has been photographed in a butterfly costume, a sailor dickey, and a rhinestone collar. How are we gonna keep her down on the farm? We are simple, humble folk here.

We meet her in 3 days! Stay tuned for more photos and (we hope) a final decision on the name! You have (mostly) all been very helpful!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 05:05 PM

Well, found on another site: LuSeal, Seala or Sealia or Sealea?

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: Bert
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 08:26 PM

Lou Seal

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 19 Apr 12 - 11:50 PM

Couple more: Nana (as in Peter Pan) or pronounced in Korean as NAW-naaaaw. (I'm watching a Korean tv series called City Hunter and the main girl character's name is Kim Nana, first name pronounced "Keem" (soft on the "m")with the two run together. I like it a lot Keem-NAW-naaaaaw.

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 10:41 AM

Morgan was over this morning and called Maizee Grace "Poochy!" Hadn't thought of that in years. She loved being called a Poochy Hootchy Grrrrl!

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,olddude
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 10:51 AM

I like Bob Barker but you have a girl ... My brother had a basset hound named Peter Draggin cause it was.

My sister had a girl dog named "hoover" like the vacuum cleaner because she was always looking for food

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: GUEST,Hookey Wole
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 11:26 AM

Banjo....

Fiddle....

Whisky....

Brandy...


good folkie music related names..????

Subject: RE: BS: OK, now please help name MY puppy!
From: katlaughing
Date: 20 Apr 12 - 06:12 PM

Since you have a Nellie, what about Bly/Blygh/or however it is spelled?**bg**