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Topic: Need help naming my new dog....ideas????

Topic Posted by: intrigued
Date Posted: Thu Mar 27 8:37:18 2008
Additional Comments: Hey guys! One thing I know, soapers know all about unique names, so I'm coming to you. I am picking up my new puppy this weekend. "He" is an all white Great Pyrenees. They are huge dogs that sort of look like a white Newfoundland. My sister is getting his brother and she is naming hers "Denali" after the largest mountain in USA. I thought it might be cute to name mine after a location as well, since they are brothers. I thought of places like: Tacoma, Dakota, Montanna. Any ideas? Don't feel you have to limit your suggestions to geography, anything that sounds like it would fit a big dog would be great. THANKS FOR ANY AND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS!!!! I'll let you know later what I named him.

Posted by: CannaLily
Date posted: Fri Apr 4 8:17:29 2008
Message:

I like the names but can you have a nickname for it out of the original name? Here's examples of my pets.

Grace - English Pointer - I call her Gracie quite a bit.

Our 2 cats - follow me here. My oldest cat is named Raptor after the dinosauer. (sp). He lives up to his name because he's a huge mouser. We call him Rapinator (after The Terminator) and Rappy when we're loving on him.

Other cat I rescued when she was only 8 weeks old. We swore it was a male so we named "him" TRex to go with Raptor. Then we found out he's a she, and we just call her Rex or Rexie.

One of my dogs was named Sophie and I called her Sophia Maria for some reason.

We have a boston terrier named duchess, and we call her Duchy or Dutch Chocolate.

I guess I like playful names for pets. Our neighbor got a kitten and named her Barbara. We were ROTFLOL at the choice of names.

Posted by: intrigued
Date posted: Thu Mar 27 22:15:36 2008
Message:

Hi everyone! Thank you for all your suggestions! You all are very creative. I did look into the paint chips... great idea. I also looked into mountain names, as well as wine names. I did finally decide on Tacoma for quite a few reasons:

My sister's puppy (the brother to mine) is named Denali after the tallest mountain in Alaska. Tacoma is the tallest mountain in Washington (Mt. Ranier's original name was Tacoma before it was renamed after an explorer, hence the city of Tacoma at the base of the mountain). Also, the indian name Tacoma means "Snowy Mountain". That pretty much sealed the deal for me, since this dog basically is a "Snowy Mountain". And a final neat little added extra is that both my sister and my dog's names are names of vehicles as well. Nothing like keeping it in the family!

Thanks again, everyone for helping me out!

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Excellent choice. I love the name! Post us a pic of your pup..Roxie

Perfect name, I love it!

Posted by: Bristol
Date posted: Thu Mar 27 13:32:27 2008
Message:

I did some research on the actual mountain range that must connect spain and france and italy. Perhaps you can find a name relating to the mountains.

Highest mountain in the Pyrenees is a mountain called "Aneto"

Tavascan is a ski resort in the Pyrenees. You could call him "Tav"

"Punta del Sabre" is one of the higher points in the Pyranees. You could call him "Saber"

Believe it or not, there's a peak in the Pyrenees called "Collarada" --which kind of fits into your theme of Western States, but still has a Spanish Mountain range connection.

Similarly, there is a mountain pass in the French part of the mountains called "Col D'Aspin". You could call him "Aspin" and explain why you are spelling it with an "i" instead of an "a"

Posted by: Tosca
Date posted: Thu Mar 27 13:13:31 2008
Message:
When we had a brown puppy with no name, we went to the paint chips over at Home Depot, picked out a chip that matched her fur and ended up calling her Mocha. It was either that or "cowboy brown". Don't know how many ways the paint companies can describe white, but it's worth a try. The only white paint color I know of is "Navaho White", however. I don't think that makes a great dog's name.

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Tosca, we used to have a dog named ''Cowboy!'' fee

Posted by: maggimae
Date posted: Thu Mar 27 13:01:19 2008
Message:
Of the ones you mentioned, I like Dakota the best. Since he is so big, what about Hercules. Or, if you are set on naming him after a place, how about Grand Blanc which is French for Great White and there actually is a Grand Blanc, MI. Or maybe you can think of a place you visited and really liked.

Posted by: Janie
Date posted: Thu Mar 27 12:57:53 2008
Message:
This might be totally off base but a number of years ago, we had a polar bear cub at the San Diego zoo, named Nanook. I think that name meant great white bear of the North. He was adorable and we all loved watching him grow up. As an adult I think they shipped him to another zoo but we sure loved him when he was here. Don't know if that name interests you or not, but it is my only suggestion.

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