2006-09-12 04:01:17 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
I like to watch a puppy or a kitten to see what traits or characteristics they display - see if they remind me of anything. I once named a St. Bernard, Teddy Bear. He was big and soft and loved to cuddle - like a big teddy bear. And he always lived up to his name.
I have a cat I named Ker-Plunk. From the very start, she wanted to be with me wherever I was. I thought that was going to change when I was taking a bath. It didn't. I was soaking in an herbal bath shortly after I brought her home and she wanted to sit on my lap. I certainly didn't think I had to worry about her joining me in my bath! Shows what I know! She jumped on the side of the tub and in aleap of faith - ker plunk!
She only did it once, but it was enough to dub her Ker-Plunk.
I had a puppy that was a destructive little thing. She tore up everything in the house - dragged away my shoes, pulled on my bed linens and would drag it all over the house, pulled everything out of the closet that had been on the floor in there and I had to hunt for just about everything. I named her C4 (an explosive) because she was trashing my house!
A week after I told everyone I had named her C4, she fell off my bed and hurt her leg. It changed everything. Although nothing was broken, she sprained one of her front legs pretty badly and she became much calmer - as if she finally realized she wasn't immortal. She was sweet, gentle, stopped trashing my house and just wanted to cuddle. I re-named her Sweet Pea. It stuck and she has been a real sweet pea ever since.
2006-09-12 04:17:06 · answer #1 · answered by north79004487 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When naming a pet there are many things to think about. First would be the animals personality. If it is a hyper friendly animal the name should reflect that. If the animal has a distinct physical trait that should also shown in its name. Also, when thinking of an animals name it has been proven that if you pick a name with as "ie" or "y" at the end the animal is more likely to respond when you call it. Mike vs Mickey. Fido vs Charlie. That type thing.
All of the above is going off the idea that you would be picking the animal name in a traditional manner. Honestly i know a boy cat named Lisa. It truely doesn't matter what the pet is called as long as it keeps that name. Changing a pets name constantly can be very confusing and almost depressing in some animals.
2006-09-12 04:06:05 · answer #2 · answered by xxsn0w_r4v3nxx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well when we got two new kittens we went about it exactly like we'd go about naming a baby (except obviously neither of them were named after family members lol).
They're both black munchkins (short-legged cats) so we looked online for baby names related to short, black, girl, etc. We found one name that way (Leila, means something to do with black, just can't remember) and so we named the pitch black one that. We looked around some more but couldn't find another name with a specific meaning that we both liked. So eventually we just chose a name we both liked (Nessa) for the other.
Hope that helps!
2006-09-12 04:09:51 · answer #3 · answered by Linda K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looks and personality are what I usually look at.
Example: When I first got Cocoa he was so small and fuzzy we didn't know if he was a boy or girl. He is a Siamese mix with the usual color points. I named him Cocoa because he looked like he had stuck his nose in a can of cocoa plus it is a unisex name so it didn't matter what sex he was.
2006-09-12 04:11:23 · answer #4 · answered by theoriginalquestmaker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sometimes i like to give a dog a foul name so i can, at the middle of the night, stand out side my house and cuss up a storm and tick the neighbors off. When they come out and give me the ol' my kids are sleeping, i tell em', dude im just calling my dog.
2006-09-12 04:16:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How, they ACT! Sometimes how they look. If you see a poodle, you don't usually go out and name it Charlie. More like Raphael. If you have a cat, just see if he or she is playful or lazy or has a spot on it's back and you can pick out a great name.
2006-09-12 04:04:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well . . a lot has to do with their personaity. For example. . . a classmate of mine lived on a farm and had a dog named "Porky" . I asked him if they named the dog Porky because he was a little chubby. He told me they named him Porky because he liked to phuckkk pigs! Ha ha ha ha!
2006-09-12 04:07:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I usually give my pets human names. :)
2006-09-12 06:13:57 · answer #8 · answered by Sarah E 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I generally call small dogs 'killer' or 'wolf'. Big dogs get names like 'puppy'.
2006-09-12 04:12:55 · answer #9 · answered by SPLATT 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋