At 11 I had this dog "Ned". I wanted to call him Skipper because of his missing foot. But I guess Ned was best

Answer 1

When I was 12 years old I found a young kitten abandoned on the side of the road. I kept her thought she was a he and and named her Christopher. Christopher was hit by a car a year later. 12 years later I named my 2nd son after the cat. took me another 6 years to even get another cat. I named her Freaky since Christopher was currently being used.

Answer 2

I'm 100% with you. I almost posted a similar question today, and last night. I again, considered taking a break from here because it is so frustrating to read all these dominance questions. Not to mention the endless repeats of problems that would never have arisen in the first place if the dog had been properly trained as a puppy. I have owned a dominant dog, and she is one of the few dominant dogs I have met. In all the years I have been around dogs, there have been maybe 2 or 3 displaying true dominance, and these dogs were not problem dogs in the right hands, and right hands did not mean alpha rolling, or walking out the door before your dog, or eating before your dog, or no dogs on the couch. I have studied dog language in domesticated dogs and video taped I don't know how many alpha rolls between dogs, and none of these were forced. All were a voluntary behaviour offered by the submissive dog. I don't know where some get the idea that submissive = obedient. 99% of the time a dog doesn't obey, it is because it doesn't know what it expected of it, lack of training, or lack of proofing. 99% of the time where a dog displays alpha behaviour toward a human, it is not because the dog is dominant. Not to mention how dangerous it is for parents to try and establish their children's' rank towards the dog. Personally, I would prefer to work with a dominant dog than a fearful dog any time. EDIT: Yes, my dominant dog would roll onto her back to calm puppies or very submissive dogs. The dog-dominant dog I have now is less confident, but she will lie down for small insecure dogs as well.

Answer 3

My very first dog I named "Isis of the Blue Nile", after some old movie (can't even remember now). Because the boy in the movie REALLY wanted a dog, and so did I. I ended up calling her Blu, just like the boy in the movie as well.

Answer 4

I had a 3 legged cat I called Tripper (A nickname for Tri-pod)

Answer 5

wow what have you been smoking? you could at least take ned to the I HOP for lunch.

Answer 6

We had a fawn great dane we named taylor after the blonde eighties singer taylor dane

Answer 7

When I was younger I had a small Basset Hound whose ears hung all the way to the ground. We called him, "Ears."

Answer 8

I had a dog that had only one eye, was missing a leg and tail. We called him lucky.

Answer 9

I grew up with a lab/golden mix named Babe, because she looked and sounded like a pig.

Answer 10

when i was younger i had a lab named Nena. It's supposed to be like a nickname in Spanish or something like that.