Getting 2 dogs from Shelter - Need 2 cute names.

[leftyladyfrommo]

My best friend is picking up two dogs from the shelter today - some kind of little poodle crosses - one is 6 and one is 8 - both males. They are at the vet today for medical stuff they need (one has a bad ear infection and both are crawling with fleas) and then the groomer there will give them both a bath. They have always been together so this is good - they will still be together.

She is not liking the names I'm coming up with: Fife and Drum or Bed and Breakfast.

Do you guys have any other good ideas?

[datasuspect]

1. Kether and Malkuth

yin and yang?

[leftyladyfrommo]

2. Who are Kether and Malkuth?

Never heard of them.

But I will definitely put yin and yang on the list.

[datasuspect]

15. Hebrew

for "crown to kingdom/royalty/kingship"

[ThomCat]

16. Those would be awesome names if the family was Jewish

especially depending on the personalities of the dogs. :)

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. Pierre & Henri are cute names.

Or one-syllable names that the dogs can easily learn. Like Jack and Dan(iel).

[johnnie]

4. Teeter and Totter

Fido and Spot
Cheech and Chong

[Phillycat]

5. Mutt and Jeff, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Batman and Robin,

Lenny and George
Frick and Frack

[liberalhistorian]

57. Or Flotsam and

Jetsom?

[Cygnusx2112]

6. Satchel (Satch) and Gabriel (Gabe)

<edited - thought of another name...>

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. Man, this is going to be tough to choose

So many fun names and only two little dogs.

Thanks so much!

[AirmensMom]

8. Calvin & Hobbes?

:shrug:

[Phillycat]

11. Ooh, I like this one!

[AirmensMom]

14. Thanks.

As soon as I posted it, I thought of Archie & Reggie. :rofl: I just finished naming 5 kittens, so I'm on a roll. :bounce:

[Richardo]

9. My dad had two dogs named 'Nip' and 'Tuck' when he was a kid...

...back in the 30s. I always liked those names.

Now, everyone would think of the TV show. :eyes: Too bad.

[johnnie]

10. Now, everyone would think of the TV show

Not if you call them Tuck and Nip

[Richardo]

13. They could be 'Bib' and "Tucker'

!

[Richardo]

12. BTW: Kudos on getting two - they'll keep each other company...

...which should minimize the boredom-induced chewing of furniture, shoes, etc. :thumbsup:

[ThomCat]

17. If they are that old, don't they already have names?

:shrug:

[Flaxbee]

18. there is that - maybe they're very used to their old names

and a change would be hard for them to accommodate. However, I suggest Sherlock and Holmes. Or, Jury and Melrose (from one of my favorite mystery series by Martha Grimes, though her books have fallen off in quality lately...)

Or, if they're brainiac dogs, Watson and Crick (DNA); or Tesla and Marconi.

However, I've heard that Tesla and Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) were very good friends... a nice mix of two very intelligent people: Tesla and Twain.

[leftyladyfrommo]

22. I don't know what the real story is on these dogs.

Why would someone have two dogs and keep them for years and then dump both of them? Apparently they look they were groomed not too long ago. And no names were listed. From what the vet said it doesn't look they were in great shape. Its hard to know because their owner could have died or gotten sick.

My friend lost her dog months ago and has been looking for the perfect dog ever since. I just figured she would never find a dog at all. She was pretty shook up when she lost her other dog.

And then she called and said she had found these dogs at the shelter. She is really excited - has bought food and toys and brushes. She is already to go here. They are checking the fence to be sure there aren't any holes anywhere.

She is 71 so I think it is a really good thing that she was able to find two older dogs - not quite so active and full of it.

I have 3 rescued border collies - all of them really active - so hopefully I can help her out if she needs it.

[ThomCat]

23. It is great that she's interested in adopting older dogs.

Two of my rescue cats were adults when I got them. I spent 6 months going through baby books calling them every name in the book trying to find the names they would answer to. No luck.

I ended up having to rename them. It took a year but they learned their new names and now answer to them. :)

[leftyladyfrommo]

25. My cats never learned their names - they just come to the sound

of food.

I found a mother and three kittens and just kept them. But learning their names when there were four of them was just too confusing. (The mother and one cat died last year - both were old but I still have 2 of the sisters)

They have names but even I get confused trying to use them.

[liberalhistorian]

59. I got a 13-year-old female cat

from the county shelter (not the humane society) six months ago when I finally moved to a place that allowed animals; her owner had had her from birth, apparently, but had to give her and her other cat up due to her children's allergies. She's a real sweetheart, still pretty active for her age, and I'm so glad I found her; it breaks my heart to think of what would have happened to her if I hadn't found her since she'd already been there nearly two months and it was starting to get crowded.

She was already named, though, and had had the same name since birth, so I'm pretty much stuck with it. Her name is Spitz, which is really strange to me; I wonder if she was named after a friend or something.

[Love Bug]

19. Cheech and Chong? Laurel and Hardy? Holmes and Watson?

Ren and Stimpy? Picas and Points?

[MissMillie]

20. Slap and Tickle?

or Flotsom and Jetsom

I have no idea if I'm spelling that right.

[wildhorses]

21. Doolin and Dalton, Pancho and Lefty, Butch and Sundance...

Leon and Russell, Poco and Taco...

[Tikki]

48. Definitely 'Lefty'...I was thinking that name and here it......

is. Pancho is fine or Vinnie or Sammy or Ramone, but definitely Lefty.



Tikki

[calico1]

24. Harry and Freddie. n/t

[LostinVA]

26. Weeble and Wobble, Fuzzy and Wuzzy, Trixie and Pixie

[Bossy Monkey]

27. We call every stray kitten we encounter either Puddin' or Button

Maybe not too hot as poodle names, but you've got to admit they're cute names.

[Rabrrrrrr]

28. Ipp and Fron

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

29. I'd be embarassed if I was a boy dog named "Bed & Breakfast"

Then again poodles already look embarassing.

I'm not really a fan of giving pets paired names.

[LostinVA]

30. How about: Les and Bian?

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

33. Awesome! Sounds kind of French, you know?

:rofl:

[LostinVA]

35. Hehehe

[underpants]

31. Wookie (Wook for short) and "Lucianne Goldberg's pap smear"

[democracyindanger]

43. "Black Sabbath" and "O'Reilly's Ear Wax"

[Robb]

32. Shamus and Hubris

...always been a dream of mine if I got two at the same time. Although possibly a little highbrow. :D

[kwassa]

34. Flotsam and Jetsam

[YankeyMCC]

36. Sam and Frodo

:)

[Phillycat]

37. Or Legolas and Aragorn!

[YankeyMCC]

38. Gimli and Legolas would be better

more of a buddy theme. :)

[Phillycat]

41. Yes, but

In my twisted little brain, Legolas and Aragorn are lovers. :evilgrin:

[YankeyMCC]

45. LoL

[Liberalynn]

47. Yeah

Best Buds!

Before I was educated about Gibson being bonkers, IMHO, I would have said Riggs and Murtaugh!

In fact one of my late German Shepards was named Riggs.

[RedStateShame]

39. Starsky and Hutch

[Frank Cannon]

65. I enthusiastically second Starsky and Hutch

Like anyone would really need to ask.

[zonkers]

40. Come on, names come to you based on dogs vibe. No rush to name!!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Tell her to get 2 more, and name them

Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice.

[Writer]

44. Snicker and Doodle

:shrug:

[schmuls]

46. What about Jacques and Pierre?

[Liberalynn]

49. Bert and Ernie

I have a cat named Ernestine. ;)

[YDogg]

50. Bob & Barker?

remember to have your pet spayed our neutered, yo.

[leftofthedial]

51. George and Ringo

[Road Scholar]

52. Phydeaux and Mimi. LOL

How in the heck are you doing?:hi: :hug: :pals:

[LiberalHeart]

53. I had a pair of birds named Simon & Schuster

[spacelady]

54. Pippy and Poopy Puppy

[Arugula Latte]

55. Both males?

Bert and Ernie

Ricky and Fred

Siegfried and Roy

Noodle and Doodle or Streudel the Poodles (crosses)

[Mendocino]

56. Stewart and Colbert

[spacelady]

62. I really like that! Not even my dogs!

[liberalhistorian]

58. Thing One and

Thing Two? :evilgrin:

That was my son's favorite book when he was little, and I once actually saw little twin brothers dressed up as Thing One and Thing Two for Halloween; it was the cutest sight!

[rumpel]

60. Don Camillo & Peppone

http://www.italica.rai.it/eng/principal/multimedia/dvd/doncamillo.htm

The literary world of Giovanni Guareschi is set in Brescello, in 1950s Reggio Emilia, shortly after the end of the Second World War. Don Camillo and Peppone symbolize the clash between two opposing cultures which, precisely in the Fifties, crossed swords as they defended two different philosophies of living. On the one side was the traditional social context of Catholic Italy, staunch supporters of the Democristiano party, represented by parish priest Don Camillo, and on the other the revolutionary communist model, represented by the town Mayor, Peppone. But the political wrangling, which in real life was fierce and went on for decades, in Guareschi's novels becomes a way of reflecting in a good-natured, fun, sarcastic way, upon the anthropological models of the average Italian. When all is said and done, Don Camillo and Peppone are two sides of the one coin: two Italians with hearts of gold who, behind the facade of hostility, actually need one another. Fellow-villagers, they understand and respect one another: so, often split when it comes to local affairs, they are united in the face of outside adversities. They represent an ante litteram model of the "compromesso storico" (historical compromise).

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

[liberalhistorian]

61. Stewart and Colbert?

Personally, I think Bed and Breakfast is kinda cute, if not silly.

[Scooter24]

63. Angel and Lemon

lol...just off the top of my head :)

[Boojatta]

64. Some ideas

Mayor and Governor

Horsemeat and Vitamins (on the "you are what you eat" theory)

Wolfgang and Amadeus (note that wolves and dogs are related and "wolf" sounds like "woof")

Inverse and Square (as in "inverse square law")

Aurora and Borealis

K Eight and K Ten

Cash and Credit

Toys and Chocolate (these names will make the dogs popular with children)

Einstein and Gigawatt

Porcupine and Turtle

Socks and Shoes

[jmowreader]

66. "Kai" and "Gogi"

They're easy to remember.

Easy for the dogs to learn.

And so long as you don't have anyone in your neighborhood who's been stationed in Korea (and would, therefore, know that kaigogi is barbecued dog), they're great names.

[Lautremont]

67. Challenger & Wilbert

[dback]

68. Jack and Ennis

That way you can smile when they're sniffing each other's privates.

[grasswire]

69. yin and yang?

It really is too bad that you can't obtain their previous names. Poor things.

[fudge stripe cookays]

70. Go jazzy...

Ella and Dinah

or Monk and Mingus.

:D

[Lisa]

71. if they were a lot younger, she could go with This and That ...

And when people asked her what she was doing, she could reply "Just taking care of This and That." (Not as funny if they're grown up and don't need a lot of looking-after ... in fact, the only reason why I thought it might be amusing is that I'm sleep-deprived from living in a house with a very boisterous puppy, with a constant background of barking, howling, and my landlady yelling at her kid to "feed and walk the dog like you promised!")

[RedCloud]

72. Archie and Huck

Archie for the St. Louis Arch and Huck from Samuel Clemens.

And I bow to you for your act of kindness. My dog Lucky gives it a powerful tail wag of approval.