Utter Vanity Request - Help Me Name My New Puppy

8-22-06 | AnAmericanMother

[AnAmericanMother]

Vanity of vanities . . .

I put a deposit down today on a female Black Labrador Retriever, born 8/16. She'll be ready to come home in October. So now I've got to figure out a name for this little bundle of joy.

She's coming from Wisconsin, from Candlewood Kennels which is arguably the best field trial kennel in the country. She's not a typical field trial dog, she has some "dual purpose" (i.e. show and hunt test) on her mom's side. Her mom is a fully trained hunting dog who has produced good field dogs.

The tradition is to somehow combine the names of the father and mother. Of course her prefix has to be Candlewood. The sire is FC/AFC The Man In Black ("Cash"), who is by 2xNAFC/2xCNAFC Ebonstar Lean Mac (a top producing sire - 117 field champions) out of Gator Point's Sweet Potato Pie, a CFTC/CAFTC Pachanga Magnum Force daughter out of a HRCH. The dam is Kerrybrook Candlewood Connor, who is by Ch. Franklin's Champagne out of Kerrybrook's March to the Sea JH. That side has notable FC/AFC Webshire's Honest Abe, another very good field trial sire, and Abercrombie & Fitch MH, who is a sire not only of field dogs but also numerous seeing eye dogs and search and rescue dogs. Two of his get were S&R dogs at the Twin Towers. So she should have plenty of brains, and plenty of "go". Because of the show background she should be a pretty girl as well.

The obvious way to go is a Johnny Cash song . . . friend of mine suggested "A Dog Named Sue" . . . we could easily tie in her mom's name with an "O'Connor" . . . but I'm kind of looking for something cute and a little unusual.

I figured I could get both out of the dog fanciers at FR . . . the floor is open for nominations.

[BruceysMom]

You could name her $500/hr. After all you can charge a lot for "Lab work"
I will now duck the ensuing barrage of groans

[Titan Magroyne]

Delia, as in Delia's Gone by J R Cash? I favor (Black) Dahlia myself, LOL. Or A Dog Named Sue.

One day a pretty little basset showed up in my yard. The name on her collar was Molly-By-Golly.

I usually let my dogs' personalities or the circumstances of their arrival determine their names. I'm not above taking the suggestions of friends, though.

[MikefromOhio]

Bella Diva Soprana

:)

[AnAmericanMother]

Lab Work:

Cat Scan:

[AnAmericanMother]

Ugh. Black Dahlia. Nasty murder.

[Titan Magroyne]

Ever heard Delia's Gone? :o)

[AnAmericanMother]

Tony shot his Delia,
Was on a Sat'day night.
First time he shot her,
She bowed her head and cried.
Delia gone, one more on, Delia gone.

. . . I've sung that one for years.

[Titan Magroyne]

The version I have is slightly different, but we're talking the same song.

Delia, oh, Delia
Delia all my life
If I hadn't have shot poor
Delia I'd have had her for my wife
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
I went up to Memphis
And I met Delia there
Found her in her parlor
And I tied her to her chair
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
She was low down and trifling
And she was cold and mean
Kind of evil make me want to
Grab my sub machine
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
First time I shot her I shot her in the side
Hard to watch her suffer
But with the second shot she died
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
But jailer, oh, jailer Jailer,
I can't sleep
'Cause all around my bedside
I hear the patter of Delia's feet
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone
So if you woman's devilish
You can let her run
Or you can bring her down and do her
Like Delia got done
Delia's gone, one more round Delia's gone

[RosieCotton]

What's Shelley's full name? I fergit.

Heh...Johnny Cash never sang "Shady Grove", did he?

I gotta think...there has to be either a semi-Irish name or something Cash related that'd work. I do rather like "A Dog Named Sue", though...

[phantomworker]

I like the name 'Dog'. Makes me want to get another one.

[EDINVA]

FolsomPeein?

[RushCrush]

Why not 'FReeper'?

[republican4ever]

I assume you want the official name... that can get quite complex.
Anyway, what you name her is probably not what you will call her.
So far, I've named a few dogs and some of their babies: Brandy (Irish Setter), Hazel (Pointer), Baby (Cocker Spaniel), Hillary (Rottweiller... don't laugh, that dog was the most lovable and sweetest I've ever had), Pinky (cocker-poodle-cocker-again mix, and the smallest of the litter), Oso (meaning Bear, a Cocker-poodle mix), May (chubby, platinum blonde cocker mix), Shaggy (miniature schnauzer),Tiki (Pekingese), Bobby (another pek),Sassy (toy poodle), Pulga (meaning Flea, a stray covered in fleas when we "got" her, a terrier mix). As for litters, I've picked bandits or "dark" names: Lizzie (Borden), Jesse, Betsie (...Jezabel...), Bonnie, Clyde, or artists Orson (the biggest). I also named a friend's dog, Audrey (a big-eyed, skinny Schnauzer).
So, you see, a name will probably pop into your mind when you actually get to see and know her.
As to the official name, anything will do... I think!

[ozaukeemom]

My favorite show! Almost named my puppy JD. :)

[afraidfortherepublic]

Where in Wisconsin was your dog bred?

I'm lousy with names -- I just take the ones they come with (all of mine were rescues). So far, of all the suggestions, I like Cinder for a lady black lab.

[Bellflower]

a good name for a female lab ping

[Bellflower]

a good name for a female lab ping

[Bellflower]

We have a young Chocolate Lab named Sophie who is in the Candlewood tradition. I really like the name Sophie for a lab. She is best friends with Silas. Sophie and Silas are a real cute pair.

[doberville]

No 'Spot'? Well, how about 'Smudge'?

[constant]

"Velcro" would suit my two dogs, Jake and Texas, very well.