Help naming...

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

My boyfriend and I will be picking up a seven month old mixed breed puppy from its foster home on the 22nd, but we're still up in the air about what to call her.



This is her at her current foster home. Her name is currently Jojo. I don't think that fits... and, well, I just don't like it.

So far we're between Poesy (Poe for short), Fiona (Fi or Fifi for short), and Bijou. If you have any other suggestions, though, please do share! I'm kind of going for uncommon, but not totally off the wall names.


Thank you all in advance!

Comments

[oni85.livejournal.com]

I like Lola :) she's a CUTIE

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

Lola was one of the names I thought of, too! But there's an interesting story about that...

A friend of mine bought a cat from a pet store (another rant entirely), and was told it was a female. She named it Lola, and about a week later, took Lola into to the vet's to be spayed. Turns out Lola had balls, which prompted her mother to harass with the Kinks song for about the next three months...

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

LOL!

[megumi-nagase.livejournal.com]

LOL! When my mom saw her picture she said "she have a Lola face!", without reading your comment! =D

[juniorfan29.livejournal.com]

This is just my opinion, but....if she's used to hearing the name Jojo, then I think you should stick with that. Even if you don't like it, that's still her name and the one she knows. Personally, I don't think it would be worth it to have to retrain her to a new name...and it might be confusing for her.

That being said, if you absolutely must rename her, I like Bijou out of the ones you've already picked out.

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

Dogs don't really get "used" to their names the way we people do, especially under the age of two or so.

They're pretty adaptive animals, and will respond to commands being directed at them, whether or not it's "their" name. For instance, if your dog knows "come," and their name is Chuck, you could say, "Todd, come!" while looking at them, and odds are good they'd still respond.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Yeah I think it's more the way you say that certain word to them, not them recognizing the actual word. But maybe I'm wrong, I really don't know.

[thejoysofjess.livejournal.com]

It definitely is. My brother used to get a kick out of saying to our dog "Who's a stupid stupid dog? Who's the dumbest dog alive?" because our dog would be ALL OVER THAT. She loved it.

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

Hahaha, that reminds me of my brother dealing with our parents' pudgy little beagle/sheltie. He'll say in a a really high-pitched voice, "Hey, fat bitch! You want a belly rub, you fat bitch?" She'll come running, tail wagging, and roll right over, and he'll scrub her stomach and croon, "Awww, you like that, don't you, you fat bitch?" and she eats it up.

[djador.livejournal.com]

Hah, I do that too!

[momma-batty.livejournal.com]

Yea, that's definitely true. Cats are like that too. We used to call one of my cats the most random names, one of which was Puppy, and he always responded.

[gangwaygirls.livejournal.com]

I always thought it was one of those if it sounded sort of like their name, they'd respond to it. Like, my cat's name is Rudy, but I could call him Fruity or Poopy and he'd still look up when I said it.

I like Bijou the best out of the names you mentioned, BTW.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

oo she looks like a boxer mix! Absofreakinglutly adorable!

I like Bijou and Fifi.

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

Her foster mom is guessing she's a boxer/pit bull mutt. I think her face looks VERY pittie, which just makes her look downright squeezable.

I keep falling more and more in favor of Bijou, too.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

she does hav ea very pit face... but she jsut reminds me of this boxer mix (whichi s prolly a pitt mix as well) that lives down the street. Infortubately with the "agressive dogs" ban/tax that is put on our city... It hink our dear neighbour will ahve ot rid herself of the dog.. but she is an adorable dog!

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

That's so unfortunate. Breed-specific legislation infuriates me to absolutely no end.

[confusedanswers.livejournal.com]

oh me too.. considering some dogs who aren't agressive but are part of the pitt family were included.. which is sad.

Regardless, my city sucks... it's bad.

[shortbutfast.livejournal.com]

first thought: lulu.

[vase-of-acid.livejournal.com]

Aww, that is cute!

[djador.livejournal.com]

I like Posey. =]

[cherrysorbet.livejournal.com]

I like Bella :)

[politicking.livejournal.com]

Roxy/Roxie
Bella
Lucille (Lucy)
Moxy/Moxie
Charlotte (Charlie)
Brandywine/Brandywyne (Brandy)


definitely looks like a pitt/boxer mix. i LOVE the brindle color. i want to find one lol.

[crzydimond.livejournal.com]

She's a poser! Just look at that photo!
Hence I think Poesy is cute =]

[yellowsummers.livejournal.com]

I like Poesy.

[spikes-sexkitty.livejournal.com]

*squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!* when the picture uploaded i jumped up and down in my seat - i LOOOOOOOVE pitties/pittie mixes. brindles are GORGEOUS btw. :D

i'm so so so so happy you're rescuing this baby!!!! big kudos!

out of the names you picked I like Posey... but if i were gonna name her, *mwuahahaha* the first thing that came to mind was my bfs childhood pit, her name was Jazz, but she was always called Jazzy-Pup.

that's the vibe i got off her pic... she'd make a great Jazzy-Pup! lol.

*ps dunno if you're a member or not, but you could join this fabulous group i'm in on LJ called 'petbulls'* :D

[waitingonsunday.livejournal.com]

I think Poesy fits her very well. So cute!

[mimiwrites.livejournal.com]

I like Poesy or Bijou. My cat has 8 different nicknames and he comes to all of them so I don't think changing her name will be a big deal.

[sloane-hd.livejournal.com]

She reminds me of my cousin's dog Scully.

Poesy suits her. The spelling makes me laugh because if I'd read it in Dutch it's pronounced Pussy.
I like Fiona too.

[thorabrighid.livejournal.com]

Bijou!

[http://users.livejournal.com/____tonightt/]

She is adorable!! Lets see here is the top pet name list, * are the ones I really like for your pup

MOLLY
BELLA
LUCY
MAGGIE
DAISY
SADIE
CHLOE*
SOPHIE*
BAILEY*
ZOE
LOLA*
ABBY
GINGER
ROXY*
BEAR
GRACIE
COCO*
SASHA
ANGEL
LILY
PRINCESS
EMMA
ROSIE
LADY*
ANNIE
RUBY*
MISSY
KATIE
MIA
MADISON*
ZOEY*
CASEY
LILLY
PENNY
BELLE
SAMANTHA
BRANDY
HOLLY
SANDY
JASMINE
STELLA*
LEXI*
SHELBY*
ROXIE
PEPPER*
HEIDI
LULU**
MISTY
HONEY
MADDIE
SASSY
DIXIE
DAKOTA*
PRECIOUS
SYDNEY*
LUNA*
COOKIE
HANNAH
SHADOW
SUGAR
PHOEBE*
NIKKI
AMBER
MAYA
CASSIE
RILEY
MOCHA
CHELSEA
BABY
NALA
PEBBLES
ELLIE
MANDY
CLEO
TRIXIE
MARLEY**
SIERRA
LUCKY
COCOA
ISABELLA
MILLIE
CALLIE
MINNIE
PEANUT
ABBEY
SHEBA*
BONNIE
GIGI
SCOUT
LIBBY
LACEY
TASHA
PIPER
SOPHIA
MUFFIN
CALI
MORGAN
HALEY
LEXIE
XENA

Hope that helped!

[pale-september.livejournal.com]

How adorable. She looks like a Sammy to me, maybe make her name Samantha and call her Sammy for short.

[kitchen-poet.livejournal.com]

Poesy!!!! All the way! She is adorable. I also really like Tulip. You could call her tutu, tootie, etc. :)

[jenniferdunn.livejournal.com]

OOOh what a cutie! My dog is a pitbull mix too =]

[megumi-nagase.livejournal.com]

I really like the name Poesy! And thanks for adopting this cutie! Hope more people do what you guys are doing!

[unbakedbrownie.livejournal.com]

I don't really have any suggestions, but, I do have to say:

THAT IS THE CUTEST FREAKIN PUPPY EVER@!!#@!@#!

[arbus.livejournal.com]

i like posey a lot. i like fiona too, but dont like the fifi thing.