What made you pick your dogs name???

[Jennifer and Jack]

I was posting a comment on an adorable picture of Albus, and I was about to ask Caitlin what made her pick that name. I love it.. So if you don't mind sharing.. I would love to know, Our family is going to be welcoming another puppy soon, but my mom is getting to be raising her mainly so she is picking the name.

 

I picked Jack Daniels for three reasons,

 

1. Someone I loved very, very, dearly, died after his lung transplant and his dogs name was Jack

2 Little House on the Prairie is my all time favorite show and the dogs name on there was Jack, before bandit came along

3. Jack Johnson is one of my favorite artist

 

And well Daniels is my mom's maiden name and since I can't give her grandchildren, I figured I would name Jack after her.

 

So what made you pick your dogs name?

[Joan, Louie and Mila]

We adopted Louie at 9 months from an older couple...the Goldman's...."Louie" just fit him perfectly and we wouldn't have thought to change it. When he gets in trouble I use his full name....Louie Goldman!!!!

He is also... Sweet Lou, Baby Louie, Bubba Louie, Bubbers, Punkin, Punkadoodle, Mister, Louis, Louisina, and Doodle Man   to name a few nicknames!!!!

 

[Jennifer Tramell]

My husband wanted a "smart" sounding name so our top choices were Mozart, Newton, Einstein, or Webster.  My daughter had her heart set on a beautiful blond girl puppy but I vetoed for the only chocolate.  Since she didn't get "her" puppy we let her pick the name.  She said that she liked Webster's Dictionary so our pup became Webster.  I thought it worked since I remember the sitcom "Webster" in the 80's and it was appropriate for a curly chocolate pup :-)

Charlotte was kind of a slip of the tongue.  We wanted a name which went with Webster and I said, somewhat joking, that we could have Charlotte's Web.  The kids and hubby loved it.  I offered many other suggestions over the next couple weeks because Charlotte seemed so formal and un-dog-like :-).  Eventually I posted on DK and recieved great support for the name so I conceded.  I knew it was a losing battle when my hubby was practicing calling "Webster! Charlotte!" from the terrace.  Funny thing is that Charlotte absolutely drags Webster around and makes him her servant so he IS "Charlotte's Web".

[Lindsey, Lee, Whopper and Simba]

About 2 years before we got Whopper, my husband and I were talking about what we'd name our dog when we were finally in the right situation to add one to our family.  We were going through types of candy and when I said Whopper (as in the chocolate malt balls), we both loved the name.  When it actually came time to get our puppy, we realized we were getting a girl but were so set on the name that we didn't even think about the gender issue.  With Simba, my husband and I couldn't agree.  He wanted all sorts of coffee related names.  I don't drink coffee so those didn't sit well with me.  I was initially going through types of candy and toffee was a name that I liked but my husband didn't.  We exhausted the candy list and then I really wanted to name him Wembley, a character from Fraggle Rock but my husband claimed that "Wembley is a name only females would approve of for a male dog."  After going back and forth, Simba was ultimately the only name we could both agree on. 

[J and Riley (and Luna)]

When we were driving home from picking out Luna we couldn't help but start thinking up names for her.

 

My fiance came up with "Luna", and I had already started thinking of sky-related names for some reason.

 

We both liked the name very much, so it was settled :)

[Ann]

Really enjoyed everyone's stories! We knew our new Doodle would be a black female, originally we were looking for a brown one and had picked out " Hershey" , after the brown chcolate. So we asked a lot of our friends & did a pile of searching on the net and came up with Bella, Italian for beautifull. Believe it or not, we had NO idea about the "New Moon" series..but did after we got her home and there are now a lot of Bellas! But it's a great name and can't imagine her by any other name now :)

[Susan and Sasha]

I just love all of the stories about how all of the Beautiful DK Doodles got their names!!

Our story isn't as exciting as some...but for us...is is Very meaningful...as it is the name of our girl Sasha...who has been part of our family  for almost two years...and brings us such Love and Joy Everyday!!

My mother passed away a year in a half ago...and she was not only my Mom...but my dearest friend!

Her parents were Russian...her father was born in Russia and her Mom was born in Poland.

They met while coming to America...and fell in love...A Perfect Love story!

I wanted to give our Doodle a beautiful Russian girls name...and I wanted the name to compliment the Doodle that we got.

After doing much research...I came up with the name Sasha...and...it just fit our girl "Perfectly"!!

That's the story of how Sasha got her name...

[Jennifer and Jack]

How on earth did I not know that story,,, Of course I know the story of your parents but I didn't know that Sasha was a Russian name, nor that is why you named her... Awww

 

I am thinking of your mom this mothers day, she was like a mom to me too...

[Susan and Sasha]

I'm sure we talked about it before...but...sometimes the old memory isn't what it use to be!  LOL...

Just a reminder (smile)...as I'm thinking of names for a sister for Sasha one day...I'm thinking of possible Russian names...like maybe...Misha...remember??...Lol...

No worries though...sometimes I have a hard time remembering my own name!!  (smile)

Thank you for remembering my Mother today Jen...

I'm having a hard time today...

I miss her So Much!!

She was a Very Special Woman...my Mom...and my Friend!

Talk to you soon...

Happy Mother's Day to All of My DK Friends!!

 

[Lindsey]

Our first pup- who is not a Doodle, but a Brussels Griffon- was all of maybe one pound when we brought him home, he was so tiny. However, when we would try and cuddle with him on the couch, he would try to nose dive onto the floor...every time he would do this, we would say "you are going to kill yourself!" and it was long before we were calling him Kamikaze. He would also stand on his hind legs and paw at the air, which made him look like he was trying to box. So we picked the name Ali (pronounce Ollie) after Muhammad Ali...We regestered him under the name:
Kamikaze Ali.

Our Doodle, we named Molly.
Our Ali grew up with my in-laws dog whos name is Maggie. We love Maggie dearly and thought we would just take Maggie and Ali and put the two together to form Molly. At the time we thought it was cute b/c Molly and Ali somewhat rhyme...now it's proven to have been a bad idea, because when we fuss at one, they both think they are in trouble...oops.
After we picked the name Molly, I remembered that her mom was also named Molly! Our breeder had told us that, but it had completely slipped our mind! So Molly has a few different reasons she's named Molly.