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In another thread, I mentioned an old Siamese tom cat we once had named "Magoo".

I got to thinking about odd pet names. Some friends of our daughter's once had a tom cat named "Tinkerbell".

In a book I'm reading at the moment, the author has a female kitten named "Roscoe".

A niece of ours once had a cat named "S***head". (Hope that doesn't get this thread poofed).

I once wanted to name a cat "Herman". My wife asked me why I would want to name a cat "Herman". I told her because I never had a cat named Herman. Made sense to me.

Does anyone else have, or have had, pets with unusual/derogatory names?
 
Nephew had a Catahoola hound that he named Shovel-head. Seemed to fit, if you took a good look at him.
 
Not real unusual, but had Joyce, Carney, Dakota, Kiara, Sahara, Melrose, and now Oreo (not black and white).
 
Dog: Molybdenum (Molly) Dog Beryllium (Beryl) Cats -Caution- and -Trouble_ Brothers that were just that. Mister Box (was a female and often Missed Her Box), IO a moon of Jupiter, Xanthia, Newton, Whitney, Marigold, Calista (feminized moon of Jupiter) StrawBones, and several others. Jim
 
I've had three great border collies over the last forty years. Ding, as in DingDong, Whiz, as in Wizard, and Willie. I was going to name Willie Merlin, because he had many of the same habits (some bad) but got outvoted for Willie. As in Willie come when you call him, Willie crap in the house again, or Willie listen at all. Willie died one month ago- man, do I miss them all.......
 
Our family had cats named Smokey, Sebastian, Pewter, Tykerbum (Tyke for short), Dusty, Leo, Marycat, Whitefoot, Brownfoot, Squeaky and Houdini over the years. Miss them all. There's a story for each of them, of course.

Had one dog I remember...Doc, short for Docan'ella. Stray that my Dad rescued from middle of Route 20 in front of Doc and Ella Walker's place. I think that dog had a few lives...saw him get rolled under a pickup truck once and survive. Another time Doc came home after being missing for three days during bitter cold and temps well below zero -- had a trap on his foot! My mother got that off so fast I was amazed at her strength. Luckily there was a name on the trap and my dad paid that trapper a call.
 
I had a pair of mules named Rip and Snort that tore things up faster than I could build or fix it. Uncle gave my son a Shetland pony when he was a little boy. Uncle told the boy pony's name was Crazy Sunday Britches.
 
Had 4 labs in my lifetime, all lived past 12 except for one (he was poisoned)

King, Rusty Brown, Champ, Boomer New Holland
 
My grandfather had a hound named INO. Wondered about the name a long time till I heard my grandma hollering that the dog was digging in her flowers and I heard granddaddy mumbling softly, I know, I know.
 
The kids had a fish named gill, couple stray cats named bob, couple more named tom, big dumb stray cat named buster, another stray been here about 15 years just named cat, daughter was in charge of naming it and refused because every one she named either got killed on the road or just plain died. And a dog named pup till he died of old age.
 
Daughter has cats named:

Euclid...
A Tortie kitten - named after a Greek mathematician.

Epsilon...
A black kitten with white markings - named, (I think), after a mathematical symbol.

Husband named these pets:

Ruger...
A dog we had a long time ago.

Buzz...
A crazy pet pigeon named after some loco-local.
 
We had a cat that the kids named Christmas Jelly I dont know how they came up with that we got the thing in the middle of the summer but the name stuck
 
When we were growing up our Dad used to buy, sell, trade and jockey coon hounds and other hunting dogs, all of which had names. Plus, we milked cows, all of which had names.
So the list of pet names we had over the years would be too numerous to list.

But--we had one female barn cat named Mrs. Isadora Dinkelheimer. My Dad picked the name, I don't know where he came up with it, but it stuck with her as long as we had her.
 
Some stray doge were trucked in from Mississippi to California. Like we don't have enough stray dogs already. We got one of the dogs. We call her Dixie. The name from the pond was Marigold. That name just wasn't working. we call her Dixie. Not very unusual, but that's her name. Stan
 
She was a skinny, wormy little kitten that followed me home when I was out walking one evening...the most incredibly athletic cat I've ever seen, and also the most vocal - she offered an opinion about most everything.

We had lots of outside cats when I was growing up in the country, but Bud was my first inside cat. I took her to the vet the day after taking her in, and he said she was about 5 weeks old. I had no idea they could live so long.
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My buddy has a ranch. He uses dogs to help move cattle. One is named Dog the other Two Dog. He didn't even have to raise his voice to signal the dogs. My dog is named Hunter which he is not and our outside cats are Grey Cat and Orange Cat.
Dave
 
My little buddy that is a Beagle - Jack Russel mix was named Petey but I call him Pete. He is a rescue dog out of Indy.
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What part of the country are you located? My dad used to buy-sell-trade hounds and beagles of all types.He'd trade for some interesting stuff sometimes.I've seen guys pull out their
last Dollar to buy a hound and have a car load of hungry kids.
 
We had a dog named Tazmanian Devil, Taz for short. Got his name as a pup when we locked him in the bathroom to go out and when we came back he had ripped up the linoleum. My little buddy for 17 years was named Pele', the kids all played and watched soccer. He was supposed to be the kids dog but became my dog when he choked on a piece of popcorn and I helped him out, he followed me everywhere after that, even into the bathroom (I miss him).
 
I had a boxer named Czar a rat terrier named Bolt my wife has a duck she calls Mutt and once I had a German Shepard I couldn't figure out a name so I called him Puppy my brother was over and he thought that I was calling him Popeye so that became his name and one more my son had a gerbil it's name was Ralph
 
I'm fond of punny names for my critters.

Some favorites:

Dogless McArfer (Mac)

Gator Bait. Got him from a box of pups in South Carolina, owner claimed he'd use any leftovers to troll for gators. He was kidding. I think...

Mugly Utt. Mugly was a Chihuahua/Manchester Terrier cross. Her tail had a 90? bend right in the middle, broken during birth we think. Ugliest mutt we ever had, but my youngest daughter loved her to death.

When I had sheep, a couple of my rams sorta tickled me with their personalities and got named. One was Stud Mutton, which should be fairly obvious.

When I changed breeds from Shetlands to Katahdins, I got a new ram. He was HUGE, but he was also very calm and laid back. I re-named him Baxter. Mount Katahdin (for which the breed is named) is in Baxter State Park here in Maine.
 
We have so many cats that we had to start giving them last names. some of their names are manfluff Jackson, lisel fredericks, goofball mc cool. and on and on
 
My first dog's name was Thing.
Second one's name was C'mon.
Both were Border Collie/mix.
Last one was a little female rat terrier that I got from the humane society. Her name was Kisses. I couldn't do that to a dog so I renamed her George.
Rarely called them by their names tho. Just called them Dog.
Read Call of The Wild as a kid and rememembered how Buck's master would call him every foul name and cuss word that he knew. And how Buck loved him and knew the love was mutual.
I always said terrible things to my dogs. Told them they were worthless. That they looked worthless. Told them that they were horrible. And they looked horrible - and worthless too. Told them that they stink. That their face even stank. Told them one of these days I was gonna pinch their nose. Pinch em right on the nose! Pinch their nose and pull their tail too. One of these days...
Had to be careful around some people as they didnt understand and thought I was being mean.
Of course the dogs knew that what I really was saying was that I loved them a great deal. And that tail would start to wag and they'd come right on over for some quality time.
 
Some through the years.
Cats:
Nelliebelle
Johnny
Smokie
Fisher
F2 (Fisher 2)
Fairbanks
Grey Kitty
Miss Kitty

Dogs:
Lady
Floppy
Dogface
Churchill
And of course, Bear
 
This is Kimber. My daughter named her after my pistol. She passed away this last saturday. She turned 15 on the 4th or July. She was a rescue dog. We loved her.
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I "inherited" a goat last year, I guess he was a pet where he came from....they named him "Clarance". I added "GS2" (Goat, Second Class)....
 
MEWDDS....unusual name, but fit our Shepherd well......Mobile Early Detection and Deterrent System. Ben
 
Currently just a bunch of cats live with us.
Beaker (cause he was a stray at the lab where wife works)
Momma (cause she was good at that)
Three (he was the third stray to show up a few years ago)
Jr.
Bashful
Misty (aka Kitten)
Little One
 
Three cats at different times. Jester-Ralph-Floyd. Ralph was adopted around Christmas. We named him after Ralph 'You'l shoot your eye out' from A Christmas Story. Floyd was also acquired around Christmas. We named him after the USPS commercial showing a women rocking in a chair and asking Floyd to lick the stamp. As she rocked the chair, Floyd would wag his tail in cadence with the rocker rail, just missing the rail from smashing his tail. Jester was named after a lady who was in my life at the time. I called him my buddy. Sadly all are gone now.
 
Glad you asked. Currently a cat named Deedles, after a big-band/swing era song called Deedle's Blues. A boisterous and funny song. Female cat, everyone thinks the name Deedles is for male cat. I don't see it.
 
I should have added, when our daughter was about 4 or 5 years old, a stray cat showed up at my mother-in-law's house carrying a mouse. Amy called him "the Mice Catcher".

The cat stayed and the name stuck. Till the day he died of old age, he was Mice Catcher.
 
We had Basset Hounds, I named them after WW II bombers, we had the Memphis Belle and Dixie Belle, always wanted to name one after LTC Baker's bomber but figure the kennel club would pitch a fit about a dog named Hell's Wench. Dixie Belle passed last month after 16 years, it's not a good time for us to get another dog, maybe after I retire if I ever can.
 
once had a labrador retriver that my brother and i named Eli Alphamax---after the English shotgun shells
 
Oatis, a goat (oatis the goatis)

Pepperoni, a donkey

Mr. Whiskers, a female house cat

Bud Why Sir, a black lab

Flip, a bird

Blubber nuggets, a rabbit

Flap jack , a rabbit

Andy Rooney, a rooster

Azucar Mureno, a donkey ( means brown sugar in spanish)

Many more that I cant come up with just now !
 
Had 2 dachshunds when I was growing up - Charlie Brown and Lucy. Had a black shepard named Butch, but he was hit by a car. Hada cat named Cat that died, then we had Pal and Toby, a dachshund and a tea cup poodle. Both died, but at different times. Toby died, then we got Hunter, a beagle. Pal died 2 years ago. We just have Hunter now, and he is spoiled rotten!
 
Fawteen, share your naming "philosophy"; currently have cat christened "Edward R. Meow". One of my dominant pygmy goat rams was "Butt Head", another ram was " 'Bunctious ". They don't appear to care what you call them, as long as it's not "late" (for chow).
 
We have a cat named Samuel L. Johnson. We mostly call him Sam. We say it is short for Samuel and long for Ssss.
 
My sister hated us for it. Her cat had kittens and we called the long haired one Hairold.
 
Many, many years ago a fellow brought my father a red Chow dog that was killing chickens.

We had a 6ft chain link fence on each side of our house.

The red Chow would "patrol" that fence during the day.

One day an elderly black man came by the house to see my father.

The red Chow was heartily protecting her new home by barking and jumping on the fence.

When my father stepped outside, the elderly black man said "That's a [i:654c4848f0]puddy[/i:654c4848f0] mean dog you got there."

So the red Chow was called "Puddy" from that day on.
 
Our dog is Ozzie for short (ozwaldo) wife named him.
2 pigmy goats Kookie and Kyrie. Named by neice who gave them to us.
2 turkeys BB and JO Which stand for Butter Ball and Jenny O. LOL
Not going to get into cat names
 
as my family our first dog was named Auggy (like Auggy doggy). no i wasn't doggy daddy.
2nd dog Patrick we had we got on st patrick's day
3rd dog is named Duke but goes by dipsh@#. some kind a collie mix. actually is a good dog but a pest. definitely has a herding instinct but i don't need to be herded around my house.
 
When we got our latest cat, my wife asked my daughter what she wanted to name him. Being about 2 1/2 years old, naturally, her response was, "Dad!" Well, that name was taken, so she picked Stuart from the Minions movies. Also call him Stupendous or Stooby-Doo or Stupid when the kids aren't around.
 
We drove from Illinois to Alabama last summer to buy a miniature Dachshund?.. I know it's crazy.

My wife sang to the pup on the way home.

"Oh I come from Alabama with my Banjo on my knee."
 
Goose........my Mom ruled "NO dogs in town", summhow my 3rd grade friend gott me to ride the school bus to his family ranch. Just had a cupple of BLACK kittens named Ping and Pong. Somehow I gott'em home, dunno what happened to Pong but Ping lived a long life. My grandmother hadda dog named IKE after the general. Remember my aunt taking her to the vet on a streetcar and brought her home inna blanket after being "fixed". I didn't know what fixxed meant. My first dog was an Australian Shepherd named "Shamrock" 'cuz we gotter on St Paddys Day. Had a RED aussie named Curley because he was, everyone thought he was Irish Setter. My last dog was also an Australian Shepherd called "Keeper". He was the dog I kept outta litter of 8. I've burried 8 Aussies on my 5-acres of starvation grass at the foot of 14K Mt Rainier and I've cried over everyone........Dell
 


Got a very very stupid aussie that the wife named Kino... I renamed him numb-nuts.. and it took. You can train him to do anything,,,,, but the next day,, it as if it never happened. I have bumped him with the front bumper almost everyday, trying to drive out. He runs out in front of the car, stops in the middle of the drive and will not move till he gets bumped.. Scare me to death that one day, he will not be fast enough... hence the name.... Numb-nuts Its pretty aggravating that you cant get out of your own driveway.
 
I brought home a long hair kitten for the kids, he looked chubby but it was mostly hair. Anyway his name ended up as "Chub"
 
red dog .lady ,december ,,chip ,dodger ,duke ,gregor , bear ,,twiggie ,, sophie ,.. my favorite childhood dog,, shep , ./catnames .romeo,, harvey,. skankie , pinkie , roger ,, harvey junior,////bull names ferdinand ,bill , bi gol red sadeyed sandy ol sam .. tom shamrok ... big john ,, honus-kahonus .cows, ginger .stupid ,skiny niny , i just cant resist ,i luv to name my animals and equipment too ,,.
 
I once had a cat named Pain in the @$$. We just called her Pain most of the time. No mouse died of old age while she was around. When she had young kittens around she would bring home 15 to 20 mice every day and pile them in the yard. On day a cat killing dog came into the yard after her kittens. She jumped on his back, bit down and clawed in. The dog ran out of the yard with her on his back. I think she rode him for a half a mile. She was still on him when he was too far away to see. That dog never came back to my place.
 
We had a litter of 4 yellow Tabby kittens. Named them for the 4 horseman of the Apocalypse. War,Famine, Pestilence and Greed.
 

Years ago a friend told me about a young couple that had a cat named Damit. Convenient name for yelling at the cat to get off the couch, etc.

KEH
 
Epsilon is a letter of the Greek alphabet, corresponding to our letter E I think. Feel free to correct me if I am wrong.
 
My Mother had a pair of yellow Finches , in a cage hanging in the kitchen. When she started fixing supper they would raise the dickens until she fed them. The first time I saw that I heard her say what I thought was a swear word. And I never heard her cuss in my life, She called them her
"Little sons of Finches". LOL
 
I remember an old movie with Veronica Lake who played a rich girl who lived in a big mansion. She had 2 Great Danes named Get-Off-The-Rug and You-Too.

My dogs all had names like Sam, Duchess, Jake, Bob and Boone.
 
Had a couple kittens that always seemed to be in to something. I just called them little mother F er's. Got told I couldn't do that. So they became M F. One was Massey the other Ferguson. Had a dog that no name stuck. Lived it's life with the name Dog.
 
We named a dog "Guess". People would ask us her name.....we"d say guess. Frustrating, huh? Then she had her first litter- guess what, guess so, guess why, guess not, etc.
 
Growing up on the farm we had Grandma Cat, none of her kittens ever were tame enough to name. Grandpa was given a cat by a lady at the grocery store, so he became Meijer. Mostly Grandpa called every animal and grandkid Ichabod, whenever he couldn't recall a name. We inherited a DeCon from an uncle. Now, only Soft Kitty and Ninja remain of the litter that included brother Tiger and sister Patches. And the giant fur ball that is forced to live in the barn is Shadow- always exactly under your foot.
 
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