Name that dog

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With a bit of luck, we will be making an addition to the family next week in the shape of a lively rescue GSD bh - and if she arrives, she's going to need a name.

It has to start with "D" - MrsC's rules for pets are that they have to have names alliterative to their type, so starting with D for dogs, M for mice, etc etc.

I'm stuck between Difflock and Distributor at the moment; the alternative being human names, so Doris is quite high up the list.

Fire away (and no, we won't be calling her Deefer.....)

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Johnny said:

Doofus.

Ah yes, that one did crop up yeaterday!

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Good stuff there, liking Diesel and Damage - will report back!

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jeff m said:

You have of course considered keeping the name the dog already has.

Imagine you start a new job and the idiot in personel tells your manager to expect a new hire on Monday called Albert.
It would not intstill confidence in the new outfit you have just joined and you may start to think that this was not such a good move.
(Jeez, they can't even get my name right.)

The dog may think the same way about you.
Ok, I did want to get adopted, but maybe coming to the front of the cage and wagging my tail as we are told to do before assessing this prospective owner was a bit rash in retrospect.

Dolby....... just buy a bag of treats, he won't care

Brilliant idea - thanks!

One tiny snag there, though. The dog was found in a pound in Wales and was scheduled to be put down last week. A charity organisation managed to get her out before that happened, but they didn't *quite* find the time to locate the previous owner and check names, favourite food, collect her comfort blanket, etc - so I guess we're just going to have to do the best we can, unless of course she can miraculously speak and is able to remember her own name.

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Some excellent suggestions here, I knew I could rely on PH - Names Matter.

Some laugh out loud moments, we'll have to compile a shortlist now I think.

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kVA said:

Good man for rescuing her

Any pictures of her yet?

Just this one - we should have taken more, but tempting fate a little as she's not confirmed as ours yet:

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Update:

Well we're collecting her this afternoon but still not settled on a name! Pics to follow on the Dogs thread.

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Well, we settled on Duffy in the end. She came from a Welsh pound so that was the rationale!

Pics on the Post your Dogs thread now.

Thanks for all the input.

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Thanks - yes, apparently the Welsh pound gives just 7 days for someone to claim the dogs, or that's that