Name my new gun dog
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cidirkona
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Hmm... black lab... Carbon Deposit?
Matte?
Blued?
-Colin
Matte?
Blued?
-Colin
EmGeeGeorge
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Is it a bird dog?
"Quackers"
"Quackers"
one45auto
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How about "Cordite"?
skynyrd1911
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Kimber!!! Here Kimber! Hup! Hup! Here Kimber! 
AStone
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First thought:
Powder (as in black powder),
with an emphasis on 'Pow!'
Powder (as in black powder),
with an emphasis on 'Pow!'
KriegHund
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Yeoran
With a slightly rolling R.
With a slightly rolling R.
1911Tuner
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Lab Pup
jcs...Congratulations.
Right off the bat...You don't have a Lab. She has YOU.
Female Labs like pretty-girl names...human names...and they like being told that they're pretty...often. Do it not, and your girl will pout and chastise you by being hard-headed and obstinate.
Good names for female labs are:
Polly, Molly, Susie, Patsy, Dixie, Gracie, Bonnie, etc.
Avoid silly names. They have their dignity. Also, never EVER tell her that she's getting fat. She'll refuse to eat for days...and pout. Don't kid yourself into thinking that she doesn't understand exactly what you say. Dogs understand English perfectly, and it wouldn't surprise me if I were to catch
them speaking it fluently amongst themselves.
Choose a name that rolls off your tongue smoothly, because you'll be saying it a lot...often multiple times in rapid succession...for the first 6 months.
Reinforce the name during quiet times often so that she won't get confused
and think that her name is NODAMMITSTOP or some variation of that.
Keep her busy and don't let her get bored. Labs chew, and they've been known to reduce entire houses to splinters when they're bored.
She'll be a challenge and she'll make you wonder why in the name of hell that you wanted a Lab...and she'll steal your heart. Have fun!
jcs...Congratulations.
Right off the bat...You don't have a Lab. She has YOU.
Female Labs like pretty-girl names...human names...and they like being told that they're pretty...often. Do it not, and your girl will pout and chastise you by being hard-headed and obstinate.
Good names for female labs are:
Polly, Molly, Susie, Patsy, Dixie, Gracie, Bonnie, etc.
Avoid silly names. They have their dignity. Also, never EVER tell her that she's getting fat. She'll refuse to eat for days...and pout. Don't kid yourself into thinking that she doesn't understand exactly what you say. Dogs understand English perfectly, and it wouldn't surprise me if I were to catch
them speaking it fluently amongst themselves.
Choose a name that rolls off your tongue smoothly, because you'll be saying it a lot...often multiple times in rapid succession...for the first 6 months.
Reinforce the name during quiet times often so that she won't get confused
and think that her name is NODAMMITSTOP or some variation of that.
Keep her busy and don't let her get bored. Labs chew, and they've been known to reduce entire houses to splinters when they're bored.
She'll be a challenge and she'll make you wonder why in the name of hell that you wanted a Lab...and she'll steal your heart. Have fun!
shooting time
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Truer words were never spoken that was great !
Truer words were never spoken that was great !
griz
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Black lab? Well I guess Spot is a non-starter. How about Ruger?
PS Once I had a shepard named Ebony. The previous owners named him, we called him Ebby, pronounced sort of like Abby.
PS Once I had a shepard named Ebony. The previous owners named him, we called him Ebby, pronounced sort of like Abby.
Smokey Joe
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New Lab--Great!
Jcs271--1911Tuner has hit it on the head! I envy you--you are embarking on the adventure that has been repeated millions of times since the first wolf made a deal with a Neanderthal, and every time it is the first time all over again. Best deal the human race has ever gotten.
Can't help you much on names--something will turn up that will be mutually acceptable. I know of a man who named each of his long succession of dogs, "Bud," so he wouldn't have to try to remember a new name.
Work hard to deserve the unconditional love you are getting. Remember the dog owner's prayer: "Lord, help me be just half the man my dog thinks I am."
Jcs271--1911Tuner has hit it on the head! I envy you--you are embarking on the adventure that has been repeated millions of times since the first wolf made a deal with a Neanderthal, and every time it is the first time all over again. Best deal the human race has ever gotten.
Can't help you much on names--something will turn up that will be mutually acceptable. I know of a man who named each of his long succession of dogs, "Bud," so he wouldn't have to try to remember a new name.
Work hard to deserve the unconditional love you are getting. Remember the dog owner's prayer: "Lord, help me be just half the man my dog thinks I am."
1911Tuner
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Name
If you pay close attention, the dog may choose a name for herself. .
Example: (Ones that I've used)
"Maggie" M for Mischief... AGG for aggrivation.
"Bob" Big Old Baby. Usually evolves into Bobby at some point.
If you pay close attention, the dog may choose a name for herself. .
Example: (Ones that I've used)
"Maggie" M for Mischief... AGG for aggrivation.
"Bob" Big Old Baby. Usually evolves into Bobby at some point.
trodery
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I named mine Honya....Very uniqe name that I made up from a Polish word that means "sweetheart"
1911Tuner
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Sweetheart
Honya...I like that one.
"Puella" Latin for Pretty Girl. (Loose translation)
Honya...I like that one.
"Puella" Latin for Pretty Girl. (Loose translation)
stickslinger
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I just got a new bird dog and we almost named her "Zoot"!
When she is bad we of course would say...."naughty, naughty Zoot!"
We couldn't find enough people that appreciated that humor so we named her Delila and call her "Lila".
I think female dogs need pretty names too. A simple two syllable name that doesn't even remotely sound like any command you'll ever give her is what I was shooting for.
When she is bad we of course would say...."naughty, naughty Zoot!"
We couldn't find enough people that appreciated that humor so we named her Delila and call her "Lila".
I think female dogs need pretty names too. A simple two syllable name that doesn't even remotely sound like any command you'll ever give her is what I was shooting for.
GunnySkox
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Make her initials EBP ("Evil Black (Lab) Puppy") and select names to fit.
I'm a catman (in the interest of full disclosure), and I've always found that anything more than two syllables will lead to me calling the cat "stinky" or "fatty" all the time, instead of using its actual name. I can't quite pull off standing at the door and calling like "Aaaaarmaliiiiiite!"
~GnSx
I'm a catman (in the interest of full disclosure), and I've always found that anything more than two syllables will lead to me calling the cat "stinky" or "fatty" all the time, instead of using its actual name. I can't quite pull off standing at the door and calling like "Aaaaarmaliiiiiite!"
~GnSx
cxm
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Name....
Barkmore...
Barkmore...
jcs271 said:
BozemanMT
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If you get another one, you could call one Smith and one Wesson, then you could say "this house protected by Smith and Wesson". I so want to do that, the wife will NOT let me have 2 Great Danes. What a party pooper.
I like the NODAMNITSTOP one. That's so true.
I like the NODAMNITSTOP one. That's so true.
Bwana John
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Nooooo!!!
They like tough names, just ask my last 3 female labs: Sam, Thor, and Chuck. Only Chuck turned out Bone-Headed
What ever you call her try to make it one sylible, they find one sylible commands easyer to understand.
rick newland
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Sako was my favorite dogs name. Here is my Sako
I've always heard that you should name your dogs in names that end in the "E" sound--Charlie, Emmie, Lassie, etc. Two syllable names work best, as they are then able to differentiate their name from the one syllable commands like Sit-Stay-Down-No-Speak-Shake etc.
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