Poll
Question:
Which of these names do you like the most?
Option 1: Apollo
votes: 0
Option 2: Ares
votes: 1
Option 3: Argos
votes: 4
Option 4: Beau(regard)
votes: 4
Option 5: Blue(grass)
votes: 1
Option 6: Churchill
votes: 0
Option 7: Colonel
votes: 0
Option 8: Dodger
votes: 4
Option 9: Duke
votes: 5
Option 10: Jackson
votes: 0
Option 11: Moonshine
votes: 3
Option 12: Patton
votes: 1
Option 13: Sirius
votes: 2
Option 14: Thor
votes: 6
Option 15: Tiberius
votes: 5
Option 16: Ulysses
votes: 1
Option 17: Other (Jaron, etc.)
votes: 5
Ok, so Princesca and I are most likely adopting a dog this week--we have a specific puppy in mind and just need to get "approved" by the dudes who run the adoption foundation.
If it helps, the puppy in question is a mix of German Shepherd, Boxer, and Labrador.... I'm unsure of the exact proportions but we want to go with the one who looks the most like a German Shepherd. Also, it's a male. Its current name is "Dodger" (all of the dogs in the litter are named after MLB teams :bleeding: ), but we don't necessarily hate that name despite its origin.
Jo
Jak
Expos
Lake Monster
The Corporal
Jaron
Sirius
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2009, 06:31:10 PM
(all of the dogs in the litter are named after MLB teams :bleeding: )
At least you didn't end up with Yankee. ;)
Quote from: Vince on May 17, 2009, 08:29:17 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2009, 06:31:10 PM
(all of the dogs in the litter are named after MLB teams :bleeding: )
At least you didn't end up with Yankee. ;)
Yep, there's a Yankee. :x IIRC it's Dodger, Pirate, Philly, Cubby, Yankee, Astro, and Brava.
Dogs should have names like "Larry," "George" or "Wally." Never name a slobbering dog after a god or goddess, that is for a cat.
Indiana
Fucking dogs are only good to bark and reveal our position to the enemy.
They are only good for that and target practice.
Went with Beauregard. Jackson wouldent appreciate having a dog named after him, I fear.
Moonshine => :bleeding:
I went with Argos. Dodger isn't that bad either.
Or call him Siege. That would be appropriate...
although it is not german, Thor was the closest to a german name i could find.
Argos.
Aeon.
L.
If I ever get a german shepherd I'ma name it Adolf. :cool:
I like Dodger. Don't go for Argos - it's the name of a discount catalogue store over here.
Quote from: Caliga on May 17, 2009, 06:31:10 PM
Ok, so Princesca and I are most likely adopting a dog this week--we have a specific puppy in mind and just need to get "approved" by the dudes who run the adoption foundation.
If it helps, the puppy in question is a mix of German Shepherd, Boxer, and Labrador.... I'm unsure of the exact proportions but we want to go with the one who looks the most like a German Shepherd. Also, it's a male. Its current name is "Dodger" (all of the dogs in the litter are named after MLB teams :bleeding: ), but we don't necessarily hate that name despite its origin.
Well, if Frederick the Great named his hounds 'Pompadour', 'Tsarina' and 'Maria Theresa' you can name yours after a team you don't like. Besides, hounds have to be good at dodging, I presume...
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 04:04:35 AM
If I ever get a german shepherd I'ma name it Adolf. :cool:
Blondi was vetoed by Princesca early in the process. :(
Quote from: Siege on May 17, 2009, 09:30:47 PM
Fucking dogs are only good to bark and reveal our position to the enemy.
They are only good for that and target practice.
I hope the hajis put a bullet up your arse.
Quote from: BVN on May 18, 2009, 03:23:15 AM
I went with Argos. Dodger isn't that bad either.
Argos? WTF? Why not name him name Sparta or Lesbos while you're at it?
Come to think of it, Crete isn't that bad of a name for a dog.
Quote from: Alatriste on May 18, 2009, 04:32:04 AMWell, if Frederick the Great named his hounds 'Pompadour', 'Tsarina' and 'Maria Theresa'
Yeah, but the Austrians were his bitches, so Maria Theresa worked.
Quote from: Siege on May 17, 2009, 09:30:47 PM
Fucking dogs are only good to bark and reveal our position to the enemy.
They are only good for that and target practice.
What are you, a Muslim?
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 18, 2009, 05:07:03 AM
Quote from: BVN on May 18, 2009, 03:23:15 AM
I went with Argos. Dodger isn't that bad either.
Argos? WTF? Why not name him name Sparta or Lesbos while you're at it?
Come to think of it, Crete isn't that bad of a name for a dog.
Huh? Argos, like the name of the faithful dog of Odysseus? What's wrong with that?
Quote from: BVN on May 18, 2009, 05:21:57 AMHuh? Argos, like the name of the faithful dog of Odysseus? What's wrong with that?
OK, then that's different. But it'll have to be on the papers, or else people will just assume it's the city-state.
But if he's naming it after cities, I'd have to go with Cleveland. Always wanted an English bulldog named Cleveland.
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 05:15:18 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 17, 2009, 09:30:47 PM
Fucking dogs are only good to bark and reveal our position to the enemy.
They are only good for that and target practice.
What are you, a Muslim?
For Jews (at least Orthodox Jews) and Muslims alike dogs are unclean. Or so I have read, at least...
Blondie?
Quote from: Alatriste on May 18, 2009, 05:32:55 AMFor Jews (at least Orthodox Jews) and Muslims alike dogs are unclean. Or so I have read, at least...
Consider how many dog carcasses he's dumped into Palestinian wells. They don't do it out of love, you know.
Quote from: Alatriste on May 18, 2009, 05:32:55 AM
For Jews (at least Orthodox Jews) and Muslims alike dogs are unclean. Or so I have read, at least...
No-one's asking him to eat one.
Quote from: BVN on May 18, 2009, 05:21:57 AM
Huh? Argos, like the name of the faithful dog of Odysseus? What's wrong with that?
:yes:
That's in fact why we both sorta like that name. It's a cute little story in the Odyssey.
Quote from: Viking on May 18, 2009, 05:34:20 AM
Blondie?
Way to read the thread before posting... I already addressed that like 2 posts above yours. :P
Quote from: CountDeMoney on May 18, 2009, 05:25:27 AM
Quote from: BVN on May 18, 2009, 05:21:57 AMHuh? Argos, like the name of the faithful dog of Odysseus? What's wrong with that?
OK, then that's different. But it'll have to be on the papers, or else people will just assume it's the city-state.
What people? The average Joe will have no idea what Argos is a reference to.
Congratulations on getting a butt-ugly dog btw. What is it with you yanks and your fascination for mongrels? :P
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 06:38:55 AM
Congratulations on getting a butt-ugly dog btw. What is it with you yanks and your fascination for mongrels? :P
For dogs just as in humans the mongrels are hardier than assclown yokel purebreds such as yourself.
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 06:38:55 AM
Congratulations on getting a butt-ugly dog btw. What is it with you yanks and your fascination for mongrels? :P
I'm not a big fan of genetic disorders due to inbreeding. :contract:
My parents, for example, are all into dog eugenics to a Nazi-like extreme, and insisted on a purebred Old English Sheepdog. That damn dog needed TWO hip replacements, to the tune of $5K, due to hip dysplasia. Now they have two purebred Yorkies and I know the female has some weird issues due to inbreeding as well, but I forget what exactly.
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 06:43:46 AM
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 06:38:55 AM
Congratulations on getting a butt-ugly dog btw. What is it with you yanks and your fascination for mongrels? :P
I'm not a big fan of genetic disorders due to inbreeding. :contract:
My parents, for example, are all into dog eugenics to a Nazi-like extreme, and insisted on a purebred Old English Sheepdog. That damn dog needed TWO hip replacements, to the tune of $5K, due to hip dysplasia. Now they have two purebred Yorkies and I know the female has some weird issues due to inbreeding as well, but I forget what exactly.
:lol:
Proper eugenics doesn't necessitate inbreeding or genetic defects. My parents have a Yorkie aswell, and his only issues are a fierce temper and an insatiable appetite for liver paté, both which I suspect my old man taught him. :P
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
:D
His fierce temper mainly manifests in being very insistent about keeping proper routine, and he gets irritated if we stay up too late or stray past his designated walk-hour. Not to mention forgetting to give him a slice of cheese after his evening walk.
Methinks you generalize too much. :P
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
We've had small dogs, and they've all been very nice.
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 07:11:14 AMMethinks you generalize too much. :P
I take after you. :hug:
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 06:38:55 AM
Congratulations on getting a butt-ugly dog btw. What is it with you yanks and your fascination for mongrels? :P
Do Yuros not have pound dogs?
Of the names, Duke is the only one that doesn't make me laugh. Churchill doesn't work but Winson would.
A buddy of mine named his Golden Retriever Nixon. :bleeding:
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
That's usually becasue they're hyper active dogs to began with and they belong to lazy people who don't walk them, so you start getting dogs with personality disorders.
Now where they are annoying is most are yappers.
Other: Languish
I like Thor.
Quote from: HVC on May 18, 2009, 09:11:50 AM
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
That's usually becasue they're hyper active dogs to began with and they belong to lazy people who don't walk them, so you start getting dogs with personality disorders.
Yep, that would be my parents.
MOM and DAD: "We're going to groom this Old English Sheepdog three times a week and walk it daily!"The reality: Groomed like once every six months (always professionally), walked never, except by Princesca once (and in reality the dog basically walked her).
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 07:02:55 AM
:yes: Dogs that little almost always have horrible personalities. I don't mind smallish dogs like corgis and dachsunds and the like, but if you get any smaller you've crossed into crazy person territory.
Pugs are pretty small and have awesome personalities. Of course, they're also filled with genetic defects and die like flies.
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/61939
My wife has a friend who breeds Pugs. :x
She insists like you do that they've got great personalities, but they just look idiotic to me, sorry.
those are all decent names, but I Double Dare you to name yr dog Jaron. or Count De Money.
Count De Jaron?
Other: Rommel.
Quote from: Syt on May 18, 2009, 12:44:56 PM
Other: Rommel.
Rommel was also on my original list, but Princesca rejected it. :(
Go with a name like Caesar, or other notable of Roman times, in keeping with your re-enactment hobby of Roman history. :)
In that case, obviously Brutus. :contract:
Thus, when the mongrel poops on the floor, you can exclaim the infamous words with a pained expression on your face.
Quote from: KRonn on May 18, 2009, 02:38:30 PM
Go with a name like Caesar, or other notable of Roman times, in keeping with your re-enactment hobby of Roman history. :)
My recently-departed cat was named Caesar, and we don't recycle names. :(
Quote from: Slargos on May 18, 2009, 02:50:10 PM
In that case, obviously Brutus. :contract:
Thus, when the mongrel poops on the floor, you can exclaim the infamous words with a pained expression on your face.
Spot would be better for a Shakespeare quote: "Out, out damned spot."
Try the veal!
Other: Caliga's little helper.
Fernir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrisulfr)?
Biscuits and Gravy
Quote from: Viking on May 18, 2009, 03:05:17 PM
Fernir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrisulfr)?
Princesca is vetoing the names that are too hard for local yokels to pronounce.
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 03:19:47 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 18, 2009, 03:05:17 PM
Fernir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrisulfr)?
Princesca is vetoing the names that are too hard for local yokels to pronounce.
A, and
the still available.
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 18, 2009, 03:21:10 PM
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 03:19:47 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 18, 2009, 03:05:17 PM
Fernir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenrisulfr)?
Princesca is vetoing the names that are too hard for local yokels to pronounce.
A, and the still available.
Damn that's cold :lol:
He can get away with that since he's got ancestry, land, and family in Kentucky. Right, Lettuce? :)
Quote from: Caliga on May 18, 2009, 03:25:07 PM
He can get away with that since he's got ancestry, land, and family in Kentucky. Right, Lettuce? :)
And a colonelcy too. One day, I'll convince a chick the rank is more than a charity thing.
Edit: And I don't need lettow's approval of my southern roots. My ancestors answered the drum for the south.
Call him "Flash" (Kentuckian: "Flaysh"). That may only work if it's a basset hound, though :unsure:
Brain.
If Rommel is ruled out: Billy Ray. Or Billy Bob.
Fail? Blackbeard? I do like Argos as a name. Definately agree on the uselessness of small dogs. Hod do I loathe them with a passion.
Quote from: Syt on May 19, 2009, 12:30:15 AM
If Rommel is ruled out: Billy Ray. Or Billy Bob.
Mannstein, Rundstedt, Model?
If we're taking that route, I would probably go for Wittmann, Hartmann or Häyhä.
Skorzeny. Or Otto.
Moltke the Younger?
heliogabalus
stilicho
you could then dress up the dog as some roman ;)
Quote from: Alatriste on May 18, 2009, 05:32:55 AM
For Jews (at least Orthodox Jews) and Muslims alike dogs are unclean. Or so I have read, at least...
While the Old Testament says mean things about Dogs (and uses the term 'dog' to insult certain non-Kosher Kings) they are not specifically considered un-Kosher. For Muslims it is explicit that they are an unclean animal.
Tiberius
Titus Pullo
Quote from: Siege on May 19, 2009, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 18, 2009, 03:40:56 PM
Brain.
Pinky and the Brain are gays.
While an interesting and probably very unique name, I think it's a bit too long to be practical.
But points for creativity.
Quote from: Slargos on May 19, 2009, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: Siege on May 19, 2009, 08:49:12 AM
Quote from: The Brain on May 18, 2009, 03:40:56 PM
Brain.
Pinky and the Brain are gays.
While an interesting and probably very unique name, I think it's a bit too long to be practical.
But points for creativity.
Your sense of humor have completely ceased to amuse me.
Otis. Name him "Otis."
George.
:bleeding:
We just won a battle royale with the animal shelter over this dog. It reminded me of arguing with a religious wacko, actually.
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:wub:
He's so little it's even cute when he pees and shits (which he already seems to know not to do until he's outdoors :smarty: )
Quote from: Caliga on May 22, 2009, 08:52:04 AM
:bleeding:
We just won a battle royale with the animal shelter over this dog. It reminded me of arguing with a religious wacko, actually.
What was their problem and what did you finally name it?
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 24, 2009, 02:46:25 PM
What was their problem and what did you finally name it?
They came at us with a bunch of gay objections we had to shoot down one at a time. It was like having to out-debate a Christian nut, and at the "it's just what I believe in my heart" phase, they gave in. :lol:
Objection 1: You don't have a fenced yard.
Response 1: But our yard is THREE ACRES.
Objection 2: "You've never owned a dog."
Response 2: Princesca never has, but Cal has owned four and grew up with them his whole life.
We still haven't named him.... trying see if a certain name 'feels right' now that we have him. "Roscoe" has emerged since I was making the 'gooh gooh gooh' sound that Roscoe P. Coltrane used to make at Flash and he was going crazy and jumping all over me.
Quote from: Caliga on May 24, 2009, 03:29:19 PM
We still haven't named him.... trying see if a certain name 'feels right' now that we have him. "Roscoe" has emerged since I was making the 'gooh gooh gooh' sound that Roscoe P. Coltrane used to make at Flash and he was going crazy and jumping all over me.
Roscoe is a great name for a dog.
Quote from: Caliga on May 24, 2009, 03:29:19 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 24, 2009, 02:46:25 PM
What was their problem and what did you finally name it?
They came at us with a bunch of gay objections we had to shoot down one at a time. It was like having to out-debate a Christian nut, and at the "it's just what I believe in my heart" phase, they gave in. :lol:
Objection 1: You don't have a fenced yard.
Response 1: But our yard is THREE ACRES.
Objection 2: "You've never owned a dog."
Response 2: Princesca never has, but Cal has owned four and grew up with them his whole life.
We still haven't named him.... trying see if a certain name 'feels right' now that we have him. "Roscoe" has emerged since I was making the 'gooh gooh gooh' sound that Roscoe P. Coltrane used to make at Flash and he was going crazy and jumping all over me.
He looks like a Roscoe :)
QuoteResponse 1: But our yard is THREE ACRES.
:thumbsup:
Roscoe is indeed a great dog's name.
Here's my dog Roscoe.
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Quote from: Barrister on May 24, 2009, 06:33:40 PM
Roscoe is indeed a great dog's name.
Here's my dog Roscoe.
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:hug: What made you pick the name Roscoe?
Roscoe actual came as part of a package deal with Tracy - she named him. No particular reason I think - just figured it worked (and Roscoe P Coltrane somehow figured in there).
Quote from: Ed Anger on May 24, 2009, 05:50:19 PM
QuoteResponse 1: But our yard is THREE ACRES.
:thumbsup:
They probably figured we lived in a McMansion like the people we picked him up from today. I mean, their house was prolly built in the 70s, but the subdivision had relatively small lots.
Roscoe works.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 24, 2009, 09:07:45 PM
Roscoe works.
I'm really liking it, yeah. We set ourselves a deadline by end of day tomorrow to settle on a name. Unless something else brilliant comes along, that'll be my vote.
Ok, the mass of intestinal roundworms that he just passed: NOT CUTE. :x
Quote from: Caliga on May 25, 2009, 05:56:06 AM
Ok, the mass of intestinal roundworms that he just passed: NOT CUTE. :x
Mine did that too as a puppy. :x
Quote from: Caliga on May 25, 2009, 05:56:06 AM
Ok, the mass of intestinal roundworms that he just passed: NOT CUTE. :x
Pic?
Moonshine is really nice. :)
Roscoe it is. :cool:
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:wub:
Caligula feels up his puppy's dogboobs, no one surprised.
Quote from: Admiral Yi on May 25, 2009, 07:03:48 PM
Caligula feels up his puppy's dogboobs, no one surprised.
:perv:
Actually, I just noticed you can see his wang in that photo. :o
Stop with the pr0n, please!
That's a very cute puppy. :wub:
I sure hope he isn't just being fattened up for the summer barbeque.
Quote from: Malthus on May 26, 2009, 08:24:24 AM
That's a very cute puppy. :wub:
I sure hope he isn't just being fattened up for the summer barbeque.
:mad: It's Caliga, not Gao Gua.
Smarty puppy... day three of his captivity, and he's already learned how to fetch! He doesn't know it's CALLED fetching, but he brought the tennis ball back to me 50% of the time or so.
:goodboy:
Quote from: Princesca on May 26, 2009, 10:52:26 AM
Smarty puppy... day three of his captivity, and he's already learned how to fetch! He doesn't know it's CALLED fetching, but he brought the tennis ball back to me 50% of the time or so.
:goodboy:
He's training you well. you're his automated throwing machine :p
Welcome to the new board Princesca.