just got a new 7 week old Rhodesian Ridgeback pup...one of the best looking ones i've ever seen but he's gonna be a bigun, he should top out about 130 + lbs, which is about 30 to 35 above AKC standard so we're looking for an appropriate name for an extra large lion hound.... Godzilla was already suggested, but i decided calling him God for short might offend a few people...
if you like hound dogs as much as we do? you'd prolly think it's appropriate tho..... Posted by NaturalResources on :
How about Boer?
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
quote:Godzilla was already suggested, but i decided calling him God for short might offend a few people...
I hear that; my grandfather once had a dog named Blackie.
Posted by keithsan on :
I would call him kitten.
Posted by BuyTex on :
Leo...perhaps too obvious, but also short, which dogs respond to (Leon. Lee, etc)
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
Zeus
Posted by Upside on :
quote:Godzilla was already suggested, but i decided calling him God for short might offend a few people...
How bout Zilla then?
Posted by BuyTex on :
quote:Originally posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres*: Zeus
lol, good one--plays off what I was saying (regal, lion etc), PLUS, Glass? When you yell out, " HEY, ZEUS!"
pretty good...
Posted by Upside on :
That's my dogs name. I was going to go with Ooostitch but caved in to my 10 year old daughter. Now we're stuck with Zeus.
Posted by *Magnetic*Microspheres* on :
quote:Originally posted by Upside: That's my dogs name. I was going to go with Ooostitch but caved in to my 10 year old daughter. Now we're stuck with Zeus.
I guess I have the mindset of a 10 year old girl *sigh*
Posted by glassman on :
zilla might work. daughter also suggested that one... had a friend who got a puppy on xmas, called it "Merry Christmas". Yelling it in July was hilarius. They changed to calling it "x".
Posted by keithsan on :
piss off then.
Posted by BuyTex on :
I still like the image of Glass, yelling in Mississipi:
Jesus! Jesus! come, boy...
Posted by bdgee on :
Dogs, cats, horses, etc., respond best to simple easy to distinguish sounds for names...things like Ruff (my current dog's name.....he had it when I got him) or Lady (Lady was the best pointer I ever had and the smartest dog I ever knew....I don't think she ever heard the entire name Lady......it was the "lay" part that she seemed to recognise and respond to).
I too like the name God, since that's not only apt for such a dog, but is also the sort of a sound a dog might hear and take to best. But, like Glass..., I too might not wish to to upset the "church folk".
I point out that very often Father is used as a synonym for God, but is probably too cumbersome for a dog to easily accept for a name. However, I do recommend "Pop", which is a synonym for Father = God and should suit the ear of a canine beastee very well....as in "Whoa, Pop" or "Dammit, Pop, stop chewing that shoe!"
Posted by Peaser01 on :
A big name for a big dog then.
Magnum?
Posted by moomula on :
I had a doberman named "SIR"
Posted by mjm2005 on :
Maximus...
Augustus...
something Roman... straight out of Gladiator haha
Maybe the Latin for dog... Canis
Posted by glassman on :
quote:Originally posted by keithsan: I would call him kitten.
that's already taken here Keith...
had a cat adopt us 5 years ago, and i refused to let the kids name it thinking it might go away hahaha...
still named Kitty... altho bottlebrush would be a good name for it after it met the pup Posted by cruz on :
Fido?
Posted by cruz on :
Clifford? You know the bid red dog.
Posted by glassman on :
ridgebacks come in wheaten or red...
this one is very red....
Posted by BuyTex on :
Then how 'bout "Brick" ?
of course, there always (Red) Rover, and (Red) Ranger...
or just good ol' "Red"
[ January 15, 2006, 17:38: Message edited by: BuyTex ]
Posted by jordanreed on :
what about Bob?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
jordanreed, what about Bob?
Posted by mjm2005 on :
what about "Glass"... haha...
Posted by permanentjaun on :
Too bad you didn't get a pair of em. I plan on getting a pair of huge manly dogs and naming em mop and bucket.
For a single dog I'd say bear, moe, butch, bruce.
People may not like the god name and that wouldn't exactly work out in reverse - dog. Satan or natas sound kinda cool. Natas.
Posted by Livinonklendathu on :
Simba
Posted by cruz on :
Timon
Posted by BuyTex on :
Timon? cruz, a character I'm unfamiliar with...???
Posted by glassman on :
we're down to Hercules or Brick....
Brick is easier to say than Herc, the only problem with brick is the "brains" thingy, but bricks are also dependable and solid....
hmmmm..... we don't have much longer to decide or he'll only answer to puppy, puppy Posted by glassman on :
The Nemean Lion
Initially, Hercules was required to complete ten labors, not twelve. King Eurystheus decided Hercules' first task would be to bring him the skin of an invulnerable lion which terrorized the hills around Nemea.
Setting out on such a seemingly impossible labor, Hercules came to a town called Cleonae, where he stayed at the house of a poor workman-for-hire, Molorchus. When his host offered to sacrifice an animal to pray for a safe lion hunt, Hercules asked him to wait 30 days. If the hero returned with the lion's skin, they would sacrifice to Zeus, king of the gods. If Hercules died trying to kill the lion, Molorchus agreed to sacrifice instead to Hercules, as a hero.
Hercules wrestling the Nemean Lion Philadelphia L-64-185, Attic red figure stamnos, ca. 490 B.C. Photograph by Maria Daniels, courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum
When Hercules got to Nemea and began tracking the terrible lion, he soon discovered his arrows were useless against the beast. Hercules picked up his club and went after the lion. Following it to a cave which had two entrances, Hercules blocked one of the doorways, then approached the fierce lion through the other. Grasping the lion in his mighty arms, and ignoring its powerful claws, he held it tightly until he'd choked it to death.
Boy is always a good name for a male dog.
Posted by glassman on :
i really like the Hercules web site i posted the link to...
it has a lot of awesome pix of very high quality 2000 plus yr old art....
Posted by BuyTex on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: we're down to Hercules or Brick....
Brick is easier to say than Herc, the only problem with brick is the "brains" thingy, but bricks are also dependable and solid....
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and dependable under pressure Posted by Peaser01 on :
glass, that lion in the img you posted sure looks hungry for a hot dog. He's got his eye on the prize it appears.
Posted by Peaser01 on :
Buster, Champ.
Posted by permanentjaun on :
It appears Hercules is suffering from a side effect of juicing.
Posted by Wangdo on :
if you're still thinking of a name....Diesel
Posted by LEO on :
Mac, or Mack, like the truck
Posted by Ktrain420 on :
NAME THE DAWG ............
**************DOLLAR***************** Posted by Upside on :
How about DarDa?
Posted by Peaser01 on :
How about O.J.? LOL
Posted by glassman on :
lotta good names here, i really apreciate the help...
the group mind is still unsettled so we're still thinking.....
Deisel and Mack are both good....
sorry peaser, OJ is not gona make it past the first round
if we name him Deisel? can we call him Vin for short?
Posted by Ktrain420 on :
DOLLAR IS A BAD *SS DOG NAME .........MY CURRENT DOG'S NAME IS KEPPER BUT THE NEXT PUP IS GETTIN' THE NAME DOLLAR....... Posted by HILANDER on :
My buddy had a Rott once. It had another name but like us it forgot and just started to coming to DAMMIT!!!!! Good dog, just dumber than a box of rocks.
Posted by LEO on :
quote:Originally posted by glassman: lotta good names here, i really apreciate the help...
the group mind is still unsettled :rolleyes: so we're still thinking.....
Deisel and Mack are both good.... :D
sorry peaser, OJ is not gona make it past the first round ;)
if we name him Deisel? can we call him Vin for short?
If ya name him Mack you can call him Mac for short!!
Posted by mjm2005 on :
What about naming him after a stock you made a killing on... that would be an easy way to remember it... and a great conversational piece...
Posted by Peaser01 on :
LOL, What happens if the company changes names? That'll be one confuzed pooch. Posted by mjm2005 on :
quote:Originally posted by Peaser01: LOL, What happens if the company changes names? That'll be one confuzed pooch.
haha, I take back my idea...
What about... hmm, calling it Ameritrade? haha, jk
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