Our esteemed colleagues at the Nanaimo B次元官网网址 Bulletin recently released a list of the in that city.
(Spoiler alert: Buddy, Max, Charlie, Molly, Bailey, Bear, Lucy, Daisy, Bella and Jake; weB次元官网网址檒l check on the PQB results for you shortly)
That got me to thinkingB次元官网网址� about my own history of pet ownership and how happy I always am to re-share my own naming adventures and get a chance to hear some of yours.
So, just how do you go about naming your pets?
Is there an intricate process? A gut feeling? Make use of a special naming website (they do exist)? Let your children do the honours?
I always enjoy the creative names, even if they degenerate into low-effort nicknames, like the pets were your hockey teammates.
The first pet we had when I was a young boy was a calico kitty named B次元官网网址楧illyB次元官网网址�, which was shortened from Dylan Thomas, my MumB次元官网网址檚 favourite poet.
The oft-crabby Dilly lived to be 24, easily outdistancing our other cat Patches (white with patches of black, or vice-versa, depending on how you looked at it). So we didnB次元官网网址檛 get much chance to name endless pets.
We briefly had a Samoyed named Dakota, shortened to Cody and renamed (by me) as Cujo.
The poor pooch had a brain tumour, which when it flared up made it a growling, barking fiend.
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The very first kitties we ever had were Smoky (grey in colour, I mentioned IB次元官网网址檓 very original) and his white pal Bandit.
Bandit was quickly shortened to B, but was also more inappropriately known as Blanket Humper B (shoutout to Bud Bundy).
After those two, I kind of lost my naming rights, with all the younger members of the household taking over.
After the two originals came the best dog ever, Aiko, a giant mushbag of a wolf-malamute cross whose name meant B次元官网网址榣oveB次元官网网址�.
His partner in crime was Sam, a massive Anatonial shepherd who I guess looked like a B次元官网网址楽amB次元官网网址�.
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Both pooches are now in doggie heaven, along with Diesel, the black lab who became SamB次元官网网址檚 best buddy and I called B次元官网网址楧oyleB次元官网网址� because that was how the two-year-old pronounced his name.
After Diesel came our current black lab, Charlie (hey, we made the list!) who I call B次元官网网址榃igsB次元官网网址� because when he greets you he wiggles in serpentine fashion like late-1980s Axl Rose.
He also answers to Charleston Chew, Chuckster, Charlie Bear and probably a few more nicknames IB次元官网网址檓 not aware of.
A cornucopia of kitties have also followed the original pair.
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My post-Smoky favourite was Chevrolet Silverado BMX Jet Ski Lamborghini Dirt Bike (The First). A majestic orange alpha male who was named by the five-year-old lad in the house who clearly took his naming responsibilities very seriously.
Sadly, we lost Chevy (his shortened moniker) to a heart ailment when he was just five.
Along with Taco, we still have two other kitties, one with a bit of an inappropriate moniker and B次元官网网址楲inkB次元官网网址�, named after the video game character.
HeB次元官网网址檚 like the aforementioned sports teammates, I just call him Linky or Art Linkletter, a TV name I remember from long ago.
ThereB次元官网网址檚 also been a handful of fish and birds and rodents that everyone but me was interested in. WhatB次元官网网址檚 your best pet name story? IB次元官网网址檇 love to hear your original names and the tales behind them.
Bonus points for pics.
PQB B次元官网网址/Vancouver Island Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and story ideas. He can be reached at 250-905-0029 or via email at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca.
