This is the one with possible dog names.
Posted September 9th, 2009 by Mike Lawson
We love our dog named Olive, and we’ve been talking about getting another female dog really soon. Olive turned 1-year-0ld on September 1st, and she could do some mothering/sistering soon.
If you didn’t know, Olive moved into our house in December 2007, and we kind of named her after Olive from “Olive The Other Reindeer.” Which is a cute children’s book. And I was thinking that it would be cute to name our new dog after a children’s book character. Here are the names I came up with:
Hachiko is a cute name, but it’s a real dog’s name.
Ramona is one of my favorites…but Dan doesn’t love it.
I love the name “Beezus” too. In the stories, Ramona’s sister was actually named Beatrice, but they called her “Beezus.” Dan says that it sounds too much like “Jesus.”
I haven’t had the oppotunity to ask Dan if he likes this one. But if he vetos Beezus and Ramona, my next number one is “Pippi.” Isn’t it cute…”Let’s take Olive and Pippi to the dog park.” Or how about “Pippi, drop that sock.”
So which is your favorite? Any other children’s book characters that would make a good dog name?
7 Responses to “This is the one with possible dog names.”
September 9th, 2009 at 9:52 am
Um, what happened to Basil?
My vote is for Pippi
September 9th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
How about Amelia like Amelia Bedelia?
HATED Pippi. It always bothered me that her mouth movements weren’t in synch with the sound of her words.
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September 9th, 2009 at 10:02 pm
Olive and Eloise, simply because the names go well together, Eloise could be shortened to Elly or Weezie…and you can holler both names from across the room and get both dog’s attention. Although I would TOTALLY vote Ira if it was a boy puppy because then they would sound like a little old married dog couple.
September 10th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
Gertie is the best choice!
September 28th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
I love Viola Swamp. One of my favorites
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September 29th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
Viola Swamp?! Ah, what memories.
My hamster Richard Parker is named after a character in a book.
I think Pippi works.
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January 12th, 2010 at 10:04 am
I just smiled when reading this post in my feeds. My son, 14 years old, re-read Stellaluna last week, when I found it clearing boxes of books from our old flat and asked him if he remembered the story. He hardly remembered the book and loved it!
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