Your Malt's name

Sorry you are sick in bed! I hope you get better very soon.

A Side Story:
I am a fan of classic, classic westerns - roy rogers, gene autry, etc. (I don't like westerns made after 1935).. It has been a goal of mine to name my dogs after the classic western/singing cowboy's horses (you'd also have to know that I grew up on a cattle ranch in Oklahoma and my dad & uncles are all cowboys - as in they ride a horses/train horses to make a living - or did at one time). So, I wanted to name my dogs: Silver (lone ranger), Champion (Gene Autry's horse), Scout (Tonto's horse), Pie (the horse that James Stewart always rode - yes his movies were newer), Trigger (Roy Rogers) and so on.... I didn't decide to do this until after I had 2 dogs - Libby & Tasha. After Libby passed away at the age of 17.. and lots of research I decided on a Maltese.. this led me to discussing names of my new puppy with my massage therapist and she just had a new foal and she'd named him Atticus.. we discussed the book "To Kill A Mockingbird" and how much we loved the book, etc... well this stuck in my head.. so when Heidi asked me if I had a name for my new puppy - I said Atticus (so she started calling him Atticus before I picked him up! She is so cute that way).

Well, Ken met Atticus and he had to have a Maltese too! so funny, he didn't think i needed a new dog - i still had Tasha, etc, etc. He met Atticus and he completely changed his mind and he wanted one too. So, a month later we flew back and picked up "Rugby" - now, Ken named "Rugby" - I lobbied hard for another name from the book, but wanted to name this 5lb ball of fluff Rugby after the rough and tumble sport! ..

fast forward 10 months.. Tasha passed away from old age and Atticus is missing and we are on the phone with Heidi and very teary and upset. We felt like we'd let her down as well - when our dog sitter lost Atticus! It was horrible. Heidi was great (heidi is Atticus's breeder - aria maltese), and she said she was ready to retire Grace (Atticus & Rugby's mom) and when we were ready we could have her. We did find Atticus (or a friend of Ken's did on a morning walk by an arroyo, fighting off a crow!), so a month or so after getting Atticus back and being so thankful - !! We went off to CA to pick up Grace.. and SCOUT.. now if I haven't lost you - Scout was the name of Tonto's horse and Scout is also the name of a character from the book.. (grace was already named.. her official name is "Champion C and M's Every Day is A Gift")

So, It was a long and convoluted story.. but you asked for a story.. you didn't say it had to be interesting or make much sense! I have enjoyed reading people's stories and i'm not even sick in bed!

Take care of yourself.

jj

What a fun thread...sure have enjoyed reading all the stories!!! We surely struggle to find the right names, don't we?! I love the Melon story, the McFatty story...so many stories were so great!!! I will be looking at all these precious pups with refreshed enthusiasm as it is so very obvious how very much loved they are that we all struggled so hard to find perfect little names.

Mine are:
Daisy (my Mom named her because my Mom wanted the pups from our rescue dogs...but later realized she was too old to handle pups [which I was anticipating at some point in the future, just not before she even tried them out]) I loved that name, so kept it for the white pup

She had wanted to name the other pup Shasta (like Shasta Daisy), but I wasn't really keen on it. The one with the dark ear tips I considered my miracle pup since I really think she should have died...her Mom went into labor at home on a Sunday afternoon just a bit before noon...before I knew it, Mom started chewing at the sac (it all happened in seconds before our brains really realized she was already birthing - showed no outward signs beforehand) and the pups little feet were dangling out (breech birth). Besides the fact that this is very dangerous in a breech birth situation (they can suffocate), the pup was too large to pass through her canal, so had to swoop everyone up and race to the vet (thank heavens we made it 10 minutes before they were due to close). I thought there was no way that little one would make it since the sac was already broken and knew it would take time to prep her and do the c-section. Since she made it, I consider her a miracle baby... and I thought Gracie (like Grace) sounded 'old timey' to go with Daisy (as an 'old timey' name instead of the flower).

The rescue dogs were given quick names by my husband (because I was trying not to get attached, planning to love, rehabilitate and rehome) : Pip & Squeak to be funny and because they were so small. They just stuck. We still have Pip...Squeak has since been rehomed since she was a lot less emotionally damaged.

Next story please! This is great!

Archie. When I first brought him home I named him Loki (greek god of mischief). But no one could remember it, not even me...duh... Stan loves Archie Bunker....so I'm not sure how it happened, but he ended up being Archie.

Abbey. When I knew I was getting Abbey I had her named picked out as Angel, it was my favorite name. But a friend called out random letters of the alphabet to me and I had to say a the first name that came to mind. When she said "A" I said Abbey. Curious....since i had already planned on naming her Angel.....huh.....very strange indeed. Had to go with it...her registered name is Abbey Rose Buttons and Bows.

Angel. When I decided to get a Bonnie's Angel, I knew ths one HAD to be "Angel". And so it was. She was a tiny itty bitty beautiful Angel. We had her for three weeks when a horrible accident happened. Angel passed away and became a real angel. I often wonder if this was all in God's plan and I was not supposed to name Abbey...."Angel". Very curious.

Ava. When I was ready to get another pup from Bonnie, I absolutely knew i'd never name another dog Angel again. So after writing down every "A" name that I could possibly think of. Ava emerged as the winner. It has that Diva ring to it. Plain, simple, elegant. Her registered name is Angel's Adore Ava L'Amour.

Tinker Toy. Tink spent his life in a filthy cage n a puppy mill. No ever touched or spoke to him. He has many issues, he's still not normal after three years of living here. He needed a silly name as he has not one humorous bone in his body. He's a serious dog with serious mental problems. Tinker Toy, Tinky Winky, Winky, whatever as long as it's silly I like it for him.

ok, I'm done.

When we got Chloe i had a list of names that i liked and i wanted my husband to feel like he was part of getting Chloe so i let him pick out the name.
With Riley a friend from work told me about Riley and the situation he was in (abused and neglected). When i first saw him i thought of the name Riley for some reason and come to find out his name was Ricco (which doesn't fit him at all). He has the "Life of Riley" and it suits him perfectly.
With Noelle, my mom lives in Greece and found Noelle in a crate at an outdoor market. She was born around Christmas time and we thought she looked like a Noelle and it suits her perfectly. I decided to spell it with the double ll's and an e at the end, to me it looked more feminine that way.

I have a on going list of names for when in the far off future i get another malt. Whenever i think of a name i add it to my list.