I just adopted a dog. What should I name him?

[Dark]

He's getting a few shots right now and getting fixed. But I am wracking my brains for a name that seems right. He's a collie-shepherd mix, about two feet high with the cutest brown eyes.

So far, I've thought about:

Max

Louie IV (Tradition of naming dogs in family as Louie, but Louie 3 is still alive. Don't want to jinx him.)

Bobbie (not sure I like this one)

Jeffey

Any suggestions?

[Mizmoon]

1. More dog names than you can shake a stick at ...

http://www.petrix.com/dognames/

[Dark]

5. Shasta? Isn't that the expired cola they sell at dollar stores? n/t

[proud patriot]

2. I like the name Max

:hi:

Jake is another good one

[Poiuyt]

32. Max is the most common name given to dogs in America today

[Dark]

3. Delete- posted to wrong thread n/t

[Eurobabe]

4. show us a photo for inspiration

that always helps! And be sure to visit the DU Pet group early and often. -48

[Dark]

8. Unfortunately, I don't have a digital camera. n/t

[In Truth We Trust]

6. Ballot,, or carlos, as in carlos santana, or rebel or DU

[Dark]

10. I want him to have a cool name. Carlos sounds good, but I don't want

people calling him "DU-DU" or "Peew", I don't want his feelings hurt.

[auntAgonist]

7. I like Bobbie / Bobby

but I'm partial to the story of Greyfriars Bobby.
A collie/Shepherd mix will be a great dog for you, I had one, his name was Bruce.

Greyfriars Bobby was of course a sky terrier. But what a story. I am from Edinburgh and have visited the site often.

aA

[Pirate Smile]

9. Do you know anything about his story? Are you getting him from

the animal shelter or a dog breeder?

If he has a story that lends itself to a name, that can work also.

I hit a dog with my car when he was running across a busy street. He didn't have an owner that came forward so I adopted him and had the 4 breaks in his legs fixed. I named him Crash.

[MuseRider]

12. That is a great

story! Ahhhh, good for you. We have adopted many but never one from a circumstance like that. I love it and the name, well it is perfect of course.

[Dark]

13. I know that he was a stray.

I adopted him from a local animal outreach program. They said he'd been running around for almost two weeks, living off of food the local residents provided.

I could call him 'Loner', or for that matter "Mooch" ;)

"Mooch Pooch! The wonder dog that chews up apholstery and forgets he's housetrained."

[Pirate Smile]

14. He sounds like a scrapy survivor who must be a charmer also since

managed to get the people to feed him. Hmmmm.

[Dark]

15. He is cute. What's the word for cute in Spanish? Is it 'bonito'?

Maybe 'guapo'

Although, considering he's part german shepherd, perhaps I should be looking in a german dictionary.

[Pirate Smile]

17. I found a dog name search engine. I don't know if it will help or not.

http://www.doggynames.com/single/index.html
It has naming tips. I haven't really looked around it yet.

I did a search on Crash and it gave me this:

Crash
Information about this name:
Meaning: To smash into things, to break or dash to pieces. To join a party without invitation.
Screen Details: Crash Davis from the baseball movie 'Bull Durham" (1988).
Personality Plus: Enjoys life to the fullest.

[peacebuzzard]

duplicate msg

[peacebuzzard]

11. I like Max

[Spinzonner]

16. Fred

[Southsideirish]

18. I like "people" names like Hugo, Ralph, George, etc.

[Spock_is_Skeptical]

19. I like Max!

[XemaSab]

20. fenrir

n/t

[maveric]

21. Diogee.

D---O---G

[LynneSin]

22. Who is your favorite male person from history?

I ended up picking Abbie Hoffman, but ultimately my cat's name is Abbott. If I didn't have a co-worker who's name was Jimmy I would have named him after Jimmy Page

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

23. Max is cute.

I like Bartleby, too.

[Tikki]

24. Name him: LENNY.....n/t

[HEyHEY]

25. Shaggy

[tjdee]

26. Mowgli after the kid from the Jungle Book.

Mowgli is such a great name for a dog I think.....but I've never had the occasion to use it.

[maxsolomon]

27. Hargus

that's the most hillbilly name i ever heard.

[all.of.me]

28. buddy!

[merh]

29. I adopted a huskey mix when I was in college.

It was during a hard time for me and I found him when he had only a few days left, if you know what I mean.

I names him JustinTime - he was a loving dog with blue eyes and I got him just in time for the both of us.

[DawgHouse]

30. Rusty

[xultar]

31. Diesel or Bailey