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Sunrvrose
Member
08-13-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 1:32 am
Inspired by the name the doggie thread, I think this could be a fun one. I'll start, and this will be the longest post I have ever made. I have 4 dogs and 9 cats. So, my pets, in order of appearance in my life, are: 1. Buster Douglas. Australian Shepherd/malamute/wolf. I didn't get my female dog spayed in time and she mated with a wolf/malamute down the street. His name was Tyson, so when puppies were born, 1st one was named Buster Douglas.(1990)Puppy is now a very old man. 2. B.J. German Shepherd 1997. Rescued him from an owner who just worked too much. Name came with the dog, I didn't change it. Now 8-9 years old. 3. Fosberry, tabby cat 1999. Nickname Fozzie or Foz. Mother's day gift from dd. I had seen him at a no kill shelter and fell in love with him. When Foz was a baby, everytime we would pet him, he would flop over on his back and usually fall off of whatever chair or couch he was on. Hence named for Dwight/Dwayne (?) Fosberry who innovated a new high jump move, the Fosberry Flop. 4. Otter, boarder collie/wolf/malamute/aust shep. As a puppy, her face looked just like a sea otter, and still does. She is about 4 now. 5. Meiko, flame point siamese cat. Granddaughter just came up with the name out of thin air and we liked it. Adopted him as a kitten 2000. 6. Bailey Sweet Pea, beautiful black and white long haired cat, with a face like a Picasso Painting. Grandson named her. (2003) 7. Cedar, mini doxie/terrier mix. I decided I wanted a little tiny lap dog. Went and bought this little guy from a lady in town who rescues unwanted dogs. He was only about 10 inches long and 5 inches tall. He is a pretty reddish/gold, named him for all of the Cedar trees here. Turns out that maybe the mommie wasn't a mini doxie. Cedar is now almost one year old and is about 2 feet long and 10 inches tall. Good thing my lap is also getting bigger. LOL (2003) 8. Meishka, tabby cat (2003) DD found this pathetic starving kitty that had been dropped off in the woods. Brought her home, and sure enough, a month later: 9. Calli, calico kitten, girl 10. Summersault, black and white kitten, kept falling over. Boy 11. Beardsly, black and white kitten, black chin. Boy 12. Bandit, black and white kitten, raccoon face. Boy 13. Kiss/Tiger, black and white kitten, has perfect black lips, like Simmons of KISS. Boy Meishka and Calli go to the vet on 2/26 to be spayed. The boys will go about two weeks later. I'm not planning on getting any more pets. (Yea, Right!)
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Starfire
Member
02-12-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 8:30 am
I have two dogs. The first one is a Fox Tererir named Maggie Pooh. She is 4 yrs. old and we got her from a shelter. She had just been brought in an hour before we saw her! Her name was just Maggie so we had to add to it. Next we have a German sheppard/Boxer named Tia Pooh. she is 1 yrs. old and we got her from a shelter. Her name was Tia already so we had to add to it. We didn't want Tia pooh to get jealous of sissy! Maggie Pooh weighs 20 lbs. and Tia Pooh weighs 85 lbs. It makes home life interesting, especially when I have to tell them its not nice to eat our family members!
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Bandit
Member
07-29-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:23 am
I have 3 cats and here are their names and why: 1) Bandit - I got her and her brother at the pound. On the way home, we were trying to think of names for them. One was a black and white kitten with a mask, and the other was all black. While we were brainstorming, we saw a Trans Am like the one from Smokey and the Bandit. Right then by DH said "Hey look, a Smokey and the Bandit car." Just then a light bulb went off, and we named the one with the mask "Bandit" and the black one "Smokey." It was perfect. Unfortunately, though, Smokey got sick and we had to have him put down. 2) After that happened, we had to another playmate for Bandit, so we adopted Sugar. We named her that because she's all white and loves to give you kisses. 3) Then by accident, DH's friend found a little brown tabby kitten outside his apartment that he was going to keep, but found out he couldn't. So he asked us if we could keep him. We named him Toby. Not for any real reason--he just looked like a Toby.
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:34 am
We have at this time 3 cats, 2 kittens and a cockatiel. 1. Our oldest cat is only 3 and her name is Sophie and honestly, we just liked the name. 2. A male cat named Frankie and he is named for a little boy that my daughter had in her childcare class. He wanted us to name a kitten after him. 3. A male cat named Pacey and he is named for Joshua Jackson's character on Dawson's Creek. The show was ending and we paid tribute.The two boys are almost 1. 4. Two new kitties born on Super Bowl Sunday and their names are (accordingly) Brady and Jake after the quarterbacks. 5. Our cockatiel is named Miss Patti LaBelle because of how her crown sticks straight up looking like one of Miss LaBelle's 80's hairdos. We just call her Patti. All of our cats are orange tabby.
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Lkunkel
Member
10-29-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:38 am
We have three felines that have allowed us to live with them: Bopper. Bopper's really name is Barthlomew Be-Bop, born 1-1-90. He has a little Hitler moustache and with his other markings, just looks like a be-bop guy. (Hey, DH had him two years before I moved in, so...). His litter-mate, who was only black and white, was named Beatnik; she was put down on 9-10-2001. Punk. Punk, born 8-8-92, was a pre-destined feline. I wanted a cat that would like me. Beatnik wanted no part of me, and made sure her big brother followed suit. DH said we could get another cat if it had black shorthair, blue eyes, and we named him Punk. We got him as a 6 week old kitten and he's been ruling the roost since then. Speckle Speckle, found date 6-22-95, was our foundling. In our then-complex, several seniors died the week we found her. She was either turned out or escaped. When I found her, and discovered she was declawed in front, DH was out of town. My other two neighbors in the cul-de-sac and I decided that she needed a trip to the vet and a home; I got her, since she actually came to me, and was leary of the two neighbors. The one neighbor (who had been feeding her) paid for the vet, and Punk really seemed to like her. We found out she was in perfect health, was roughly 18 months old, and had been spayed. I told DH that we now had the pitter-patter of more little feet. His reply: "What is the new speck on the feline radar?" At that, she became Speckle.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 9:42 am
I have two cats: -- Costa, my little man. When I adopted him at 8 months from a shelter, his name was Charlie. I thought he was just too special for such an *ordinary* name, so I renamed him. Costa is Greek for Charlie. Costa is a grey/brown tabby mixed with white. With half a moustache. -- Kassiopeia, my little girl. When I adopted her (at four weeks of age!), I decided I needed to keep the Greek theme going. So I looked thru my Greek mythology. Kassiopeia was wife of Cepheus and mother of Andromeda. She was considered one of the great beauties. Kassie is a black and white shorthair... I call her my cow baby cause when she was little she kinda looked like she had Jersey cow spots. And no, I'm not Greek. But I think I was, in another life (I felt like I'd "come home" when I visited the Greek Isles a few years ago).
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Puppylov3
Member
01-26-2004
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:18 am
I have one cat - a half breed flame point Siamese (blue eyes) his name is Casper. My mother named him. His first name was actually Chio. Which is Japanese for white (my mothers youngest brother used to be married to a woman from Japan - they had a white dog named chio). Mom changed his name because my step father kept called him Chico (long story but this is a man who calls a sink, a zink and other such oddities). So she changed his name to Casper ala Casper the friendly ghost - as a kitten he was white. They thought he was going to stay white. Anyway Mom and stepdad took him in becasue he was a stray and I wanted him because despite the white - I knew he was part siamese because he had the faint hints of red points on the tip of his tail and ears. The name still fits because at night he does sorta have a ghostly appearance in the dark.
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:30 am
When I was a child, I had 2 poodles, which I had npthing to do with naming...a toy white names Jolie Avril, which we called Mitzi and a black 1/2 standard, 1/2 minature named Suzette Dupree that we called Suzy. Suzy had an untimely death when I was 4, but Mitzi lived til I was 17. When I was about 23, I was ready for another pet again. I had recently moved to California, and the apt I was renting had a strict "no dogs" policy. My mom, bless her heart, bought me a parakeet...I did not want a friggin bird...I wanted a dog, so, I named the bird Fido. I also adopted an ex-boyfiend's fish named Toyota. A year later, I bought my house, and finally got another poodle...a minature/toy...her name is Chynna Magique...she was named after 2 bars/clubs I used to frequent.
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Cancunkid
Member
10-01-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:31 am
Arrgh I hate to admit but 6 cats. Pinky Lee female 14 yo red tabby because she had the pinkest ears! later nicknamed Pinky Dean after my grandmother who weighed in at 89 lbs because the cat quit eating but she is over that she is at the bowls every meal Frosty female 14 yo white because I found her while looking for a missing cat she was in the creek behind our house in the ice and snow crying. She had bubblegum stuck in her hair so we didn't even try to find her owners Misty female 12 yo long hair grey and peach she is very skitterish and can disappear like mist plus kinda misty colored Weller male 9 yo tiger found him while calling my bosses cat while housesitting. They lived on Weller street Clyde 8 yo long hair black male name clyde because I had a rabbit fur toy just kinda a round furry blob with big huge yellow eyes and big feet as a kid that I called Clyde Butch 1 yo my latest white and grey male came to my house as an unneutered male of a year old. Found his owners but he came back and they never called or put up signs but they had gotten a new kitten. Being unneutered he had those fat cheek pads and his head neck and shoulders looked huge! He just looks very butch but he is probably the least aggressive cat I have ever met.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 10:41 am
Carmel Tigger- is a very large orange cat who looks and acts like Garfield. We didn't name him Carmel..he came to us from someone who let him loose outside. His previous owner (prior to the woman had him inside) He ran away for a year..when he came back she gave him to us. He was a very scared kitty when we first brought him home. Now he's a rotund lazy..but happy kitty. He lets our daughter put all kinds of crazy things on him..LOL
Nutmeg Pumpkin - is a very round guinea pig. Her name is from her nutmeg color coat. She also has splashes of white and black. She's a very gentle and sweet creature. She'll cuddle under your chin when you hold her.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:19 am
Our elegant Siamese miss had to have an equally elegant name, ergo. Ohpelia...from Shakespeare's Hamlet. (I misspelled it when I came onboard TVCH)
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:36 am
My cat, who is 14 years old, is named Motley. I let my now ex-boyfriend name him after Motley Crew. My husband's cat, age 5, is named Scoop...because he scooped her up out of the parking lot and saved her. His rat (yes, a rat) is named Marco after Marco Polo. We do not name the fish, seamonkeys but we are getting a tadpole in the mail any day now. I suppose he will be named...any suggestions?
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Deesandy
Member
08-12-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:43 am
Costacat, do you happen to know the name of Cassiopeia's mother...not your kitty's mom but the greet mythology mom?
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 11:55 am
my daughter has named both of our cats. ariel is a 8lb 10 year old dark ranch mink tonkinese. of course she was named after "the little mermaid". my big girl belle actually she's Napa Valley Belle of the Ball is a 16lb 9 year old tortiseshell tabby maine c00n show cat (she didn't like showing). again - named after the disney movie. we figure we have a theme going and the next cat will have to be named "jasmine" for the next kitty.
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Djgirl
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07-17-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 12:02 pm
I have two furbabies... Doyle (1999) & Willow (2001): I have always been a huge Buffy fan, and when I found Doyle, I had to name him after "Doyle" on "Angel", who actually was killed off in the very next show... kind of freaky. Anyhoo... when Willow arrived on my doorstep, the coldest night of the year, and had no fur on her legs, and weighed all of 3.5lbs, I had to call her Willow, since I wanted either Willow or Buffy, however, her size dictated her name... and it suits her to a tee. (Although, most of the time she answers to anything - she lives for affection)
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Treasure
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06-26-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 1:15 pm
Many years ago I worked at the local Humane Society as a Vet Assistant. While working there, I saw a cat that the owners had brought in for treatment of an abscess. After several calls to pick up and pay the bill, it was determined that the owners were not going to return. The last name was Lancelot. He came home with me and that became his name. I called him Lance most of the time. About two years later a woman brought in a beautiful little female that her children had kicked down the outside stairs. The woman freaked out when the cat began to have a seizure. Surgery was done to put a dislocated hip back in place. The woman never returned. Her last name was Meredith. So I had two cats from work, Lance and Meredith. They lived to about 18 years of age. Now I have Pumpkin and Trouble. I got Pumpkin from the Humane Society about 5 years ago the week of Halloween. Trouble came to me because a friend needed me to rescue him from her mother's house where the other cats were mistreating him terribly. I also have two registered Thoroughbreds that I raced, Katy's Magic Key (Magic)and her son Jomar's Treasure (Junior). Magic's mother was Village Kate and her sire was Ignition Key. The way she came into my life was pure MAGIC. Her son is a grandson of Seattle Slew. However, his name came about by combining my first name with the first name of a friend that partnered with me to get the breeding, and the last name of the man who told me about Slew Mood, a son of Seattle slew, that was standing at stud for the first year and offered a reasonable fee.
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Urgrace
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08-19-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 1:57 pm
Our royal blue betta is named Reggie. He's a fighting fish and just turned two. I wanted a name to suit his color and fiesty personality. Reggie means swift, powerful and kingly. Our youngest kitty is 22 months, a fluffy buffy brown tabby we call Kallicat. Her name fits her because she can be flowery, frolicky and impish. The all black, sleek, 23 month old cat was named here at the clubhouse. A certain imaginary, playful, magical object of energy channelled the name Juju to me. Then there's our Buddy. He's an 8 year old tuxedo, black and white cat with a permanent smile of white on his black face, and he's very much my friend and buddy.
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Ddr
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08-19-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:03 pm
My JRT is named Jake. My son named him that cause he said he looked like a Jake. Our first JRT was Chip (who we lost in a tragic accident that I'll have to post in the dog thread) and our second JRT is named Chipper, LOL. Chipper lives with my ex. My first cat was found on May 4, 2001 as a 5 day old kitten. I worked for a huge festival and one of the guys in the beer booth found it in a box the Friday of the festival. He walked into the office and told me about the kitten and said "Do you want it or do you want me to chunk it?" You guessed the answer to that question. That night we all took turns trying to get it to eat. Friends took it home as I had to work, brought it to the vet the next morning and I picked it up on the Monday. Had to bottle feed her, the whole nine yards. As the theme of the festival was 2001: A Crawfish Odyssey, we named her after the festival where she was found and called her Odyssey. She's solid black with green eyes and she's cross-eyed. Second cat is Dugas. She showed up at my house and had a fondness for my car engine. It took me about 2 hours to touch her but the minute I did, she instantly started purring. So I scooped her up and brought her in the house. She's named after the building I live in. It has Dugas Place on the front of the building. (I live in an old mercantile building downtown.)}
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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:30 pm
We don't have any real live animals companions at present, but Bigdog and I each have an imaginary dog. Mine is a Jack Russell Terrier named Skippy. Bigdog's is a standard poodle named Claude. We have had Skippy and Clause for about 8 years.
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Puttergirl
Member
08-11-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:31 pm
R A S C A L And he lives up to it every day!!!
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Texasdeb
Member
05-23-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:35 pm
4 dogs & 3 cats Bridgette - 8 yr old German shepherd Pebbles - 6 1/2 yr old Beagle Charlie Brown - 7 yr old standard Weiner dog Carmelina - 6 month old Caramel colored lab Felix - 8 yr old grey pursian like cat Chester - 7 1/2 yr old orange & white small boned cat Calvin - 4 yr old "fire tipped" siamese cat with beautiful blue eyes Love all my spoiled critters! The dogs are all inside/outside pets & the cats (all neutered) are full time house pets.
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Halfunit
Member
09-02-2001
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 5:51 pm
Kitty (cat) - that was her name when I got her. 15 years old. Wheezer (cat) - she had an upper respiratory infection when I got her and she was wheezing. 6 years old. Shinobi (cat) - the name is Japanese for "thief". She would steal food off of your plate when we first brought her home. She no longer does this. 7 years old. Brett (husband) - named by his mother after Brett Maverick. Bonus info: middle name is Dean, after Dean Martin. 34 years old.
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Reiki
Member
08-12-2000
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 6:08 pm
I had a beautiful Himalayan seal point cat that I named Dulcinea from the character in the Don Quioxte/Man of La Mancha stories. Dulcinea means sweet and mostly she was. When she was naughty I called her Aldonza. I used to sing her name song to her all the time. Then I adopted a Russian blue boy who I called Storm Vanderzee after one of my ancestors. He was born onboard ship during a storm at sea, earning his name (vanderzee is dutch for of the sea) The name has been carried on by his descendants since the 1630s and this was my little way to honor him. It fits my boy Stormy very well. He evens likes to sit in the window when its raining. His theme song is Stormy Weather. I just have to sing a few bars and he comes running for a hug. Dulcinea and Stormy's first babies were Simon and Shadow. They had their mom's long hair and their dad blue-grey coloring. They were born the night I was supposed to go to a Duran Duran concert. The concert was cancelled because Simon LeBon had vocal problems - hence Simon. Shadow is short for Moonshadow like the Cat Stevens song. Dulcinea's next litter came on Christmas Eve. One of the litter of 5 didn't make it so I named her Angel. The others I called Nicholas, Noelle, Natalie and Navidad in honor of the holiday. Nicky and Noelle looked just like their mom, and Nat and Navi looked like their older brothers. The kittens all found good homes with family and friends. Dulcinea is gone now, but Stormy is still my boy.
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Sweetbabygirl
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08-31-2002
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 6:23 pm
D.P. is named after my friend Michael's departed friend, David Pierce....for my other cat, Michael doesn't remember why he is named Harpo, but I added Cassavettes for Harpy's middle name after the actor, John Cassavettes.
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Staceyinpa
Member
01-03-2003
| Monday, February 16, 2004 - 6:25 pm
I have 2 cats Lizzie was my daughter's birthday present last year.. A woman I go to church with works at an animal hospital and one of the nurses brought in a stray kitten and was looking for a home for her. I fell in love with her at first sight. Lizzie McGuire is my daughter's favorite show. Here is Lizzie she's about a year and a half old now) [IMG]http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v61/staceyw4/DSCN0282.jpg[/IMG] Zeke was also a stray (from a stray mommy) and my mom has his sister. Zeke is my baby and was named after Zeccheus from the bible. Zeke for short - sounds playful - which he is! Here's Zeke: (will be 1 year in may) [IMG]http://img20.photobucket.com/albums/v61/staceyw4/DSCN0340.jpg[/IMG] Crud, how do you post pictures??
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