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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 9:01 am
OG ... that is so sweet!! 
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 9:24 am
Yay Hermi!!!
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Eeyoreslament
Member
07-20-2003
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 10:16 am
This is going to sound a bit technical, but animals respond better to names that are not composed of only "glides" (linguistics term(. Meaning, They like abrasive sounds better, like J, CH, K, T, SP, etc. All of the sounds in "Holly" are either unvoiced, or are glides. They don't produce a lot of sound, so animals don't hear them as well. Do I make any sense?
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 10:29 am
So you are saying that Gigi is a better name for a dog than Holly anyway because of the "J" sounds? Hurrah!
to all.
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 10:32 am
Makes perfect sense to me, Eeyore.
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 11:51 am
LOL, Eeyor.. thats why when I say CHEWY...she comes a running.... could have something to do with my firm voice too though.... Ive always thought if I get another dog and it seemed fitting, Id name it after the dog in Island of the blue dolphins..(not sure of the spelling)..Rontoo...and of course, little Rontoo arooo.. I loved that show..
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 12:08 pm
eeyores is quite correct, they do respond to such sounds.. like Kizzy, Critter, Katie, etc. We learned that from much reading and going to seminars and such when breeding our labs. My real name, not good. Eeyores real name, Hermie's real name.. very good Happy New Name, Gigi Plus you can sing to her, Hermie.
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Yankee_in_ca
Member
08-01-2000
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 12:20 pm
I've also read that 2-syllable names work better as well. Of course, I've given my last two dogs 3-syllable names (shrugs).
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 9:16 pm
quote:So you are saying that Gigi is a better name for a dog than Holly anyway because of the "J" sounds? Hurrah!
See??!??!! I have been trying to tell y'all that Juju is an excellent name for a beautiful sweet new doggie (or hermit crab or mouse or ferret or duck)!! Now, most likely, she is really named Juju, but she is just responding to the Gigi name because it sort of sounds like Juju. Try calling her Juju for a while and see what happens. GigiJuju would also be a good name. Or JujuGigi.

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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Thursday, August 02, 2007 - 11:48 pm
Indeed.. I've said that in the past, Juju IS a mosst excellent name for wo(man) or beast.. GiJu JuGi?
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 4:58 am
Try saying that 10 time fast, Seamonkey. LOL!
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Landi
Member
07-29-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 5:15 am
Holly is NOT a bad name! i named my child that!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 5:52 am
Holly...wonderful name for a human (or tree)...not so much for a dog, I guess.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 7:03 am
Ah, landi, Holly is a beautiful name! I'm not changing it because I don't like the name! Juju, you will be happy to know that I have actually called her "Gigijuju" a couple of times because it makes me giggle!
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Ophiliasgrandma
Member
09-04-2001
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 7:06 am
'Gigijuju' does have a pleasant ring to it!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 7:53 am
Yay!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 6:45 pm
Add some percussion and you can dance to it.. Gigijuju thumpathmpa Gigijuju...
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, August 03, 2007 - 8:01 pm
lol
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 2:19 pm
Maggie is having a relaxing Saturday afternoon after a morning at the Doggie Parlor. 
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 5:48 pm
Awwww, she is just so SWEET! And photogenic.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:37 pm
How cute is Maggie!!! I love that look "You just have no idea what I went thru." She is a little doll.
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Hermione69
Member
07-24-2002
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 6:46 pm
She is so beautiful! I have a question. How many animals can I have before I am considered certifiably insane? 
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Vacanick
Member
07-12-2004
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 7:20 pm
Hermi ... my answer is, you can never have enough animals. Now that we are one short, our lizard, we have to work on getting that other dog. SG ... I've already shown my ds your pugs and we think that may be the next little dog for us. :o)) Thanks for all the nice things about my Maggie. We love her! Would you believe my ex never warmed up to her? He thought she was too small and therefore not much of a dog. Idiot!!
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 8:01 pm
Hermi...I have been certifiably insane all my life if we have to count how many animals we have....or what kind.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, August 04, 2007 - 8:33 pm
Hermione, the answer is four. Vacanick, I have always loved Maggie. Promise me you will never again date a person who doesn't think Maggie is just the cutest dog in the world. She is so cute semi-pouting from just being groomed. We had a dog, well, let me find the picture, before the cut here, of
Wags, who we often had cut short in the summer. The groomers loved to make her look cute and often put pink bows in her teeny tufts of poodle cut hair. She would be SO embarrassed riding home in the car. But other drivers would honk at stoplights and point into the back seat and make thumbs up signs to tell us how cute she was. Maggie is that kind of cute.
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