[Fluff] Does your country have dog naming "rules"?

[edward1690]

@imagebeastmarkbeast seriously, though! it’s so dumb! glad you appreciated it as much as i did

 

[shiffley]

@imagebeastmarkbeast I grew up with a bunch of kids with hippy names in California in the 70s. Almost every single one changed their name to something boring, or the normal nickname they always used, by the time they were 21.

 

[bella2]

@fijiman In New Jersey, a couple was not allowed to name their son Adolf Hitler. The courts sided with the state.

 

[ohm_resistor]

@moej In the UK, the Kennel club have names that always start with a K, and change every year.
2020 was Kenxtwen, and require 2 names that follow.

Our girl is Kenxtwen Dusted Cocoa.

Kiwi to her friends.

 

[havert]

@moej Nope, not here in Australia. My dogs pedigree and called Zazu

 

[imagebeastmarkbeast]

@havert I used to have a Zazu! She was awesome!

 

[havert]

@imagebeastmarkbeast Hell yeah! What breed was yours?

 

[imagebeastmarkbeast]

@havert She was 100% Canardly!

 

[coppertopranch]

@moej In the Philippines — not sure if this was recent cos our first pedigree litter many years ago didn’t need to follow this rule (iirc) — all the names of the puppies of one litter must start with the letter that the breeder can assign.

 

[guaguar]

@moej So what happens if you don't do it?

Or is it like in the Asimov's Robot trilogy and they just tack the letter onto the front, like R. Daneel Olivaw?

Like naming your dog "S-This is A Fucking Moronic Rule Rover" and calling him Baxter. Or S-Baxter, I suppose.

 

[benoz]

@guaguar

Like naming your dog "S-This is A Fucking Moronic Rule Rover" and calling him Baxter. Or S-Baxter, I suppose.

Yeah pretty much.

Like there's a L'Shizuka and a L'Sora in the register under the letter L (both Akita Inu), a N'Zouka and a J'Yago (Bergers de Beauce)...

 

[rsduncan]

@guaguar I lived in France for a few years and I can tell you that they are weirdos

 

[skunkbig]

@moej Afaik, breeders in Germany name their litters in alpha betical order. My pup is from an E-litter. So the breeder named him Egon and his siblings Emil, Elsa, and Erik. The breeder and your chosen name are listed on the dog's certificate, if it is a pedigree / pure bred dog. In our case it is Egon-Sam.

 

[sharonjulia]

@skunkbig Adding to this, some breeders choose an adjective with the 'right' letter for the litter and let the future owners choose the name of the dog. 'Amazing (dog's name) of (kennel name)' would be the official name on any papers.

 

[don1964]

@moej Not a thing here in England, but still cool! I wonder what letters my dogs are lol

 

[benoz]

@don1964 Do you know in which year they were born?

 

[don1964]

@benoz Yeah, one was born 2014, the other was born 2016

 

[benoz]

@don1964 2014 was J and 2016 was M! (since we skip K)

 

[don1964]

@benoz Thanks! I've got a Kia (2014) and a Rhaegar (2016) so I've messed up haha

 

[keepcalmandagree2disagree]

@moej I don't know of any rules coming from the state here (USA), but I will be registering a horse with the KWPN-NA next year, and they use the letter/year concept. Anybody got any good 'R' names?