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

[shiffley]

@ginaxmill Right?! It sounded totally implausible and pointless, so I looked it up. The sources I found all say it is so that the age of the animal is readily apparent. Which also makes no sense to me. So many questions on this one.

 

[caseycallender]

@moej Nope! no rules for naming animals, or children.

 

[sarahjane08]

@moej ...Srover?

 

[desmyath7]

@sarahjane08 And the S is silent

 

[faintfuzzies]

@moej I honestly didn't know it was only concerning France/Belgium, for me every body did that [sup]^[/sup]
My dogs never have pedigree but we always named them by the letter if the year they are/were born. By the way finding names at some letter can be sooooo difficult ! X)

 

[dklj1988]

@moej In Canada we don’t have any particular naming conventions, aside from avoiding naming your dog anything considered vulgar or inappropriate (which is common sense anyway).

I’ve seen a lot of American dogs on PetFinder who have names like Gunner, Sniper, Trigger, Bullet, Bomb, etc. - those names would be generally considered to be in poor taste here.

 

[shiffley]

@dklj1988 They are in poor taste in the U.S. as well, and most folks find them kind of laughable.

 

[rebekah123]

@shiffley Not laughable in gun dog circles. Ask me how I'd know. Haha

 

[dukedesu]

@moej Japanese registered dogs must have "JP" in the registered name.

 

[lyly10388]

@moej This is crazy. I have two dogs, Shadow and Summer and two cats,Shade and Spooky but that's because of a tradition I have of naming my pets with S.
My country has no naming rules that I know of.

 

[judithmotta]

@moej Some breeders in the US give puppies a registry name that often reflects their lineage. It's just on paper though. Owners typically give them their common names

 

[jesusitrustinyou]

@moej We have no rules in America, or well michigan and far as I know, my cats name is Ginger and shes not orange

 

[maslow]

@moej Never heard of this ever. Interesting, thanks from Canada so maybe that’s why lol

 

[primjames]

@moej That’s crazy but also super interesting! I live in the U.S. and we have zero rules about naming pets. Individual breeders will sometimes require owners to use a certain word in the dog’s registered name, as a way to help them track their litters. But the “call name” can be completely unrelated to the registered kennel name.

 

[armydog]

@moej In the United States there are no dog naming rules. However, to register with AKC there are. Example... To register my Dogo. ( she's actually a mix ) they said her name, Rosie, would have to be Rosie II.