EAST TEXAS HOG DOGGERS FORUM

on monday, june 2nd, hipokets and myself, played hooky and left about noon and drove over to the colorado river bottom and started talking to farmers, looking for new country to hunt. as we rode drinking soda waters and telling manly stories, the question came up on how dogs get named.
most hunters have had a red, whitey, buck, $h1thead or some other cool name.
so the question i am asking is how do you name your dogs. i have used girls names, the name of the person i got the dog from or just picked one.
so lets hear the story. capt jack

This might get long, so I'll tone it down. ;D

Hank - female, yellow black mouth cur, tough girl, reminded me of "Hank" the cow Dog.
Wart - male, reg. Catahoula, from Tyler, TX, covered in fireant bites when I got him.
Possum - female, white, black and gray Catahoula, from Monroe, LA, long slender nose, scissor mouthed like a possum.
Jack - Possum's brother, short for Jacka$$! Thought his job was done once the hog was located and left the scene.
Bonnie - Wart's sister, blue merle, short for "Bonita" meaning pretty girl.
Kate - female, Bonnie and Wart's sister, brown with black saddle back. Longest range dog I've hunted over.
Gracie - female, walker, Catahoula cross, sounds pretty when bayed.
Mouse - female, Catahoula, pit, plott, who knows what else squeaks like a mouse instead of barking.
Sadie - female, white brindle pit catchdog.
Soko - female, black mtn. cur, rescoued from starvation, non hunting home.
Waldo - male, Tx. Mason Catahoula, rescued from starvation and sent back to Mr. Mason once rehabilitated.
Chewy - male, brown pit, huge head, rescued stray.
Bo - male, white bulldog, catchy,took in trade for Waldo from Mr. Mason.
Cap'n - white bulldog, rescued, well mannered house dog at one time, catch dog now.

That's about all I can think of for now. ;)

I raise most all my own dogs from pups. The pups that go too their new owners I try to keep tabs on so I can tell what is going on with my bloodlines, so when some dogs undoubtly change hands over the years it's hard to keep up with sometimes but something I started doing is naming the dogs on "themes" per litter, the new owners can name them as they please but I explain why I am doing it and most get into the "theme" with me. That way if later somebody tells me the name of the dog, I know what litter it came from, well atleast until the rest of my memory starts failing :P I got the idea from my mother, she used to raise, train and show dogs when I was growing up, and she would do alphabet theme and each litters registerd name always started with the same letter.

here are some examples:
litter -  "Gambling" - Joker, Deuce, Lotto, Texas Rose, Ace, Black Jack
Litter - "Cleaners"- Comet, Clorox
Litter- "Trucks"- Chevy, Dodge
litter- "Disney movie characters"- Tarzan, Mowgli, Mater, Copper, Cheif, Balleu, this litter is only 4 weeks so names are not set yet, but these are some of the choices

here are some others that weren't in themes
Captain
Lucy
Cotton
Smoochy
Titus Pullo
Xerox - Dads name is "Rock" & mommas name is "Zena" so combined is "Zee-Rocks"
Rolee from his momma is Jo-Lee
Nugget
Sherry
Roo
Buzzard
Earl -female
Happy
Nasty
Rooter Scooter

Uglydog,
are you sure his daddy didnt have a influence in there?   RILO

Rolee =  Rilo X Jo-Lee

Longshot

Ive got a yella dog named "Tater" that is the daddy to the "Brandy" pups I have right now and I am thinking of naming one of his pups "Spud" and another "Crispy".  I also named my black pup "Crow" because he is coal black and he lets you know when there is something in the woods, like a crow.  I have a pup named "Tiny" she was the runt of the litter.  "Smiley" because she smiles at everybody when they approach her.  "Chunk" because he looks so blocky and bulky.  "Scout" english pointer that will find the birds for you and covers a lot of county.  I have a few others that are good but I am waiting on the right pup to use the names.  

Matt

We tend to run with the "themes" in naming our dogs and some livestock.

Dogs, we started with Mexican names.
Hopie
Lupe
Dinero


Then we had the two hurricane pups, they could be a little destructive and just blew in and out of the barn aisle
Rita
Trina (short for Katrina)

Some of our Fainting goats have Texas town names

Blanco
Llano
Alpine
Eden
Mason - goat dog
London - LGD
Brady - LGD
Guadalupe
Travis


Most of our dogs are bought and come with their names.

Meathead
Patches
Tyson - the ear biter
Split
Dusty
Hunter



Our Aussie dogs have L names

Lacey
Lena
Leroy
Lolita (Jesse)

Yes James you are correct, See my memory is realy starting goooooo!
Rolee is from Rilo X Jo-Lee

and before I forget
Clorox is on Chris & Mandi's yard too

Entertaining thread.

James, How did you come up with Rilo?

My small pack:
 
Tonka - female jagdterrier - Picked her up just outside of Buffalo, Missouri. Tatonka is supposed to be Souix for Buffalo. The tough little toy truck also played a part.

Tinker - female jagdterrier - As in Tinkertoy. Just thought it fit a little dog.

Jester - male jagdterrier - A wild little joker(court jester). A co-worker is a member of a biker club called the Jesters in Thialand.

Hula - female pit X mt.cur - Hula as in hoop. She wags from her nose to her tail. I think she could hulahoop.

Scamp - male border collie - A stray that I took in about the time my daughter saw Disney's Lady and the Tramp movie. Scamp was a stray in the movie.

**and before I forget
Clorox is on Chris & Mandi's yard too**

Yeah, he's on our yard alright... And in our yard, and out of our yard, and on our porch, and in our house.

I accidentally called him Cotton the other day :O)

M

let's see i've had.....

perky - cocker spaniel, parents picked her up and stopped at a restaurant called the perkilator
destiny - perky's sister..mom just like the name destiny
grip - pit cross, i had read a book at school about a bull terrier his name was grip...once grip bit down he never let go
precious - cocker spaniel, she came already named, she was 5+yrs and the guy had to get rid of her
rage - pit bull, named after the female west coast rapper lady of rage
mystique - pitbull, she had a half brown and half white face, named after the marvel comics character that was a shape shifter
draco - pitbull, don't know how i came up with that name..lol
deacon - solid black pitbull, named after deacon jones the REAL all-time sack leader in the NFL
damion - pitbull, he was the son of the devil, which is why i got rid of him
sye - bluetick, came already named, but guy said because he had color right in the middle of his forehead he looked like a cyclopes, so shorten it up and you get sye
kristen - plott cross, my boy named her, i think after a girl at school..lol..he's 4
sunny - bmc, one of my coworkers my kids took a fancy to is named sunny..
iverson(aka bubba) - pitbull, allen iverson is my favorite basketball player

got several other names i'd like to use but like matt waiting for the right dog to use it on..

Cisco----  1/2 plott 1/2 bmc Got him from cisco,tx

Ripper--- pit and he is the ripper when you let him go. ;D

Poncho changed to Poco------ Because already had a poncho

Others came with the name when i got them.

Bo - half pit/ half cur, good strike dog and will catch when he finds em. just named him that cuz i   wanted   something short lol.

Pearl - half pi/ half cur she was alreaady named that when i bought her

Seven- PlottxLacy
Atee-Lacy
Nine-Black Mouth
Suzie-Dogo(that was her name when I got her)
Aries-Lab

Rita my BMC was already named when i got her.
Lena one of my Lacy pups was already named as well.
Monster my other Lacy pup was a real monster before i got him.  He would attack other puppies and even latched on one.  Figured the name fit him.

well started off with dogs that were already named. We normally just wait to find one that fits thier personality, for example one of our strike dogs named Bocano, means mouthy. Im guessin my grandpa named him when he barked alot as a puppy?

well the others you can guess waht the guy was thinkin and not a bad idea lol

Hank - strike, rmc X catahoula

Willie - strike/bay/catch, catahoula X bmc

Waylon - bay, catahoula X bmc.  - we named this one to keep the line going, and prolly more to come

Bociphus- RCD


Gueira
Duke
Colino 
Romeo
Bocano
Isabella
Cody
Sophie
Pinta
Thunder
Mambo
Leo
Sadie
Deafy
1 Puppy thats unnamed

Gator- was just "pup" for about two months but when he was llitlle he would charge with so much force that his little body would roll like a gator


Chief- looks like the old grey mutt from the fox and the hound

Past & Present:


Samson
Poochie
Cotton
Lance
Bronco
Cubby
Dobber
Mee-Mee
Stasie
Ruger
Blaze
Buck
Doe
June Bug

EAGLE- cause that's what happens when you let a two year old name your dog.  my boy is a big marty stouffer fan, he likes the eagles in the show's intro. 

past and present:

june
blackjack
booger
buster
bonnie
clyde
sadie
bell
katie
skinny
bullet
rooster
max
lu lu

I'm with Catchrcall. My 2 yearold little girl has named almost every dog on the yard. Blaze, Shadow, Chick, Bandit, Cash, Candy, Chance, and Prince.

Sierra- bull arab- one of my mates had a big night on the tequila the night before i got her.
Georgia- blue cattle dog- random
tod- blue cattle dog- named after todd out of fox and the hound
blue- blue cattle dog- kuz he's really blue  :P
laney- blue cattle dog- random
Rastus- blue cattle dog/dingo- random

I let the puppy name themselve. I have a pit that loved to get into a bucket and his name is bucket boy. I have another that is named Goose. He found out that my geese are not his friend. Pretty simple method.

We have 4 children that like to help name the dogs but usually I get stuck with the final decision.

Trapper < Lacy
Ellie Girl < Lacy
Hidie < Lacy (Secrets sister)
Secret < Lacy (passed away)
Ox < Lacy
Jagd < Lacy
Ginger<Lacy
Biscuit< Lacy
Jilly Bean< Lacy
Sunny Shine <Lacy pup
Buffalo Girl aka Buffy the hog slayer < Lacy pup
Maya < Boston Carver catch dog
Diva < Catch dog hog nose pit
Jersey < My Aussie
Xaila <Siberian (other daughters dog)
Suki < Lacy x plott (daughters dog)
Yuki < Lacy mix rescue (daughters dog)
Sahara < Lacy x plott (daughters dog)

I named Hidie & Secret those name so I could refer to them as Hide & Seek
Named a RED Lacy Blue once..since there were so dang many blue lacy dogs named blue..

i thought that max and lulu where jessys and bullet was jp