Our esteemed colleagues at the Nanaimo News Bulletin recently released a list of the in that city.
(Spoiler alert: Buddy, Max, Charlie, Molly, Bailey, Bear, Lucy, Daisy, Bella and Jake; we香蕉视频直播檒l check on the PQB results for you shortly)
That got me to thinking香蕉视频直播� about my own history of pet ownership and how happy I always am to re-share my own naming adventures and get a chance to hear some of yours.
So, just how do you go about naming your pets?
Is there an intricate process? A gut feeling? Make use of a special naming website (they do exist)? Let your children do the honours?
I always enjoy the creative names, even if they degenerate into low-effort nicknames, like the pets were your hockey teammates.
The first pet we had when I was a young boy was a calico kitty named 香蕉视频直播楧illy香蕉视频直播�, which was shortened from Dylan Thomas, my Mum香蕉视频直播檚 favourite poet.
The oft-crabby Dilly lived to be 24, easily outdistancing our other cat Patches (white with patches of black, or vice-versa, depending on how you looked at it). So we didn香蕉视频直播檛 get much chance to name endless pets.
We briefly had a Samoyed named Dakota, shortened to Cody and renamed (by me) as Cujo.
The poor pooch had a brain tumour, which when it flared up made it a growling, barking fiend.
For a short time we had another cat 香蕉视频直播楰C香蕉视频直播� (short for Kitty Cat, original I know) but KC met an untimely demise.
My last 香蕉视频直播榞rowing up香蕉视频直播� pet was Misty, another Samoyed whose full name was Burr香蕉视频直播檚 Artic Mist (and some sort of championship pedigree stuff I香蕉视频直播檝e long forgotten). Absolutely sweetheart of a dog.
Not a long list and it certainly pales in comparison to the menagerie of animals we香蕉视频直播檝e had since I struck out on my own.
The very first kitties we ever had were Smoky (grey in colour, I mentioned I香蕉视频直播檓 very original) and his white pal Bandit.
Bandit was quickly shortened to B, but was also more inappropriately known as Blanket Humper B (shoutout to Bud Bundy).
After those two, I kind of lost my naming rights, with all the younger members of the household taking over.
After the two originals came the best dog ever, Aiko, a giant mushbag of a wolf-malamute cross whose name meant 香蕉视频直播榣ove香蕉视频直播�.
His partner in crime was Sam, a massive Anatonial shepherd who I guess looked like a 香蕉视频直播楽am香蕉视频直播�.
Save for Aiko, I don香蕉视频直播檛 think I香蕉视频直播檝e ever called any of the animals who came later by their actual name 香蕉视频直播� unless they did something wrong.
Sam was 香蕉视频直播楽am Chops香蕉视频直播� to most of the others, 香蕉视频直播楿lf Samuelsson香蕉视频直播�, 香蕉视频直播楽amsonite Luggage香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播楽amuel J. Chops, canine attorney香蕉视频直播� to me. Don香蕉视频直播檛 ask me to explain.
Both pooches are now in doggie heaven, along with Diesel, the black lab who became Sam香蕉视频直播檚 best buddy and I called 香蕉视频直播楧oyle香蕉视频直播� because that was how the two-year-old pronounced his name.
After Diesel came our current black lab, Charlie (hey, we made the list!) who I call 香蕉视频直播榃igs香蕉视频直播� because when he greets you he wiggles in serpentine fashion like late-1980s Axl Rose.
He also answers to Charleston Chew, Chuckster, Charlie Bear and probably a few more nicknames I香蕉视频直播檓 not aware of.
A cornucopia of kitties have also followed the original pair.
There香蕉视频直播檚 been Junior Bandit (also known as 香蕉视频直播楯ubs香蕉视频直播�), Tommy, TJ (香蕉视频直播榃idgets香蕉视频直播� or 香蕉视频直播榃idgies香蕉视频直播�; I don香蕉视频直播檛 recall why); Oreo (colours like the cookie); Wookie (poor guy, wandered off one day never to be heard from again); and Taco (mostly known now as 香蕉视频直播楾香蕉视频直播�, 香蕉视频直播楤ell香蕉视频直播� for Taco Bell, 香蕉视频直播楶rincess T香蕉视频直播� or simply 香蕉视频直播楶retty Girl香蕉视频直播�).
My post-Smoky favourite was Chevrolet Silverado BMX Jet Ski Lamborghini Dirt Bike (The First). A majestic orange alpha male who was named by the five-year-old lad in the house who clearly took his naming responsibilities very seriously.
Sadly, we lost Chevy (his shortened moniker) to a heart ailment when he was just five.
Along with Taco, we still have two other kitties, one with a bit of an inappropriate moniker and 香蕉视频直播楲ink香蕉视频直播�, named after the video game character.
He香蕉视频直播檚 like the aforementioned sports teammates, I just call him Linky or Art Linkletter, a TV name I remember from long ago.
There香蕉视频直播檚 also been a handful of fish and birds and rodents that everyone but me was interested in. What香蕉视频直播檚 your best pet name story? I香蕉视频直播檇 love to hear your original names and the tales behind them.
Bonus points for pics.
PQB News/Vancouver Island Free Daily editor Philip Wolf welcomes your questions, comments and story ideas. He can be reached at 250-905-0029 or via email at philip.wolf@blackpress.ca.
