Naming your pet can be both fun and stressful. You want a name that is unique to your pet. After all, it is the name they will have for the rest of their life. But how do you choose the new name? My dad always said that I should never choose a name that I would be embarrassed to call out in the neighborhood if my pet ever got lost. As I was a pretty self-conscious child growing up, I had a cat named Sam and a dog named Tony.
As I got older, my pets’ names became a little more meaningful to me, and I took a bit more risk. Here are my current pets and how they got their names.
Good Karma!
Karma is our goofy black lab/springer spaniel mix. Her name was the product of a whole-family debate. Her name won the final vote when my son explained how cool it would be to yell “Good, Karma!” or “Bad, Karma!”
Gypsy is a Tortoiseshell cat with a lot of attitude. She has markings on her face that remind me of flowing locks of hair coming down over her eyes. She spent her first month with us hiding in my closet, only coming out to wander at night.
Fluffernutter is looking for her toys.
Fluffernutter is a Lionhead rabbit who tolerates the slaves who clean her house and bring her food. The name she came with was hard to pronounce for my youngest son. When trying to come up with ideas, I mentioned that she looks like marshmallows and peanut butter. We call her Fluff or Fluffy for short usually.
Ms. Kitty
Miss Kitty is the most recent addition to our family. She is a Torbie, or a Tortoiseshell/Tabby mix. She has no ears due to frostbite and is mostly deaf. We don’t know anything about her previous life except that she was spayed before she was rescued by the animal shelter. We were having a hard time naming her as nothing seemed to fit. We just kept calling her “Kitty.” After five months, that name seems to have stuck.
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One of my dog’s name is PUMBA. He is a brown boston terrier and very silly.. so as we were watching the lion king we saw timon and pumba and my friend and I looked at each other and said, this is it! he is just like Pumba! the puppy at the time was on the rug playing with a bone, he turned around when we said Pumba and came running to us, sooooo he is officially Pumba!
here is a picture of PUMBA http://www.flickr.com/photos/30851405@N05/3857257089/
My dogs name is Francisco. He is named after San Francisco. I had wanted a Cavalier King Charles for many years. While I was living in San Francisco I was walking down Francisco street and saw someone walking a CKC. At that time I thought that Francisco would be a great name for a dog. So when I got my puppy the following summer I named him Francisco. We call him Frisco for short. Everyone loves his name.
My dogs name is Emma! But I wish I named it a little more based on its appearance. You can’t go wrong with doing that!
Cirrhi got her name after one of the more beautiful saltwater fish species out there – Cirrhilabrus. LOL – so okay, fish geek in the family. Here you’ll see fish of that species: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/aquarium-fish-supplies.cfm?c=15+1378. It’s a great name though! Mocca got her name because of her color and her 1st mom was German. Mocca = Chocolate in German. We’re trying to think of what to name our new kitty coming soon!
Kobe got his names after about 3 days of deliberation between me and my 2 teens. We had the NBA draft on the tv while we were brainstorming names, and Kobe Bryant was mentioned. The name Kobe was tossed around for a few days, and we finally decided to go with it.
I have three 5 month old seal point Traditional Siamese kitten (litter mates), 2 girls and 1 boy. The girls are Eva and Zsa Zsa, named after the Gabor sisters, and the boy is Blue. He was originally supposed to be my daughter’s, but was having a hard time adjusting to not having his “mommy” and freaked out when his sisters weren’t within sight, so I ended up keeping him. He came to us with a blue collar and I had been calling him Blue as a placeholder (so my daughter could pick his name). It just stuck.
One cold dark night I was driving down the road and came across a teenage kitten in the middle of the road. As I approached him it was evident that he wasn’t going to run into the bushes for refuge from me or any other vehicle that might happen upon him. I turned around and went back to pick him up before another car might end his life. When I got to him I realized that he was hurt. He couldn’t walk and was dragging his body with his front legs. He also had a deep cut over one of his eyes. After about 3 days he slowly began to recover his functions and consequently is now O.K.
I say all of this to explain that I felt like he needed a special name for what he had been through. Since he was such a pretty striped yellow color, I wanted to name him Butterscotch. But, I decided that Scutterbotch was better because he had been “tossed/scuttered” around on the road by an apparent vehicle and left to die. He overcame his obstacles with a lot ot TLC and became a great pet. His nickname was “Scutter”, and it has been fun to explain the unusual name, many times!! God Bless!!!
Our black lab, Lexis got her name because my husband and I were talking about cars that we’d like to own. My husband said he’d love to own a shiny black Lexus. I jokingly said “then you better name this puppy Lexus because it’s probably the closest you’ll come to owning one” The name just fit her..we just altered the u to an i!
My husband has always enjoyed his favorite drink in the evening, but longed for a companion that would be resting beside him in front of the fire. We had been searching for a new addition to our family and when he arrived, “Jack” fit the bill.
Our cats are all named after video game characters:
Oni – from the video game of the same name
Link – from the Legend of Zelda, Adventure of Link series of games
Kai – from Heavenly Sword
The best part is that my husband is the huge gamer in our family, but yet I’ve come up with all of the cats’ names!
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Our first cockatiel literally flew into our lives. We tried to find her original home, but was unsuccessful so we adopted her. She was tiny and, we thought, young. My fiancee’s (now husband) roommate named her “Bob”, but I renamed her Cooder, after the singer, Ry Cooder. Cooder died a year later in the vet’s office due to egg binding
Now we have three parrots, two cockatiels and an African Grey. We wanted names that reflected their personality or demeanor somehow. The oldest is Corky – we tried to find a gender neutral name. The second is Mel (solid white) – short for Melanin (the lack thereof) or Melanoma, if he is misbehaving
. The Grey is “Rho” which is the greek letter used to denote density. She was a little chubby, but we put her on Harrison’s pellets and trimmed her back down. 
We named one of our cats E.T. because he is both fully double pawed and because when he was very young his eyes were the shape of the alien space men of too many sci-fi movies and were outlined in black in a mostly white face.
We live in the country and “aquired” a Pointer in 2001, right around duck hunting season. He braved our Rottweiler but would not let us come close to him, he seemed scared of everything. When we would come out of our home, his tail would start wagging, but he would run behind or under the house. We put food and water out for him. Every day we would talk to him, always from a distance, and he would wag his tail. In the mornings I would take my coffee out to the porch and sit on the steps talking softly to him. It took us 6 months before he felt comfortable enough to let us pet him! He ate the food we gave him, slept in the Rottweiler’s well equiped dog house, gobbled up the dog treats we put on the porch steps but wouldn’t allow anyone to pet him … so of course we named him MOOCH! He is a major part of our family now. The Rottweiler has passed on, but taught Mooch well.
My miniature dachshunds are Copper Nissan Durant and Carhartt.Levi Durant
Copper is named after the dog in Disney’s Fox and the Hound. His middle name was given to him by my Dad. There used to be vehicles called Dachshund and they are now Nissan so that is how he got his middle name.
Carhartt is named after the brand of clothing. We first found a dachshund that had a heart on his tail but found out that he was not a true miniature so we went to another breeder and found another dachshund we liked and the name Carhartt so we just stuck with it. His nick name is Cartty. My dad also gave Carhartt his middle name too. There is no real story behind it.
Merry Christmas!!
My cat was rescued from an apartment parking lot by a friend’s daughter. I went to meet him and was instantly in love. I picked him up to take him home the next day and in the car, he sat in his new carrier and quietly watched me drive. The whole way home I talked to him and asked him what he wanted to be called. I ran through name after name and finally I asked him “Do you like ‘Amos’?” He turned his little head to the side and blinked really slowly at me and he’s been Amos ever since.
I have 2 dogs. “Dingo” is a 12 year old red heeler (Australian cattledog). His name comes from the fact that he looks remarkably like a dingo! I’ve also noticed that he seems to bark with an Aussie accent, so the name definitely suits him! The newest addition to my household is a 4 year old English Mastiff. He was found abandoned and starving and sick about 2 months ago and I immediately fell in love and adopted him. After a few days of trial and error, I came up with the name “Diesel.” Two reasons: he’s as big and powerful as a Mac truck…and he has really smelly exhaust!!!
I almost forgot about the Boss Mama! One day as my kids were walking home from the school bus stop, a small kitty followed them (or so they say). I walked several blocks to find the owners, but nobody would claim her. She was really tiny so we decided to keep her. She immediately ruled our home! She and our Cocker Spaniel made friends and played ALL DAY LONG. But she was a mischevious little thing. She would hide and then jump out, claws open, and attach herself to anyone who was walking by. Or she would hide in the couch cushions, waiting patiently for someone to come sit on the couch so she could attack them. She never hurt or cut anyone, but every day was a new adventure with her. At night she would pick which of our 6 kids she would sleep with. I had no choice but to name her Miss Terra Bole … and she lived up to her name very well. She was a loving part of our family for 22 years.
In October of 2008, we adopted a little Siamese kitten and named her Lilly, after one of the lead characters in “A Million Little Pieces”, a semi-fictional memoir that deals with troubled and abandoned kids and their struggles with drugs. Lilly obviously didn’t have drug problems but she had been passed around from home to home (had been returned) and initially came from a kitten mill. We unexpectedly lost her on December 26, 2008 due to heart failure at the age of 11 months and were absolutely devastated.
In February 2009, we felt ready to let another feline in to our lives (as companionship for our 4-year-old Alley cat and 2-year-old Shelby cat) and stumbled upon a beautiful white kitten with bright blue eyes. She too had been returned to the shelter three times (over the span of more than half of her young 8 months) because it had been found that she was deaf. We had to adopt her immediately and decided on a name as we were filling out adoption paperwork and it seemed the only name that was appropriate: Grace. It was by grace we found her; by grace that through the loss of Lilly, we were able to bring her in to our lives; and she has graced our lives. How appropriate
Fletcher T Phillips Grrrrrrrrd MD
a Golden Retriever Rescue
His first name, Fletcher is a family name
and always getting in to something,
T is for trouble cause he was all puppy
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrd (you know, like the third …)
MD cause he takes his stitches out and took off his cast when he broke his toe and then most recently chewed off part of his bandage letting us know that the bandage was too tight …
But he is a VERY good boy
I’ve been through lots of names, as a foster parent for dogs, but I’ll focus on my resident four! Jance – the oldest – got his name from a little boy I was babysitting at the time. He wanted the puppy to be named after him, but his first name was Colin and I didn’t want to give a name I was considering for human children to my canine child! As such, Jance it is – Colin’s middle name!
Molly was a puppy mill rescue and former foster – she needed a name even before she got to me, and Molly is such a warm and fuzzy name, it made sense to give it to this damaged little dog.
Zoe needed a name that fit her spirit, and and sadly, my step-great grandmother, named Zoe (like Joe), passed just prior to Zoe’s adoption. Zoe (the grandmother) was a spitfire until her very last day, and it seemed appropriate some how that Zoe (like Joey) carry that name.
And the baby, Maizey Blue. I’m two years and change into a tough relocation, and was feeling pretty homesick upon Maizey’s adoption – that, and it was the start of the college football season! What better way to honor my alma mater (and my most recent hometown) than with her name! She was ‘Kamea’ at the shelter – Maizey fits her much better!
Our little girls name is Bella Marie, she’s an adorable beagle/weimaraner mix, her colors are that of a portabella mushroom. Hence Bella for short. One day she got into trouble and then came her middle name Marie..on a good day she is Bella Boo, Belltini, Belly or sweet girl. <3
One of my husbands favorite movies is “the crow” the whole story revolves around a mans love for a girl named Shelly, so when we had to quickly name our newly adopted mutt Shelly and Shelby came to his mind and since we both like Shelly that’s what her name became to be : )
Several years ago my husband and I were asked by one of his coworkers to rescue a rabbit from their neighbors. The poor little guy was terrified of everything and everyone. He didn’t even know what to do with the fresh hay we gave him. Whenever you went near him, he’d back into the corner and tried to disappear into the wall. Well, there is only one invisible rabbit I know of, so we named him in honor of Harvey’s best friend… Now ‘Elwood P. Bunny’ is a happy, hay loving member of our home.
Most people would say that my greyhound has a funny name – it’s Clarence. When my sheltie, Jasper, passed away, I was heartbroken. I just couldn’t be without a dog. If there is such a thing as a “proper mourning period”, I probably violated it when I adopted Clarence 6 weeks later. He was my angel to get me over my loss. When Fast Friends rescue called me to come see him, I could tell he needed me too. His name, Clarence, came from the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” – remember “Clarence the Angel”? Well, that’s how my Clarence got his name …. and to me, he will always be my angel.
My senegal parrot Fidrych got his name from my favorite baseball player – Mark “the bird” Fidrych. He played for the Detroit Tigers in the 1970s, and was rookie of the year in 1976. He is the first player that made me want to watch baseball and I became a diehard fan. Sadly, Mark Fidrych died young this year in an accident on his farm. May my Fidrych live a long life in his honor!
My miniature poodle is a rescue and Neely is the nickname she came with. Her “formal” name is Caneel, given to her by the family that got her from the pound and then gave her up to rescue (that’s how I got her). They named her Caneel after a resort, Caneel Bay, in the US Virgin Islands where they spent their honeymoon.
When I got my cat, she was orange and little and sweet, so I named her Clementine! Here’s her photo:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3413/3407098523_a11fa0a63d_o.jpg
My cat China was named the day we found her, nearly frozen to death, in a window well. I asked my mother to hold her for a second while I got her milk replacer ready & she said OMG … she’s so light & fragile, its like holding a China Doll. I knew right then that was it!
My first cat was the third generation female gray tabby in our family. The first two (my grandma’s and my mom’s) had names that began with P, so I wanted hers to follow suit. I went through a million ideas, including Pixel (who apparently is a cat who steals things in a popular book), but stuck with Penny (or Penelope to be formal). Not only was it the same name as my mom’s gray tabby, but it was my best friend’s name in high school, and Penny has orange markings on her back – her pennies
My second cat is Elphie (or Elphaba). I found her one day after I had gone to see Wicked and decided to name her after my favorite character from the show, once no one claimed her as lost. She is all white with one blue eye and one brown eye, and since being mono-eyed is a bit unusual, I figured that fit the character’s name (as one who has an usual trait and stands apart)!
I named Pacey, my grey kitten, after a Dawson’s Creek character.
I have named all my fish with “P” names. Pancake, Pistachio, Pinto Bean, Peanut, and Pudding. I thought it would be cute to have the entire group named after some sort of food that started with the same letter.
We rescued our little guy at 8 weeks old.They called him Gizmo, we didn’t think it fit, we spent 2 days bouncing names around, asked every online friend and couldn’t decide on a name. We thought about Jack, my Grandpas name, Killer (he is now 7 lbs) and other names. Finally my husband and I took a piece of paper and wrote our name choice. We were to draw one and that ws the name, so we drew on and it says Jake, my choice, no hubby says his choice, we looked, we both chose Jake after our favorite song FEED JAKE about 2 friends who rais a dog, one moves away and when the other fried dies , the fiend drives and drives and find JAKE waiting at the gravesite and he takes him home, “If I die , before I wake feed Jake He’s been a good dog” ;
By the Pirates of the Mississippi..
Thus we now have Jake and he is a good dog a 7 lb CHI-POM
Our dogs have color names. They are also minerals/gemstones. When we got the dogs, I was a manager in a jewelry store, and Erich’s bachelor’s is in geology. Our male beagle is a blue beagle, so we chose ‘Cobalt” for him. We considered Sapphire, but it sounded like a female’s name. Our female beagle was almost all black as a puppy, so she became ‘Onyx’. We toyed with Obsidian, but it was such a big name to give this teeny puppy. We fully intend to continue the trend should we get another beagle… if we could find a red beagle Ruby would be a good name. There are many possibilities!
BooBoo
After our Shep mix Renee died at 17, we were trying to decide between adopting a senior dog or a puppy. We were concerned about Roxy, our cat who has cerebellar hypoplasia which makes her a bit uncoordinated. After much consideration, we adopted a puppy from North Shore Animal League’s mobile van. We thought it would be best to train a puppy who would grow up with Roxy. One thing was for sure – she was all puppy energy 24/7! I began to question my decision. Should we have opted for a senior dog? Did we make a big booboo? BOOBOO! That’s it! And so she was named. She’s 2 now and a very good dog!
When I was young we adopted a mutt from the pound and all the family submitted names for him…. and then we voted and selected one… We named him “Mr. Twiddle” and he was one of the smartest dogs I have ever known…
I have named all my ferrets just by attempting to use every letter of the alaphabet, without duplication. In order of age – Dodger, Oliver, Coco, Nutmeg, Izzy, Elizabeth, Smokey, Hoagie, Jasper, Tesla, Moffet, Verbal, Zoe, Biggs, Kasey, Puffy, Gordon, Roxy, Finnegan, Artie, Wyatt & Zander. The next ones to be welcomed into my home will have some creative names I’m sure. But this is a tradition I have kept for almost 20 years, and I plan to complete my alphabet someday.
Our first dog was named MooShu, which came to me in a dream the week before we got her. She was a true Heinz 57 mix of golden retriever and half a dozen types of terrier: a little bit of everything stir-fried together in a nice wrapper. And she had “cloud ears” – those fine hairs that extend well past the ear leather.
Our second dog I named Fractal. I had just come back from my first SIGGRAPH convention (1981), where I fell in love with the fractals in the computer art gallery. When I saw this puppy (who turned out to be a Great Dane/German Shephard mix), the “blue marl” portion of his coat reminded me of the fractal artwork.
Our third dog was a 1-year-old pound rescue, Dakota, who already knew his name. He had enough problems without my trying to impose a new name on him!
Our fourth dog was Mocha, a Chocolate Lab. She was named Cocoa by her first owners, who had to rehome her. On our first meeting, she was an 8-month-old wriggling ball of energy, and I decided this cocoa had a double shot of espresso in her ( B-D )
My fifth dog (post-divorce) is a Standard Poodle service dog named Tao. He was 3.5 when I got him, and already used to his name. I decided I really liked the name, as he has definitely become part of my Path!
And yes, I wholeheartedly subscribe to the “don’t name it anything you’d be embarrassed to yell” principle. My sister named her cat “Cuddles Kitty” (gag me with a spoon ;@). I’ve also read that dogs respond especially well on “come” if their name contains one or more percussive consonants, such as “k” or “T”.
My cat’s name is Felix, but nobody actually named him that. Felix is a rescue I got a year ago, when he was 12. His first human had been foreclosed and forced to give Felix to a foster family, and a few months later I adopted Felix from the foster family. From the first moment I heard about him, we all were calling him Felix, so even before I met him that’s who he was to me. After I got him, the foster mom called up Felix’s first human to let him know his cat had found a loving new home. Turns out, the cat’s name never was Felix – it was Socks, after the Clintons’ cat! Felix’s first human had been stressed out and sad, and had mumbled when the foster family asked the cat’s name. By that time Felix was Felix to me, and “Felix the Cat” jokes aside, it truly does suit him better than anything else I’ve played with, so Felix he remains.
Nash, named after a former One Life to Live actor, Misty Rose, named after my first rescue that is now gone and her name was Mitzy…the Rose part was just something I liked…then Savannah Rose, cuz I wanted my daughter to name my grandchild that and she refused flat out LOL…and Bailey the cat, cuz he is the color of Bailey’s Irish creme…a tonk boy, Lisi, a Maine coon rescue after a Swedish artist who creates beautiful greeting cards with children and animals on them, Harmony Jane…a huge brown tabby with big green eyes..cuz when I picked her out of a little of nine at the shelter…she sang and sang and sang…I wanted a chatty one and she talks to me to this day at age 13! Abigaile Adams..a tiny brown Tabby, cuz she was the last to go of her litter in the rescue, and the first to come to our home… ! Named after a president’s wife! Lily Mae, a blind miniature schnauzer that was named after my mother in law who just passed away…I named her that before I brought her through the door so my husband couldn’t kick her out for me bringing home yet another dog!!!
I have two labradors; Gracie is chocolate and she got her name because as a puppy she was not so graceful. Our other lab is yellow; her name is Holly. Her name came from the fact that her birthday is 12/26.
Our new Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever joined our family in memory of my mother-in-law. Therefore we named her after Mother’s first childhood pet, Maggie, and the name fits her well!
Miss Kitty-Go-Home was a sweet little kitty who came to my backyard garden one day as I was working. I already had two cats and a dog and didn’t think I “needed” another cat. So I kept chasing her off with squirts from my garden hose, saying “Miss Kitty, Go HOME”. Invariably, she kept coming back to sit under my dogwood tree and watch me work. Soon I realized she was deaf when she did not react to any sounds. After trying unsuccessfully to find her owner, I took her in, realizing that perhaps I did not need another cat but that she needed me. I taught her hand signals so that I could communicate with her and she learned very quickly. It didn’t take me long from the day she first visited me to realize that Miss Kitty-Go-Home was already home.
Avalanche. There was this cute little white ball of fluff at the Humane Society. Looked like a pile of snow. Already having three dogs and two cats at the time, there was a snowball’s chance that I’d adopt another one….until I heard her story. She came in with a litter of puppies, mom and a three-legged aunt. ALL the others were adopted out but for this one. She was deaf and no one wanted a deaf puppy. I adopted her. Called her Avalanche since she came to my house like a storm of white fluff. Since adoption, she has also developed severe epilepsy. She’s a huge fan of Drs Foster and Smith since they compound some of her meds.
My dog, Arthur, was born in my bedroom – his mother was my foster dog, who came into the rescue pregnant. Arthur is my first puppy. All the others who came before him were adopted as grown-ups. I knew I needed a special name for such a special pup. After much difficulty, I finally found it. Arthur is named in honor of my father. My father has been such an inspiration to me all my life, showing me the importance of family, of being there, of having fun, of hard work, and of course, the importance of dessert.
Arthur just had his third birthday and I am thankful every single day, that he came into my life. He has lived up to his namesake, being there for me always, making everyday more fun that it would have been without him, throwing his all into every task asked of him, and always savoring those tasty desserts (although his tastes do differ slightly from my own!) Oh, and there is no confusion between Arthur and his Grand-Paw, because my father goes by his middle name. He was delighted to have his grandson named after him. 
Never name your pets for the gods or they will take on the god’s quirks. Zeus (king of all gods) (shorthair domestic tabby) can be kind and loving or quirky and temperamental depending on his whim. He rules the house. His brother Apollo (god of music and art) (longhair domestic tabby) shows the bohemian artist in his soul by marching to his own drum. He is elusive at times, flamboyant at times, and just odd overall in doing things like laying on the dogs. Athena (godess of beauty)(black longhair domestic) sits and looks pretty most of the time. She is delicate and gentle. Her sister, Pandora (we all know of Pandora’s box)(seal point domestic), is our little troublemaker. She is into absolutely everything, curious beyond the norm even for a cat, yet a delightful love as well when she’s not getting into a cabinet, on the fridge, underfoot, or into absolutely anything interesting in the house. Naming pets for the gods and goddesses lends itself to a very interesting house!
We have: An orange tabby named Angus – after Angus Young from AC/DC – he is that hyper. A brown tabby named Lugh – after the Celtic sun god, because he thinks he is a sun god. A black persian named Pyewackett – after the cat named Pyewackett in the old movie Bell, Book and Candle.
I have always loved Greek Mythology. I named my blue merle Sheltie, Gryphon. A Gryphon is a mythological being, half lion and half eagle. They were purported to guard the gates to the afterlife! They are courageous & benevolent beings. My dog, Gryphon, & I have done some hospice work. He is a therapy dog & takes his job seriously! I hadn’t envisioned this work when I got him, but he certainly lives up to his name! He is intensely loyal, generous, loving, patient, & gentle. I am blessed to have him for a companion!!! Joyce
We have two dogs and three cats. Our dogs are service guide dogs (my husband and I are both blind), so we didn’t name them. Mine is a female yellow lab named Mercy. I may not have named her but her name is fitting for the job she does. My husband’s is a male black lab named Louie. He exchanged a few emails with Louie’s breeder and found that she used to dance with him when he was just a puppy to the music of Louis Armstrong, so that’s why she named him that. Our cats are Sweet Pea, Pumpkin and Harley. They’re all kittens. Sweet Pea and Pumpkin are siblings. we got Sweet Pea first when she was somewhere between 6 and 8 weeks old and we got Pumpkin about two or so weeks later. We decided on Sweet Pea’s name before we even got her. My grandfather died 6 years ago this past November. When I was a child, he always called me Sweet Pea and I’m always looking for ways to remember him. Her name does fit. She’s pretty low-key and really is a sweetheart. Pumpkin is your typical Tom I guess. We chose his name because he’s a black cat and I think of Halloween when I think of black cats, thus Pumpkin. That one was kind of lame and we thought for a while about changing it but it’s stuck. Harley is named after his forever-running motor. He’s probably somewhere around 2 and a half or 3 months old now. He was close to 6 or 8 weeks old when we got him. This cat almost never stops purring. He starts almost as soon as you touch him and seems to never stop unless he’s sleeping. I just love to feel a cat’s body vibrating with their purring and harley likes to nuzzle right up against my face so I can hear his purs even more. He doesn’t even have to be right up against you for you to hear them though. He’s got a loud motor! That’s Harley!
My English Mastiff puppy is Bella. My daughter liked this name. She went to college this past September leaving me with a very empty nest. I gave Bella the full name Palmetto’s Isabella Brings Hope. We are busy with training and classes so Bella can become a therapy dog. She not only brings love and hope to me on a daily basis, but to everyone she meets. My wish is to see others smile and have hope because of Bella’s touch. She is growing and learning so fast. I want her to do something good with all the love she likes to share.