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; we91裸聊视频檒l check on the PQB results for you shortly)
That got me to thinking91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频楧illy91裸聊视频�, which was shortened from Dylan Thomas, my Mum91裸聊视频檚 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 didn91裸聊视频檛 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 91裸聊视频楰C91裸聊视频� (short for Kitty Cat, original I know) but KC met an untimely demise.
My last 91裸聊视频榞rowing up91裸聊视频� pet was Misty, another Samoyed whose full name was Burr91裸聊视频檚 Artic Mist (and some sort of championship pedigree stuff I91裸聊视频檝e long forgotten). Absolutely sweetheart of a dog.
Not a long list and it certainly pales in comparison to the menagerie of animals we91裸聊视频檝e had since I struck out on my own.
The very first kitties we ever had were Smoky (grey in colour, I mentioned I91裸聊视频檓 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 91裸聊视频榣ove91裸聊视频�.
His partner in crime was Sam, a massive Anatonial shepherd who I guess looked like a 91裸聊视频楽am91裸聊视频�.
Save for Aiko, I don91裸聊视频檛 think I91裸聊视频檝e ever called any of the animals who came later by their actual name 91裸聊视频� unless they did something wrong.
Sam was 91裸聊视频楽am Chops91裸聊视频� to most of the others, 91裸聊视频楿lf Samuelsson91裸聊视频�, 91裸聊视频楽amsonite Luggage91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频楽amuel J. Chops, canine attorney91裸聊视频� to me. Don91裸聊视频檛 ask me to explain.
Both pooches are now in doggie heaven, along with Diesel, the black lab who became Sam91裸聊视频檚 best buddy and I called 91裸聊视频楧oyle91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频榃igs91裸聊视频� 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 I91裸聊视频檓 not aware of.
A cornucopia of kitties have also followed the original pair.
There91裸聊视频檚 been Junior Bandit (also known as 91裸聊视频楯ubs91裸聊视频�), Tommy, TJ (91裸聊视频榃idgets91裸聊视频� or 91裸聊视频榃idgies91裸聊视频�; I don91裸聊视频檛 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 91裸聊视频楾91裸聊视频�, 91裸聊视频楤ell91裸聊视频� for Taco Bell, 91裸聊视频楶rincess T91裸聊视频� or simply 91裸聊视频楶retty Girl91裸聊视频�).
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 91裸聊视频楲ink91裸聊视频�, named after the video game character.
He91裸聊视频檚 like the aforementioned sports teammates, I just call him Linky or Art Linkletter, a TV name I remember from long ago.
There91裸聊视频檚 also been a handful of fish and birds and rodents that everyone but me was interested in. What91裸聊视频檚 your best pet name story? I91裸聊视频檇 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.
