Re: Dog call names

2003-02-18 Thread MMSWISSGOLD
Hi all. I usually lurk in the background and soak in all the knowledge that is shared here on the berner-l. I thought I would join in on this thread. We picked our girl's name before we brought her home. We had plenty of time. It was three years from the time I first laid eyes on a beautiful Bern

RE: Another thought on dog call names

2003-02-18 Thread Pat Long & Paul Dangel
> spare a thought for the similarly named person who may also be nearby Molly, That has happened to me! I was at the park with the dogs, and Luther took exception to a jogger. He started to bark and go into attack mode. "Luther, Stop it NOW!" The jogger stopped and looked, then continued. Luther

Re: Another thought on dog call names

2003-02-18 Thread Janice Parky
> Please, when you bellow "Molly - drop it!" or "Molly - get out of the > water/vegetable patch/unsuspecting hiker's picnic!", spare a thought for the > similarly named person who may also be nearby. My nerves are starting to > play up. Too funny, Molly! When my boys named Halley, (pronounced

Another thought on dog call names

2003-02-18 Thread Molly Palmer
The reasons and thinking behind the dogs' names are fascinating - I am really enjoying this thread. But I do have a request:- To all those people with a dog named "Molly" (or any other "people" sort of name:- Please, when you bellow "Molly - drop it!" or "Molly - get out of the water/vegetable p

Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread BMDwags
Hi Cindy- My first Berner was simply "Chewlot's Tully". Chewlot is the kennel prefix, and Tully is my dog's name. My second Berner was "Tully-Sky Avery v Wingfield"...Tully-Sky is my kennel prefix, Avery is my dog's name and the 'v Wingfield' refers to the kennel where my dog was bred. Final

Dog call names...

2003-02-17 Thread Judith Van Nostrand
Cinderella started life as Agnes Mimaber from Slovakia...can you imagine a name like that! Her life got worse as Bub Gage and Bob Hughes entered it and when she was rescued by BARC she was a mess. Her coat was described as dull, dry and Amy named her Cinder because her coat reminded them of cinde

Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Seleya8
In a message dated 2/17/2003 1:32:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > We wanted to name her Bridger after the > Bridger Mountains near Bozeman Montana, where my husband and I met at > college and lived for 6 years. We just tacked on the kennel name to Bridger > for AKC regis

Re: Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-17 Thread Eileen Morgan
- Original Message - From: "Cindy Schaumberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I can't find the email that started all of the chat about "Dogs call names", > so I'm not sure if the answer to my question lies there or not. However, I > have always been curious about how a dog is supposed to be named

Question about Dog Call Names

2003-02-16 Thread Cindy Schaumberg
I can't find the email that started all of the chat about "Dogs call names", so I'm not sure if the answer to my question lies there or not. However, I have always been curious about how a dog is supposed to be named. We adopted our Berner as rookies, and didn't know much about what to consider w

Re: Dog Call Names

2003-02-16 Thread Claudia Brydon
We named Boomer that just because we thought that it was a good name for a big dog. Having been directed to find a registered name that sounded Indian related, we chose Thunder Dance (as in Thunder Boomers) hoping that he would live up to that name, dancing over the obstacles in agility. He's cer

Dog Call Names

2003-02-16 Thread Maria Crifasi
Daisy, my 3 1/2 yr. old, got her name from the toy she carried home and would not put down except to eat -- it was a daisy. Buddy -- he came from a "g" litter and was genuinely gorgeous. Jack wants to learn drafting so Buddy became Genuine Draft (which is also Jack's favorite beer). Since I woul