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Name for a sheepdog

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  • 12-12-2007 2:35pm
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    Glenman
    Registered Users Posts: 976 ✭✭✭


    Hi, could people please offer suggestions of a name for a male sheepdog. Thanks


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    [Deleted User]
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    Got a picture ?


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    ChippingSodbury
    Registered Users Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    Deefur, as in "D for Dog"...


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    CrowdedHouse
    Registered Users Posts: 6,854 ✭✭✭CrowdedHouse


    Probably a bit obvious but how about 'Shep '

    Seven Worlds will Collide



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    fits
    Registered Users Posts: 13,522 ✭✭✭✭fits


    We always named ours after where they came from. Lots of Kerrys, which also has a nice calling ring to it.


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    Killme00
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭Killme00


    Sam

    Sam_and_Ralph_choke.png


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    peasant
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    I think I'd get a minor thrill out of giving orders to "Bertie" all day :D

    Lie down, Bertie and shut up !


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    lightening
    Registered Users Posts: 3,125 ✭✭✭lightening


    Bingo.


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    fits
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    :D

    That would be good fun alright


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    LuckyStar
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    Fly, Flash, Trigger


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    jasonbourme.cs
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    blue or waffle


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    Whispered
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    mister fluffy wuffy


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    Glenman
    Registered Users Posts: 976 ✭✭✭Glenman


    He's only a few weeks old, we already have a dog called Fido. He is completly black with some white on his face


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    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar
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    Bertie.. has to be


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    ChippingSodbury
    Registered Users Posts: 1,350 ✭✭✭ChippingSodbury


    Mordeth wrote: »
    Bertie.. has to be
    I think you misread the previous post: it said "white on his face" not: "egg on his face"...


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    macshadow
    Registered Users Posts: 485 ✭✭macshadow


    Glen is a nice name. Instead of Bertie you could simply call him Manila as in Manila envelope.


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    dlambirl
    Registered Users Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭dlambirl


    Bonzo
    Shep
    Major
    Pongo (if it smells)


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    Potential-Monke
    Registered Users Posts: 14,093 ✭✭✭✭Potential-Monke


    Jess? I think thats sheepdogish!?


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    houndsoflove
    Registered Users Posts: 235 ✭✭houndsoflove


    How about Prince? Soyer? Frodo? Simba? Chap?:D


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    Bettyboop
    Registered Users Posts: 950 ✭✭✭Bettyboop


    Shadow?? Pepper? Jules??:D


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    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    I like biblical names and called my Staffie/Pitbull X 'Jericho'.

    I'm getting anoter Pitbull after Christmas and was considering 'Mohammed' or 'Jihad' (seriously) but they wouldn't suit a Sheepdog, so you can't have them :p

    I'd have said 'Shep' for a Sheepdog, but its not very imaginative or original.


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    luckat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,366 ✭✭✭luckat


    Don't give the poor dog the name Bertie - everyone will laugh every time you call him, and he'll feel puzzled and hurt.

    What about Oscar? Used to be every sheepdog in Ireland was called Oscar. Or Bran, one of Fionn's superdogs (and cousins)?


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    Amimad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 113 ✭✭Amimad


    Why not, Collie, Baa or Shaun, Wollie.
    Anything Sheep related:cool:


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    Generally speaking, it is a good idea to give your dog a two syllable name.

    One syllable is reserved for commands (sit, come, stay, down) and three syllables (or more) is too long and awkward to be shouting down a windy beach at full lung capacity.

    If the second syllable ends in an "eee" or "aaa" sound, all the better for getting the dogs attention because you can stretch that sound when shouting after it or raise the pitch at the end when giving out.


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