The Reigning Cats and Dogs Names of the Year

[icyfroth]

QUESTION one: Why must people give their pets human names?

Question two: Which Twilight character is top dog?

Question three: Twilight. Really?

We found the answers to these puzzling queries in a comprehensive survey of 2.5 million dogs and cats conducted in the US state of Oregon, Discovery News reports.

Portland's Banfield Pet Hospital tallied the top names from 2012 and came up with 10 most popular monikers for our most popular family pets.

[Enough. Take me to the list. Now.]

Read more: http://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/relationships/the-reigning-cats-and-dogs-names-of-the-year/story-fn...

OH always says if we got a dog it would be a German Shepherd and he would call it Schultz. We would also get a ginger tabby cat and call it Ranga.

:^O

[at_wicks_end]

Cats:

Tian ,   Goku ,  Angel ,  Fefee (prenamed previous owner), and Angel

Dogs:  Lucy,  Levi

[at_wicks_end]

All animals named by son.  Tian and Goku are from Animine characters.

[monstersinthedungeon]

Icy, they're here permanently (i.e., not for eating). We've got them to help with weed control (apparently they eat Lantana, Boxthorn, etc). It's also supposed to be beneficial to run camels with cattle, something in the camel's gut transfers to the cattle and assists them with converting their food more efficiently to beef.

The girl camel is thought to be pregnant, so there is a little bit of income from breeding them, although not much as the gestation period is 12 months, can be up to 14-15 months as they can "hold them in" if conditions are not ideal. (Poor camel!) She's only a few months pregnant, so I have a long wait for my little camel!

[j*oono]

I can't wait to see pics of the little camel 🙂

[tasfleur]

If it's a girl, will you call it "Camelia" ....  :^O

[vampire-teddy]

my dog is Winston Bartholomew, my cat is Rex Bartholomew, my recently passed cat was Honey Rose.  It is just a silly tradition that all the male pets have the second name Bartholomew and the Females Rose.

[icyfroth]

my dog is Winston Bartholomew, my cat is Rex Bartholomew, my recently passed cat was Honey Rose.  It is just a silly tradition that all the male pets have the second name Bartholomew and the Females Rose.

That's cute, teddy 😄

[mtnlane]

"No man can be condemned for owning a dog. As long as he has a dog, he has a friend; and the poorer he gets, the better friend he has."        

Will Rogers

"A house is not a home until it has a dog."

Gerald Durrell

Both so true 🙂

[mtnlane]

Sorry Icy if that was off topic - but I was prompted by the many lovely posters recounting the stories of their canine friends names in particular - yours included 🙂

[monstersinthedungeon]

If it's a girl, will you call it "Camelia" ....  :^O

Very good, Tas, will do so!

Unfortunately we have at least another nine months to wait.