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yortsed snacilbuper

(7,939 posts)
Sun May 27, 2012, 01:58 PM May 2012

Truly Obnoxious Pet Names and the People Who Choose Them!

How does that nursery rhyme go? Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me?
Well, tell that to the hordes of aggrieved pets living with the outright obnoxious names their loved ones have given them.

Cats:
• Chicken Nugget
• Meatloaf
• Bluecifer
• Mr. Chickenwig
• Laundry Blankie
• Mr. Milky Mouth
• Fresno Fair Zucchini Corndog (aka, Zuk)
• Toby Toes McPurr
• Bucket Sprouthead
• Pussy Moo
• Baby Jesus
• Reverend Phatty
• McBisquit
• Fluffy Fusty Feather Fungus
• Dory Fluffenheimersheim
• Mister Tsuemo Bangkok Hipszer
• Yardsale
• Darth Kitty

Dogs:
• Barryzander
• JaMocha Frappuccino
• Kowalski
• Sir Freaks-a-Lot
• Antobia Bandogas
• Portia Snicklefritz
• S.A.M. (acronym for “She’s a Mutt”)
•D.O.G. (pronounced “Dee-OH-gee”)
•Nematode (a veterinarian’s dog, of course)
• Yo Quiero
• Foodworld
• Snarfpolas Skinks
• Easy Wheat
• Snack Attack

Rabbits:
• Poop (Maybe it’s just me, but how can you not love this name?)

Ferrets:
• Schnaggle
• MacWeezal and Scarlet MacWeezal (lovers, no doubt)

http://www.vetstreet.com/our-pet-experts/truly-obnoxious-pet-names-and-the-people-who-choose-them

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Truly Obnoxious Pet Names and the People Who Choose Them! (Original Post) yortsed snacilbuper May 2012 OP
A couple adopted one of my rescue/foster beagles ... Myrina May 2012 #1
I hate hearing pet names that are insulting Rhiannon12866 May 2012 #2
Oh, dear. I wonder if my cats' names are offensive... what do you think? Bertha Venation May 2012 #3
We have a cat named Tobi who is a female Tobin S. May 2012 #4
I dislike Mildred JitterbugPerfume May 2012 #9
Ours are fairly normal... WillParkinson May 2012 #5
Sedgwick Fluffanutter krispos42 May 2012 #6
Sausage, Meaty McMeaty, dana_b May 2012 #7
A friend in college had a Golden Retriever baldguy May 2012 #8
Excellent name for a Golden! Demoiselle May 2012 #11
Esme Splotchpaw Bobcat... Demoiselle May 2012 #10
The receptionist at the vet laughed at me... Wait Wut May 2012 #12
I once named a cat Kiri Te Catawa NV Whino May 2012 #13
My grandmother named her cat "Pussy". Man, now that was awkward. n/t Joe Shlabotnik May 2012 #14
My Dad stuck with a traditional name for his cat -- Phlough. eppur_se_muova May 2012 #15
The throck cats are: Throckmorton May 2012 #16
My mom strongly disapproves the name of one of my future kitties tabbycat31 May 2012 #17

Myrina

(12,296 posts)
1. A couple adopted one of my rescue/foster beagles ...
Sun May 27, 2012, 02:33 PM
May 2012

... that I'd named 'Ike', and renamed him "Deuce Beagalo".




Rhiannon12866

(205,365 posts)
2. I hate hearing pet names that are insulting
Sun May 27, 2012, 02:34 PM
May 2012

It has to affect the poor pet. Mine tend to have "people" names. Here's my Jack:

Bertha Venation

(21,484 posts)
3. Oh, dear. I wonder if my cats' names are offensive... what do you think?
Sun May 27, 2012, 03:07 PM
May 2012

Toby. Petey. Cocoa. Charley. Skittles. Moose. Smudge. Mildred. O'Malley. Rat Face. . . .

??

edit: Jack looks like he's a lot of fun!

Tobin S.

(10,418 posts)
4. We have a cat named Tobi who is a female
Sun May 27, 2012, 03:16 PM
May 2012

And people frequently call me Toby. Jen got the cat before she got me. She got the idea for the name from Tobi's white toes.

JitterbugPerfume

(18,183 posts)
9. I dislike Mildred
Sun May 27, 2012, 05:16 PM
May 2012

it is my given name and I have always hated it, but I have an acceptable nick name. i 'll bet she is an awesome cat anyway


my cats are cat-Mandu and Lilith Ashlee


WillParkinson

(16,862 posts)
5. Ours are fairly normal...
Sun May 27, 2012, 03:50 PM
May 2012

Cats:

Star (black cat with a white mark on her chest, she was named by the lady who had her originally and had to give her up when she found out she had cancer. We thought it appropriate to honor that.)

Cider: Orange and white cat. Got him at the shelter in Iron River, MI. One of the volunteers accidentally switched the cat we had adopted with this one. By the time we got there to get our Cider an elderly couple had adopted him. The shelter felt horrible over it, but we still ended up with the other Cider.

Dot: Looks like a mini-cow. White cat with black dots. Also named by the shelter.


Toeby: He's a polydactyl kitty. We just thought the name was amusing.


Dogs:

Bailey: Original name was Basil. Didn't like it and one of the girls at the shelter said she had heard we were naming him Bailey. Beagle Bailey worked for us.

Sadie: Such a laid back dog never lived. She was a rescue that we adopted. We're pretty sure she was kept crated constantly because she's more comfortable laying in the corner and rarely gets excited (unless it's dinner time). We've never been able to get her out of her shell, despite all kinds of coaxing.

Brownie: Originally named Tula by the next door neighbor who had her. Can't stand them and renamed her Brownie. Like the dessert she's sweet, but a little nuts.

Kory: Original name was Libby. Enough said on that one.

krispos42

(49,445 posts)
6. Sedgwick Fluffanutter
Sun May 27, 2012, 03:54 PM
May 2012

a.k.a. The Fluff, a.k.a. Miss Kitty, a.k.a. Das Fluff, a.k.a. Fluffy, a.k.a. Fluff.



She's a bit fluffy. :-0

dana_b

(11,546 posts)
7. Sausage, Meaty McMeaty,
Sun May 27, 2012, 03:58 PM
May 2012

Phatty Cakes and Tarjhay (like people who pronounce Target - 'Tarjhay'). Those are some of the names that I have come across in the last few years for various dogs that we've met at the dog park. The last name was for a bull terrier that looked like the dog from the Target commercials.

Personally I will stick with Marlow and Kaloni.

Demoiselle

(6,787 posts)
10. Esme Splotchpaw Bobcat...
Sun May 27, 2012, 05:51 PM
May 2012

Esme, or Ezums, for short. Lady cat born to a feral mama under our front porch. Elegant long haired tabby. Very Victorian looking...hence, Esme. Splotchpaw is fairly obvious. (pale peach splotch, right front paw.) Bobcat for her wild origins. Nicole Kitman, her feral mother, who lives in a heated cathouse (winter) on our deck and allows me to pet her when I feed her, is so named because of her pale strawberry blonde coloring.
I have four other cats in the house plus a long line of Great Pyrenees area rug impersonators, but I'll save their names for another time...

Wait Wut

(8,492 posts)
12. The receptionist at the vet laughed at me...
Sun May 27, 2012, 06:06 PM
May 2012

...when I told her my two girl's names (cats), Snoopy and Squeak. I told her, "Be serious. I'm sure you've heard much worse." Their brother is Chili Pepper.

Squeak got her name because she didn't start meowing until she was over 2 years old...she'd squeak like a kitten. She has some brain damage and developed way, way slower than her brother and sister. Now, she meows non-stop.

eppur_se_muova

(36,263 posts)
15. My Dad stuck with a traditional name for his cat -- Phlough.
Mon May 28, 2012, 10:46 AM
May 2012

That was her official name on all her records.

If he ever has a dog, he'll name it Phydeaux.

Throckmorton

(3,579 posts)
16. The throck cats are:
Mon May 28, 2012, 11:31 AM
May 2012

Sporkweasel, grey tabby male, head cheese cat, much like the late, great, Matty, the wonder cat.
Basket, grey tabby female, rescued from a trash dumpster as a kitten
Binger, Black and white female Manx
Cheddar, orange male, newest cat, still a baby (9 weeks old)

tabbycat31

(6,336 posts)
17. My mom strongly disapproves the name of one of my future kitties
Mon May 28, 2012, 11:32 AM
May 2012

Since my job takes me on the road for long periods of time, when I am at a point in my life to have kitties again, I want to name them after the places I've been.

So far I've worked on campaigns in Lexington, KY (Lexie), Green Bay, WI (Packer), and Atlantic City, NJ (Nucky)

She thinks I am cruel to consider naming a cat Nucky. She has no problem with Lexie or Packer.

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