I never really gave much thought to my dog's names. Generally me and the family just picked whatever caught our fancy and that was it. So far it's been names that most people wouldn't dream of using on people: Trakker, Chassard, Victri,.... Danny is the exception, thanks to my hubby, who is a whole lot saner than the rest of us.
As it was, I was doing a little read up about dog names and realised that there are actually a couple of guidelines when it comes to naming a dog.
1) The name should ideally be two syllables. Why? One syllable words are usually commands, for example, "sit", "down", "stay". Naming a dog Bob, for example, could confuse him into thinking you're giving him a command. And, any name longer than two syllables are hard for dogs to process.
In Trakker's case, the two syllable rule worked too well. It hit a point where we could call whatever two syllable word we wanted, as long as we used the same tone, our friend would come running. No kidding. "Furball", "Fat Butt", "Armpit" all worked wonders.
2) The name should not sound like anyone's in the family or the dog could get confused; ie you could be calling for "Bobby" but Poppy arrives instead of your bro.
Unfortunately, by the time I discovered this rule, we had already named Danny. "Danny", you see, rhymes with "Daddy".
The good news is that Danny doesn't seem to get mixed up. The problem, however, is that when we call "Danny", Daddy comes running.
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