dog's names

[bednobs]

just watching crufts. Why do the pedigree dogs have such stupid names?

[paddywak]

The handsome animal on the left is actually Kenmillone Mainman,but if he knows you he'll let you call him Max, don't know why they have these names, when Lankeela comes online she'll probably be able to explain

[scotman]

It may have something to do with registered breeders wanting something unique to identify their mutts.

http://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/kennelnames/

[Calibax]

Cuddly Scamp Hairy Legs of Cricklewood! (The Goodies)

[alexanderd]

Pedigree dogs have these names so that the line can be traced back to the original breeder. The first part of the name is usually the line the animal came from. E.G. there are only three true lines of Shetland sheepdogs so they can all be traced back to the original providing they have been registered

[welshlibranr]

I think it's because the breeders need to have a name that connects them with the breed, and then it can be traced back through the bloodline!..........

[DTCwordfan]

I'm calling my next dog "Useless" after the spaniel in Monarch of the Glen - brilliant name.....

[RATTER15]

Yes, its all all about keeping track of bloodlines etc.

Mine are Merlin = Monclare Simba
Gilligan = Monclare Dublin Bay
Keeva = Bribiba's Scots Mist. from a different breeder

[ljdksa]

Yes, the first name is the Kennel name which is passed from the mother. The second is an individual name that the breeder chooses for each puppy.They have to be unique - or at least, not already registered with the Kennel Club and the third name is what the owner chooses.

My Cavalier is Siabanja HalfPint Cody.

[bednobs]

if you have papers, surely anything else is just boasting? still, i don't get pedigree dogs full stop :)

[wolf63]

I suppose it is like giving the dog a surname and a given name, but only one breeder can use that particular surname.

I have had two mutts - no fancy names. But I am not against pedigree dogs in any way.

[McMouse]

Probably for the same reason that Pop stars and Footballers give their children such preposterous names.......they're complete pillocks.

[wildwood]

It is not unique to dogs. Cats and some pedigree cattle also have the same system.

Pedigree breeding is a system where a developed breed can be kept as close to the original standard as possible. The official names allow the registers to trace the animal's ancestry for many generations, that is if the breeder(s) are honest.
If the names were kept to common ones we would soon see an excess of Fidos and Lassies.

[Postdog]

mongels are the best dogs anyway!

[DTCwordfan]

dont think you mean that, Postdog, a missing r.....it does not read well!

[RATTER15]

Postdog, best at what?

[lankeela]

It is so you can tell which dog is which is a pedigree. Breeders can apply for a Kennel Name (affix) which they use as the first word in a dog's name if they have bred it, or as the last name if they have bought the dog from another breeder. Some use alphabetical names i.e. the first litter will all begin with 'A' and others use a theme such as flowers, drinks, Bond movies, or anything you can think of. Interesting that your dog is Kenmillone, this is actually a Kennel Club's own affix, where the breeder doesn't have their own. The Ken is short for Kennel Club
and the mill one means it was born in 2001, i.e. the millenium plus one year, 2000 being Kenmill. There has been a 'Ken' name for each year, my friend's Rottie was called Kentoo Rosanna and that was way back in 1982. Kenee Jess (1983) and so on right up to Kendeci which is 2010. Some keep to simple names, and some like names that are a bit rude, or cheeky. I have Lankeela (my kennel name) Top Totty
and my GSD is Norwulf Enrico Lankeela, because i didn't breed him so my kennel name goes on the end. There is a maximum of 24 letters you can use including the affix, but if you buy a dog in with a name 24 letters long and you have a long kennel name yourself you can end up with a very long name. Many of the dogs from abroad have even longer names and some seem very strange to us. In Sweden there is a kennel called Mongrels, although they breed all pedigree dogs! Sometimes there are dogs with the same name but the affix is different eg Lankeela Black Magic and Kenmillone Black Magic, so its important to be able to tell the difference. Just think how many sheepdogs are called Spot, Roy, Gyp etc. If you were trying to work out a pedigree you wouldn't know which were which, so even the working sheepdogs have a number after their name. Some names I think are very clever, whereas some are simple. With racing greyhounds they tend to use a combination of the parents names, but they too can hav

[lankeela]

can have a kennel name.

[lankeela]

When you think how many pedigree dogs are registered in a year you can imagine how difficult it is to think of new or different names. In 2010 for example there were 257,062 pedigree dogs registered!

[lankeela]

By the way its not just pedigree dogs that have 'stupid' names - if you have a crossbreed or mongrel and you want to do agility or obedience at KC shows you have to register them and they make up some of the daftest names I have heard, such as Funfastquick Just Jorjeous and Fru Fru Tiggerdeboo and Theres No Aye In Flynn are just some registered last year.

[lankeela]

Just found one called 'Don't Let The Flea Go' - and 'Don't Hassle The Hoff' which I quite like.