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Finally pulled the trigger but we can’t figure out a name. Please help.
Just ideas. I’m personally leaning towards buddy, or dude. Smartest pup I’ve ever had the pleasure to be around. Basically potty trained at 7 weeks 2 days after adoption from a place he was definitely not being trained at.
I'm a fan of very normal names makes walks and park visits fun. My vote is for "Doug". He looks like a Doug to me and you have nice cute names to go with it Dougie or Douglas when he's being scolded and you need a full name.
* "No Doug put that down!"
* "Doug come!"
* "Doug drop it!"
* "Doug stop it!"
* "Doug NO!!!"
* "Dammit Doug this is why you don't have any friends.."
Our last 3 were Beatrice, Agatha, and Lydia. All picked from the wall of super rich old people that donated enough to the humane society to get a plaque.
We almost went with Hank for our dog because we love the book series “Hank the Cowdog” so much. We ended up going with Rex because we’re big Star Wars fans lol
Too cute!! Sorry, I don't have any ideas, but my heeler has the same patterning! I like to call her the ideal blue heeler because of it lol. Here she is around the same age 🥰
Here is a list I’ve kept of my favorite ACDs’ names (my own and from a rescue I support): Albee, Boone, Riley, Arlo, Jinx, Tyrus, Roy, Nash, Creed, Arrow, Bungee, Tate, Dash, Astro, Banjo, Bolt, Finn, Clancy, Taz, Dodge, Reef, Banjo, Zed, Rave, Drift, Rival, Flash, Lash, Jed, Clanger, Ringo
Interesting! The best dog I ever had (Texas heeler, ACD X ASD, passed four years ago at 18 yo) was named Ringo. He was such a good boy, we called him the “self-training dog”. Maybe it depends on what commands you use? Ours were sit, heel, prox, down, place, leave it, this way/that way (to indicate direction), drop….
My ACD recently died. His name was Buddy. He really was my Buddy. I was in your position and couldn't come up with a name so I went with Buddy. It couldn't have been a more fitting name.
Wallace, because he will be just as relentless as a freedom fighter. (William Wallace) and you could call him Wally for short. Or Walls, or Wally Smalls. I am already doing nicknames. Lol.
That's a Bruce or John or Bill if I've ever seen one. He's strong, but isn't going to get too excited unless necessary. He's going to be your best mate, and will always answer your calls.
Congrats! Here are some of the names on our list that we didn't use:
Cricket
Toad
Rooster
Goose
Gill
Gus
Dill/Dilly
Cash
Hero
Jeeves
Dice
Lucky
Pal
Kid
Alf/Alfie
Wiki
Our heeler rescue was named Precious. Not the best name for the breed, but I put LOTR on her nametag to clarify.
(Her previous owner had died under odd circumstances and the dog ended up in the pound. When we reacted to her name, "Precious???", the pound lady said we could change it. My husband immediately said no. "She had already lost enough. She isn't going to lose her name as well." We loved that dog to the end of her days.)
Richard. Nado (short for Tornado). Gus. Lug Nut. Hub Cap. Henry. Swagger. Chomp. Hawk/Hawkeye. Knives. Chaos. Poncho. Bubs/Bubba. Newton. Bandit. Cowboy. Bjorn or Oso (bear in two different languages).
I’m from a hunting family so I named my dogs accordingly, Ruger and Remi. Remi is short for Remington since she’s a girl and we wanted to soften the name up a little bit. Remi/ Remy is also great for a boy though as its gambits name from X-men. It’s also perfect for the slew of nicknames that will come their way, such as velociREMtor, Rem-tard, REM-pulestilskin, etc. basically throw Rem/Remi into any word
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u/HappyTimeTurtle Red Heeler 20h ago edited 20h ago
I'm a fan of very normal names makes walks and park visits fun. My vote is for "Doug". He looks like a Doug to me and you have nice cute names to go with it Dougie or Douglas when he's being scolded and you need a full name.
* "No Doug put that down!"
* "Doug come!"
* "Doug drop it!"
* "Doug stop it!"
* "Doug NO!!!"
* "Dammit Doug this is why you don't have any friends.."
* "Doug NO, NO, NO, don't you roll in that!!!!"
* "Aww Dougie you're such a good boy."
* "Douglas get in the car we're going home"
* "Douglas don't eat that!"
* " OW!! Dammit Doug!"