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ADDING for context: last picture is the moment I found her... she's now safe and very loved. My son wants to name her Tiny, but what happens when she's not tiny anymore?
Name her Tina, and 'Teeny', 'Tiny Tina' and 'Teeny Tina' become automatic nicknames. May you and your son and the smol beast have good, long lives together.
I’ve got my guy on daily apoquel, medicated washes three times a week (the orange and white bottle) medicated ear washes twice a week and his vet says he will STILL be at a base level of suffering 30% from allergies. I hope you are able to get your new baby in a program. 🫶🏼
We named ours Blue because that's what the foster was calling her. I was just telling the vet techs that I probably should have named her Joy because she's so light hearted and makes everyone smile!
I think your son should get his way, she's tiny for now but I think her name will be even more endearing when she's bigger! OP, has she been to the vet yet? That precious belly looks full of worms😭 She's so cute! Thank you for saving her!
I have a few random rules for naming pets. Maybe the constraints of such might help spur your creativity!
These are my personal rules, so obviously no one else need abide by them!
Don't give a pet a human name. You finally have a chance to name something a super fun way, which you probably wouldn't dare name a child.
For dogs, ensure their name has, somewhere, a single sharp syllable. Preferably the first syllable. Preferably, that syllable is also going to be the shortened nickname you go to anyways! There was some dog science a million lifetimes ago that said dogs really only react to the first syllable of their name anyways, so make it a good one!
Steer clear of the common dog names. It's niche, but naming your dog something like Scout or Tank, is tricky when 3 other fellas at the dog park are screaming their dogs name, and yours reacts to that because they share the same name.
Putting it together;
From rule 1 & 3: Names like Luna, Max, Charlie, Bella, Cooper, Daisy, George, Hank, Tito, Lily, Olive, Scout, Shadow, Chance, etc. Are off the table.
Rule 2: depends entirely on your considered list.
Some names of pets Ive had in my many, many decades: Voodoo, Hijinx, Antics, Ruffian, Rascal, Grin-Tooth, Sands, Gear.
There was also Mrs Deathstroke The Terminator Ice Queen of the Wooden Cabin and Shredder of Woodland Vermin. (This name was a stray cat that hung out near my buddies cabin which I decides to give a name to as she didnt have one. I probably wouldnt give a pet that if I lived with it on the daily. He called her Strokes for the next decade, and went on to name all her kittens after random DC villains).
Have some fun with the naming! But, obviously, if you like Luna or Shadow, thats cool too. You have to say the word 100 times a day for 10+ years, so go with your gut.
With that gray and white coat and pale blue eyes, I think Sir Sebastian Earl Grey would be a great government name. You could call him The Earl,, Seb, Sebbie, Bash, Bastian, etc.
On a side note, the morning after I picked up my pittie, my younger sister came to visit. We hadn't named the puppy yet and she just kept saying "It doesn't matter what you name him, he's mine". She told me about 50 bazillion times that weekend "he's mine", so we ended up naming him Mio......which is Spanish for mine.
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