How about something totally outside the box, like Esmerelda, Brunhilda, Gertrude, or pick one from mythology like Athena, Hera, Venus, etc.? I like Gertrude, then when hubby's not listening you can call her Gertie or Trudy.... This is assuming of course that you don't have any women named Esmerelda or Brunhilda, Gertrude, etc., in your extended family or friends.... Then there's all the flower names: Rose, Pansy, Lily, Petunia, Iris, etc. Or the ones that are not so much people names, like Gardenia, Goldenrod, Tulip...? Maybe you should "honor" a famous teacher, like Romalda Spaulding, and call her Romalda? Or pick one the of the First Ladies from history, like Dolly Madison? Had a friend who namd his (male) dog Diogi (dee-oh-gee, or d-o-g). Let us know what you settle on...
Thank you for all the great suggestions ladies...I liked a good many of them, but in the end DH voted me out and decided to call her Sunday (he's sentimental a bit and we did get her on a Sunday), the name does suit her though. Anyway since DH was the one who didn't want a dog at first I figured I'd let him choose which name to use. She wouldn't sleep in her kennel last night (she just cried the whole time) so DH gave in and put her in our bed, and she was such a good girl she slept all night and didn't pee in our bed!
****Warning: Dog Trainer about to speak. If you don't want to hear it, tune out now!**** LOL I just read through the posts....I think Sunday is a cute name. Now, about the sleeping with you....you might want to rethink that idea. Where a dog sleeps is instinctually related to their order in the pack. You are putting the dog on an equal level with you. She can be invited into your bed, on your terms, after she learns to NOT get into the bed without permission. When bringing a new pup into our home, I always put the crate in a smaller room (one with a door so we don't hear it whine the first couple nights) and cover the crate with a blanket to give the dog as cozy and safe a feeling as possible. You can add a good sized stuffed animal if you feel like it needs something to cuddle with. Use a crate that is just big enough to use as a bed for the dog so that it doesn't have enough room to use a corner to potty in. This method relaxes the dog and gets it potty trained in a matter of a few days. Hope this helps!
OK, change of topic here! Brooke, if you're a dog trainer, how do you break them from digging? (DESPERATE question, lol!!!)
Given she's a doberman mix, the first name that sprang to mind was Dobby - but I don't know how you feel about Harry Potter characters.
I thought that was cute name...I was going to suggest Cadbury because they make caramel! LOL!!! But I'm to late!!!
I'm not sure what the proper forum etiquette is here...hijacking in any form is usually a negative kinda thing. I'll send you a message.
Sunday is a great dog, I wish I had room/time to take another from the litter but really one dog is enough for me. So far she's doing well with housetraining....only had a few accidents and really they were my fault because I wasn't paying attention to when she drank water. Took her to the dog park today which she really liked (ours has a smaller area for timid dogs/puppies), and she's doing really well with the recall training as well. I'm starting small with her, house training, recall training, and SIT are the only three things I want her to learn right now...once she masters those we are going to take to to obedience classes and we are thinking of training her for Therapy dog work because she's got such a sweet personality and just loves people! She was much more interested in the humans at the Bark Park than she was the dogs/ puppies.
We have two, something I thought I'd never do. But I discovered that, in some ways, two is actually easier than one! They play with each other, and it really is fun to watch. But there's also the attention factor. You can't give one attention without giving it to the other! One of my girls will take one on a walk, and the other has a fit!
My dad's friend who trains dogs says to teach your dog to stay with a certain amount distance to you tie a piece of string (she suggested bale string) to your pant's belt loop & then the other to the dog's collar this way the dog learns to stay within a certain range from especially outside.
