> > > > What DOES everyone think is the best name for a dog?
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> > > You can name a dog just about anything and it will be okay. However, if you name it after a person you know, be prepared for that person to be rather indignant. When Sean's aunt heard the name "Chloe," she instantly wanted to give the name to her new puppy. There was only one small problem: She heard the name from me, because I happened to be talking about my little sister. (You guessed it: My sister's name is Chloe.) For about two weeks, Sean's aunt kept bringing up the name, and every time she did, I just LOOKED at her. Sean's aunt seems to know better than to mess with me, because she finally named the dog Missy.
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> > > Ell"Not to be messed with!"myruh
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> > Someone I know (whose initials are Mou. Sie.) is named Heidi. She contends that about one out of every three people she meets exclaims, "I once had a DOG named Heidi!!" She never knows quite how to take that. Next time, she might come back with, "I remember you! I still wince every time someone folds up a newspaper near me!"
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> > Mou"go ahead, try being me"sie
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> My mom had that happen to her when I was a brand-new baby. My mom told this lady my name, and the lady exclaimed (in a stupid, moronic, clueless tone), "Oh, how funny! My DOG is named that!" My mom still hates that woman even though she never saw her again.
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> Ell"One of the funniest people I have ever known is named Heidi"myruh

Wait. There's more. My ex-husband was one of those people whose family had had a dog named Heidi. When I met him, his family's dog's name was Taffy. Guess what I got called the whole week I visited them the first time?

Mou"and the dog wouldn't come when they called her my name, either"sie