With Gypsy, our yorkie, I picked out her name before even knowing we would get a yorkie. With Puff, dh named her cocoa puff, due to her color and since she is his dog, i let him name her. For Seymour our Pom, we named him after we got him. On the way home from the breeder's we tried several names outloud. We got him in Seymour TN so that was what we went with. Harley our newest edition was called Edgar when we got him. My mom suggested Harley and it stuck, though as loving as he is we should have named him Herbie the love bug.
My considerations in picking a name is what does it sound like yelled, and what does it shorten to? I tend to shorten names. Sometimes what it shortens to is not very nice sounding so that gets cancelled off the list.
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