[JadeD]

I love all the responses this post has gotten!

Here is a story about my husband's English Setter. Although not a Yorkie, still about how his name came about. I had an English Setter who came to me with the name Gabby, I hated the name. My husband suggest Abby, from NCIS, so Abby it was and she never noticed the difference. A year later we felt another Enlgish Setter would be a good addition to our family and found a 15 month old that needed a home. He had gotten WAY bigger than expected (he is 80 lbs) and they had 3 small children and he was like a bull in a china shop around them. So, we talk to the guy and we drive 5 hours to go pick this dog up. We were going to call him Jethro Gibbs when we decided to get him. On the way home we were talking and then name didn't fit him. His names was Spots and no dog in my house is going to be called Spots. He is black with white spots and it gives him a gunmetal gray kind of look to him.

My husband suggests calling him Remington. I love it! However, I asked him what I am supposed to call him for short because when he runs out the front door and I am running up the street I am not yelling Remington. I tell him it much be Remy. He say NOPE, you are not calling my dog Remy.

He suggests Winchester. I say Winnie, here Winnie. He just gives me that look, like you wouldn't dare. LOL. I should have said Chester, but I didn't.

He suggests Ruger. I LOVE it! Our son was with us and he says "no, you are not calling the dog Booger." We are like, "No, Ruger." He hears it as Booger, so no. Not Ruger either.

My husband says "What about Gatlin? Like a gatling gun, but without the g on the end." We loved it and so his name is Gatlin. We wanted something different. He is 5 years old and he seems to like his name.

Normally my dogs get their names from books. All our cats are named after candy bars. I brought home this wild kitten (I caught it in a barn) and named it Silver Gypsy. He was forever known as Kit Kat, and I had to change his name at the vet to Silver Kit Kat so when I called I would know what cat they were talking about as he was never called Silver Gypsy after the first 2 days. Then we had Twix, Snickers and now Cadbury (she is the colors of a Cadbury Egg). If we get a brown one I will probably call it Hershey.