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I generally never pick a name until I have spent time with the pup.

Callie (Princess California/ Callie Mae)
With Callie I had been on the floor with her for hours and my mom told me I needed to name her. I picked Callie Mae. For her registration with the non reputable ACA I needed a name Callie could stand for so I went with California and her papers say Princess California. Callie just came to me.

Joey (Joseph James)
When I got him at 9 weeks the 2nd people who had him were calling him Ziggy but I prefer more human names. He was so tiny and Joey popped in my head. My dad hated it but I loved it and chose it to stand for Joseph. James is the name of my grandfather who passed away the year before I got Joey and knowing I probably can’t have kids I decided to use it. He has no papers but my mom made him a little birth certificate.

Penny (Princess Penelope/ Penelope Ann)
When I rescued Penny she was 8 months old. I picked her up about an hour away from my house so I help her and me and my mom would say names to see if she responded to them starting at A names. Her name given by the previous owners was Paris and she didn’t react at all to it. I originally wanted to name her Amory after the extremely small Mississippi town my grandmother grew up in that I loved but my mom shot me down. So we got to the P names and my mom says Penny and her ears perked up and she looked at my mom and we decided she had picked her name to be Penny. I was never thrilled with the name Penelope but I caved. Ann just kinda seemed to go with it. She has non reputable ACA papers too and I went with Princess Penelope.

Ollie (Oliver Riley)
This was the only one I sorta picked a name ahead of time. I knew what he looked like. The night before we went to get him I couldn’t sleep. So I went through some lists of names and made a list of ones I liked. Oliver and Riley being two of my favorites but I hadn’t fully settled on them yet. We got him and a few hours later I decided it was going to either be Riley Oliver or Oliver Riley. Obviously I decided Oliver Riley. Then I chose that he would be called Ollie. He is the only one with AKC papers and is Oliver Riley on them. He is a chocolate yorkie and my dad was pushing names that related to chocolate and I was just like no. When he gives kisses though I do say they a chocolate kisses lol.