Johnny Cash

[Cinq1964]

Great Pics!!!

[DesertChildAZ]

I have had a couple people ask why I have a dog named "Johnny Cash" and a cat named "Johnny Coco Richelieu" (i.e. Why do they both have the same first name of "Johnny")...

I adopted the cat, "Johnny Coco Richelieu", shortly after losing my 13 year old cat to a neurological disease. He and his brother were advertised together through the Humane Society as "Frankie and Johnny". I was only prepared to adopt one cat. I had no intention of adopting Johnny because he looked too similar to my cat who had passed away. I planned to adopt his brother, Frankie. Well, I fell in love with Johnny the minute I saw him and decided to adopt him. However, I wasn't fond of the name at the time so I looked for something French (since I love France) and I picked "Richelieu", which is the name of the street I stayed on in Paris. Since noone could pronounce "Richelieu" correctly, I had to come up with something else. So I went for "Coco" (as in Coco Chanel). I planned to drop "Johnny", but one week after adopting him, my brother's 31 year old best friend (named John) died in a tragic car accident. We were all devastated. He had been just as close as a brother to me. I thought it ironic that the cat I just adopted was named "Johnny" in light of John's passing. So I kept the "Johnny" part of his name, in memory of John, but still call him "Coco".

Then along came Johnny Cash....we had picked out three names for him:

1) Johnny Cash
2) Lennon (after John Lennon)
3) Finn (after Neil Finn or my celtic ancestry)

When we picked him up, he was practically all black and we took one look at each other and said "There is no other name for this dog than Johnny Cash...the Man In Black"..so Johnny Cash it was!



~ Kelly

[SANDYSAND]

OMG!!! Love his name, he is a cutie & very sexy man in black!

[DesertChildAZ]

Originally Posted by YorkieAZ

Wow Kelly, he sure did turn out to be darling.

I saw the thread of when you got him as "Yo" and tried to open your pics there, I don't know if you have to sign in or what, but couldn't see them. So I'm glad I spotted this thread.

THanks and congrats on your new litter! Keep me in mind when you are looking for homes. We're considering adding a little girl to our family in the near future. (I'm getting kind of tired of it always being a Boy's Club around here!)

[pepe mint]

you have some beautiful babies