I’m watching the puppy bowl and 2/3rds of the pups are named after celebrities or food.

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      20 hours ago

      Maybe cookie in a different language? My late doggo was named Ringo, which is apple in Japanese, but dad named him like that, because he was spinning around - riņķot, to spin, riņķoja, spun around - just altered to a usable name.

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        19 hours ago

        Haha, cookie is already American English and we’re Australian and Irish. Maybe that’s enough. Or we should go the other way and call her biscuit or tim tam.

        My grandmother had a dog called toffee as a child, so I like that. My parents in law had 2 jack Russel’s called rom and Jerry. So a cartoon character is an option too.

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        1 day ago

        Haha, I don’t. But my kids kind of do. I doubt they are being influenced by any trends as they wouldn’t be familiar. Luckily cookie is the second choice. First choice was buttcrack, which has been nixed.

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            SatansMaggotyCumFart, that’s a nice thing to say. However, I think we have differing views on nice names to choose.

            I just don’t think I want to call out “here buttcrack, here girl. That’s right, do a poo buttcrack” at the dog park. Maybe it’s different with cats as you don’t tend to speak to them in the same way due to their underlying contempt.