Ask Me Help Desk - What can I name him?

Alty, Please since you're an adult and a pet expert, please warn her about ear cropping a little more because I'm really totally against it just cause one of my friend's did it to her dog and he's ear got really infected and it wasn't good, the dog suffered a lot. Mexcelaya, don't crop your dogs ear. How would you have liked it if your mom thought your ears were to big and she chopped them off and then something bad happens to them like my friend's dog? Please read the link carefully at the part that says IT IS PAINFUL! :/ :/

But did your friend go to the vet and got the ears done. Why do you think its not right if it was'nt right don't you think the vets would have NOT DO IT?

Umm... that's up to you. A vet cannot just go and attack you and be like " NO YOU CANNOT GET YOUR DOGS EARS CROPPED!!!!!!"

It's up to you, were just suggesting you to NOT do it. Hey, vets are vets, but they are not all accurate. My mom's best friend had the most adventorus loving healthy dog EVER and the vet killed it by injecting a medicine not accurate for his size. Yes she did it with a vet obviously! Please don't tell me you were just going to do it yourself! Like I said before, leave the dog the way it was born, I doubt your mom had the doctor do plastic surgery on you because she didn't like a body part on you when you were born!

Dang did your moms friend sue the vet, and of course I was'nt going to crop the dogs ear I ll be dumb if I did

Of course!!

The dog was beautiful it was a big grey dog but with green eyes and he was super sweet still a baby!

And yeah, do not do it, not yourself, not a vet!

Hey how old are you? Just a QUESTION

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I'm 15 turning 16. I might be young but I am pretty smart :) and I'm in 9th grade, just not taking 9th grade classes lol

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Originally Posted by starfirefly

well for family type you will want a softer name for it, but can i ask why you would want such a visious type dog for a family?

WRONG!
The dog will be a great family dog if raised correctly.
Do some research before saying such cliché things.

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Originally Posted by Silverfoxkit

Once again I would like to say that pitt bulls may not be as responsive for as many attacks as they have been given credit for due to misidentification. Can you find the pitt bull? Warning, this is harder then you think.

Pet Pitbull - Find the Pit Bull

Where you aware that the pitt bull use to be the all around American family dog?

Did you know that in WWI there was a pitt bull named Stubby that was the unofficial mascot of the 102 division? He was such a hero he was awarded several medals and received the rank of sergeant.

Helen Keller, teddy Roosevelt, Mark Twain, John Steinbeck and many other famous figures all owned pitt bulls.

Remember Petey the pitt bull from the Little Rascals?

Before you say how awful these dogs are do some research first. You may find yourself surprised.

Good Post!

Snoopy ==> Snoop, once he gets big and rough. ;)

There are better options to choose from. Pit's can be great loving dogs but one option you must also thinkof is your parents insurance. Most homeowners insurance will not cover homes with these dogs and if they do, it will be veryy expensive. Also, I don't know if it was metioned already there jaws lock when they bite and they don't letgo.

The OP hasn't even bought the dog yet, and it may be a pipe dream. This is a young girl I believe, in a different country yet.

So far a poster has warned about ear cropping (and here again I believe it is a young person) a dead dog from a vet's erroneous ministerings and a warning pit bulls are dangerous to have.

She only asked for names because she may be getting a pit bull. Do you all get my drift. It is only about naming a dog and it has already gone to three pages !

Tick

Pit Bull - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Check this out, it has lots of info just to make sure that your pitbull rights are meet, hope your puppy is wonderful and not a little hellien lol puppys can be no matter what breed

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Its wonderful that you are thinking of names,I would also seriously look in to finding a proper place to have your dog trained in obedience. Pits are not for everyone and as with any breed ,you should know all there is about them before you find you have a dog who is not right for your family.
Pit Bull Breed Profile

At least someonee is right! ^^^^^

Can you view both the parents of the puppy? It usually pays because temperaments can be inherited and if the parents are naturally aggressive then that can be a problem.

And yes although there are a lot of pit bulls out there that are great family dogs truth is, the stereotype started somewhere... they can be aggressive and it just pays to let people know before they buy one thinking they have this great dog that wouldn't hurt a fly.

Starfirely and Ana52406. Okay girls, your disagrees don't follow forum guidelines. I am not offering wrong advice, so your disagrees are not appropriate. I am offering my opinion only so I guess you will have to live with it. I don't see any of our experts chiming in on this, probably because it is just a post about naming a dog, not asking for advice on pit bulls per se, how to raise them, cutting their ears and how they are generally.

I suggest you both read the forum basics before you give anymore disagrees.

ms. tickle

OK, as far as names go, I have a few ideas for you.

Odin, Thor and Chaos. All names of mythological gods. There are some really cool ones.

*hides in a corner*

*whispers*

Call it Morgan

Also Bailey and Capone. Those are kind of cool too

*gets back out of the corner*
Well I might as well list the names of all the dogs we have had:

Great danes:
Morgan, Olivia, Orion, Heidi, Johnny

Poodles:
Charlie, Shae, Prada, Brodie, Logan, Tyler, Jordan

Shih Tzus:
Elliott, Bliss (aka lollygobble bliss-bomb)

Chinese crested:
Shawn (aka "stop peeing on the carpet ya little s#!t!")

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Originally Posted by Ana52408

At least someonee is right! ^^^^^

'Im not that much of an idiot to buy someone a dog out of random. I only asked for names not for opinions. He wants one, his familly wants one, and since I'm so attached to animals I have hooks ups of people that can give me one.'

This is part of a post you initiated on giving your b/f a dog, you asked for names and was quite upset because you got so much more then just names. I believe it was Feb . l3th. This poster only asked for names, and she is probably getting a lot more then she bargained for which you got so upset at receiving.

ms tickle

Oh, one other thing you need to take into consideration, even though owning them may be legal, even if your homeowner insurance allows them, how do your neighbors feel about them? Remember Deuce? The lovely brown and white pitt that loved life and everything in it I mentioned? One of their neighbors (still unknown) shot him in the head when they weren't home because of their bias against pitts. I don't know what kind of people you live around, but you need to consider whether anyone would be so against the dog they would shoot, poison, or otherwise harm it. Also you must be careful of people stealing it. A lot of pitts go missing where I live.

Damn, but where I live (townhouses) you're a loud to have them with permission of the landlord which my mom and me know him very well and my neighbors really don't care because beside me no one lives and the other side the lady is barley there so...

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Originally Posted by mexcelaya

damn, but where i live (townhouses) your a loud to have them with permission of the landlord which my mom and me know him very well and my neighbors really dont care because beside me no one lives and the other side the lady is barley there so....

Thanks love for offering this additional information. It will probably get all our dog experts going again on having a dog in a closed space, especially a 'proposed' pitbull. Which as you know by now, covers a few breeds in that gender.

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Originally Posted by tickle

'Im not that much of an idiot to buy someone a dog out of random. I only asked for names not for opinions. He wants one, his familly wants one, and since im so attached to animals i have hooks ups of people that can give me one.'

This is part of a post you initiated on giving your b/f a dog, you asked for names and was quite upset because you got so much more then just names. I believe it was Feb . l3th. This poster only asked for names, and she is probably getting a lot more then she bargained for which you got so upset at receiving.

ms tickle

Umm at least I understood at the end.

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Originally Posted by mexcelaya

yea i read it

I do want to know why you've decided to crop the ears. Personally, the fact that it's illegal in a lot of countries should be enough to disuade you. Tail docking and ear cropping are cruel, not necessary and painful. Why are you going to do it?

Alty, she is not saying she is gong to do it. Are you talking about the OP ? Did she say this?

She just said she read it, alty. This is just so circumstantial at the moment.

This is a 'name our dog post'. So my name would be appropriate for all dogs:

JUST Don't CALL ME LATE FOR DINNER

Tick

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Originally Posted by tickle

alty, she is not saying she is gong to do it. Are you talking about the OP ? Did she say this?

She just said she read it, alty. This is just so circumstantial at the moment.

This is a 'name our dog post'. So my name would be appropriate for all dogs:

JUST DONT CALL ME LATE FOR DINNER

tick

She said she was going to do it.

Read all the posts, that's why alty keeps insisting!

Honestly in the PAST years my family had dogs ( only pitbull's) and all of them had there ears croped and I thought it looked good on them so that's the only reason I want to do it. Oh and in Virginia they are not illegal

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Originally Posted by mexcelaya

honestly in the PAST years my family had dogs ( only pitbull's) and all of them had there ears croped and i thought it looked good on them so thats the only reason i want to do it. oh and in VIRGINA they are not illegal

I didn't mean pitbulls are illegal, I meant that many countries have banned ear cropping and tail docking.

If you want more info on this I'll get it for you, it really isn't at all good for the poor dog, it's very painful and completely unnecessary. I'll leave it to you. If you want the info, I'll get it for you. Okay? :)

No I meant ear croping is not illegal where I live

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Originally Posted by mexcelaya

no i meant ear croping is not illegal where i live

Oh, sorry. Just because it isn't illegal doesn't mean it's humane.

I won't lecture, I can't change your mind anyway, it's up to you, but I will supply the info, videos, vet advice, if you want to look at that before deciding. I'll leave it to you.

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Originally Posted by mexcelaya

honestly in the PAST years my family had dogs ( only pitbull's) and all of them had there ears croped and i thought it looked good on them so thats the only reason i want to do it. oh and in VIRGINA they are not illegal

Yes, you are right. They are not illegal in Viriginia, but only used for illegal purposes because of it. Where did you read that?

Why didn't you mention, my dear, in your original post that your family only had pitbulls as pets ? I find find your information a little bit strange to say the least. Why not post everything and get it over and done with. I thought you only wanted a name for your dog ?

There are good reasons for working dogs to be cropped in either tail or ear, because in some areas of the continents they are still used for that purpose, the only reason, however, pitbulls have their ears cropped is because it was less to bite off in a fight between the two dogs.

Tick

Well yea I wanted a NAME and I still want one, but people started saying that they have bad temper... and why am I getting a pitbull that I should get a smaller dog if I wanted a family dog, all I wanted was your (all of you) opinion of a good name.

I don't think that pit bulls are "bad"; I think they are a breed that needs an experienced owner (as do German Shepherds, Rotties, Dobies, etc etc.)
I like to give the "big bad breeds" a really non-threatening name--I had a friend who owned a 90+ pound male Pit Bull named Squat (he never learned to lift his leg). Very sweet dog but she started enforcing rules from day one. Squat finally died of cancer a few years ago. She recently had an opportunity to adopt a new Pit puppy whose name is "Beano". My German Shepherd is named Toby and my Doberman is Gus.
I think people relax more when they meet a dog that has a light-hearted name. They ask more questions (instead of trying to get away from "Killer") and learn more about the positive aspects of the breed and about the individual dog.
Just my two cent's worth!

Hey does your dobe has his ears croped if no do you think its cruel?

There are reasons dogs have cropped ears and docked tails.
For example: Great Danes ears are cropped because they used to be used for hunting wild boar and they made the ears stand upright to help prevent them tearing their ears open when running through thick bushes.
These days though it is done purely for cosmetic purposes as that's the way people are used to seeing them.
Here in Aus cropping has been banned for many years but they have only banned tail docking in the past year or so.
I completely support the bans as there is now no actual reason for these procedures to be done other than to make the dog look "better"

Sorry, off the original topic but I wanted to add :)

My Doberman does happen to have cropped ears and a docked tail, but I adopted him that way as an adult. My husband and I have had some arguments about cropping/docking--he says Dobermans look like Coonhounds without it and I tell him he obviously doesn't know that much about dog conformation--after all, Dobies are supposedly "his" breed; mine is German Shepherds. I don't know why we argue over something that is not likely to be an issue. I have never bought a dog in my life (adopted, picked up strays, begged and even stole one once--long story).
I once heard cropping/docking referred to as "elective mutilation", and I have to agree. I love the look of a cropped Dobie but I can't justify it to myself. If the dog could show up at the vet's and ask for a cosmetic procedure so he could look like the dogs in magazines, it would be fine with me! As it is, it seems to be a VERY involved procedure done at a very young age that really serves no purpose nowadays except for our own vanity. And remember that tail docking involves cutting through the spinal cord!
As for Pit Bulls, I hate that short crop most of them have--I love the long, half-mast inquisitive look that uncropped ears give them.