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JoeFriday
02-25-2011, 14:22
I'll be driving to Kentucky in two weeks to pick up a new shooting buddy. And by shooting, I mean shotguns. I'm getting a llewellin (english) setter pup to train as a bird dog. So, sometime in the next two weeks I have to decide on a name. I thought I'd make a poll to see what's more popular from my current list of potential names for a male hunting dog. But feel free to give your own suggestion, too.
Brian Sweeney
02-25-2011, 15:13
Hektor, Elmar, Snooky, I can check the Leica Manual for more.

I would go with Hektor.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.carldevogt.org/Helena_Hektor.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.carldevogt.org/Helena_PartII.html&h=480&w=640&sz=57&tbnid=DcaX3aFd-nLANM:&tbnh=103&tbnw=137&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhektor&zoom=1&q=hektor&hl=en&usg=__Qu-tCM2wv4SqNC9dxKyfCjNXYUU=&sa=X&ei=M0ZoTePVJsH7lweQ74n_AQ&ved=0CCEQ9QEwBQ
JoeFriday
02-25-2011, 16:53
interesting choices, brian :)
MikeL
02-25-2011, 17:51
Brett, given your avatar, what about Red Ryder, with Ryder for short?
acheyj
02-25-2011, 18:47
Never call a dog Jack....

They go under cars.

ron
maclaine
02-25-2011, 18:52
If you had to sell a Leica to get him, why not Oskar or Ernst?
smile
02-25-2011, 19:43
name him Click
jesse1dog
02-26-2011, 07:38
Hektor I believe to be the name of Barnack's dog - could there really be a better name in the circumstances?

jesse
JoeFriday
02-26-2011, 07:40
great suggestions all around! I kinda like Click, but I think that would confuse him at times. It would kinda be like naming him "Chute"... being out in the field and hearing people say "shoot" would totally screw him up.
JoeFriday
02-26-2011, 07:42
Hektor I believe to be the name of Barnack's dog - could there really be a better name in the circumstances?

jesse

apparently you are right, jesse... I never knew that.
Brian Sweeney
02-26-2011, 09:16
You did not know that Hektor was a DOG!

Is that where the term came from, "This lens is a Dog?"

The original 5cm F2.5 Hektors had a bad rep.
Brian Sweeney
02-26-2011, 09:18
Last choice in names: Steve Martin's dog in "The Jerk".
John Lawrence
02-26-2011, 10:19
I went for Whisky - simply because I used to own an Irish Setter called Brandy.

Fabulous dog.

John
whatever
02-26-2011, 11:22
You will be calling his name many times a day,
a easy name to yell and save your voice is good.
My choice would be, Shot.
JoeFriday
03-01-2011, 16:56
Last choice in names: Steve Martin's dog in "The Jerk".

good one, Brian. And sadly enough, I didn't even have to google that one to know it.

I'm still kicking around names, but 'whatever' is right.. it's a name that will be use a LOT, so I need to make sure it's something I'm comfortable with.

another name I came up with is Winston.. which should seem a good fit for an english setter. And I associate with my fly fishing rod, which conjures up many good memories.