naming my pup

[JoeFriday]

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]

Hektor, Elmar, Snooky, I can check the Leica Manual for more.

I would go with Hektor.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=...ed=0CCEQ9QEwBQ

[JoeFriday]

interesting choices, brian

[MikeL]

Brett, given your avatar, what about Red Ryder, with Ryder for short?

[acheyj]

Never call a dog Jack....

They go under cars.

ron

[maclaine]

If you had to sell a Leica to get him, why not Oskar or Ernst?

[smile]

name him Click

[jesse1dog]

Hektor I believe to be the name of Barnack's dog - could there really be a better name in the circumstances?

jesse

[JoeFriday]

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]

Originally Posted by jesse1dog

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]

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]

Last choice in names: Steve Martin's dog in "The Jerk".

[John Lawrence]

I went for Whisky - simply because I used to own an Irish Setter called Brandy.

Fabulous dog.

John

[whatever]

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]

Originally Posted by Brian Sweeney

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.