Naming Your New Gordon Setter

"Do you have a good name for a sweet puppy?"

 I thought I'd do this post for those who are acquiring a new puppy, be it from my kennel, or another.  People often ask, "how do you choose a name?" There's all kinds of ways of course. Some choose, according to the way the puppy looks or acts. Like, Spot, Brownie, etc. My dog "Happy" was named that by my husband, because he was just a care free,  happy little dog. It was perfect and my husband shortened it to "Hap" in the field. "Blackie" was named that, again by my husband, because his muzzle has a lot of black hair, where more brown is typically seen.  Some men like to name their bird dogs after guns and shells, ie, Remington, Remy, Colt, Bullet, Daisy, etc.

Don't limit yourself to "names" only. Think of places, states, cities, famous people in history, even experiences in your life. We once named our Gordon,  Wildwing Bill of Rights....nickname......Freedom. It worked.

"I'm Comin'....I'm Comin'!!"

 The important thing, for a bird dogs name, is to have a good call name. I've done two post on naming dogs. The first explains how we have a little fun naming our puppy litters. The second one, is how to choose a good call name.

http://gordonsettercrossing.blogspot.com/search/label/What%27s%20In%20A%20Name

http://gordonsettercrossing.blogspot.com/2009/08/help-with-naming-your-gordon-setter.html

 A "Baby NAMES" web site that will give you hundreds of names to choose from:
http://www.bestforbabynames.com/

Some of my favorites, in no particular order :

Pete, Sam, Grace or Gracie, Hank, Bo, Jesse, Jet, Bailey, Reno,
Mickey, Kate, Kady, Rosie, Parker, Gabe, Gabby, Lucy, Fender, Jackson.

"We are the Pretty Girls, Dolly and Emmy"

Good Luck....and remember......pick something you really like.....
you're going to be saying it a lot!!

Hank, "I'm so sleepy, I can't keep my eye open!"

 What's your dogs name, and why? Got a good one??