Puppy Names?

[Eric DeWitt]

So, were getting a puppy tomorrow.

[David L. Darnell]

I had a grandson of Elhew Snakefoot, named him Parker after the shotgun I was toting at the time. He’s gone now, but that dog was smarter than most people I’ve ever ran across.

Had 3 Boykins, Zack, Sid and now Max.

find something you like and rolls off the tongue if you plan to hunt/train the pup. My 2 cents worth.

[Jay Hake]

I personally think two syllable names work better when you are giving that loud call/yell.

[bt miller]

I agree the two syllable names sound much better, especially those ending with a vowel.  

My suggestions:

Trico
Hatch
Sallie
Humphy (could have all sorts of meanings with male lab and would probably get the instant veto from your wife)

Whatever you name him, congratulations and I’m sure your 3-year old will love the addition.

[Abe Mathews]

My boy is Filson (a brittany).

[Steve K.]

“Booger” as in Wooly.

I once knew a huge yellow lab named “Bear”….and he was a big Teddy Bear.

[boydo]

G’day Eric, I have a German Wirehaired Pointer and her name is. ‘Gillie’. I named her after my Great Grandfather who was a Gillie in Scotland.
I have had Labs and German Shorthairs, she is the best dog I have ever had. A great allround dog here in Southern Australia,  no fear, great on both deer and birds.

Cheers Boydo.

[keith b]

How about;

Scott
Sage
Lefty
Flip
Hardy

😕

good luck with the new dog, I am sure he is very cute and lovable
Keith

[Juan Ramirez]

I always like the name Winston for a male dog name.

[mickey brown]

Here are a couple I have been saving for my next puppy.

[Grant Wright]

Trout

I had a Boykin named Pete who was a great hunter/retriever and an even better fishing dog.

I like to stick with one syllable.

David, where did your Boykins come from? I had looked for some time to find another but could never find a litter with both parents having certified hips/eyes. I have settlled on an English Cocker pup which I hope to pick up in a couple of months.

[mick mccorcle]

We have had four golden retrievers and named them all for the place where we were living when we got them.

[Mike Cline]

These are probably at the edge of the envelope

Muddler
Sharkskin
Clouser
Deciever
Crazy Charlie

[lawrence underwood]

Our Boykins are named Becca and Buster.

[Eric DeWitt]

There are some good ones that i like so far… Winston, Flip (although that one seems hard to say when calling the name), Sage

A couple other ones – Fin, Simba (lion).

We’ll have to see what he looks like tonight when we get home.

[steve altshuler]

We almost named our last “Roscoe.” as in Roscoe, NY.

[lawrence underwood]

A tip from a guy that has trained a lot of dogs:  Simple, clear, preferably one syllable names are highly desired for a working dog.  When I was training retrievers for people I would strongly encourage them to either name them that way, or if for some sentimental or other semi-practical reason they had one of that gosh-awful long, multi-syllabic pedigree names – that are really only useful in the tracking and bragging rights of dogs, then come up with a nick-name and stick with it. (How’s that for a terrible sentence?)

Fly fishing oriented names that popped to mind:

Ausable (Aussie) I know it violates my advice, but it would work.
Lee
Wulff
Ted
Thumper (Ted William’s nick-name)
Swing
Dropper (Drop.  Sorry I find it an hilarious name for a Lab.)
Creel
Felt (In memory of a fading awesome sole.)
Strike
Lefty (Do I have to explain that one?  🙂 )

My mind is running with a bunch more, but I’d better quit.

Enjoy the pup!

[ron snow]

Witt

Canon

Wade

Brook

Strut

Tom

Skiff

Deke

[Eric DeWitt]

Great suggestions guys… the current front runners are Drake and Fin, although my 3 year old is convinced Horseshoe and Buddy would make great names!

[clark reid]

Probably best if you don’t call him Humpy! ;D

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