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28. Every dog wags its tail when asked, Are you Hungry?

Reply to Morbius (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 08:13 AM

Sep 28

And all cats are unimpressed when called Zeetle.

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Best pet names [View all] Morbius Sep 27 OP

Colby. greatauntoftriplets Sep 27 #1

I've always loved cute human names for dogs, but most of mine came with a name they hlthe2b Sep 27 #2

Yeah. Morbius Sep 27 #6

Most of my cats have had human names - Ocelot II Sep 27 #3

Mine too Freddie Sep 27 #13

I got a 2 year old male cat who had just been fixed. applegrove Sep 27 #4

I've got a cat named Jack the Nipper. cloudbase Sep 27 #5

Phlough. nt eppur_se_muova Sep 27 #7

I had a Himalayan cat named Yeti and he more than lived up to the name, lol. catbyte Sep 27 #8

My daughter got a kitten while a college student The Blue Flower Sep 27 #9

We almost named our crazy boy Clawed Marthe48 Sep 28 #39

I met a woman with an Irish Setter named Harper. hotdamn00 Sep 27 #10

My friend named her Cockapoo "Company"... ultralite001 Sep 27 #11

Because I have an unnatural love of furniture. . . Collimator Sep 27 #12

Love godchecker.com LearnedHand Sep 28 #21

I've got a Gladys, Maisie, Henry, Bell, Sandy, Jin-Jin, Clyde, Bud, Skeeter, Homer, Hazel and Sophie. Solly Mack Sep 27 #14

The next time my husband grumbles about having 4, I'll tell him about you. 3catwoman3 Sep 27 #17

Zea-cotio. Two of my cats prefer the other kind, so we keep those too. The cats keep me busy but that's Solly Mack Sep 27 #19

Choxie, kozar Sep 27 #15

I once had a white rabbit. I had trouble choosing a name until one day... 3catwoman3 Sep 27 #16

I once had a black cat I named Baxter Black LearnedHand Sep 28 #22

His stories were always entertaining. 3catwoman3 Sep 28 #25

Neighbors have New York City area names for their dogs LogDog75 Sep 27 #18

I've had many dogs and cats over the years. My husband usually names them. arkielib Sep 27 #20

Zeppo (n.t.) Oeditpus Rex Sep 28 #23

When I was a kid we had a dog named "Poppy" nuxvomica Sep 28 #24

Diogi CanonRay Sep 28 #26

My labrador FirefighterJo Sep 28 #27

Every dog wags its tail when asked, Are you Hungry? taxi Sep 28 #28

DeeohGee DemMedic Sep 28 #29

One of our current cats is a female tuxie. Her shelter name was Penny, which was the name... 3catwoman3 Sep 28 #30

I had a Yellow Lab named Dusty. Emile Sep 28 #31

I now have two cats, one mostly white and his brother, mostly yellow. markodochartaigh Sep 28 #32

Zoe.....because my favorite British actress...... Butterflylady Sep 28 #33

I have had lots of cats over the years. mwmisses4289 Sep 28 #34

My last foster was a black cat named Midnight Jilly_in_VA Sep 28 #35

Here's a list of some of our pet names for the past 22 years lark Sep 28 #36

Tigger, Robin and Hunny were the critters of my childhood Nittersing Sep 28 #37

My daughter had a Betta fish Endlessmike56 Sep 28 #38

Aww! Collimator Sep 28 #55

We had a litter of kittens one year Marthe48 Sep 28 #40

We had a black lab named Bentley. MuseRider Sep 28 #41

Rudy, because he has a red nose like Rudolph. Emile Sep 28 #42

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I have a Russian Spaniel Give Peace A Chance Sep 28 #44

Pets when I was a kid, Ginger the dog, cats Dusty, Jenny and Mr Spot TommieMommy Sep 28 #45

Had a couple of Great Dane/Lab sisters North Shore Chicago Sep 28 #46

We've had a series of cats with To Kill a Mockingbird names Danmel Sep 28 #47

Bear. debm55 Sep 28 #48

Great stuff, everyone! Morbius Sep 28 #49

Many years ago had a tuxedo cat named Rensselaer Wescott D***(family name), nicknamed "Rensie". Totally Tunsie Sep 28 #50

We had a dog named Corro DBoon Sep 28 #51

My mom used to have a Siamese cat named Wimple. LudwigPastorius Sep 28 #52

We lost our mini-doxie last year at 16 yrs old Bayard Sep 28 #53

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