Having been a Guide Dog puppy walker for 7 dogs my wife has decided it was time for a dog of our own. Now as Guide Dog puppies come already named we never realised how difficult it would be to find a name that everybody in the family liked/agreed on. So some suggestions from the STW massive for a black Labrador may prove helpful.
So here he is.....
Thank you
Rover
Dave
There once was a war film with a black lab in it. Perhaps yours could have the same name?
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Fido, Deefur..... God knows we called ours Kea and most people think she's named after the car or the shop.
There once was a war film with a black lab in it. Perhaps yours could have the same name?
racialist
Two options (apologies to those who have seen these before....)
1 - Nboogie. That way, if the dog is ever up on the furniture when he shouldn't be, you can yell "Get down Nboogie!"
2 - Myface. That way, if the dog is lagging behind as you walk through the park, you can yell, "Come on, Myface!"
If youre thinking about dambusters (or was it 'reach for the sky'?) then you're a very bad (but very funny) man.
Benji.
Mines called Izzy but it doesnt really matter, she is a terrier so she never comes anyway.
My friends had a lovely mutt called Knobjockey at university. He used to come out on rides with us. Endless fun trying to find him in the woods as it got dark at night.
Have you considered naming it after your boss?
Been a few Black Labs in our family through the years, a quick list:
Garth
Kim
Dougie
Beth
Bramble
Garth was a huge Lab I mean a true monster of a dog his food was served in a washing up bowl as we couldn't get a dog bowl big enough. He was softy though and never showed aggression towards family members but was a great guard dog. Remember a door to door salesman coming around selling burglar alarms, my Dad told him if you can get in our house right now I'll buy one. He walked towards the door and bid a hasty retreat when Garth let off a bark like Digby.
sprocket
Gromit?
Our black lab was called Charlie - short for his pedigree name of "Charleston Pickle".
Springer/field spaniels we have had have been called Copper, Nickel, Bracken and Widget.
Bro's dogs currently called Dooley, Dandy and Dexter.
Call it Cat, then get a cat and call it Dog and make your neighbours think you've all lost it 😛
Hmm just noticed the irony of me, a guy with a Dog's name commenting on a Dog's name thread .... it's my second name not my first so I'm not that traumatised by it!
Andrew
a friend of mine had a doberman called Kitty 😆
Dogs generally respond better to names with 2 clear vowel sounds in their name. Not sure if that is of any use to you at all !
If youre thinking about dambusters
Yeah it was 🙂
Saw it last year with the very (un)subtle overdubbing. I think it is now called Rex or something. Bloody political correctness.
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Stanley
Lucky you, my black lab is 12 and his name is Buddy, brilliant dogs, my new staffy pup is called Louie, had a huge list of names when we got him but Louie wasn't one of them! Spent 10 minutes with him when we got him home and it just poped on to my head, buddy was the same. Had thought of Nero, Cujo, Stan, a black lab here is called Hemp, I always quite liked it, let us all know your decision, good luck
PJ
Also Rannoch, Rhum.
Colin
Just call it 'the dog', it'll save hassle in the long run; 'go walk the dog', 'feed the dog' and when angry 'where's that bloody dog' or just resorting to shouting 'stupid dog' at it. You know it makes sense.
damnit.
'come here damnit'
'fetch damnit'
'your dinner is ready damnit'
'don't shag that hot girl's leg damnit'
etc
It's a Lab so call it Hoover or Dyson. If it's anything like most of them it'll drag you under a bus for a chip.
our springer due soon is going to be called Ruby
Belcher is the basque for black. (OK, it's spelt Beltxa). Two syllables, vaguely amusing, talking point. Perfect!
An old sea captain I used to know at home had a Lab called Pilot - I thought it a terrific name!
Still, you can't beat DAVE
Donnie
Gooner, surely Jerry would be a better name for a Springer - ok, I'll get my coat ...
Call it woof, be nice for a dog to understand its own name for once
Merlin.
We had 2 names picked out for our black lab, Buster and Baxter. Went for Baxter in the end, your welcome to Buster 🙂
I once knew a rather fine dog called 'biscuit'.
Common?
He looks like a Trev to me.
i've fond memories of a huntaway that used to belong to my housemate when i lived in NZ. we used to go running along wakatipu lake together all the time. and when i'd come into the house after work he wouldn't just wag his tail in excitement his whole ass would be vivaciously swaying from side to side. he was a curious little bugger who would just disappear from the garden for hours only to return after we'd spent the time fretting he'd been run over or something like nothing had happened. unfortunately it was a case of curiosity killed the dog for this hound, as when i spoke to my mate last xmas and enquired about him i got the upsetting news that he ventured to close to a cliff and tumbled to his death. a sad story i know, but a great dog and a great name.
his name was Miles 😥
oh, and Candy was our dog when i was a kid.
Zuma
You could try "stay" Then try getting it to come back 🙂
peachos - never heard of a 'huntaway' before. Just checked out the UK website. They look pretty cool I must say
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I have a dog called bear and if i were allowed another, i would call it pig. Quite fitting for english bulls. Yours looks like a "squirrel" to me!
Thanks guys, a few more to add to the list now.
My old dog was called Kona,new one's called Skye! Neither of em take/took any notice of me!
my dog's called Scrumpy, though I mostly call him Dingo
If it's as oldskool & hardcore as my dog, you should call it Kobe.
But then it would have the same name as mine, & as my dog is more hardcore than yous, I'd have to set him upon your dog so he can lick it to death just for having the same name!
My dog is hard*
*He actually has little dog syndrome & thinks he's hard, even though he's not.
Black Lab eh?
Smother the little tinker in vaseline and call him Tarka.
Hope this helps.
Nigel is a good name for a dog - if we get another we're calling her Nigel.
Not really any help to the OP but my parents named their beagle 'Jeremy'. For the record all his paws are the same size.
I have a Boxer called RALPH. The name suits his personality to a T. I think DAVE or Barry could be good names.
I've got friends whose labradoodle is called Elwood. Really suits him.
Alan or Steve?!
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Woodbine. When he gets old and his hips are ****ed you can take him out for a drag
Darth
Spot
Heckler
Yeti
Cruz
Diesel
Zulu (pc version of the Dambuster dog?)
Dennis
George
Arthur
Orange (we know a black cat called Orange!)
another vote for 'Merlin'
Stanley
Bertie
Wooster
Bentley
Blimey Vader! How old are you?
That's the old 'Panatella' joke revisted...PMSL!
Pan
Our next door neighbour's dog is a Yorkshire Terrier called 'Dude' I think that's a top name! 🙂
Personally, I think he looks like a 'Bob'
Let us know what you go for 🙂
...Rufus is a pretty cool name too
Knew a 9 stone male Rottweiler called 'Bubbles' once.....
I like 'Thunder'
Would work better for a cat though, still everything you could want in a name
You should call it your mobile phone number
mastiles_fanylion - MemberIf youre thinking about dambusters
Yeah it was
Saw it last year with the very (un)subtle overdubbing. I think it is now called Rex or something. Bloody political correctness.
Now thats just wrong changing history. I cringed when I heard the dog being called for in the film - and the same word ( that shall not be said) was the code word for a successful breach of the dam.
LOL @ mt - I have a black lab thats not quite two yet and his name is Marley. We named him after the book (and now film). Indeed he would quite happily drag me under a bus for a chip.
Suggestions - Dave, Ted, Winston, Riley, Harry
I've always liked Colin myself which was the name of the dog in Spaced.
Deefer.
Deefer Dog.
Easy innit.
If it's black and white then Orca isn't too bad either.
I have a Black Lab, fantastically dimwitted dog but loveable anyway.
I know dogs called
Twiglet,
Pancake,
William,
Jake,
Norbert,
Fletcher,
Stimpy
We got an 8 week old chocolate lab on tuesday. I wanted to call him Dave, but my 5 year old son insisted we cal him Sam. Oh well.
That should have said 'call' by the way.
oh, and Candy was our dog when i was a kid.
No he wasn't! She was a cat and she was ours!
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MTB related:
Tinker
Dale
Heckler
Stumpy
Bonty
Ned
Tomac
Stiffee
etc
etc
I like Ted - very black lab name
Cheers guys, much to think about.
GUS is @ the top of the family shortlist at the moment.


