May 23, 2012

What Are Good Dog Names?

The question, What Are Good Dog Names? pops up quite frequently when you raise puppies.  For instance as a Guide Dog puppy raiser we choose a new puppy name every year or so.  When fostering a litter of puppies we often times have to come up with several puppy names in a short period of [...]

Another Post About Puppy Names

Stetson Hat

I finally chose a puppy name for little “D” puppy. Sorry it took so long, but our Puppy Program Manager at Guide Dogs of America was on vacation for the past week. I submitted my list of potential puppy names to GDA last Friday and got word back today on what names were available. Puppy [...]

The 20 Most Popular Puppy Names

Violet Chewing on Her Bone

While we’re still on the subject of puppy names I did a little research on some of the most popular puppy names. After looking over several most popular puppy names lists I noticed only one name (for males) beginning with the letter “D” inside the top 20. “Duke” was listed as the number 10 most [...]

How To Name Your Guide Dog Puppy

Ace Chewing on Toy In My Office

Have you ever wondered how Guide Dogs of America names their puppies? I’ve probably talked about it before here on my website, but I just wanted to go through the process again. I always thought the guide dog organization named all of their puppies, but that is not the case.  I got the chance to [...]