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June 18, 2009

Craziest pet names of 2009

 

When Fluffy isn't good enough, where do you go? When Max doesn't cut it. When Spot is out of the question.

Well, how about Doogie Schnauzer? Or Blue Man Chew? No?

Yes, some pet owners say. Veterinary Pet Insurance Co. set out for the second year in a row to find the 10 most unusual dog and cat names in the United States. The company picked 50 "unusual" cat names and 50 equally unusual dog names from the its database of more than 470,000 insured pets. Employees culled the list by voting for the 10, let's say most creative, in each category.

The results:

                           Dogs                    Cats
                  1. Doogie Schnauzer MD     1. Snag L. Tooth
                  2. Sargent Sausage         2. Clawed Monet
                  3. I Am Sparticus          3. Velvet Elvis
                  4. Lunchbox                4. Eartha Kitty
                  5. Angus Sir Loin          5. Blue Man Chew
                  6. Bam-Bam Noodle Butt     6. Catzilla
                  7. Mouse Meat              7. Thurston Picklesworth III
                  8. Fluffernutter           8. Yardsale
                  9. Kanye East              9. Dishwasher
                 10. Inspector Foo Foo      10. Polly Prissypants

For the full lists of 50 unusual dog and cat names, pictures of pets who made the Top 10, and stories on the origin of each unusual name...or, in other words, to waste some serious time at work, click here.

Photo of silly dog in a kitty blanket courtesy of Desmorider's photostream on Flickr.

Posted by Jill Rosen at 8:12 AM | | Comments (7)
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Comments

Doogie Schnauzer MD:

Solid, I love it.

This brought back memories of one of my favorite cats we had a few years ago. Her name was Kitten Kaboodle or Boodle for short. The vet's office always did a double take when they asked her name like we were joking. And she was a pretty cool cat.

I quite like Lunchbox. I think that may be Lucy's new nickname.

My friends have a cat named Sandwich. He should be on there. He's already a youtube star:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAbuHJRsBOw

We have a Pomeranian named Simon Alexander Fluffersniffer, and a Greyhound named Otto Von Frecklebelly. :-)

"His Royal Handsomeness Cole Scissorpaws." So named cuz (due to an incident involving frost bite after being catnapped) he was unable to retract his claws. This happened about the same time as Edward Scissorhands was released.

I started laughing uncontrollably when I read the name "I am Sparticus."

My officemates are really worried about me.

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About Jill Rosen
Jill Rosen is a reporter at The Baltimore Sun. During her nearly 20 years in journalism, she has covered news and features — including a surprising number of stories that involved animals. There were the dog Christmas carolers in State College, Pa. There were the hounds who toured with a production of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The story of a preschool teacher at Baltimore’s Father Kolbe School who had to replace her class guinea pig, who died over the winter holiday. A harrowing tale of what it was like to make homemade pet food ...

Though her clean freak of a mother refused to allow her to get a dog, she has had a number of pets through the years, including goldfish named Bob and Fingle, a betta fish named Ichabod, a wild rat terrier named Wendel, who she shared with a roommate, and, currently, sweet, sweet kitties named Leo Sesame and Milo Pumpkin and a little rescued pup named Teddy Bean. She, Leo, Pumpkin and Teddy Bean live in Baltimore.
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