This blog is in honor of my friend's hamster who was euthanized this morning. She named the hamster 'Valtrex'. I tell you this to remind you, when it comes to naming animals, always reach for the stars.

I mean, why let race horses get all the strangest/coolest names?

I was going to post a link to the "Poor Hamster" song here, but it just doesn't quite seem appropriate. Instead, why don't you tell me the coolest friggin' pet/domesticated animal names you've ever heard of in your young lives.


I'll start things off with a few friends of mine named S.C.S.I. (Small Computer System Interface, aka "Scuzzy") the chihuahua, Spanky (a great old of mine), Obie (another old dog of mine), Dagwood (my buddy's dog), and Theodore (my future crawdad).

My dog now is named Winston, which is obviously not especially unique, but his middle name on his American Kennel Club papers is D.B., which stands, affectionately, for "Drain Bramage." Years after we named him, my father would begin calling him "Jimmy Dog" and "Mr. Jimmy" for no imaginable reason...

Anyway, have at it! I want to hear all the coolest names!