Shepherd names...

**Vai**

So Im getting a long haired male GSD tomorrow. Glutton for punishment I know

Problem is, his name is Kaiser. Now my problem with that is, everyone who has a male GSD seems to call it Kaiser. Ive already met 2 called Kaiser. So I want something different for the poor chap. Ive googled it and had a look at a few sites but they seem to be very same-y.

My own favourites so far are, Vai (after my favourite guitarist), Bach (after both Johann Sebastian and 80's rocker Sebastian Bach), Nic (short for Niccolo Paganini) and Smokey (coz he looks like a bear).

So any ideas folks?

kylith

There are no rules to what you call him, and I like the ones you've listed. It can be very difficult to think of a name for pets because there are no 'rules' like there are for naming children.

My dogs are named after Doctor Who characters

**Vai**

kylith wrote: »

There are no rules to what you call him, and I like the ones you've listed. It can be very difficult to think of a name for pets because there are no 'rules' like there are for naming children.

Oh I know theres no rules, thats why I dont wanna call him after half the other GSDs in the country. No offence by the way, to anyone who has a Kaiser at home.

kylith wrote: »

My dogs are named after Doctor Who characters

And I thought my musical references were nerdy

toadfly

I like Bach

Any pics?

**Vai**

None yet TillyGirl, only saw him myself for the first time yesterday. The family who are rehoming him have some pics on their Facebook page but Im not a Facebook user. Will post some soon as possible though!

toadfly

He sounds lovely, I love GSDs!

borderlinemeath

What about Axel? Both musical and German:o

**Vai**

TillyGirl wrote: »

He sounds lovely, I love GSDs!

Oh me too, by far and away my favourite breed. Thats why this will be my 2nd!

borderlinemeath wrote: »

What about Axel? Both musical and German:o

Brilliant! Thats goin on the list my friend.

cyrusdvirus

I think everyone who loves dogs loves GSD's. They are by far the coolest looking out there too!

This coming from an owner of 2 Lab Staff crosses by the way.

And mine are named after NCIS Characters, so it seems nerdiness is a bit of a prerequisite for dogs!! ;)

Narsil

We have a long haired white GSD who we called Ghost, after the white direwolf character in the Song of Ice and Fire books by George RR Martin (A Game of Thrones tv series is made from his first book in that series)

**Vai**

Thats a great name for a white GSD. Nerdy but great!

Im liking the look of Cana (wolf cub), Maccon (son of a wolf) or Asna (musical sound) now.So many names!

Narsil

**Vai** wrote: »

Thats a great name for a white GSD. Nerdy but great!

Im liking the look of Cana (wolf cub) or Asna (musical sound) now.So many names!

Yes I'm afraid our nerdiness abounds in our house(take user name for prime example, LOTR nerdiness!)!:o

Buuut if you have a series of books/movies you like then pick a cool name from that.

Cana is cool too though:)

gregers85

borderlinemeath wrote: »

What about Axel? Both musical and German:o

I love GSDs too def the best breed HaHa I show and compete in obedience trials with mine!! i Know a guy with a GSD named Axel haha

tatabubbly

Because we didn't know our neighbours dogs names we called them Gibbs, vance and Abby.. funny cos now if they come over they answer to it! Go figure!

gregers85

Just to throw a few of my own musical taste names at you
Izzy, Iggy, Bowie, Ozzy, Kurt, Chili, Rory, Hendrix (my mate named his lab this suits him to the ground haha), Duff, Bruce, Boss, Jacko, Tyler, Lennon, Ringo, Angus, Elvis (my uncle had a gsd named after the king!) oh King haha, Prince, Dylan, Page

Thats all I can think of off top of me head hop it helps haha

**Vai**

gregers85 wrote: »

Just to throw a few of my own musical taste names at you
Izzy, Iggy, Bowie, Ozzy, Kurt, Chili, Rory, Hendrix (my mate named his lab this suits him to the ground haha), Duff, Bruce, Boss, Jacko, Tyler, Lennon, Ringo, Angus, Elvis (my uncle had a gsd named after the king!) oh King haha, Prince, Dylan, Page

Thats all I can think of off top of me head hop it helps haha

You and me have quite similar musical taste from the look of it!

ppink

Ozzy is a deadly name for a long haired gsd:)

Klaus (Scorpions Lead singer? - German Band?)

tk123

Ah I love the long haired gsds!! Can I ask thou - how long would it take for the dog to learn his new name?!

cyrusdvirus

tatabubbly wrote: »

Because we didn't know our neighbours dogs names we called them Gibbs, vance and Abby.. funny cos now if they come over they answer to it! Go figure!

More NCIS mutts!!

Mine are Gibbs and Abby

Mr. Presentable

Bob!

**Vai**

tk123 wrote: »

Ah I love the long haired gsds!! Can I ask thou - how long would it take for the dog to learn his new name?!

Not long if any time at all. They pick it up faster than us!

adser53

So after your username and musical taste may I suggest calling the new arrival "Steve"? Awesome, I know. Steve the GSD.

Congrats btw buddy, well done for taking him and best of luck

Rockery Woman

Gunther!

Shanao

Rommel or Bismarck.

kylith

adser53 wrote: »

So after your username and musical taste may I suggest calling the new arrival "Steve"? Awesome, I know. Steve the GSD.

Congrats btw buddy, well done for taking him and best of luck

My OH knows a guy with a dog called Stephen. Apparently he sees nothing unusual about it. My brother has a dog called Mary, apparently that's what happens when you let your three year old pick names.

mymo

I knew a small boy that named his cat Broccoli after his favourite veggie:D

I know someone that always named their shepherds after famous shepherds, David, Moses, Mary(had a little lamb), and Jock (Greyfriars Bobby). Most recent is a girl called Sarah(any terry pratchett fans out there?) and a boy called Arthur (from babe).

Cherry Blossom

Blaze - that's all I've got I'm afraid!

**Vai**

Shanao wrote: »

Rommel or Bismarck.

Friend of mine has a rottie called Rommel so thats that screwed! Im not big into the whole German war names thing anyway tbh, part of the reason I dont like Kaiser.

**Vai**

Rockery Woman wrote: »

Gunther!

Thats only one slight mispronunciation away from me gettin a slap

**Vai**

adrenalinjunkie wrote: »

Blaze - that's all I've got I'm afraid!

I like it but it just reminds me of the crap singer from Iron Maiden

Andrew33

Call him Jesus, he was the ultimate shepherd! but pronounce it "Hay Zeus" as the Spanish do.

kylith

For a GSD I'd probably go for something like Borusa, Sigma or Drax. But as I said earlier, I'm a huge Doctor Who nerd.

Shanao

How about Schafer then? Short for Deutscher Shaferhund, or Shay for short. I name most of my pets in japanese so how about something like Kai (large), Kaen (blaze), Ryoku (strength), Yuuki (courage), Keii (honour), Kurai (nobility)

LucyBliss

When we had GSD's, we had a Cyrus and a Caesar. We've also had a Homer. I was in college at the time and was full of my English lit learnings! Now that I am no longer a student, we have Jack and Rosie from Doctor Who, and then there's Meg because I just liked the name.

My uncle's GSD's over the years have been named Earl, Duke, Princess, Queenie and Countess. He's either a closet Royalist or he sees an aristocratic strain in his dogs!

Chris_Heilong

I called my dog Titan, maybe instead of kaiser you could call him King:D or Major. Or because he is a GERMAN Shepard may call him Uber.

Kojak

Shanao wrote: »

Rommel or Bismarck.

Would that not be better for a pet fox as Rommel was nicknamed the "desert fox"

OP, why not call the dog something ironic like "tiny" or "baldie"

arybvtcw0eolkf

We'd a Shepherd named 'Bismarck' when I was a kid and I've always said I'd if I ever got a male GSD his name would be 'Bismarck'.

A brilliant name for a Shepherd IMO.

**Vai**

Kojak wrote: »

Would that not be better for a pet fox as Rommel was nicknamed the "desert fox"

OP, why not call the dog something ironic like "tiny" or "baldie"

Hahahaha I know he wouldnt get a complex about it but I think I would!

Shammy

Dogs respond better when there name ends in a vowel .
Heres a few gsds i've come across with great names , Zamp (the ultimate gsd) Axel , Solo (my fav) , Nero , Hero , Ollie , Ulber , Diego , Kobe , Kai , Esko.
Best of luck picking

tk123

I would just shorten Kaiser to Kai - and it rhymes with Vai

cosmic

Oh, Smokey is such a cute name! I like two syllable names for dogs - it's nice when you're calling for them.

**Vai**

Well folks thanks for all the suggestions. I was hoping to be posting pics of him in the post your pet pic thread today but unfortunately it didnt work out. There were many factors and the dog was not to blame. I blame myself totally but Im not gonna get into the details as Im in no mood for a discussion on the subject. The main thing is he bit my OH twice (when I wasnt in the room) in the 2 days we had him. He also tried to attack my terrier (a few times) and then my GSD when she tried to defend the terrier. He was 35kg, slightly underweight for his size but still pretty scary to both my OH and my dogs.

Again, I dont blame the dog, there are steps I could have taken to stop it. I know I did some things right because he really took to me from the off but as u can imagine I need to take care of my 2 dogs and my OH before all else.

Im still in bits thinking about it but he will go to a good home. The family who are rehoming him are friends of my OH so we dropped him back to them as they had 2 other people interested in him. He goes back to them a better dog, properly groomed by my OH (you could make another GSD out of the hair and mats she brushed and cut out of him) and leash trained by myself so theres a slight positive to it at least. Ive told them that if they cant find him a home I will try again because I fell in the love with the dog even with the problems we had with him.

Anyway thanks again for your suggestions and heres hoping I get to use them in the future.

ppink

Oh thats an awful pity Vai. We took on an older GSD once and it was very hard for him from the start too. we were able to persevere as it was only us, we did not have other dogs in the equation at that time or people!

hopefully you will get the right dog soon and at least you know where this guy is gone too and that he will have a good home.:)

adser53

Sorry Vai, its a shame it didn't work out with you and Steve well done to you and your OH for trying.