For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston for March 23, 2022

remind me: how did the Pattersons’ dog Farley get its name?

My choice is “Beware, the Dog”…..

Use one that is easy to remember, like Dammit Dog.

Lol. My current dogs’ names are Daisy and Shaggy. Daisy for her white coat (when she was a puppy, she was fully white. Her spots popped in as she neared age one) and Shaggy for his soft coat with curled tail that is bushy.

Who needs to yell food? Mine come running as soon as I walk towards the kitchen.

“It doesn’t matter what you call me, as long as you don’t call me late for dinner.”

Mine will come at the sound of an opening can.

As a girl dog, her nickname would be “Maxi”, not Max.

Whether you’re a dog man, (or a man dog) Sara is a dumb name. Sara might be okay name if she was a dog lady or lady dog.

“Sara” might be a dumb name for a dog, but “Michael” is the perfect name for an asshat..

Sara gets a vote from me. Sasha, Annie and Louie were my first three dogs.

i had a dog named hairy….Hairy A Super Stupid Dog

Prince, Queenie, Max, Patch, and Rose.

It honestly doesn’t matter what you name a pet, they just need to respond to it

As a kid, my old neighbor’s black lab was named Buttons

When my husband & I had our cats, they all had full, “human” names, “call” names, and nicknames…and they responded. For instance, our brown tabby was Mitchell Ryan, call name Mitch, nickname Bubba. I could never name a pet “Fluffy” or “Mittens” or after a food.

My dog only reacts to high pitched rattling of paper or aluminum foil. For her, it’s a sign of coming snacks. Names are irrelevant. Sometimes I call her a he, or a long haired dog, she’s a short hair dog. It doesn’t matter. The fact that I’m outside with her and talking to her is all that matters. And belly rubs. She loves belly rubs.

The Checkers speech: A famous narrative about a dog!

Dief(enbaker), Minette, Ginger for the doggos. The cats have not given permission to release the names we use for them.

Sounds like a Calvin & Hobbes strip:

Calvin is opening a can when he hears rumbling

Calvin{talking to himself}: “Oh no!”

Calvin gets tackled

Calvin: “It was not tuna, it was pineapple! See?”

Hobbes: “All cans sound the same.”

My late loving wife and I named many of our dogs and cats and through their lives the names evolved. Our Catahoula Leopard dog was deaf but he still had a name and I said it to him all of the time.

All our cats and dogs were named after spices. Ginger, Rose(mary), Coco, Peppermint Pattie, caraway (Carry).

And there you ha it!

My son’s male Siamese/Tabby mix cats are Pinky (for Pinky and the Brain) and Bucky (for Get Fuzzy).

Had one outside cat named Loudmouth,because that’s what he was.

Outside cat after that was named Radar;cuz my stepfather was a M.A.S.H. fan.He was a “Garfield” heavy who warped our flower box(his favorite sleeping place)

C’mon! Our cats are named Peanut, Pepper and Bob.

Dogs I’ve had over the years: Boris, Clea, Lambert, Rocky, Alex, Lucy, Pup-pup, Penny-pie.

Any animal will learn your name for it if you use it often enough. When they are puppies (or kittens), use the name every time you talk to them and they will start to recognize it.

We called our Australian Shepherd Scraps because she looked like she was put together by a blind quilter.

Hey!! I had a dog named Sara!

I once thought that if I got a bulldog, I’d name it Stover.

Another way dogs are like teenagers!

We had a scottie named Sera. She was the best dog ever!

Ever wonder what your dog named you?

Sara isn’t a dumb name for a dog. It’s up to the owner on what they want to call them.

My dog was named for an Egyptian goddess. Unfortunately it later became the name of a terrorist organization.

Dependent on which FBOFW character yells "Food!, that has a whole new meaning for the dog.