I love the pedigree names you get.

My 2 yorkies pedigree names are:

Little Chester of Milton & Dancing Pearl.

What are your pedigree's names?

Koolblue Hani Hasselhoff. I stupidly let my o/h choose her last name

Lol lovely!! Do you call him by his Pedigree name? I call ours Leo and Lady!

I thought calling after Little Chester of Milton or Dancing Pearl would be too tongue tying!

Silvertail silverlight
Lovely Jubbly Libby

Or as we call them

Simba
Kali

Mongrel Limping Bin Raker with One Floppy Ear

Or 'Get Out of it You Little F****r' - as I call him.

Oh god no! She's actually a she, we call her Mani, after the bass player from the stone roses (o/h's idea yet again but I like it!)

Navarri TigerLily. Lily to her friends.

I'd have to dig out their KC documents!!

All KC, but we've used their pet names for so long I can't remember....Buffy is Bambi Champers IIRC, Murphy is his Kennel name plus Sapphire Murphy, Han has Redkite in his name.

We no longer show, all neutered so not important.

No pedigree animals now, but got some "Mephitis mephitis" if we used their Latin names.

My friend called her baby boy that this year, I love it and he really suits it!!

We've never done shows, but our little lady is going to be bred early next year, then dressed! Leo had his op a few years ago, he had a distended testy, so for his own good bless him.

That has a lovely ring to it

Gawd has anybody gone to the *cat show* those poor cats, They are soo stressed

Cats that do well almost always love being shown. I've handled ones that are fast asleep or busy showing off. Some just sit there with an 'I am utterly gorgous' sort of expression.

I had the good fortune to handle a Supreme winner, and as well as being a beautiful cat in great condition he was so laid back. He was relaxed and loved me holding him - though not as much as I did.

I've shown some pet cats as well, and several of them went through a phase of absolutely loving it and trying to get anyone passing their pen to play. The last time I showed Minnie (Oriental Black) spent the afternoon playing Princess as she was passed from admirer to admirer.

Yes, some cats find it stressful - they shouldn't be shown again.

Never been to a pet show, I have always thought its more about the owner than the pet....

Same as Pagents for kids... never got it!

If you haven't shown, how do you know she is of good enough conformation to breed? You should only ever breed to better the breed - health, temperament and conformity.

Please think very carefully about breeding - doing it right is costly and time consuming. Picking a complimentary stud, traveling to the stud (could be the other side of the country), stud fees, breed relevant health screening, vet fees, etc. And even doing everything right, things go wrong and you could lose your girl, the puppies or all of them

Sorry for the OT.

Hi thanks for the concern. When we first got Lady the woman we bought her from had been breeding for years. She asked us if we would be considering breeding, and if we were to call her so she can recommend a sire for Lady. She is a 5 generation pedigree and chanpions upon champions in her bloodline, and we want to carry that on. In comparison to Leo, Lady ooozes emotional intellegence and understanding, she was extremely easy to train and I think if Leo wasn't around she would have been a 'lap dog', she has really strong communication skills aswell.

On the other hand Leo wasn't KC registered, he is a pedigree though, but his bloodline hasn't been the best thought out, and it is obvious that this has caused some problems with his temprement. He really is such a loving dog, we 'saved' him when he was 7 months old, a family with 6 young kids and 2 cats sold him to us because 'the cats didn't like him and they were there first!', the man of the house clearly didn't like him either, his pet name for him was 'scruffy', and Leo genuinely seemed scared of him. I have no idea what went on in those months they had him, but when we brought him home he stuck to me like glue and for a couple of days he was wary of sound and movement. Then after a couple of days he just spent three days practically sleeping all the time, he was up beside me on the sofa on his back belly and all exposed (I took that as a sign he trusted me) snoring away!! However, he still has a 'red mist' i remember once washing my chopping board and I was carrying it over to my sideboard and he just went mental! Really on his guard and obviously felt threatened in some way... I can only assume that he has been hit, and still has that memory.

I would never breed Lady with just any dog, I will go to her breeder and get proper advice and she will recommend a good sire for her.

Boomerang Bob

Have you checked that Lady is insured as a breeding bitch?

With cats the queen has to be insured as a breeding animal for at least 6 months before her due date, it is probably the same with dogs and a C-Section is very, very expensive.

Our poodle was called "Black Prince" but since been changed to Sooty Princess Poodle

Our golden labrador retriever was Nonsuch Nielson Cordelia but called Kandi .
Our pedigree lop rabbit was Shere Khan and called Sherry.

My cats name is Noyna Rock Alexis, He is called Nero to us though .
My horses have full names on their passports but we call them by their nick names.

My German Shorthaired Pointer is Kenzed Aberland haven't got a clue what it means her pet name is Amber suits her pretty looks and lovely nature

Ahh, what a good thread! I love how hilarious some pedigree names are...

My spaniel's pedigree name is Buttershall Hamish. We call him Jasper!

My daughter's just got a blue bicolour Ragdoll kitten and its pedigree name is "Merlinpaws Celestial Cloud" but to be known as "Angel" because she is! She chose Celestial Cloud, but the Merlinpaws part is what all kittens from that breeder have to be called.