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Old 12-08-2016, 20:54
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I once knew a guy who had a german shepherd called craig.
anyone else?
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Old 12-08-2016, 21:52
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When we were kids my sister had a gerbil called Eric.
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Old 13-08-2016, 00:33
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We had a gerbil called Fred. We also have a cat named Penny.
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Old 13-08-2016, 01:23
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I had a hamster called Marmaduke!
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Old 13-08-2016, 12:00
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My husband had a cat called Colin. Ours is called Cersei and we have a jack called McGee and a yorkie called Cabbage.
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Old 13-08-2016, 18:32
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It always makes me smile when watching Gogglebox - one of the families has a Rottweiler (I think - they have about 4 large dogs and not sure which one it is) called Dave
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Old 13-08-2016, 18:41
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We had a rescue dog who came with the name Freda.
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Old 13-08-2016, 20:18
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Our cat's called Reginald and the last dog we had was Nellie.
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Old 13-08-2016, 20:23
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We had a friend a few years ago with a dog called Patrick.
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Old 13-08-2016, 20:25
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A friend of mine once had a cat called Sarah.
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Old 13-08-2016, 20:26
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Oh, and we had a cat called Dudley.
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Old 14-08-2016, 10:06
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Our cat's called Reginald and the last dog we had was Nellie.
I like Reginald for a cat - I imagine a stately old tabby (probably completely wrong)

One of my cats has a lovely pedigree name (can't remember what as I can't find the papers!) but she's called Big, because she is!
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Old 14-08-2016, 20:58
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We always use human names benny, Toby, Lucy, Katie, Mollie, Rosie, Betty Elsie, our cats had human names too willy, susie, Tom, Jerry and Virginia (ginny).

Oddly my husband hated when our oldest cat went walkabout and I would send him out calling for him, I think he got a few looks when he knocked doors and asked if our willy was shut in their sheds
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Old 14-08-2016, 21:25
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I like Reginald for a cat - I imagine a stately old tabby (probably completely wrong)
He's a tabby but not that old yet - we think he's about 4. We adopted him earlier this year and as far as anyone knows he was a feral kitten who'd been living rough until about a month before we got him. He's a darling but has some very odd ways.

He loves sauces - Chinese or mild curry - and processsed cheese slices like they put in burgers. We've got a theory that a lot of his 'found' food was discarded take-aways.
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Old 14-08-2016, 21:32
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We had a tortoise called Simon when I was a kid.

My brother and I couldn't agree on a name, so we decided to write names on a piece of paper and draw the winner. My brother and I both had suitable tortoise names and invited my mum to join in. She half-heartedly wrote Simon on her piece of paper for a quiet life and it was the name that was drawn, so Simon it was!
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Old 14-08-2016, 21:33
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I know a guy with a corn snake called Ian.
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Old 15-08-2016, 12:38
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my first cat was Jamie
my second cat was Olive

I now have Smudge (not the name I gave her, she is a rescue cat and came with the name)

I like to give cats human names
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Old 15-08-2016, 14:48
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It seems to be the in thing. Our cat's name is Eric, and I know somebody with a Yorkshire terrier called David, and I know another person with a Weimerahner(? sp) called Colin.
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Old 15-08-2016, 15:59
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We've got a golden retriever called Carol.
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Old 15-08-2016, 16:35
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Dog near us called Russell.
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Old 15-08-2016, 16:54
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We had a friend a few years ago with a dog called Patrick.
How silly! That's the name of a starfish.
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Old 15-08-2016, 18:59
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Our pets always have human names. Would never have a Snowey, Gizmo or that sort of name. We currently have family pets called , Thomas, Henry, Bob, and Sydney, and rabbits called Gordon and Alice.
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Old 15-08-2016, 19:01
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We adopted a greyhound called Gillian. One of our dogs was originally called Daniel.
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Old 15-08-2016, 19:14
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I had a dog named Jason, at the time it seemed fine but now years later it's hmmm

My neighbour's cat was Nigel, it suited him
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Old 15-08-2016, 20:10
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Guide dogs are given human names. I've met a Darcy, Jodie and a Yolander.
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