What not to name your dog
Woman in the Middle | April 1, 2014At a recent city council meeting, one of our city council members told a funny story I wanted to share with you. A while back he had neighbors who had quite a few dogs who where noisy and annoyed the neighbors with their barking. One of the dogs was named “Fire.” On a regular basis these neighbors would open their back door and scream at or for the dog, yelling “Fire” loud enough for most of the neighborhood to hear. Needless to say, when the neighborhood heard someone yelling “Fire” they stopped what they were doing and looked for smoke. But it was never smoke, it was just a badly chosen dog name.
So let this be a lesson. Never name your dog “Fire!” Well, maybe the dog below could be named Fire, but no one else!
Photo courtesy of the State Library of Queensland, via Flickr
Fire is not a good dog name but neither is “chip” when your 4yr old calls the dog and it sounds more like “shit” then “chip” just saying
That is pretty funny, too! Thanks for the laugh!
Thanks for the warning; I promise never to name my dog “fire.”
You’re right, the only dog who deserves that name is the dog in the picture.
Good one! I made the mistake of naming two Golden Retrievers Carrie and Peaches. This did not lend well to deterring possible intruders. So if I heard something funny outside or someone knocked at the door I would yell, “Down Spike!”
I have heard of someone who named their dog “Damn It”. Just think…”Come here Damn It!”…”Sit Damn It” ” Fetch Damn It” lol