How did you choose your animals names?

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OK it is funny how we name animals. Here is how I named all of my animals – First cat I ever had I rescued him from a dumpster in Mexico. He was all black and stinking of garbage. I called him Boonie. Not long after we found another cat for my daughter. This was a female and she was thrown from a car. She was only a few weeks old. When she tried to meow all she did was squeak. So we called her Squeaky. She never learned how to meow right all she ever did was squeak. My first dog was a small white, black, and brown Pekinese. He was given to me on my 22nd birthday. When I brought him home he was so tiny and fit in the palm of my hand. I put him down on the tile floor and all he did was slip and slide. He was afraid of the floor and looked so scared. I started to think of that cartoon Wiley Coyote and it made me laugh so I called him Wiley. My first cat in Tahiti I found scared and sick on one of the small Motu islands where we went fishing at time. He was all white and had the most beautiful blue and brown eye. I put him in the canoe and brought him home. I named him Sheba. Then I took another cat – but this cat was a wild cat and tried to bite and scratch you. He was given to me in a cage. I tried to talk with him and play with him. But he was a fighter. He was named Rocky. Finally Rocky came to me and he ws a one person cat for sure. He trusted no one but me. Then I was given my first dog here. He was a small whit puppy that looked like he had a b lack eye patch over one eye. I named him Bandit because he was so funny. If you scolded him he would steal one of your flip flops and hide it around the yard. Now I found another cat that was thrown in the cutter on the road. I brought him home. My boyfriend named him after a movie we just watched Shaka Zulu. So he ended up with the name Shaka. On my birthday my boyfriend game me a puppy. I looked at her and named her Naya without even thinking about this one. Naya is Indian for free bird. After Shaka died we wanted another cat. My boyfriend told me to take 2. So this is what I did. I went to the vets where they let you adopt abounded animals. I took a black cat and a tiger color cat. I named the black cat Tyson and I named the tiger color cat Caesar. It was after the fight in Caesar Palace with Mike Tyson. Now our 3rd dog I called him Nita from the Indian name meaning big black bear. Nita looked just like Bandit but I can’t call him Bandit. My last dog I just received not long ago I call him Dakota. I had always wanted to name a dog Dakota but never did. That is how he got this name. It’s funny how we name our animals. How did you name yours? Image of my cat