Do you give your pets a last name?
By BeachBaby
@BeachBaby (815)
United States
20 responses
@acuityplague (763)
• United States
28 Nov 06
I didn't give any of my pets last names, but the vet's office did!
My cat is Leeroy Smith
My Dog is Copper bumpsalot Smith
Funny, but I guess it works for the vets office to keep track of say...two cats named fluffy.
I dunno
@west_tx_goddess (1197)
• United States
28 Nov 06
We have an AKA St. Bernard and to be registered she has to have a last name. Her name is Dixie Lou Clark.
@PatriciaL (2080)
• United States
27 Nov 06
Well it's not that people "give" their pets last names. Most pets automatically have their owner's last name. Like for veterinary records and other places you may register your pet, they'll have your pet's name as, for example, Spike Johnson. Or whatever your last name may be. :)
@EnlightenedPhoenix (436)
• Serbia And Montenegro
28 Nov 06
It's very, very odd to give your pets surname... I give them just names, preferably something that I will always use!
@frdemmer (5)
• United States
27 Nov 06
'Hi, This could be important to you if you are thinking of being a pet breeder. Of course, they could have YOUR name (all of my pets have, as i am their supposed parent,. . .), but the REAL world of pedigree pets nearly requires that. Some of them are a tad complicated; 'Alysse of Pompifoo, 2nd Duchess of Palermo', for example. We hial her as, 'Aunt Alice'. But if you need any ideas, go to a web page for those fancy breed pedigree societies.' The surname or title differentiates the pet from the cute, but still statistical, 'shelter critter' AND importantly implying that the pet could have a family, too. Whereas most, if not all, shelter specimens are, unfortunately, STERILE. Society does place a LOT of value on the continuation and preservation of the species. So there's even a sort of association of naming, 'cause if Tinkerbell came from the shelter, chances are that she won't be having that litter. FRDemmer'
@magikrose (5429)
• United States
28 Nov 06
I have never thought about it but I whould have to say that for paper work I would but for the most part it is not important. I will have to take my kittens to the vet in March to have them fixed and at that point for the paper work I will give them a last name but to me they are and will always be Precious and Alexis.
@aprilsue00 (1991)
• United States
27 Nov 06
No I do not give my pets a last name. It usually takes me like a month to give them a name at all.
@Videogeezer (654)
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28 Nov 06
No way, that is a bit sad :D I hate it when people love their pets so much, they treat them like a person.