Re: Naming a pet
I asked for suggestions on here when I got the pup three years ago, and someone said Holly. It leapt up at me, and as I was bringing her home just a few weeks before Christmas, it seemed very apt.
Childhood pets. Our first dog, a lab cross, was somehow named Trixie. Years later we rescued a poodle, or Mum did, through a work colleague, because the dog was named Trixie. She lived for many years with us. And while we had her, we heard of a little of pups, Alsatian/lab crosses, and Dad wanted one to name Sabre. He was a beautiful dog, loved by everyone, and the name suited him.