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2. I've always loved cute human names for dogs, but most of mine came with a name they

Sat Sep 27, 2025, 09:11 PM

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already responded to--so I kept them.

I have quite a list--including a lot of old-fashioned names from our grandparents'/great grandparents' day..
"Clyde" always makes me smile for a goofy-acting male dog. Ethel, Gladys, Clementine (Clemmy?) for a female. Ahh, there are so many.

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