Son and daughter-in-law visited New Zealand last Christmas, 2004. They got a new dog upon their return to California..at a kennels where she volunteers.
Named her "Kia" after a town in New Zealand they enjoyed and though was so pretty. She is a shepherd/lab mix I think.

My new puppies will be named Paris and London after my 2 favorite cities.

Worktowander,

You can tell your husband about my cousin's neighbor. I think it sounds sort of like an urban doggie myth, but my cousin insists the neighbors named their dog "No No Bad Girl" because it was what they usually said to her.

TexasAggie,

It's not German, but I'm thinking ATM. You could come up with a pronunciation all your own. Or maybe Bancomat.

((&amp) is named after a museum in England

lucygirl-you cracked me up!
(black kitty-baby it's cold outside)or..."black kitty on my mind

Here is a link to pictures of our new family member (and me with no make-up - eek!) We have not finalized the name decision yet but I'll post it as soon as we do. Thank you all again for posting so many wonderful ideas and stories.

http://www.snapfish.com/share/p=4211...=SYE/otsi=SALB

Sweet! ENJOY!

You are both adorable. She looks so sweet and perfect. DH did a great job!

Very nice, TexasAggie - both of you !
And thanks for this interesting thread.

Cigale : Lucky you to have met him. I too have read almost all of his books and anthologies. He's certainly a very colourful character and lived quite a notorious life. I've also read some Lawrence Durrell. I studied "White Eagles over Serbia" when I was 14 and living in Africa in the 70s; it is one of my favourites. I remember the people and places in the book seeming so foreign and exciting to what I was used to. Last year, while travelling in Croatia, I read the book for a second time in all these years, and brought things full ciecle, as it were. What a pleasure.

Wliwl : Those books are a riot ! I also read those as a teen, and have never laughed so hard. What a wonderful family to grow up with ! Remember the dinner table scene with the scorpion ? Priceless. And I think the story of the enormous lunch with the reclusive countess/duchess was the start of my interest in food.

What a lovely photo of you both. Texasaggie you are sooo young!! Waiting for the final name decision.

Very sweet photos. I hope you have many years of enjoyment together.

My dog has asked me to make a comment from the pets' point of view. I knew there was something bothering me about the theme of this thread, i.e. dog names inspired by foreign travel. Then my very wise dog looked me in the eyes, and I understood what was wrong. Our dogs HATE foreign travel--OUR foreign travel, that is. Just think about how your dog looks when you get out your luggage and start packing. Dogs know and are sad or anxious or puzzled. Imagine what the poor dogs would say, if they could, about the plan to name them after the faraway places we enjoy when we go off WITHOUT THEM. Tsk tsk. Poor dogs. But maybe they wouldn't be too offended if you named them for "home" or for their favorite park or chair or tree or toy, but use the word for your dog's favorite thing in your favorite foreign language. A compromise.... The name might secretly remind you of your travels, but without rubbing salt in your poor dog's emotional wounds.

Does she have a name yet?

Hi cmt,
No name yet I feel like such a bad puppy mother! I've made a self-imposed deadline of this weekend. She is SUCH a sweetheart and so full of life. She is very active but when she tires out she likes to nap on my lap.

Hi schnauzer, I am actually 26 but look younger with no make-up. Last summer when we were in Italy I think I became the only 25-year-old ever to be asked if I was old enough to be ordering wine, LOL!

Dear TexasAggie- from a former longhorn, and now national champions, how about naming your dog Bevo? You can think of Austin when you call him!

How about Margherita as a nod to your love of Pizza and Italy (loved that report!).

Hi poodles2,
DH is a proud UT grad so I am sure he would go for that! But since he bought the puppy for me I get ultimate veto power ;-)

we just adopted a 10 month old Rhodesian Ridgeback mix from the Humane Society.. She came with the name Molly, which i think is a great name for a person.. but not what i would necessarily name my puppy.. so - i thougtht i would re-name her. We had been watching the 'Roots' series, and i love the name that Kunta Kinte named his daughter - Kizzy.. meaning 'stay put'. (and since she is an African dog.. i thought it would be perfect) so i proceded to try to re-name Molly.. calling her 'Molly-Kizzy' for a few days and then trying Kizzy... well, she definitely likes her given name of Molly better... so we are sticking with it. it is HER name afterall... i still call her 'Kizzy' when we are cuddling..she likes that.

We wanted an Italian name for the dog we adopted - a black and tan Sheltie/Chow mix with a face something like a racoon. Very cute and a little querky. He's named Enzo and it is perfect for him.

We got an adorable dog from the humane society after we returned from Japan last year and named her after one of our favorite towns in the Japanese Alps we visited, Takayama (Taka for short). It fits her perfectly! She actually looks a bit like your pup!

We have a Jack Russell Terrior named Sydney. Although we've never been to Australia, it is on our "list".