I'm getting a dog. A Boston Terrier. For those not from Boston, look at one here.
A year ago I almost got one at a shelter and he was perfect and I named him Herzog. Not because I'm so very in love with Herzog & de Meuron, but because Herzog is a damned cool name for a dog and it means "the duke" in old German.
I love architecture, I love dogs. I want to name it after an architect or collective or firm, but it also has to be a good dog name. Like, who wants to call his dog "Frank"?
Javier Arbona-Homar
Jun 14, 06 2:58 pm
hegel.
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 3:02 pm
but but but.....
xtbl
Jun 14, 06 3:03 pm
corbu is a good one, but it's been done (tadao), which by the way, might not be so bad of a name... "sit, tadao! sit!"
xtbl
Jun 14, 06 3:03 pm
corbu is a good one, but it's been done (tadao), which by the way, might not be so bad of a name... "sit, tadao! sit!"
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 3:04 pm
i would name my boston terrier brahmin. as in boston brahmin. or if u wanna be obvious fenway. or maybe strangler if you are into crime. or bean if he has gas.
xtbl
Jun 14, 06 3:04 pm
damn, sorry for the repost
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 3:06 pm
I also thought "Renzo" and "Rem".
I can't help but think that the name is going to affect the dog, and if I pick somebody with less than exciting work behind the name, the dog will suffer.
Who wants the dog to suffer? Not me.
I suppose if it's a girl, I should name her Zaha. Sit, Zaha, sit?
mm
Jun 14, 06 3:19 pm
Because it's a Boston Terrier, it's only appropriate to have a connection with Boston architects. I suggest the following awful puns:
Dog dA.
Good-dog Clancy
Single Speed Dog-sign
Elkus-Dogfredi
Machadog + Silvetti
Moshe Safdog
Another idea would be to name your dog after historic architects who lived or worked in the Boston area:
Charles Bulfinch
Walter Gropius
Hideo Sasaki
mfrech
Jun 14, 06 3:23 pm
is 'viollet-le-duc' too clumsy?
mfrech
Jun 14, 06 3:25 pm
i'm sorry, that's not exactly a serious suggestion.
i've always wanted to name my dog 'alvar', though, lacking a dog, i am yet to have that opportunity.
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 3:25 pm
dear mm.
You win the doggone prize on these! Incredible. My coworkers are turning around and asking me what's so dogdamn funny.
I might HAVE to go with Moshe Safdog. Or Dog dA, if only because I applied to work there.
mm
Jun 14, 06 3:27 pm
glad I could be of assistance.
mfrech
Jun 14, 06 3:30 pm
or, H. H. Richardson...if you had a big fat dog, it's not exactly fitting for the physique of a boston terrier...
you could call him 'henry' or 'hobson' for short
FrankLloydMike
Jun 14, 06 3:31 pm
Ed Muskie.
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 3:41 pm
poor doggie...
Javier Arbona-Homar
Jun 14, 06 3:46 pm
the next dog i get will have a name chosen at random from my spam folder...like Dustin, Kanisha, Mia Perez or HCE0263.
mm
Jun 14, 06 4:16 pm
Javier, If you are to chose the name from your spam folder, you should name your dog "Hi, it's me Jill" or "Re: Your New Car Has Arrived."
And forget about the dog, that's what you should name your kid!
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 4:26 pm
Horney Bored Housewife! Sit.
Horney Bored Housewife! Rollover.
Horney Bored House Wife! Speak
saturday is their 4 th birthday. twin brother and sister.
Smokety Mc Smoke Smoke
Jun 14, 06 4:36 pm
"Rollo", "Jocko", or "Mr. Steve"
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 4:41 pm
Orhan,
love them. Do they snore?
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 4:47 pm
now this is a DOG!!!
manamana
Jun 14, 06 4:52 pm
thom? (mayne)
sheila? (kennedy)
but I think personally I'd go with Renzo. very cool sounding name for a dog.
e
Jun 14, 06 5:04 pm
just give your dog a real name and love her/him a lot. isn't that right lula?
e
Jun 14, 06 5:06 pm
i like the name rufus. no architect names for me though. i just couldn't do that to my dog.
Orhan Ayyüce
Jun 14, 06 5:35 pm
snore. specially rupi. she farts he snores and i wouldn't want to have them any other way...
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 5:37 pm
That's funny, I used to never date men who snored. EVER. But I guess that rule only applies to the human species!
Orhan Ayyüce
Jun 14, 06 5:46 pm
and another pose by the real thing aka DOG;
Hasselhoff
Jun 14, 06 5:58 pm
Don't name a dog after an architect. You have to give pets kickass names like Box, Jenkins, or Lil Bowwow. My friend named his cat "Muzzbee" because he already had two kids and a Rott, so they "Muzzbee crazy to get a cat."
Orhan Ayyüce
Jun 14, 06 6:08 pm
lulu ann knows how dogs behave and of course she has to be here too lulu ann is a cat. and her picture doesn't appear all the time ask driftwood to re submit.
Cherith Cutestory
Jun 14, 06 6:28 pm
axon
larslarson
Jun 14, 06 7:07 pm
run, rem, run
see rem run
on the boston architecture
I.M. Dog
or I.M Pe(e)i(ng) the e and ng could be silent.
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 7:12 pm
A Center for Ants?
Jun 14, 06 7:17 pm
i like the idea of naming it "henry hobson".
has a little more class, a little more history. not so much fad.
or maybe how 'bout "The Green Monster" or GM for short.
A Center for Ants?
Jun 14, 06 7:17 pm
roarrrr!!!
wellywellywell
Jun 14, 06 7:22 pm
hey vado! you love the SH*T out of this guy! Did you take all these today, or are they stock photos?
Center/Ants: I like that--less fad! I'm trying for at least an architect who is dead or well-loved. But I dont like anything about the name "henry", in general, and I'm not a huge fan of HH anyway, living in Boston as I do.
The terrier has got to wrangle the mean and ugly streets of Boston, it should have a name, y'know, with a bite (no pun intended).
A Center for Ants?
Jun 14, 06 7:25 pm
if you gotta tackle the underbelly of boston, maybe a good fightin' irish name is due.
liberty bell
Jun 14, 06 8:51 pm
I like Axon.
As a kid, I had a horse my dad named P.I.T.A., for Pain in the Ass. He said alternatively we could name her Emergency Rations, so my sister and I went with Pita (like pita bread).
My next bull terrier will be named Hoover, as in suctioning everything up off the rug. Although I love dog names that are actually people names, like Gus, Owen, Henry, Otto.
I know a Boston architect named Galante. But dog-dA is hard to beat.
b3tadine[sutures]
Jun 14, 06 9:04 pm
i have cats named Sigmund, Umeko, and Katya....for a dog how about Dexter or if architecture is the theme; EraserSheild, Pantone, Esc., Hejduk, or my favorite dog - Graves
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 9:22 pm
otto was my grandfathers name and is my nephew's kids middle name. name your doggie imhotep.
Dazed and Confused
Jun 14, 06 10:02 pm
I've always liked the name 'Smokey' - but 'Imhotep' might be kind of cool too I guess . . .
vado retro
Jun 14, 06 10:27 pm
nothin stock about this pooch. picture not taken today.
e
Jun 15, 06 12:43 am
hey puppy pup
sameolddoctor
Jun 15, 06 3:35 am
Here's our office pup Rilo, wish he'd learn CAD, he'd be a bit more productive....
he does not really like his pictures taken
just loves going on the boat - he's a sea dawg
time for a mugshot, puppy....
e, does it not look like Lula and Rilo are long-lost cousins?
wellywellywell
Jun 15, 06 10:01 am
I love how quickly this thread became a showcase of pups and inadvertently gave glimpses of people's living-spaces.
Thanks for all the advice--I have all the suggestions written down.
myriam
Jun 15, 06 10:37 am
hey e--what species of flooring and type of finish do you have there??
sonya, i like this idea. how about:
Loos
Lutyens
Behrens
Ernst
Buckminster
Burnham (maybe better for a bulldog!)
and it's a shame it wouldn't make a good dog name, but, oh, I love me some Neutra.
Rudolf would be good except for that unfortunate song. Guess you could go with Schindler, though?
There's always my hometown fave... Henry Hornbostel
snooker
Jun 15, 06 11:04 am
I would Suggest: "DAMN IT" as in DAMN IT cOME
DAMN IT SIT
DAMN IT ROLL OVER
We have two dogs, Matisse and Frito Jack...
vado retro
Jun 15, 06 11:12 am
frito is a great name. pancho and lefty for two dogs.
mfrech
Jun 15, 06 11:14 am
shit that's a good idea vado...
how about Townes?
jealous of the world
Jun 15, 06 11:15 am
DAMN...I wish I had a weiner dog.
so I could name him Oscar Niemeyer
I'm getting a dog. A Boston Terrier. For those not from Boston, look at one here.
A year ago I almost got one at a shelter and he was perfect and I named him Herzog. Not because I'm so very in love with Herzog & de Meuron, but because Herzog is a damned cool name for a dog and it means "the duke" in old German.
I love architecture, I love dogs. I want to name it after an architect or collective or firm, but it also has to be a good dog name. Like, who wants to call his dog "Frank"?
hegel.
but but but.....
corbu is a good one, but it's been done (tadao), which by the way, might not be so bad of a name... "sit, tadao! sit!"
corbu is a good one, but it's been done (tadao), which by the way, might not be so bad of a name... "sit, tadao! sit!"
i would name my boston terrier brahmin. as in boston brahmin. or if u wanna be obvious fenway. or maybe strangler if you are into crime. or bean if he has gas.
damn, sorry for the repost
I also thought "Renzo" and "Rem".
I can't help but think that the name is going to affect the dog, and if I pick somebody with less than exciting work behind the name, the dog will suffer.
Who wants the dog to suffer? Not me.
I suppose if it's a girl, I should name her Zaha. Sit, Zaha, sit?
Because it's a Boston Terrier, it's only appropriate to have a connection with Boston architects. I suggest the following awful puns:
Dog dA.
Good-dog Clancy
Single Speed Dog-sign
Elkus-Dogfredi
Machadog + Silvetti
Moshe Safdog
Another idea would be to name your dog after historic architects who lived or worked in the Boston area:
Charles Bulfinch
Walter Gropius
Hideo Sasaki
is 'viollet-le-duc' too clumsy?
i'm sorry, that's not exactly a serious suggestion.
i've always wanted to name my dog 'alvar', though, lacking a dog, i am yet to have that opportunity.
dear mm.
You win the doggone prize on these! Incredible. My coworkers are turning around and asking me what's so dogdamn funny.
I might HAVE to go with Moshe Safdog. Or Dog dA, if only because I applied to work there.
glad I could be of assistance.
or, H. H. Richardson...if you had a big fat dog, it's not exactly fitting for the physique of a boston terrier...
you could call him 'henry' or 'hobson' for short
Ed Muskie.
poor doggie...
the next dog i get will have a name chosen at random from my spam folder...like Dustin, Kanisha, Mia Perez or HCE0263.
Javier, If you are to chose the name from your spam folder, you should name your dog "Hi, it's me Jill" or "Re: Your New Car Has Arrived."
And forget about the dog, that's what you should name your kid!
Horney Bored Housewife! Sit.
Horney Bored Housewife! Rollover.
Horney Bored House Wife! Speak
looking up;
daisy, girlfriend, bubblehead, fartyfart, daisy-may
scanning @ eye level;
rupert the bear,rupi, rups, rupert harry, bitybite, rupidik, wheatass
saturday is their 4 th birthday. twin brother and sister.
"Rollo", "Jocko", or "Mr. Steve"
Orhan,
love them. Do they snore?
now this is a DOG!!!
thom? (mayne)
sheila? (kennedy)
but I think personally I'd go with Renzo. very cool sounding name for a dog.
just give your dog a real name and love her/him a lot. isn't that right lula?
i like the name rufus. no architect names for me though. i just couldn't do that to my dog.
snore. specially rupi. she farts he snores and i wouldn't want to have them any other way...
That's funny, I used to never date men who snored. EVER. But I guess that rule only applies to the human species!
and another pose by the real thing aka DOG;
Don't name a dog after an architect. You have to give pets kickass names like Box, Jenkins, or Lil Bowwow. My friend named his cat "Muzzbee" because he already had two kids and a Rott, so they "Muzzbee crazy to get a cat."
lulu ann knows how dogs behave and of course she has to be here too
lulu ann is a cat. and her picture doesn't appear all the time ask driftwood to re submit.
axon
run, rem, run
see rem run
on the boston architecture
I.M. Dog
or I.M Pe(e)i(ng) the e and ng could be silent.
i like the idea of naming it "henry hobson".
has a little more class, a little more history. not so much fad.
or maybe how 'bout "The Green Monster" or GM for short.
roarrrr!!!
hey vado! you love the SH*T out of this guy! Did you take all these today, or are they stock photos?
Center/Ants: I like that--less fad! I'm trying for at least an architect who is dead or well-loved. But I dont like anything about the name "henry", in general, and I'm not a huge fan of HH anyway, living in Boston as I do.
The terrier has got to wrangle the mean and ugly streets of Boston, it should have a name, y'know, with a bite (no pun intended).
if you gotta tackle the underbelly of boston, maybe a good fightin' irish name is due.
I like Axon.
As a kid, I had a horse my dad named P.I.T.A., for Pain in the Ass. He said alternatively we could name her Emergency Rations, so my sister and I went with Pita (like pita bread).
My next bull terrier will be named Hoover, as in suctioning everything up off the rug. Although I love dog names that are actually people names, like Gus, Owen, Henry, Otto.
I know a Boston architect named Galante. But dog-dA is hard to beat.
i have cats named Sigmund, Umeko, and Katya....for a dog how about Dexter or if architecture is the theme; EraserSheild, Pantone, Esc., Hejduk, or my favorite dog - Graves
otto was my grandfathers name and is my nephew's kids middle name. name your doggie imhotep.
I've always liked the name 'Smokey' - but 'Imhotep' might be kind of cool too I guess . . .
nothin stock about this pooch. picture not taken today.
hey puppy pup
Here's our office pup Rilo, wish he'd learn CAD, he'd be a bit more productive....
he does not really like his pictures taken
just loves going on the boat - he's a sea dawg
time for a mugshot, puppy....
e, does it not look like Lula and Rilo are long-lost cousins?
I love how quickly this thread became a showcase of pups and inadvertently gave glimpses of people's living-spaces.
Thanks for all the advice--I have all the suggestions written down.
hey e--what species of flooring and type of finish do you have there??
sonya, i like this idea. how about:
Loos
Lutyens
Behrens
Ernst
Buckminster
Burnham (maybe better for a bulldog!)
and it's a shame it wouldn't make a good dog name, but, oh, I love me some Neutra.
Rudolf would be good except for that unfortunate song. Guess you could go with Schindler, though?
There's always my hometown fave... Henry Hornbostel
I would Suggest: "DAMN IT" as in DAMN IT cOME
DAMN IT SIT
DAMN IT ROLL OVER
We have two dogs, Matisse and Frito Jack...
frito is a great name. pancho and lefty for two dogs.
shit that's a good idea vado...
how about Townes?
DAMN...I wish I had a weiner dog.
so I could name him Oscar Niemeyer