Taking suggestions for service dog name--- :D

[ashewoman]

YAY! YAY! YAY!  I can't remember if I posted about it but about the middle of this last flare up I was so fricking depressed because the application I had spent almost 2 years completing was rejected for a new service dog.  Apparently, the organization changed their rules mid application and they are only helping returning combat veterans now. I was devastated.  Some of you knew because I email you personally.  But I think was just too disappointed to post publicly.

Anyway, I started searching for alternatives this week... and the answer has come!  Yeehaw!  I'm going to pay for one.  It's not easy for someone like me on ultra thin income level but after wasting all that time only to come up with no service dog replacement and my own current dog getting less and less capable after all her long years of service poor boo... I decided to just do it.  Plus this eliminates the years of waiting.  I will get the new dog in 2-3 months.

She's a big girl which is good with my mobility issues worsening and my own size not being particularly petite.  She's a Great Dane mix and is adorable.  I only have puppy photos but I'm told she already weighs about 85 lbs and is still growing.  So think BIG names... lovely girl names though and remember I have to yell it with brain fog so think 1-2 syllables and easy to say LOL. 



Just look at those ears!  And if anyone has any fundraising suggestions feel free to private message them to me.  I have a friend who says he's going to help me put up a fundraising video on a website but I only have two months to come up with the costs and the travel expenses.  I'm looking for someone to travel with me too among my local friends because I don't go across town if I can help it and Florida is several states away.  But if I have to drive from one telephone pole to the next until I get there I will make this work.  It's too important. 

So far the names running in the finals are: Angel (because what is a service dog if it isn't a guardian angel with hair? lol), Lili, Daisy, Sheba (although some weird person yelled at me for that being a racist name? what? I don't see how... she was a queen right?  anyway... don't want to be thought of as a racist.  heck if I didn't get the racism I guess I'm not one right?), and Chloe.

Also all your good vibes please for this epic journey for a little hobbit who doesn't leave their shire on purpose.  LOL  GG

[Iris]

I like Chloe..  I also like Bella, Baylee, Cassie, Josie or Libby.. 

[Joe S.]

Blessing Countess?

[ashewoman]

I like Chloe..  I also like Bella, Baylee, Cassie, Josie or Libby.. 

So far I like Chloe best too... but now a friend has added Sadie as well.  I always thought of sadie as a brown dog though don't know why?  LOL GG

[Bucky]

What is her current name?

I have this 5,001 pet name book - I've scoured it many times to name our cats.  Here's some girl names I have on a sticky note on the front of the book:  Sandy, Emily, Annie, Ashley, Brandi, Ellie and Gabby.

Bucky

[slccom]

Congratulations! One thing you can do to raise money is go to the service clubs and ask for donations. See if you can give a short talk, and find out what they may have in their charitable giving funds.

You can also have a dog-themed "retirement party" fundraiser. Put a sign around your dog's neck, maybe a tin cup and a pencil beside her/him, or (just take a picture), and have a spaghetti dinner, or taco dinner, pancake breakfast. or something. If you go to a church they might help, and I would certainly contact your local newspaper and see if you can get coverage there and on TV.

Some organizations to approach are:
Kiwanis, Optimists, Rotary, Sertoma (especially if you also have hearing loss issues and the dog will help there),
The wildlife: Lions, Eagles, Elks, Moose
Fraternal organizations: Masons, Knights of Columbus
Veteran's organizations

If you want more ideas, let me know.

[Daisy1234]

Ashewoman,

Here's some additiional dog names for your consideration, but you've already got some great ones lined up.  I wish you the best in your journey together.

Hailley
Jewel

Zelda
Zoe

Whisper
Willow

Velvet
Pearl

Topaz
Oreo

Tilly
Tess

Sophie
Socks

Missie
Minnie

Fern
Sissy

Sephra
Lilly

Hugs,
Daisy

[meow]

 From her picture, she looks like a Trixie!!!

[Sooki]

Good names!  I like Chloe.  And I like having a good consonant sound at the beginning of the name.  That way, when people are around, I can just whisper the first sound and get my dog's attention.

Great Danes are wonderful dogs.   I have some friends with two autistic sons and their Great Danes have been special companions to their sons.  They provided contact in a way that humans couldn't.  And your little pup looks very sweet and intelligent.

[MaryBee7]

I ALREADY VOTED ON A NAME..."LOIS"!   

[engy]

My great dane mix is "Callie"

So happy for you!

[eyeamdry]

I say LOLA.  My cousin has a dog named Chloe and she is small and furry.  You have lots of choices here.  Good luck.

[ashewoman]

This is totally on hold.  All my local friends thought the dog looked like a pitbull rather than a great dane.  Now I can't recognize peoples faces from the head injury so apparently another side effect from that is being unable to identify dogs by breed.  But NC has regulations preventing the use of "violent breeds" from being service dogs.  So as a friend pointed out to me, "it doesn't matter if it is or isn't a pitbull, what matters is that most people automatically think it is when they first see it."  So I had to call the trainer and try to make a substitution.  We had a more expensive option that was a Standard Poodle that I had already passed on.  I liked to refer to it as the Poodle with the mohawk... anyway... that dog was a little too rock star for my budget and it was withdrawn by the breeder when we didn't make it our first choice.  So now everything is backed up.  I'm so disappointed.  The trainer is looking at shelter dogs for their train-ability.  That means the dog will be much less expensive but the training period will be much longer since these dogs haven't started training.  <sniffle> So I thank you all for your name suggestions but I am delayed and this dog will not be mine.    GG

[LittleBlue]

I love dogs. She is quite charming. 'Charm' is a lovely name. Whatever you call her, Im sure she will be a blessing to you.

[ashewoman]

Okay to assuage my friends fears, the trainer is sending more current photos of the great dane who she thinks doesn't look like a pitbull as it has grown.  She's also screening a labrador with previous training today.  We shall see which one pulls ahead.  I'm just glad she is willing to do what it takes to speed up the process.  She said she does that for everyone because having a long wait for a service dog is not in anyone's best interest.  So.... I'll post more photos as I get them and then I have to decide.  GG