How did you pick your kennel name?

06-04-2010, 23:22

I know I'm a ways off from needing it, but whenever I get bored, I start wondering what my kennel name is going to be whenever I get around to starting one. I can never think of anything good! So I figured I'd take a pole.

What is the name of your kennel? What does it translate to (if applicable)? Where did you get the name from?

I thought if I hear stories of other people's experiences, I might get inspired myself!

GalomyOak · 07-04-2010, 02:38

My name came from the branch of the creek that runs behind my house (more of a stream/swamp really!) - Galomy Creek, and the big oak that faces my house. I like the symbolism of oak trees. I liked the sound, it doesn't have the cheesy factor, and it's unique.

Tuky · 07-04-2010, 10:31

"La manada de Tuky" ("The herd of Tuky" )... not very original, but it is a name that suggests they are mine, I was advised that the name of the kennel were something that I also represent myself and my dogs in my area (not just the wolfdog) are known as "Tuky dogs" ... so it was easy to decide as a group saw this as united as heterogeneous

Hanka · 07-04-2010, 11:40

I did not choose it

. I wrote my ideas about name of my kennel to ČMKU (czech dog union). There was 5 nice names (like Egerland,....) and 6. was my last idea- Od Úhoště. And they choosed this last name!
So: Úhošt (read like uuhoscht) is basalt table mountain near of my city. It is rarity, there is on the top of mountain much kinds of bush plants, it is place not typicle for my area.
You can translate name of my kennel "Od Úhoště" like "from mountain Uhost".
http://images.google.cz/imgres?imgur...FYmumAPfw7C8CA

martiou07 · 07-04-2010, 12:15

hello, therefore for me, Arielle, my female is relatively dark color, m3 at the time of the bonitation, for this reason Blackwolfdog, and compagnie is a covering joint eye with our very good friends , kennel La seven loup compagnie.

draggar · 07-04-2010, 13:04

Casa del Mango - The House of Mango.

Mango was my wife's first Belgian malinois. We had a couple others (she thought of Salt Creek from the brackash waters around the New Jersey coast and Spitfire (our collie is Orion's Spitfire MacLeod)) but after Mango passed she went with Casa del Mango.

Dayen · 07-04-2010, 13:52

Czech "Střípek snů" - "Stripek snu" if you don't see it right - means "A little piece of dreams" and that's what my dogs are to me.

GalomyOak · 07-04-2010, 14:05

Really cool topic!

wolfin · 07-04-2010, 14:21

i have "Girios dvasia"- "Forest ghost"

*Satu · 07-04-2010, 15:11

Taabernakkelin= My first beeding breed was cain terrier and cairn is gael language and means stones...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn_Terrier

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tabernacle

and that was also my last choice...

martiou07 · 07-04-2010, 15:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolfin

i have "Girios dvasia"- "Forest ghost"

ah ok that wants to say that

!!!! not badly of the whole!!!!

sympathetic this subject, one learns some !!!!

michaelundinaeichhorn · 07-04-2010, 16:28

Our first choice was Tatra´s what is the name we use for Gerda z Rofa the origin bitch of our breeding and it is the nome of two mountain areas in Slovakia. But Tatra was already taken though not longer used

and the VDH took our second choice (you have to send three psibilities). Zlatá Palz means goldene Pfalz what is a very famous wine area in Germany we live in.

Ina

Angelika · 07-04-2010, 16:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by martiou07

sympathetic this subject, one learns some !!!!

You´re absolutely right, Martial

... and at last I know the meaning of my dogs family name

martiou07 · 07-04-2010, 17:06

Quote:

Originally Posted by Angelika

... and at last I know the meaning of my dogs family name

very useful yes

Mikael · 07-04-2010, 18:16

I got my first choice

which is kind of strange, as I got tooled later on, one is not allowed to use the breeds name by the Swedish kennel club nor a country name or words like "on" "of" "in"…

And as me kennel name is Wolfdog of Sweden I kind of had 0 point right in my application

But I guess that they did like it anyway or had a very happy day. Or maybe they just felt sorry for me, because I could not read

I wanted to name my kennel this because, I wonted it to show on the WD planned litter that I was located in Sweden and for the ones in Sweden to know that I was breeding Wolfdogs

Best regards / Mikael

07-04-2010, 22:13

I love hearing these stories! It seems really common for people to pick names based on where they're located & what features are around. Don't think I have anything quite so inspiring living in a boring suburb of Chicago!

Helenasotis · 07-04-2010, 22:52

Sotis = Dog Star Sirius

(this is ancient Egyptian word)
This name is short and without diacritic - I mean, that it´s important too

(this name is not a problem to correctly pronounce or write)

canislupus · 07-04-2010, 22:58

Hello,

I call my female Caya very often "little witch" - because she behaves like it

Malá Bosorka is the slovak translation. I wanted to get a connection to Slovakia as country of origin.

Tanja

FreierFranke · 08-04-2010, 09:09

My breeding name is "Midgardhus"

Derived from the nordic mythology.
Midgard = The wolrd in whitch the humans live.
Hus = Is Swedish and mean house, farm, homestead

The names from my dogs:
Bragi von der Wolfsschleife
Freya zlatá Palz
Ayla Midgardhus

Greetings
Markus

Navarre · 08-04-2010, 10:55

"dei Navarri"...guess why ?

06-04-2010, 23:22	#1
Vicky Guest Posts: n/a	How did you pick your kennel name? I know I'm a ways off from needing it, but whenever I get bored, I start wondering what my kennel name is going to be whenever I get around to starting one. I can never think of anything good! So I figured I'd take a pole. What is the name of your kennel? What does it translate to (if applicable)? Where did you get the name from? I thought if I hear stories of other people's experiences, I might get inspired myself!

07-04-2010, 02:38	#2
GalomyOak Howling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 436	My name came from the branch of the creek that runs behind my house (more of a stream/swamp really!) - Galomy Creek, and the big oak that faces my house. I like the symbolism of oak trees. I liked the sound, it doesn't have the cheesy factor, and it's unique. __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."~Henry David Thoreau http://www.galomyoak.com

07-04-2010, 10:31	#3
Tuky Moderator Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Cadiz Posts: 294	"La manada de Tuky" ("The herd of Tuky" )... not very original, but it is a name that suggests they are mine, I was advised that the name of the kennel were something that I also represent myself and my dogs in my area (not just the wolfdog) are known as "Tuky dogs" ... so it was easy to decide as a group saw this as united as heterogeneous __________________ solo con los lobos se aprende a aullar

07-04-2010, 12:15	#5
martiou07 Moderator Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: France Posts: 1,986	blackwolfdog compagnie hello, therefore for me, Arielle, my female is relatively dark color, m3 at the time of the bonitation, for this reason Blackwolfdog, and compagnie is a covering joint eye with our very good friends , kennel La seven loup compagnie. __________________ Last edited by martiou07; 07-04-2010 at 12:20.

07-04-2010, 13:04	#6
draggar Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Hampshire Posts: 370	Casa del Mango - The House of Mango. Mango was my wife's first Belgian malinois. We had a couple others (she thought of Salt Creek from the brackash waters around the New Jersey coast and Spitfire (our collie is Orion's Spitfire MacLeod)) but after Mango passed she went with Casa del Mango. __________________ Fred Lanting's Official Site Dog Actors

07-04-2010, 11:40	#4
Hanka Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kadaň Posts: 1,622	I did not choose it . I wrote my ideas about name of my kennel to ČMKU (czech dog union). There was 5 nice names (like Egerland,....) and 6. was my last idea- Od Úhoště. And they choosed this last name! So: Úhošt (read like uuhoscht) is basalt table mountain near of my city. It is rarity, there is on the top of mountain much kinds of bush plants, it is place not typicle for my area. You can translate name of my kennel "Od Úhoště" like "from mountain Uhost". http://images.google.cz/imgres?imgur...FYmumAPfw7C8CA

07-04-2010, 13:52	#7
Dayen Not so Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Brno Posts: 202	Czech "Střípek snů" - "Stripek snu" if you don't see it right - means "A little piece of dreams" and that's what my dogs are to me. __________________ In wildness is the preservation of the world... So seek the wolf in thyself www.wolfdog.name

07-04-2010, 14:05	#8
GalomyOak Howling Member Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Colorado Posts: 436	Really cool topic! __________________ "What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."~Henry David Thoreau http://www.galomyoak.com

07-04-2010, 14:21	#9
wolfin Moderator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Where the wolf lives Posts: 6,095	i have "Girios dvasia"- "Forest ghost" __________________

07-04-2010, 15:11	#10
*Satu Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 194	Taabernakkelin= My first beeding breed was cain terrier and cairn is gael language and means stones... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cairn_Terrier http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_tabernacle and that was also my last choice... __________________ www.csv.fi

07-04-2010, 16:28	#12
michaelundinaeichhorn Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Bad Dürkheim Posts: 2,249	Our first choice was Tatra´s what is the name we use for Gerda z Rofa the origin bitch of our breeding and it is the nome of two mountain areas in Slovakia. But Tatra was already taken though not longer used and the VDH took our second choice (you have to send three psibilities). Zlatá Palz means goldene Pfalz what is a very famous wine area in Germany we live in. Ina

07-04-2010, 18:16	#15
Mikael Scandinavian Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Stockholm Posts: 1,089	Excellent Topic I got my first choice which is kind of strange, as I got tooled later on, one is not allowed to use the breeds name by the Swedish kennel club nor a country name or words like "on" "of" "in"… And as me kennel name is Wolfdog of Sweden I kind of had 0 point right in my application But I guess that they did like it anyway or had a very happy day. Or maybe they just felt sorry for me, because I could not read I wanted to name my kennel this because, I wonted it to show on the WD planned litter that I was located in Sweden and for the ones in Sweden to know that I was breeding Wolfdogs Best regards / Mikael __________________ _________________________________________________ Hronec, Rasty, Zilja Kennel, Wolfdog of Sweden* http://kennelwolfdogofsweden.vpsite.se/Home.html http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wolfdo...53067971392916 Last edited by Mikael; 07-04-2010 at 20:37. Reason: text error

07-04-2010, 22:13	#16
Vicky Guest Posts: n/a	I love hearing these stories! It seems really common for people to pick names based on where they're located & what features are around. Don't think I have anything quite so inspiring living in a boring suburb of Chicago!

07-04-2010, 22:52	#17
Helenasotis Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Zdiby Posts: 333	Sotis = Dog Star Sirius (this is ancient Egyptian word) This name is short and without diacritic - I mean, that it´s important too (this name is not a problem to correctly pronounce or write) __________________

07-04-2010, 22:58	#18
canislupus Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: 33165 Ebbinghausen/Paderborn Posts: 400	Hello, I call my female Caya very often "little witch" - because she behaves like it Malá Bosorka is the slovak translation. I wanted to get a connection to Slovakia as country of origin. Tanja __________________ Alles wird gut! http://www.mala-bosorka.de

08-04-2010, 09:09	#19
FreierFranke Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: 95182 bei Hof/Saale Posts: 648	My breeding name is "Midgardhus" Derived from the nordic mythology. Midgard = The wolrd in whitch the humans live. Hus = Is Swedish and mean house, farm, homestead The names from my dogs: Bragi von der Wolfsschleife Freya zlatá Palz Ayla Midgardhus Greetings Markus __________________ Bei allem immer viel Spaß wünschen: Der Franke mit der besten Freundin von allen und Bragi, Sohn Odins und dessen Gemahlin Freya und dessen Tochter Ayla :-)

08-04-2010, 10:55	#20
Navarre VIP Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Roma Posts: 5,998	"dei Navarri"...guess why ? __________________ Susanna & Gianluca & Andrea & Navarre & Isabeau & Brandimarte & Anastasia & Lana Last Navarre & Beau Isabeau