I wondered if others choose names of war heroes or people in war who died, for their pets' names, as a tribute? I have rescue animals and my sheep are mostly named after lads who died in allied bomber crews (wethers) and their widows (ewes) So I can be heard shouting Max (DFC) Mabel Kate Phoebe Stephen George Emilia Patsy Joan and Mrs Boyington (who gave birth to a black male lamb who had to be Greg 'Pappy' Boyington who led the Black Sheep Squadron so that she had to be his mum, Mrs Boyington) All the sheep know their names I also have a spectacularly cuddlesome kitten who is ginger and plump and was almost called Winston or Churchill - due to appearance but was instead named after a personal but unknown hero of WW1 named Edward but answers to Teddy I also have a pair of brother cats, pitch black and identical, who are collectively referred to as Bomber Command
I also have what was once a ferocious feral tomcat and now a contented buddha of a cuddler who actually helps calm newly caught ferals He often chooses to walk with me - even if raining and although it took ages to find the name, I finally got to call him after the cat who loved to go for country walks with another of my major heroes, Alan Turing TIMOTHY - who is sleeping next to me as I type (While curled behind me is Teddy)
Well my cats are fluffy and treacle Closest i have got is treacle resembles the same shape as a bouncing bomb
I have a rescue called Big Fluffy I have to rehome him as I have too many 6 months ago he was a huge maybe 4 yo ?enormous feral tom cat Now desexed and wants to sleep in bed and purrs and rubs and quite truthfully, exasperates with his in your face love but the happier he is, the more likely he will get a great home Caught 4 feral kits this afternoon and one is already curled up with me and purring As soon as they are loving smoochers they go to be rehomed 2 pale caramel gingers 1 ginger and 2 charcoal ALL my cats are desexed but last lot I rescued were 4 X 3 week kits in a garbage bin the size of a truck which would have been taken away and crushed within the following week Teddy is one of them and he is so exceptional I want him to get a perfect home so he is still waiting
Well, my dog isn't named after any war hero as such - 'Eric'... really he's named after Eric Cantona, but he also answers to 'Erich' ... (after Ludendorff?)! However, I did used to have a pet scorpion named 'Oskar' (after Oskar Dirlewanger) because , basically, he (the scorpion) was a vicious little sadistic bastard with a nasty, cruel streak that I hadn't noticed in any of the other scorpions I've ever kept (used to nip the legs off crickets and leave them to slowly die without actually eating them). He might also have been an alcoholic druggie too for all I know, but I don't think he was a sexual deviant! (or maybe he was... he just never got the opportunity!) Also got a goldfish called 'KK' named after Kurt Knispel (not for any character trait...it's just that he seems to be very at home in a tank!!! [sorry!]) Dave
I have two cats, but they're Miles and Ella. (Miles is actually not named after Miles Davis, but rather Miles Gloriosus (play) - Wikipedia )
I wish I had have thought of that! We rescued a dog that was abandoned in a nearby field and she ended up being called Dobby because she liked socks and has bat ears
I used to ride a pony called Winston - not mine. He belonged to a girl who had the beach ponies, in the late '40s I still have a photo, but no idea how to post it.
Thanks Owen - I'll have to wait until husband has some spare time - I'm a 'nulle' at such things, as they say here.
Here is Bomber.....awarded the Iron Cross (First Class) for meritorious service in the field of hospitality and eating.
