Need Help Naming My New Puppy - Page 1

I would like to give my girl a German name. This is my second female and I eventually would like to start a kennel so I want to go ahead and establish a name. I named her Allie. Her breeder's last name is Farrow and I wanted to incorporate Farrow into her name somehow. I have done a little bit of research, but until I know for a fact I have the right "von", "vom" or whatever else may be out there, I want to check with people who may be fluent in German. I had in mind naming her "Allie from the Farrow House," but I need to know what that would be in German. TIA

If you are planning to be a breed, why name your kennel after some other breeder? And you would most likely need their permission to name your dogs after that breeder.

Why not use your own name, like other breeders use their own name, on any litters you breed.

The kennel name is to reflect who the breeder is....if you use the name of the breeder of Allie on any litters you bred, it will be very misleading.
Usually the breeder's name is incorporated into the dog's name, so the breeder of Allie should have named her.

If you want to establish your own kennel sometime in the future, having a first bitch registered under the name of her breeders' kennel (even if there IS one, since you talk about their surname, and as Joan points out breeders would normally ensure its use to start with) will not provide an advert for whichever name you choose for YOUR kennel. The one advantage I can see of the AKC allowing owners to register their dogs names is that Americans have a choice in this; elsewhere breeders almost always register their litters under their kennel names, so if you want to add your own kennel later, you need to pay a fee.

Also, how do you know that Allie is the one you want for a foundation bitch for your own kennel ? You don't mention her age but I'm assuming she is still quite young - she may not prove breedworthy, in the event.

If you want to register her with a 'German sounding' name - but keep 'Allie' as her call-name - there are a variety of 'A' names / German girls' names (was she even an 'A' litter / year ?) listed on the Suggested Dogs Names you can find as an annexe to the PDB site. Although it gets used inaccurately as often as properly, and nobody seems to object, someone on here (Fantom ?) recently defined the whole Von / Vom thing in a post on another thred - try scrolling back a page or two and look at previous posts, I don't have time to look it up for you at present. Learn your way around this site and how to use it, you can surf all sorts of useful stuff !

 

If you try to 'germanise' Farrow by a direct translation of that word, you are likely to get a sentence about land preparation, or a litter of pigs - which won't help you at all !  There is nothing particularly 'German' sounding about either 'Allie' or 'Farrow' in themselves - so making it "sound" German, even if you add a 'Vom' and call it Farrow 'Haus', does not actually make your dog German-bred / imported, or have any added value ...

Thank you guys for the reply. That is why I came here for advice. Allie is only 9 weeks old. I am not saying she definitely will be bred one day. Since you put it into perspective, I now see using Farrow will not be a good idea. As for her litter being the 'A' litter, she doesn't do that. I looked for a girl German name that was similiar to Allie and I found Alie, so I will more than likely use that. Also the breeder just gave me permission to use her kennel name to use in Allie's registered name. I reckon once I start having pups I will name them my kennel name. I did a lot of research yesterday but obviously not enough. Thank you for y'alls help on this. It is much appreciated.

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Yep, that too !
Glad to be of assistance.

Of course Allie's breeder will be happy if you use the name; if you Show your dog as she is older or compete anywhere, in any sport etc competition with her, every time you are listed in a catalogue as the owner/exhibitor, the breeder also gets her name mentioned - and being recognised, will maybe sell more future puppies.