We have a JRT called Aunti Mable (Derek and Clive sketch) ask your parents for you young ones. She is also known as, Scoop, Scoop-pims, Gerard, Gerard Doofry Doo. Pooface etc etc.
I think Leah is a slightly weird name - I didn't choose it, the people at the rescue centre did. Apparently her last owners called her Lala, but as no-one really wants a dog named after a Teletubbie and she didn't need to be constantly reminded of her old life, they changed it to Leah so it wouldn't be too different for her to get used to.
My dog names aren't too bad: Lola, Polo and Charlie. Lola sometimes gets Dinny (don't know where that came from), Polo stays Polo, and Charlie gets Fatty (in a nice way
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Some might say my cat names are a little strange though
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Fudge
Socks
Bounty
Ash
Bow
Tik-Tok
Jasmine
Uriel
Hosus
Panda
Bear
And I had cats called Turtle and Carrot who got killed on the road.
Wow, I've got a lot of cats lol.
And a rabbit who thinks he's a cat, Hoody (Houdini).
And Guinea-pigs called Fish and Chips
And a pigeon called Duck-Duck.
And I've had gerbils called some of the weirdest names ever, just to name a few: Cindy, Horace, Berry, Chicken Licken, Fi-Fi...
And more rabbits I've had: Scooby Doo, Tickle, Father Ted, Pinky, Trouble, Bubbles I, Bubbles II and Bubbles III.
Budgies were called La-La and Tipsy, Cockatiel was called Frank.
I have had animals with normal names before too though
Our JRT X Collie was called Muppet. A shortened version of her original name of Little Miss Muffet.... Great naming tactics there Grandad!
Popeye for an evil little rabbit we once had. Humbug & Treacle for two lovely little house rabbits we had.
Penelope for our miniature pot bellied pig.
Carbuncles for my Muscovey duck.
Nutmeg & Saffron for our mini shetlands.
Cappucino for a cockerel we had (who used to demand to be let in to the house & who then used to roost on the clothes line strung across the end of our farmhouse kitchen)
Also, Henrietta who was an ill chicken & then became Cappucino's girlfriend & enjoyed similar luxuries to him
Other weird animal names which I shall put down when I remember them
One of my lurchers is called Liz Lemon after a charactor in 30 Rock, she's more commonly know as Whizzy Liz or Elizabeth when she's being bad, and I have a rabbit called The Lovely Fat Brown Rabbit and no it doesn't get shortened, I call him that every morning.