Nickname List for this Litter

I nickname the puppies when they are born.  

One, it gives the new owners ideas how to come up with a "F" for the beginning alphabet and the puppies will answer to their names by 6-7 wks old.  

also, naming a puppy for the new families is an important task

First following are naming guidelines, please consider a good name for your puppy, and then in order of birth the puppies will be named the names below.

ABOUT DOG NAMES:

A HISTORIC REVIEW...

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Humans have named their dogs with unique and cute names since dogs have been domesticated.  

We  know many dog names from Egyptian sources from thousands of years ago, like "The Brave One", "Reliable" and others, decribing the nature of a dog. Other names referred to the dog´s colour, like "Blackie" "CreamPuff."

THE RIGHT DOG NAME:

Seaching for names for dogs is one of the first things new puppy owners will be doing. 

If you are in the process of searching for cute dog names, several considerations should be made.

Dog's name should not sound similar to any command you will use (sit, stay, fetch, etc.)

Please read Puppy Comes Home housetraining and naming article at http://www.tiarapoodles.com/puppy_comes_home.htm   

A name beginning with an S will often cause puppies to be submissive when the name is used and around the people that say their name that has a "SS" sound.  A result of this can be the squat and pee when you first come home and say their name and they are excited and then you SSSS to them by saying their new name.  So, try not to name pups with a S, SH or soft CH sound. ... example:  "Sadie" come.  Sadie looks at you and says, well they do feed me and love me, but that sound ... hmm?!  I see it at dog training, someone will be having a problem getting their doggie to come with them or being overly shy, "I call them and he just turns and runs the other way"  ... proof of names that are a bad choice as ... "Chanel"  "Sadie"  "Florence"... it's anywhere in the name.  

I also say no swear words as names.

Watch "Cesar Milan's "Dog Whisperer," Cesar will make a chss chss or sss sound to get the dog to stop a behavior, please note that's a dog's instinct to stay away from the sounds of 'ch' and 'sss' and "sh"

I nickname the puppies while they are with us to give people ideas to come up with their own names that don't start or have the 'sss' 'ch' or 'sh' sound anywhere in the name.  There's many lists of dog and baby names to choose from, I search for months before picking out a nickname for our puppies.  I have no problem with people keeping their names or using another litter's or siblings name either.  

Please keep to the litter's alphabet Letter, it's so much fun when we have puppy gatherings to have each litter with their alphabet names, we do this for the puppies we get from other breeders and with the puppies we keep from our own litters.  

... and here's the top ten boys and girls "French" nicknames

this is the "F" litter of 2011

Boys:

Florian

Finn

Fabien

Franklin

Freman

Fleming

Franck

Fabio

Falken

Frankie

Girls

Fifi

Fae

Fanny

Finola

Flora

Fran

Femi

Fanetta

Frederique

Fantine

The entire birth record will be on this blog
there's a lot going on as the puppies whelp, I've found it's a perfect way to record the birth as they arrive.  I send an email to the reservation list and then send an email after we get organized to announce the new litter and put it on facebook as well.