Pondering Puppy Names?

I've always found that picking a puppy name is one of the hardest, but most fun parts of getting a new puppy. You want the name to fit both you and the puppy, and most people want to be a little bit unique. Well, I've put together a nice big list of puppy names for male and female dogs - the links are below.

Hopefully, you've chosen which breed of dog you'll adopt based on your lifestyle and the breed's unique needs. I also hope you either rescued a dog, or bought from a reputable breeder, but in any case, and most of all, I hope you and your new house mate get along wonderfully and enjoy a long life together!

In order to be sure you and your new puppy remain happy and remain together, you need to think about puppy training and get started on it right away. Without at least a basic awareness of obedience training and house breaking, you'll be depriving your pup of the best things in a dog's life.

This site has step-by-step instructions for every dog ownership issue, but for now ... Let's find you a puppy name!

"Your choice of puppy name should be about you,
and it should be about the puppy,
and should be about the two of you together!"

I've got to say, whenever I get a new puppy, it can take me days to narrow-down my "short list" and decide. I'm very careful about choosing the perfect puppy name. A puppy's name is forever!

But, here's what I do: I look through the same databases of cool puppy names that you're about to see, I make a short list of the puppy names that seem to fit us, and after a few hours or days, the right puppy name just "sticks."

So, below you'll find links to websites that offer huge databases of female puppy names, or male puppy names. There are several links, to several different databases. That way you are sure to find one that has the style of name, and the style of search, that makes it easy for you to choose a cool puppy name.

Here's the giant list of excellent Female Puppy Names

And, if you like the "idea" behind a puppy name, but not the name itself, then of course you can use that inspiration to make up your own puppy name.

Now for the big list of cool Male Puppy Names

Feel free to start browsing those puppy name lists and make your own short list of your favorite puppy name picks!

If you are a first time puppy trainer or want to improve your skills at rearing a puppy, I strongly recommend "Secrets to Dog Training." It definitely helped me!

And don't forget to come back to this site for tons of excellent help for first time dog owners, lots of help on house training, obedience training, and puppy socialization, health care information, and more. 

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