REGALWISE SHEPHERDS

Naming your Regalwise German Shepherd puppy

Most well established breeders require that their puppies be registered using their kennel name in the puppy's name. Some also use a naming convention of some sort for each litter.  It seems that all German breeders do this, I think it may be required in their country. 

My puppies must start their registered name with Regalwise and I assign a letter of the alphabet to each litter.  The puppy must have a second name starting with that letter.  You can also add a third or fourth name on the AKC registration application if it fits. There are 28 blanks for letters and spaces on the application form.

Here's an example of a 'K' litter name for a male who I had hoped would be a great stud dog and produce clones of himself, he was also the lone male in the litter: "Regalwise Klone Ranger",  call name 'Ranger'.

Of course the puppy's call name can be anything you like and may be totally unrelated to their registered name. It's kind of fun when you come up with a call name that reflects the registered name in some way however. For example, Here is a male puppy from the "S" litter:  registered name "Regalwise Stormy Night", call name "Thunder". 

Here's a tip: The middle name doesn't have to be a 'name' but can be a word that describes the dog or that modifies the third name. For example:  for a 'T' litter registered name "Regalwise Terrific Tornado", call name 'Windy'.

Another tip for difficult letters like X.  Almost any word that starts with ex- can be abbreviated as X-.  Like X-Calibur, X-travagant, X-cetera.  "Y" words can also be abbreviated as Y-Not, Y's Guy, Y-lee Coyote.     

Here are some links to a few sites with lists of names.

http://bowwow.com.au/search/index.asp

Names at Pet-net 

German Names For Dogs

2000 names for your puppy

11,253 German Names  

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