I’m getting a puppy this week. The proposed name is cookie. What to do?

To be fair, food is their #1 priority for most of their life. Also, Potato is a great name for a dog (especially a rotund one).

nobody else in this thread are giving pet photos >:(

People do this with guinea pigs because it's cute, but I find it offensive.

I'm kidding really, but it strikes me as rude to name a pet which just about everything eats after food.

Our pigs are Daisy

and Rose

In the shelter, they were called Butterscotch and Candy Corn.

It's better than naming them people names. The dogs on my block are Kevin, Tony, Doug and Jeff.

Mine was named "Georgia"

I renamed her to "Sunshine" officially in the microchip registry

But everyone in my house just call her 貓貓 (maau maau)

I didn't know it was a trend, we have a Pickles and a Tofu, both cats. Here is one of our not food named animals, Bella.

My chicken, Sesame, would like a word with you.

I think it's an easy naming scheme when you have a litter of puppies to try and adopt out.

Sorry... The puppy bowl?

I had a pig named Porkchop.

She had great taste.

People tend to name their animals whatever they want

Idk. I personally started doing it back in middle school around the 2000s as a joke, but I kept the tread going as a way to remember my pets that have passed.

Keep in mind, that is in no way representative of actual pet names. Very likely not even those specific pets actual names...

The names were likely chosen by marketing folks.

It's been around for quite a while. Just a generic cutesy thing, I guess.

I couldn't tell you how many "Waffles"es I've met or known of. Pancake is another popular one. I've known a Cornbread, a Brisket, a Tater, a Porkchop, two Tacos (both fat orange cats)....

A more recent trend seems to be naming pets after Japanese foods. Mochi, Miso, Udon, Soba.... Or maybe it's more of an East Asian food thing because I've also known a Wonton, Sesame, Bamboo, Noodle(s). Gohan (Japanese again and may or may not be a food reference).

I never had a food-named pet until recently. My latest cat is named Triscuit.