I had same issue with mine. She was a strong willed, crafty one from the start.(seems to have gotten a little bit silly with age though!)

Most logical choice was Raven, although it seemed a little "out there",went with it. Figured that as she was my first working dog we would be discovering a lot about the world and ourselves together, and in Norse mythology the ravens Hugin and Munin sat on the god Odin's shoulders, and told him the news of the world.

While I'm no Odin , to this day(going on 8 years later)I can't look in her eyes and imagine her being anything else. Was right about discovering a lot of stuff together too.

Tried to come up with a variation of Hunin or Munin, no go.

Shade was a close second.


Congrats on your new freind and good luck on your decision.

Mark

I named my male yellow lab "Dually". He was a little chunk as a puppy. Now he's long and lankey like a teenager. Go figure!?

"Chick"

Try Raven. Godsdog

Well...my last Lab 3 bitches have been Brandy Duckfinder (Brandy), Dancer, and my new little pup, Sparky. The English Setter bitch is Stormy.

I think it's best, for a good handling dog/bitch, to keep the name to one or two syllables, easy to say, and nothing that rhymes with "No", "Sit", "Back", "Stay", "Over", "Fetch", or "Here".

My dogs are always trained with their name being used as the que to the command so when there's more than one dog close by, they know who's getting the command.

Here's Brandy

http://community.webshots.com/photo/14919491/69599026ezjCBE

and Dancer

http://community.webshots.com/photo/14919491/14920041GKMUkjyhZL

in action.

I know a guy with a black lab bitch and he calls her "Oprah" (his second choice was was "Whoopi")

Yes, he is rather politically incorrect...

jpb