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Bec is a great name! lol

So is Lew Lew, lol. Or perhaps Lulu xxx

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I used to have a collie called Keela

Oh a white shepherd how lovely. Mine is sable she is Elsa ( had feet like a lion) my last one was Beauty. A nice name one had at training was SKY thought that was nice. Cloud comes to mind. Germaine x

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What about Breagha, pronounced 'Bria', Scottish Gaelic for lovely. Jane

Many thanks everyone for all your wonderful suggestions! And the winner is... ... ... Tilly! So special thanks to Em and Lara who both suggested that. It's short for Matilda, with its obvious Aussie associations, also Matilda is Old German (therefore apt for a German Shepherd!). The name means Battle Maiden, or Strength. Not too butch or scary-sounding, but not sissy either. So Tilly it is!! Anyway she's been good as gold so far, hasn't wrecked the garden yet, didn't howl too much last night so has got used to sleeping on her own already. Just built her a little paddling pool as it's HOT here today. I think that she's going to be a water dog! Off to the vet's on Wednesday for her vaccination shots, then puppy school and walkies as soon as possible thereafter! I might not be on the boards as much in the next few weeks, as I think that she'll be quite demanding on my time!! Cheers everyone, Richard

Aw how cute is that!! HELLO TILLY! Welcome to daddy's world!! xx

All my mums cats (she's had over 20 over the years) have been named after 'famous' (tv, book, and film) vampires. Including : Blue (after Sonia Blue - sunglasses after dark), Akasha and mekare, louis, marius,lestat...etc. we have a cat named Bagpuss - 15 years old now, and still going strong. Dogs names are a bit more dificult. However, each one of mums dogs has been named afterfamous people - Had a dog named (I can't believe I am actually going to admit this)... Oscar vittorio biscuit stud-muffin. The oscar was for Oscar Wilde. Our dog now is named Lily Lillian- after the Jersey Lily (lillie langtry), and Lillian Gish. I also like the name of the dog from the series 'Due South'... Deefenbaker. Though my family used to call the dog 'Deefourbarker'. (deefour = d4 = d for dog, barker is self-explanatory). This from the family who also wanted to name the cat ceefor. ( 'c' for cat). Oh, the shame *lol* Oh, and my nans dog was 'christened' in a pub with gin... so her name was Ginny.

Tilly - very cute :) My hubby said we could name our dog anything we wanted to... just remembering that we had to call this name out loud in a public place (when walking the doggie). So, never had a dog named 'fluffykins' or 'softiewoftie' or 'cuddlywuddly'. lol

That is nice Richard. Have fun with you new family member. Germaine x

hello tilly this is aunty lara at yarrawonga and billy says woooffff its a lovely name and rolls off the tongue well and when she is to be formally introduced it can be Miss Tilly of Perth, very nice good one richard love for you to put some pics of her onthe aussie surnames site when you can tell her billie has a cousin who is gorgeous in queensland too and he is Sampson my grandchild theonly one I'm ever likely to have from this daughter so she says, he is a long haired golden retreiver and quite handsome too , love lara