Tag Archives: pet names

Feb 22 0 comments

Bella beats Max for six years in a row

Max ruled the top spot in the list of the top 10 most popular dog names.
But Veterinary Pet Insurance crunched the numbers on its more than 475,000 insured pets to determine 2009’s most common pet names, and Bella beat out Max by more than 400 dogs.
Max may have slipped in the polls with dog lovers, [...]

Dec 04 0 comments

Cats, Dogs

Top 10 most popular–and unusual–dog and cat names of 2008

When you can name your pet after anything from good fortune (Lucky) to food and drink (Muffin and Brandy), you would think that we would be much more original with the names we select for our pets. But, it turns out, that most people select the same names over and over again.
When my sister got [...]

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Cathy M. Rosenthal, The Pet Pundit, has been the pet columnist for the San Antonio Express-News since 2003. Her entertaining and informative weekly advice column (with an occasional essay on popular current animal issues) provides readers with insights into animal behavior. She offers solutions for the most common animal behavior problems; deals with neighbor-to-neighbor issues concerning animals; provides relationship information to keep pets and people together; and educates readers on humane pet care—hopefully keeping pets from being abandoned on the streets or local humane society.

She also authors a blog at www.mysanantonio.com called Animals Matter, and has been a contributor to Dog Fancy and Dogs USA magazines. Her articles have included such topics as, selecting dog foods; canine sports for beginners; alternative therapies for dogs; canine physical therapy; the problems with microchips; and the different ways we communicate with our pets through body language.