Originally posted by RickinNYC
Lewski709, that made me laugh SO loud and hard! LOLOLOL!!!!!!
I have to admit, we've had the same dog name recognition problem as you did. Bill's name is actually Bilbo. We got him years before the Lord of the Rings ever came out and when I saw him, I said he looked like a hobbit due to his tiny legs and squat body. So Bilbo it was.
But no one seemed to know the name or ever heard of it. When I'd introduce him on the street and tell someone his name was Bilbo, they always, without fail, thought I was saying something dirty. Just replace the letter B with the letter D and you'll catch my drift.
So we slowly changed his name to Billy, than Bill. Of course, when he gets in trouble, his name then changes to Go To Your Room! (which he does. he slinks off to the kitchen and sits on his towel with a dejected look on his face and stays there until we say its ok).