Growing up we had many dogs throughout the years:
a alaskan husky named Kodiak we called her Kodie
3 dashunds - Peanut, Muffin and Claudia
a mutt - Bandit (a very fitting name)
a chow-chow - Shang
Now as a mom we had/have:
a black lab mix - Sierra Mist (Yep, thanks to a four year old) She was only with us for three weeks as she had distemper and they had to put her down. She was in a coma. My kid's first experience with a dog and death.

It was extremely sad.
We now have a great healthy puppy whose a collie/shepard mix called The Sand Dog aka Sandy. She loves sand what can we say?

Great dog, very kind and patient with Trouble, I mean Thomas our 2 1/2 yr old.
BTW our cat is Marcipan, trust me it fits her. We also call her la gata pequena con la boca grande. Otherwise known as the little cat with the big mouth.
We also had a cross dressing male beta fish whose name was Dorothy. Again thanks to a three year old. It was his fish, but sadly after 3 years it decided to go back to sea.
Sorry off-topic, I do love this thread.