Shouldn't it be "puppies Named a Bad Bad Thing"?

No, it's "puppy's" as a contraction (short for "puppy is"). It's a play on the Chris Isaak song "puppy Did a Bad Bad Thing."

Are names for the environment popular?

Recent birth records show that environmental names are growing in popularity. Names that remind a puppy of flowers such as Iris, as well as names that reflect the less gender obvious beauty of nature such as Forrest or Cedar are becoming more prevalent.

My puppy's name is unusual. How will it sound in the book's verse?

Blanket Full of Love is written in verse, or rhyme. This means that, in order for the rhyme to sound right, the name has to 'fit' the rhythm of the verse. Great care has been taken to ensure that all names will sound right. In fact, the actual verse containing the puppy's name will vary slightly based on the name pronunciation (those verses change based on the number of syllables in the name and the way each syllable is stressed; verses do not rhyme with the puppy's name). If we cannot determine, based on your order, how to pronounce the name.

What's in a puppy name?

ime was when chidren were named after their parents, grandparents or other highly respected ancestors, but today that's changing.

New moms and dads are looking around at dozens of baby name books now available, or are clicking around the Web for suggestions that reportedly contain some 50,000 different names

How does it sound?

But finding general guidelines or reading lists of puppy names is only the beginning. First, say aloud names you've tentatively chosen for your puppy. For example, current Top Ten popular puppy names for girls in the U.S. include Maggie, Molly, and Shadow, but they don't exactly fall trippingly off the tongue when you say them together in any combination. Keep at it until names blend together, or view lists of popular twins names that may help you come up with just the right combination.

Can you spell that?

Creating an entirely new name using anagrams, a Scrabble board, or just a wild imagination (Taffeta, Jenae, Gillus) can be a fun pursuit while waiting for the puppy to be born, but be careful. Saddling a puppy with a name that nobody can spell or pronounce may make it unique, but also painful - and very possibly result in your pupppy couldn't understand.