Well, the stars were aligned on this one, folks. Many things seemed to point to me getting this girl, and the deal was sealed this morning. I took Taco and Maggie to the Humane Society to meet her. Taking them on a longish ride is not a good thing. Taking them anywhere unfamiliar, noisey, doggy, etc. is bad. They are not really socialized much, and the idea of putting them in a small room with another dog...well...yikes! They don't fight, they just don't like it. I was walking in with them thinking "this is going to be a disaster". They were amazing. I will add details later, but for now, need suggestions on a name.

Her given name is "Cupcake". Yecchhh!!!! I will link pics below, although they don't capture her true look. She has a funny/sweet looking little face head on, which I couldn't really get a shot of. So far, I have come up with Lucy, Abby, and Tixie. I am open to more suggestions :)

She makes me think of a movie star.

"I'm ready for my close-up, Mr DeMille."

maybe a "glamourous" name, like Ava, Myrna, Grace.

You say you enjoy gardening. Your DR is your favorite room and it's a beautiful shade of red...like a rose.

She is beautiful. I'm so glad Taco and Maggie liked her. Sounds like she has a good life ahead of her with your family.

Tess

Cleo

(I cheated, though -- I looked up GSDs on Petfinder to see some names I liked from the listing that came up for my area! Perhaps you might try that method to discover some interesting/fitting name ideas for your new girl!)

Congratulations, I can't wait to hear more about her :-)

We debate the name for a coupla weeks. We give the dog a monniker that matches its personality.

FX, our Border X "Joker" is always smiling on the outside but ready to chew and cause trouble on the inside, like the Joker in Batman.

Lesse - a wise female Border X -
Athena
Hera
Zoe (life)

Dog name sites:
Names and their meaning in foreign languages
http://www.petnamesworld.com/

names searchable by personality:
http://www.dog-names.us/

Searchable names, including famous people. Why not name her after a favorite Aunt?
http://www.doggynames.com/

Here is a site that has 200,000 dogs. The page lists the top 10 names for males and females. If you want an unusual name, search the site and see how few returns you get.

I like Cleo(patra) or Sophia.

Consideration:
Maggie: "eee" sound at end
Taco: "ohh" sound at end

Go for a different end sound and start sound.
We have a Maggie too... and she comes running when we call Monte -the cat ! The sounds are too similar.

Try different sounds eg:
Gemma
Koda
Raven (great with her black colouring!)

Em

Our "main man" while the kids were growing up was a black german shepherd, one of the most affectionate dogs I have ever had. He was named Diesel which is a German last name.

here is a site I look at everyday and you can go back and look at previous months and see the dogs with their names.

www.dogoftheday.com

I wish I could get some better pictures of her - she really IS funny looking, despite the pretty face. Her head is too big for her body, her tail curls off at an odd angle to one side, and she is bowlegged in the back! So although I like some of the glam names, they really don't fit this odd looking dog with the pretty face.

Koala - I agree about a different sounding name. I considered Molly, but that's an M sound. I really like Abby, but that sounds too much like Maggie.

So far, here are the contenders: (you will notice a trend of a long 'e' sound at the end ;)

Lucy
Tia
Annie
Macy
Callie
Cricket
Sophie
Rosie
Gracie
Shelby
Tixie
Schatzi
Jolie
Greta
Piper
Snickers

Still browsing the pet name sites....

I like funny lookin' dogs too. That's why I like the Shar Pei - well, some people would call them "ugly-lookin'" not funny looking.

vicky

One of the techs at our veterinarian's office named her dog Audrey Hepburn. I don't recommend it, exactly, but I thought it was fun.

I would try to find out what she likes. When I acquired a lab mix named Donna, I wanted to change her name but couldn't come up with one. Out on a walk, I suddenly thought of "Holly." When I spoke it aloud, she reacted with excited joy. Holly she stayed.

Susan

Dietrich (Marlene seems too long and maybe too close to Maggie), maybe shortened to Dede or Dietz or Deeter etc

Greta

Hedy

Now, Hedy might be a good choice since her head's big, LOL. All of those are Germanish names, too.

Schuyler (pronounced Skyler)
Reagan
Remy

luvdogs, I think shepherd mixes are overlooked because of their usual large size, but she is really quite small, you can't tell in the photos. I think she was not adopted because of the 'not housebroken' part. But -- so far, she appears to be fine with that. I did not crate her last night, because she never even looked like she wanted to 'go' in the house, and did her stuff outside with the others. She was fine, although she did find a sponge and tear it up. She slept on the floor right next to me, although at least once she did get in the crate.

Susan, that is a good idea. I'll narrow my list and try them out on her.

seeking, Greta is on the list :)

BTW, walking was definitely a challenge. They are ok if just proceeding forward, but when the sniffing begins, having three leashes crossing over and around is a mess. Then a couple with a dog walked by, and it was a pull fest. I'm going to walk her separately for awhile. Taco and Maggie will be in their old routine, and I can train her how to walk politely when there are other dogs. Taco and Maggie are bad about that, and I don't need them teaching her their bad habits.

I have no ideas on names, except that I wish someone would take the name of that I would have given my girl baby if I could stand children- Leia Marie.

But I do have a suggestion for the walks- get a coupler! They have saved my arms. I walk 3-4 dogs on one leash, and using short couplers means minimal tangling. Mine are 12 inches, you can get longer ones but you incease the risk of knotting dogs together.

Sally

Whatever you pick, have fun with your new girl!!

Debbie

Summer

Tara
Kayla

Or
Kismet (means destiny, fate, chance sort of like 'meant to be')

Em

It's so hard... my husband and I went back and forth for weeks before discovering our pup's name.

First name that came to me, was Demi like (Demi Moore.)

Then reading (she really IS funny looking, despite the pretty face. Her head is too big for her body, her tail curls off at an odd angle to one side, and she is bowlegged in the back!)
I thought Western, like Western Movies! I came up with "Annie" like the movie Annie Oakley 1935.
Then I came across Tumbleweed, from the 1925 movie Tumbleweeds. Yes, your name is in there! LOL
Then futher investigation came, My Darling Clementine 1946, Darling or Clementine!

I also thought of "Jane" like Jane Fonda.

I do think Maggie, Taco and Annie go together. As far as the sound goes.

You sure do have your Hands Full, but isn't it GREAT? LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!

Later, I came home with some Taco Bell and went around the far side of the table to sit down. I have my couch pushed up against the other side of the table, because my family room floor is being replaced. She flew up onto/over the couch and halfway on to the table, scratching the wood in the process. Oh, and she peed on my rug. Not the carpet that I don't care about...the $1,000 rug.

Perhaps I should call her Satan.

Silly

But ya still love her, don't you?

Today she is obedient,can be taken anywhere,waits for an OK to eat,no longer steals food and has cut way back on the fence leaping. It's not agression, she's just hypersocial, but try telling that to the people on the other side of the fence.:0)

We cannot imagine our household without her. She'll be 3 in November and is maturing into a wonderful lady. (She'll still nip you on the butt if you ignore her too long though)LOL

So I think this girl will steal your heart and all will be fine. She looks like a keeper to me.

I'm reminded of our mix we got off death row at the pound. Perfectly behaved at first, then an absolute wild thing. The worst was when she ate the bathroom: drywall, insulation, molding, carpet, towels, cabinet doors. Twice. We'd named her Lucy. I started to think it was short for Lucifer.

She's still here, and still pretty hyper, more than 10 years later. Best dog ever. Though she did need a lot of training...

Good luck.

monablair, I think I will like her better when she is trained. The only thing she knows how to do is sit and walk fairly well on a leash. I was able to teach her she does not get to sleep on the bed though. Taco and Maggie do, but 3 is just too much. She hopped up last night, and I put her on the floor. She hopped up again, and I put her back on the floor, where she stayed. I know she gets up there while I am gone, but at least she knows her sleeping place is on the floor.

she bit people on the butt(gently)to get their attention.

LOL!!! That is hilarious!

kat123, yes, her face is really pretty, especially her eyes.

celtic, I think once I take her to obedience she is going to be a good dog. She is not awful, most of the time she is quite calm. She was just never trained much, and spent all of her time outside.

Today's name list, in no particular order, (I change my mind daily):

Macey
Sophie
Roxy
Lucy
Zoey
Katie

And I think she'll make you a wonderful pet. She just has a little learning to do. Not her fault, right?

That when she's naughty you can call her Lucifer!
Plus like Charlie's Angel star- Lucy Lu
Em LOL! : )

I left for one hour, and when I came home there was pee on the carpet, papers shredded on the floor, and 3 of my mini blinds damaged :( Two will have to be replaced. It was pure luck that she didn't knock the china doodads off of the end table. Well, she did knock one off but it ended up in the windowsill.

I don't understand how she can go all night withoug peeing, and then all day, (I was gone for 6 hours earlier), then go when I'm gone for an hour.

I know I need a crate. The big problem is that my neighbor lets them out midday, and I don't know that I can expect him to shove her back in the crate afterwards. Even with tempting treats, she really fights getting in, then goes postal in there. I guess I may not have a choice :(

I still like Cupcake. Maybe she's rebelling over the name change. *lol*

My vote is for 'Roxie', it's dramatic and it sounds like she is too!

girlwithaspirin - DUH! I didn't think about feeding her in there too. I feed raw, and although the first day or so she was confused about it, she loves it now.

She was good last night. No accidents, and she slept on the floor in a dog bed next to me.

CindyB dies laughing, remembering Miss Beezley (from 'Family Affair')...on the other hand, that would be a great name!

Cute girl!

I have 2 one year old rescues. They're fun, they're destructive but I know one day they'll be great dogs.

She's pretty, she's wild. She'll be a great dog one day.

She's a very pretty girl. I don't know if your "favorites" have changed but I vote for Roxy. I think it goes well with Maggie and Taco. With a little training and time she will settle into your family well. Isn't it a great feeling to rescue, we saved our Siamese cat who was 6 at the time and I felt much better about that than buying one from a breeder. And my Tasha is a love. Enjoy! Things will get better.

Iris

Sorry to hear about your troubles with her. I hope you have some Nature's Miracle or Simple Solution. It really will save your rug. I was lucky with Casey Jones in that he did not pee inside. He did get into EVERYTHING, though. We ended up with a shock mat in front of the garbage pull-out in order to keep the garbage safe. Nothing could stay on the counters, either. I did get a counter-edge shock mat to use in case we had to leave something out. It worked fine. You may have to put up the knick-knacks until she settles down. We had to put up the kleenex box and anything else that we wanted to keep.

Best wishes for a quick adjustment!

Getting her used to a crate is one of the nicest things you can do for her and for yourself. She'll feel safe, it'll keep her out of trouble when you're gone, it'll help with housetraining, and if she ever has to be confined or kept quiet for convalescence, she'll already be comfortable with it. Once she's used to it, she'll be happy to go in there if she gets a little treat on the way in. My dogs have the hard plastic kind because they can't chew it up and it's like a little den.

Peppi

I feel terrible about it, just awful. There were a few factors, but the main thing was that Maggie would simply not accept her. I followed the advice from the shelter about how to deal with them getting along, to no avail. Maggie snapped at her a LOT, and both Maggie and Taco were obviously distressed. They were just not themselves, as if they were stressed out all the time. I won't go into everything here, but it just didn't work out for any of us :(

I wrote a letter to the shelter about what she needed out of an adoptive family. I am hopeful that she will find a good home.

Silly