A: First, the call name of the dog can be ANYTHING.  You can call your dog Booger for all I care.

NAVHDA rules are the litter must be registered as a litter, and the kennel name must appear first or last in order for me to qualify for certain awards.  Marshfield Kennel is a NAVHDA registered kennel for German Shorthaired Pointers and Pointers.  By listing the kennel name first, all Marshfield dogs will appear together in test results booklets.  Both you and I can easily find how the Marshfield dogs do in NAVHDA testing.

NAVHDA rules are the dog’s name must not be longer than 30 letters punctuation and spaces.

There is a tradition that all the dogs from the first litter of a kennel start with A, second start with B, and so on.  This puts litter mates together on alphabetical lists.  You’ll be able to see how your dog’s littermates perform.  There will be no question about whether or not another Marshfield dog is a littermate to yours.  It will help me because I will be able to see “B” and know that’s Luke x Dove or "C" and know it's Berkley x Dove.

I’ve typed tens of thousands of dog names into my computer database.  I have developed some prejudices about what makes a good dog name.  Some folks are way too creative, others aren’t creative enough.  One source of good dog names that I think anyone can pick from are the gods, heroes and villains of mythology and history.  I don’t care if the name comes from the ancient Mediterranean civilizations, or the country of your ancestors.  Look at www.pantheon.org for a good reference.

It might seem a bit odd at first, but I think you’ll appreciate the cohesive naming system I’ve outlined.  You are buying a name brand dog; a “Marshfield Model B.”  Having named the first 13 dogs with this method, the folks really had a good time naming their dogs.  The names are creative and really reflect the owners well.

That being said, I’m willing to work with you to make you happy, particularly if you have a kennel name of your own to work in.

To summarize, I’ll use the name I selected:
Marshfield’s Aoide – “Diva”
(Kennel Name) (Dog Name) – (“Call name”)

Aoide is the Greek muse of song.  I can’t even pronounce Aoide.  Diva is a play on Dove’s name, is Latin for goddess, is used to describe female singers, and implies that their bad behavior is tolerated because of their talent.