Choosing the right breed of canine for your family is a matter of great concern as adopting a pet dog is not simply an entertainment but it also has responsibilities attached. You should take certain factors in account when you are choosing a puppy like the space of your living place, your locality, your family size, compatibility of the your favorite breed along with the unchangeable circumstances and the kind of dog behaviour, dog feeding, dog health care, training and dog grooming that would be required and that you are willing to give. 

While choosing pet names for dogs you should keep in mind it's traits. Also, you need to think as to what would be easy for you to call him. Choose a name you find adorable and which would sound good  when repeated because the way you call your dog has an impact on your bonding. You can use popular pet names for dogs like Austin, Buddy, Bailey, Blackie, Bella, Boris, Butterscotch, Brandy, Buffy, Charlie, Clyde, Diana, Dusty, Dylan, Dean, Ditto, Eddie, Frankie, Fatty, Fred, George, Goldie, Ginger, Harmony, Kipper, Kira, Lilith, Luka, Louie, Major,  Max, Marcus, Maverick, Niña, Natasha, Nicknack, Nipsey, Otter, Oscar, Penny, Percy, Peanut, Potter, Pumpkin, Punk, Risky, Rusty, Snuggles, Sammy, Sebastian, Seth, Shadow, Smokey, Snuffy, Sprite, Suzie-Q, Tom, Trinity, Trista, Trump, Tukki, Woopy, Wyatt, Zoltan and Zeta.

The choice of the pet name for dogs should be according to the nature of your dog and your attitude towards him. They are mute and do not have a communication system apart from responding to the love that you show. All your communicating efforts should try to minimize the gap between your communication system and hence how you choose to bond with your pet is quite important. The dog accessories can also be designed keeping the name of your pet in mind. Dog lovers have a tendency to give cute names to their pets. Various varieties of dogs like hunter dogs, small dogs, poodle and even the wild dogs can be given name according to their main traits.