<p>Well, I had thought about naming the kennels after my wife and kids since my wife and son have the first same initial for a first name, as do my twins. BUT, the result was: S&M Danes!!</p>
<p>Danes of Distinction</p>
<p>Diggity Dane, Esq. (get engraved stationery and business cards from a discount legal stationery supplier, lots of fake doggy partner names that are either humorous or the formal names of some of your dogs. I don’t know what the characteristics of great danes are, but the names could play off these characteristics and be a big hoot for dane lovers. Your puppies could be accompanied by fake contracts or certificates describing their care, with the puppy’s name in fancy calligraphy)</p>
<p>Use the scientific name for the breed</p>
<p>Model your kennel after a boarding school, university, or law school, with a latin crest with a bone insignia… lots of material to work with here… new puppies live in the “freshmen dorm”, diplomas, athletic pennants (oh this would be SO cute!), mascot, etc.</p>
<p>I’m running a 3-day workshop in late August on this sort of thing. It’s only $10,000 but worth it!</p>
<p>S&M Danes, okaaaay, we can work with that! A little black leather…</p>
<p>I am a litlle disappointed that all my quicked witted friends did not suggest that the S&M kennel name is better suited for WHIPetts, rather than Danes</p>
<p>First a little history lesson:</p>
<p>In 886 King Alfred (later called Alfred the Great) of England freed London from occupation by Danish forces under the viking Guthrun. By the resulting Treaty of Wedmore, the Danes still held territories “up the Thames, and then up the Lea… to its source, then straight to Bedford and then up the Ouse to Watling Street.” This area became known as the Danelaw, named after the body of law that prevailed there. Although soon reconquered by the English, its laws and customs remained essentially intact until after the Norman Conquest.</p>
<p>So some obscure possibilities include:
Danelaw Kennels
The Great’s Danelaw
Al & Guth’s
Up the Ouse (I’d be careful about that one)</p>
<p>Great Daneicile
Great Dane-icile
Great Daenicile</p>
<p>Hvor Kommer Kennels
Great Danish (no, that’s a bakery)
Scooby dooby Danes ??
Marma Danes
**Concerned Danes **</p>
<p>De Facto Danes (already suggested - twice!)
De Novo Danes <= ++ (already suggested)
Decedent Danes (no, not a good one)</p>
<p>Dad’s Danes</p>
<p>Or, returning to the S&M theme, Decadent Danes.</p>
<p>Danes of Iniquity</p>
<p>For combining the legal angle, I only come up with:
Crooked Danes</p>
<p>Oh well, there’s another one: </p>
<p>Danes’ Great Den or </p>
<p>Den of Danes or</p>
<p>Marmaduke’s Court.</p>
<p>The Danes of My Existence.</p>
<p>Dane Domicile.</p>
<p>Mens Rea Danes
Voir Dire Danes</p>
<p>De Facto Danes
Due Process Danes
Ducus Tacems Danes (how do you spell that term??)</p>
<p>Great Danes of the Great Plains
(not sure where you are located)</p>
<p>Dane & Dane, Canines at Law</p>
<p>Pastry Danes?</p>
<p>I’ll give it a shot…
de lege lata danes
prima facie danes
deposed danes
eminent danes
patent danes
executor danes</p>
<p>MelanCollie Danes? (sorry, Shakespeare)</p>
<p>Habeas Corpaws?</p>
<p>Since you raise show dogs, how about “Approachthebench Danes” ? A little too long, though.</p>
<p>Gosh Dane It!</p>
<p>Get Off My Dane Foot!</p>
<p>Danes-in-law</p>