Dog Names Meaning Beauty

Several names that are related to beauty or beautiful things can be found in popular culture. Jimmy Stewart and his wife, for example, chose names related to beauty for some of their many canines. Jimmy’s wife, Gloria, had a German Shepherd named Bello when they first got married, and it was Jimmy’s bond with a disobedient but lively dog named Beau that led him to write a touching poem after his death. It was this poem, entitled “I’ll Always Love a Dog Named Beau” that he read on the Johnny Carson show on July 28, 1981, causing the audience and Johnny to both laugh along with him and tear up at the end.

 Tabitha, a white Bichon-Poodle in Kansas City disappeared in 2015 when her owner Alfred Schafer, a man with Alzheimer’s, wandered out of the house in a state of confusion. Alfred’s wife located her husband but Tabitha had vanished. The couple diligently searched for their little dog, but it was Tabitha who managed to get herself found and brought home. Tabitha had been rescued by a family who were trying to locate the dog’s owners but had so far been unsuccessful. When a news article about the missing dog came on television Tabitha recognized the Schafers and responded with excitement, prompting the rescuer to contact her family and reunite them.  

Another dog with a beautiful name, Belle, a seventeen-pound beagle from Ocoee, FL became a hero in 2006 when she saved the life of her owner, Kevin Weaver. Keven had originally acquired the small dog as a pet after seeing that she had been returned to the pet store in his neighborhood two times by dissatisfied buyers. Shortly after she came home with him, his diabetes worsened and he began to have seizures, prompting a friendly suggestion to train Belle as a service dog, to detect when his blood sugar dropped. He got Belle that training, and on February 7, 2006, it saved his life. That morning Belle tried to alert Kevin to his lowered blood sugar, but he had a seizure before he was able to correct the situation, fortunately, Belle knew just what to do and she immediately put her training into action. She pulled the cell phone out of Kevin’s pocket and bit down on the number nine, prompting the phone to dial 911 and summoning help. For her efforts, Belle was the first canine recipient of the VITA Wireless Samaritan Award.