[Quiet Man Cometh]

Yeah, there are a few rules when it comes to naming dogs. No names of famous people, no copyrighted material, and nothing that might imply certain things I imagine. Using the words "Kennel", "American (or any nationality)" or "Association" could easily get confused with many, many clubs, associations, and kennels by those names, or falsely imply that a dog is affiliated with something or other.

In Canada, you send in three options for a registered name, in teh USA you send one, and if neither of them work the club can pick one for you from what is available. If memory serves, it's trickier to get a paricular name in Canada than the USA. I believe that two dogs can have the same registered name so long as the kennel name is different.

My dog was "Laughing Full Monty," 'Laughing' being the kennel he came from.