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Chew Barka’s name refers to the apricot toy poodle’s main activities during his trial overnight with eventual owners Michele and Peter Manzelli III. Chew Barka and cat Pico de Gato topped Veterinary Pet Insurance’s 2012 lists of the wackiest dog and cat names.<\/strong><\/address>\n
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For the fourth year in a row, Veterinary Pet Insurance<\/a> scoured their pet database of more than 485,000 animals for the wackiest-named cats and dogs around. Meet the pets who inspired these madcap monikers, and the creative owners who came up with them.<\/p>\n

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Once their younger child turned 5 and was off to school, Michele and Peter Manzelli III were feeling a bit lonely. They decided against trying for a third child; instead, despite Peter\u2019s allergies, the Chelmsford, Mass., couple decided a dog might just fill the void. So they brought home an apricot toy poodle (a hypoallergenic breed) for a trial sleepover in 2010.<\/p>\n

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Unsure if they would keep the 6-week-old, 2-pound pup, they weren\u2019t thinking of names quite yet. But his feisty antics, combined with their son Peter\u2019s love of \u201cStar Wars\u201d (he wanted his sister, Gianna, to be named Yoda) led to the pooch\u2019s unusual name.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAll he did was chew at things and bark at everybody,\u201d Michele told TODAY.com.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe started calling him \u2018Hey, Chew,\u2019 \u2018Hey Bark,\u2019 because that\u2019s all he was doing,\u201d Peter recalled. \u201cWe all looked at each other and said \u2018Chew Barka \u2014 that\u2019s a perfect name for him.\u2019\u201d The little puppy was therefore named after Chewbacca, the huge, furry Wookiee warrior, and despite sinking his teeth into all of Michele\u2019s flip-flops and gnawing on the area rugs, he was in the Manzelli home to stay.<\/p>\n

\u201cOf course everybody fell in love with him,\u201d Michele said, adding that her husband is doing fine with the help of daily allergy medication. \u201cAfter one night, we couldn\u2019t give him back.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though her now 12-year-old son and husband are the \u201cStar Wars\u201d fans, it was Michele who concocted the dog\u2019s name. Her creativity earned Chew Barka the top spot on Veterinary Pet Insurance Co.\u2019s 2012 list of wackiest dog names.<\/a><\/p>\n

The Manzellis get a great reaction to it. \u201cThey love it because he\u2019s so little,\u201d Michele said. \u201cHe\u2019s furry all over, but he\u2019s not ferocious-looking. He\u2019s very-timid looking.\u201d<\/p>\n

These days, Chewy, as he\u2019s called, doesn\u2019t bite the Manzellis’ belongings as much. But he still makes a lot of noise. \u201cHe\u2019s a good protector,\u201d Michele told TODAY.com. \u201cHe barks at everybody who walks by.\u201d<\/p>\n

And Michele, who works part-time from home, and Peter, who also works at home sometimes, aren\u2019t feeling quite so alone, especially when Chewy snuggles with them at night.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s just like a heat-seeker,\u201d she said. \u201cHe loves to cuddle up.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The scientific wordplay that led to the names of Vince and Caroline Rye\u2019s two cats leaves many people scratching their heads.<\/p>\n

When the San Diego couple brought home their first cat about four years ago, Vince, a physicist, had the idea for the name Mu. It was a combination of the scientific symbol Mu, meaning micro, and the little kitty\u2019s meowing.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe thought it would be funny, and when we were trying to think of names, he\u2019s like, \u2018I\u2019ve got a name that\u2019d be pretty ironic,\u2019\u201d Caroline explained. \u201cHe has a sarcastic science sense of humor.\u201d<\/p>\n

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But the name worked. \u201cIt\u2019s was very fitting and he still meows a lot today,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

About a year later, the family brought home another kitten. \u201cSince he was a little baby at the time, we were trying to think of things that were smaller than ‘micro’ or Mu, so we were playing with different words and Pico came up,\u201d Caroline explained. \u201cWe were trying to think of something to go with it.\u201d<\/p>\n

So they drew on several elements from their lives. The couple often call cats \u201cgatos,\u201d Spanish for cat, and they love Mexican food, with Rye often making homemade pico de gallo.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were thinking ‘pico’ is smaller than ‘micro,’ and if we\u2019re going the scientific route, since we always call our cats \u2018gatos,\u2019 pico, gato \u2014 it just kind of went together,\u201d Caroline said. The name \u201cPico de Gato\u201d was born, and now it sits atop VPI\u2019s 2012 list of wackiest cat names<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fittingly for a pet with a food-inspired name, Pico is fond of human food. He begs for cheese and has enjoyed grilled steak burritos, Caroline said. \u201cHe goes crazy for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The cat even found his way into a box of doughnuts. \u201cHe had a doughnut in his mouth like \u2018this is mine,\u2019\u201d Caroline recalled.<\/p>\n

But despite the cats\u2019 names, they\u2019re mini no more. Caroline told TODAY.com that Pico now weighs about 18 pounds, surpassing the once-micro Mu by a pound or two. The big kitties better stay spry, as the Ryes’ 9-month-old daughter, Caitlin, is on the move. \u201cShe squeals when she chases them,\u201d Caroline said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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