Being a dog-friendly office, we had had quite a lot of Poppy time at work over the last couple of weeks much to everyone’s delight. I notice she has a ritual when we arrive in the mornings: a quick scoot around the desks and offices to check out who's in the house and (no doubt) who has left a tasty morsel in their rubbish bin. Then it's laying in wait for each person to arrive whereby they are greeted with a lashing tail and bum wiggle with the expectation of a pat and a cuddle. From there, Friday's pie day so there are sad brown eyes and chins on knees everywhere trying to scab a tiny morsel of pie crust. If I can’t find Poppy in my office she is generally trying to score a titbit or has managed to find a sunny spot by a window - uncanny how they manage to do that.

Anyhow, from the Jimbo's "Only in America" file, this month we have the awards for the Wackiest Cat and Dog Names for 2016. I have always chosen fairly simple pet names on the basis that going outside at night to call your pet shouldn’t sound like a rendition of an aria by a drunken sailor but… we are talking America here.

3 Wackiest Dog Names of 2016
1. McLoven the Stud Muffin
2. Kanye Westie
3. Angus Von Wigglebottom

3 Wackiest Cat Names of 2016
1. Agent Jack Meower
2. Shakespurr
3. Meowmadeus

Photos and background stories of the winners and the top 10 nominees, along with the full list of the 50 wackiest dog and cat names, are available at the organiser's website. We are certain that kiwis can be just as creative with their pet names - read on to learn about our own Wackiest Pet Names competition!