Oh gosh! I didn't read the first post right...and started counting how many dogs OP has....whew! Glad to hear some of them are PAST....oh, you know what I mean!!!
cats: Donner and Dasher (current -- named for 8 tiny reindeer at the humane society - they had 6 brothers)
past cat: Ditzy (she was DINGY)
Had many more -- too many to remember