These are Australia’s favourite pet names – is yours on the list?

Pets’ names tend to say more about the owners than the animal-babies themselves – I know two Rottweilers called Bundy and Coke, and a Dachshund called Indiana Bones. Then there’s Thundercat the enormous British blue whose owner is a huge fan of 1960s sci-fi puppetry. But overall, Australians tend to stick to human names for their dogs and, to a lesser extent, cats, as revealed by Medibank Pet Insurance statistics released this week. According to RedBook, giving a pet a human name means you’re likely to be on of the 74 per cent of people who believe their fur baby is more than just a pet, to be treated like a member of the family. Based on the insurer’s members, the top 10 dog names in Australia are: