Oh, the random stuff that pops into my brain…. What was the name of Pavlov’s dog?
Turns out I’m not the first to wonder that. In 1992, a researcher named Tim Tully went to Russia to visit the last location where Pavlov worked and wrote an article about his search for the dogs’ names (it turns out there were at least 40).
The article includes photos of the dogs, with their names (technically, photos of the photos in an album), but only lists a few of them in the article text.
Doing a bit more searching I found a Quora article which has the full list of the dogs’ names. Some of them translate as names we might give dogs today (Buddy, Clown, Jack, and the like).
- Bierka
- Nalyot
- Golovan
- Arap
- Arleekin (Clown)
- Avgust
- Baikal
- Barbus (Big Dog)
- Box
- Chingis Kahn
- Chyorny (Black)
- Diana
- Drujok (Buddy)
- Ikar
- Iks (X)
- Jack
- Joy
- Jurka
- Krasavietz (Beauty)
- Laska (Ferret)
- Lyadi (Lady)
- Martik
- Mikah (Nice Girl)
- Milord
- Moladietz (Good Boy)
- Murashka (Cute Little Thing)
- Nord
- Norka (Mink)
- Novichok (New One)
- Pastrel (Fast One)
- Pingiel
- Rex
- Rijiy I
- Rijiy II
- Rogdi (Old Russian Prince)
- Ruslan
- Tungus
- Umnitza
- Valiet (Jack)
- Zloday (Thief)