Okay.. so it seems many problems arise from the naming system. This thread is Not to start fights, bicker, or point fingers and become enraged. Let's keep this civilized and productive.

Over-arching problem: The cost to re-name a pet is very expensive, thus dropping the re-sale value of pets, making adoption an iffy endeavor, and breeding lineages and stables a mess. My proposition is to change the naming system.

Personally I would like to see a system where we can rename pets whenever for a fee, and the first time we re-name a pet, or it is nameless, it is free. Similar to sites like Aywas and a few others I can't recall. I move to be rid of the Amnesia potion which costs an expensive 10 gold.

Naming is not unique to the Pet's identification. I can name all my unicorns Bob if I liked (*hmm good idea*).

The Pound
Okay a lot of people are taking issue with the pound. It seems one of the biggest issues is the fact that pets from the pound cannot be renamed (among others, but that is a whole 'nother thread). Many people name pets "bad stats/genes" or "mixed genes". Some people like myself, love this. While some people may see these pets as treasures, but are stuck with this name. Since name and skin are the only thing we can see from the pound how about make names changeable. Or make all pets in the pound sport the "Nameless" title when they are submitted, or automatically as they are adopted.

I know some people fear this will lead to "shopping" (Once again, that is another thread), or to people sticking pets in to avoid paying a fee to rename them. With lots of pets in the pound it would be a feat indeed if someone did that since there is no way to search, you'd be refreshing for hours.

See this thread for more: http://beastkeeper.com/thread/2735

Cave/Lineage Clutter :

On websites like Wajas, back when I used to play, I had lots of breeding projects. One of the ways I would sort them out is by putting prefixes in the pets names. We have the ability to make groups, but sometimes a pet may fulfill multiple breeding projects and it becomes hard to sort it all out.

Lineages also are cluttered with a million "namelesses" and since most skins aren't unique it can be a pain to trace.

People have suggested not letting pets breed until they are named, similar to Flight Rising...

I for one like to have purposeful names (My Stable of gryphons has a "Nordic Mythology" theme). And sometimes it takes time to think of a name. Or perhaps I plan on selling that pet and don't want to hurt the resale value... And like I said earlier, some people like descriptive names, or prefixes that denote group or convey information so you don't have to open the pets page and have a new active pet (We've all done it).

It is a good suggestion, because it really would get rid of the amount of nameless pets.. but I feel it hurts resale value and some people may not want to name their pets just yet.

And now I'm about to look pretty stupid because I lost my train of thought... Feel free to add suggestions and critiques. :)