Naming Names

There's an article on SF Gate about the names people give their pets. The author seems surprised that so many folks give their dogs "people" names. No big deal, really. My first dog was Sally, and that was a long, long time ago. There was mention in the article of a cat named Drums Along the Mohawk, which is pretty spectacular. Do you think the owners called him by his full name when they were trying to get him in the house at night?
We have a lot of animals and most of them have people names (only the red hens are named Henny Penny and Chicken Little). And the dogs, who are after all members of our family, have carefully chosen names. The Border Terriers are Dirty Harry, his son Gillie, and his daughter Siuna. And the old Labrador is Myfanwy. She used to be Fanny, but when we moved to Australia it became apparent that that name was not going to be called for our neighbors to hear. We used to have a mastiff named Willie, so we were fully equipped. A Fanny and a Willie.