Milly, Makwa and Moose: Kids choose names for puppies at RCMP training centre
INNISFAIL, Alta. — Thirteen canine recruits at the RCMP’s police dog training centre in central Alberta are getting names chosen by kids from across the country.
Mounties say their annual name-the-puppies contest received a record-setting 34,714 entries from children in every province and territory — beating the previous record by more than 13,000.
This year’s names all had to start with the letter M.
The winning entries were Mace, Madox, Magnum, Makwa, Maple, Marci, Marlow, Max, Maya, Memphis, Mika, Milly and Moose.