What Dog names Say About Us - This is something I put together for a newsletter recently and Pompadour's piece on her recent mad journey triggered the posting here:

Like many of us who advocate alternative and positive conflict resolution the creeping ‘ASBO-ism’ of our society has been quite frustrating.
Anti-Social behaviour Orders were introduced in England and Wales as part on the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act. Over 4,000 ASBOs have been issued.
In fairness, Wales has been less ASBO-mad than our neighbours in England, but the ASBO has definitely entered our popular culture throughout the UK, as this piece from The BBC Website illustrates:

It was in 2005, as awareness of anti-social behaviour orders grew, that the word "Asbo" truly entered the English language - and the Collins English Dictionary. But its arrival as a well-known term was not just marked by those responsible for filling the nation's bookshelves.
The cry "Asbo! Here, Asbo!" saw a Staffordshire bull terrier obediently scamper to its master's side in one Hull park, poet Ian Killen told the Guardian.
Working on a project to record unusual dogs' names, which also uncovered the moniker Twoc (short for Taken Without Owner's Consent), the writer mused: "The dog's names are a vivid portrayal of the world their owners live in."