Excellent Reasons to give pets Boring Human Names:

1. To see how long it takes co-workers to realize you're talking about a pet and not a significant other ("Dave and I were watching a movie in bed the other nite")

1b. Or about a kid ("Maria's not allowed to eat raisins, she's allergic")

2. You can use them as an excuse ("Taylor hates it when I get home late")

3. Eventually you get to say things like ("Jennifer got stuck between the wall and the refrigerator again.")