Shipoo is almost certainly a registry artifact at rank 2673 — it's the breed name for a Shih Tzu and Poodle mix, which commonly appears on licensing forms in the breed field and occasionally migrates to the name field when paperwork is rushed, incomplete, or when the owner wrote the breed descriptor in the wrong box.
The Registry Artifact Diagnosis
City pet licensing databases are filled with breed names that appear in the name column: Shipoo, Labradoodle, Dachshund, Mutt. At 34 records, Shipoo at this rank almost certainly represents multiple instances of data entry error rather than owners who intentionally named their dogs Shipoo. The genuine intentional uses likely number in the single digits. This is the kind of artifact that accumulates in any large-scale administrative dataset and creates the appearance of uncommon naming choices where none exist.
The Actual Dog Behind the Artifact
Shih Tzu-Poodle mixes are genuinely charming dogs — low-shedding, intelligent, affectionate, and well-suited to apartment living. If an owner genuinely chose Shipoo as a name rather than a breed descriptor, the logic might be affectionate: naming the dog after what it is, the way someone might name a mixed-breed dog "Mutt" with genuine fondness. Compare Shih Tzu mix pages for breed context.
The Counter-Reading: If It Really Is the Name
An owner who deliberately chose Shipoo as a name is making a very specific statement: they want no ambiguity about what their dog is. That's a naming philosophy — identity through breed identity — that is uncommon but internally consistent. A Shih Poo named Shipoo is simply a dog who knows what it is.