Back when I raised Labrador puppies, there were 9 in the litter and I just color coded them since 8 obviously had to go to their prospective homes. But the trick of the color coding was that they were all nick named after Disney Princesses.
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. — Henry David Thoreau, "Walden"