I love the new variant so much, I'm hunting it as soon as I get my next melan eevee (or when I give up lol). I can't believe the colors were discovered as fast as they were!
I think the names are cute and figure that fitting what the Pokémon are thematically is just as fine as a literal approach. I guess it is a little odd to give houndour two variants, though... Still, I can't bring myself to complain since I just really love this dog.