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We too, renamed a dog with similar sounding name that fit his personality better. The best advice I read is to not name your pet with anything sounding like No!, such as Bo or Cloe. It might be confusing.
We usually call our dogs several names. When we rescued Simon, which was his real name, we kept it, but we also call him Bud or Sy. When we adopted Darcy this summer from the pound, we had no idea what her name was. She was called Dorey at the pound. She now has a real name but is also called Peanut or Pudge (she has a tendency to overeat if given the opportunity and has gained a few). She answers to all. As long as they are loved, I think they will come to any name that they recognize and is not said in anger.
We too, renamed a dog with similar sounding name that fit his personality better. The best advice I read is to not name your pet with anything sounding like No!, such as Bo or Cloe. It might be confusing.
I heard that one too. I do know of a few people that have dogs and named them such. Could depend on where one is from and which word is the first that comes out of their mouths to express displeasure?
Here too
Often use sweetie for the girl and baby for the boy. I picked him out from the rescue group when he was just a baby and raised him. He's about 7 now. After the other dog we had passed we wanted the other to have a brother or sister to play and keep company with. Visited a few shelters and allowed our pooch to pick out his companion. She was a little more than 1 yr when we contacted the rescue and arranged for the two to meet. A little indifferent at first but now they're the best of friends. Love it when they give each other kissies.
While considering a dog for adoption the rescue called her Cinnamon. She barely acknowledged the name she'd had for two years. On the way home I looked back at her in the back seat, and named her Sandy. And just like *that* she knew it was what I was going to call her and responded to it! You won't have any trouble changing your dogs name either!
I never knew my dog's old name, because she was abandoned in a box with no information.
She caught on to "Nelly" very quickly.
I think that the fact that it's a new person calling her the new name probably helps. It's like "Hey, it's that new lady who is nice to me. She always says "Brownie" when she wants my attention!"
Sometimes I wonder about her old name, but she doesn't seem to care about it a bit.
some dogs will answer to any name if you say it in an excited tone of voice.
i kept my dog's name, by the way - sadie. i think her owner brought her in and it was always her name - she certainly knew it well enough. i like it and it suits her, but it is a pretty common dog name and leads to some confusion at the park!
Glad to hear of the senior man getting the older Yorkie!
My "Artie" was renamed at the pound who had him for almost a year. They worked with him all the time to try to ease his fears from abuse. They named him "Artie" to end his past associations, wouldn't even tell me the name. Artie fits him fine.
I've never changed the name of a dog I've gotten already named, but then, none came to me with some awful name. They all ended up with two-syllable nicknames, anyway, like "Eloise" has become "Weezer." I think she responds to the zzz shound no matter what name I use.
I got "Nala" from the same pound, and couldn't remember the name- didn't know it's from some cartoon or something, so I changed it to "Nayla" which I can seem to remember. I call her "Miss Nay" or "Nay Nay" and she knows who I mean.
I think they learn and respond very quickly, especially if you catch their attention and give them a treat- they learn fast!
We too, renamed a dog with similar sounding name that fit his personality better. The best advice I read is to not name your pet with anything sounding like No!, such as Bo or Cloe. It might be confusing.
it certainly would be, although you aren't required to use the word "no" to mean "stop that."
All 3 of my dogs were re-named when I got them. Our first dog was Floppy which suited her because she has one ear that flops over but Floppy is a bunny name not a dog name so she became Roxy. Our second dog was named Shotzy at the shelter but we were not too fond of it and it sounded like Roxy so we changed her name to Zoey. Our third dog which we just got last week was named Kadence, we changed it to Duke and he learned it in less than a week.
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