Has anyone every changed the name of a dog they got?

• j Posted : 5/23/2006 11:26:33 AM Edison was named "Larry" (ick) when we got him from the shelter, but he was only a puppy so it didn't matter too much.  He didn't seem to know his name at that point anyhow. Ash (my cat) was named "Salem" when we got him from the shelter, but I had a cat named Salem when I lived in Italy that I had to give up when I got orders to Korea, so that brought back too many sad memories.  Again, he was only a kitten, so he didn't know the difference.  0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• griffinej5 Posted : 5/23/2006 11:31:42 AM We didn't change Millie's name, because she responded to it, but we did change Max's. He was called Bruno at the shelter. He was picked up as a stray, and he was only in the shelter about a week I think, so he didn't really know the name. Plus, we didn't like it (for him) and it doesn't sound nice with Millie. Millie and Bruno just don't sound like they're from the same family, but Millie and Max- definitely related. Edited to add: It used to get confused when I went to look for Max's petfinder listing in the Shelter's Happy Tails, because I would always look for Max, but he was listed as Bruno. I solved the problem by adding the pictures to my kodak gallery album. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• fuzzy_dogs_mom Posted : 5/23/2006 11:50:40 AM Max came from the shelter and they had named him *Mookie*- his pic was going in the local newspaper as shelter pet of the week and they think giving the dog a name to go with the pic makes it a little more personal. He was only in the shelter for 10 days when I snagged him & he was about 3 to 5 mo. old so I'm sure he already had a name from his previous owner. [] Getting his 3rd. name didn't seem to cause him any confusion. Joyce & Max 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• cookiemonster Posted : 5/23/2006 12:44:18 PM When I had adopted Cookie, the shelter had named her Hannah. She was two months old at that point and I just felt Cookie would be a better name for her. She responds to it, only when she wants to, of course. [] 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• sonya clarke Posted : 5/23/2006 12:48:32 PM Doesn't matter what names my 2 dogs have they respond to just about anything apart from their own names when it suits [] buster is often called monster and bengi is called bendy as he seems to bend in the middle when he wags his tail in excitement lol. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 5/23/2006 1:12:21 PM I have at certain difficult times of life changed my dogs call name DAILY   MON: Nonnie...come here, good girl! TUES: Dammit! WED: Droppit! THURS: HeyheyHEY! FRI: Donttouchthat! SAT: NO! SUN: ForgetIt, I'm buying a cat next time. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Firestorm Posted : 5/23/2006 1:20:56 PM LOL too funny RWBeagles!  Love that one! 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• huskymom Posted : 5/23/2006 1:31:57 PM I have changed Crusher's name.  I used to be Nanook, but i thought that was too common for a husky.  My Pint, is actually Cinders, or Cinderella, or Princess, or My Pint Sized Princess.  She answers to all of them.  I think its really my voice she answers to. When Susie came to us she was "Glory"...but my hubby had a negative connotation with that name... Haha your hubby wouldn't happen to be Glo would he?  One time when we were in high school, we were helping to "bounce" at a friends party, and we decided to charge a fee to get in.  The fee entailed pouring a shot of whatever they were drinking into a big thermos for us "Bouncers" to drink afterward.  We called it Glory.  My buddy Glo was the only one to try it and it did not stay down at all!  Oh Glory was a common phrase after that. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• rwbeagles Posted : 5/23/2006 2:42:14 PM Errm no I'm afraid it was something rather more um....indelicate. lol...can't even begin to get into it... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• theresamat Posted : 5/23/2006 3:36:11 PM I changed my adopted dogs name slightly. From Cassie with a short A sound to Casie, with a long A sound. She did not respond to her name when I got her anyway. She used to be tied outside 24/7 with little or no attention. And it sounded to close to my other dogs name and seemed to confuse them both. She learned her name in a hurry with no problems. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• astaracheetah Posted : 5/23/2006 3:41:24 PM I change the name of most dogs I get, unless they've actually come to know their name... Eevee was Babette (YUCK) and Shippo was Gizmo... lmao... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• pofi_pasquale Posted : 5/23/2006 6:22:41 PM Yup.  Mia was Meeka when we adopted her. We called her Mia-Meeka for a few days and then dropped the Meeka... 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Sokoto Dirk Posted : 5/23/2006 7:36:38 PM My dog's name is C.J., but she's a girl, so it's kind of weird... My brothers used to call her 'Hanes' because of her white socks, but it didn't work well, and the rest of us refused to call her that (naming a dog after underwear? Just wrong.), so they've given up. Meh, I probably wouldn't have named her that, but I don't wish to have the hassle of a middle-aged dog adjusting to a new name. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• faol Posted : 5/23/2006 8:30:19 PM Bear's shelter name was Shadow, which I changed because my neighbor has a dog with that name.   Zoe had two names for some reason.  On the internet, she was listed as Lauryn and in the shelter she was called Snowflake. 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login
• Brian Berry Posted : 5/23/2006 9:02:09 PM I had a german shepherd as my last dog that was named Harry by the breeder, but i re-named him to Bruce (fitted his big size and personality better i tihnk[]). 0 LIKE Like Share You have posted to a forum that requires a moderator to approve posts before they are publicly available. Hey, it's way more fun when you sign up or log in Connect With Connect With Sign Up Login