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

• Kara Posted : 5/26/2006 4:05:39 PM Gracie came to us at 5 months old with the name Marilyn. It didn't take her long to learn her new name, especially when it is used a lot while associated with treats and loving! 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
• 3guysandagirl Posted : 5/26/2006 4:16:10 PM Yup, changed them all , there all rescues   don't know what the first dog  we rescued was called, but we call him Eddie our 2nd dogs was called bandit, we call him charlie 3rd was Sam we call him Rylee and our 4th was Bonnie and we call her Brook. No problems they all knew there new name in no time flat. 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
• 2 Is Enough Posted : 5/27/2006 1:05:34 AM Shakespeare was Shakespeare when we picked him out from the Humane Society.  He had a brother named Dickens who was adopted out just a minute before we got our dog.  He gets nicknamed Shaker alot, and I told him when we first got him that hed be called d@mn dog once in awhile too.   When my wife got Sophia, she just looked at her and decided that she was a Sophia 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
• jaye Posted : 5/27/2006 8:18:39 PM Emma's name was Miya before we got her from the shelter.   the name the foster family had given to Jake was Goblin. 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
• jessies_mom Posted : 5/27/2006 10:23:09 PM  Jessie's name was Cocoa when we adopted her. I read in a book by Brian Kilcommons that changing a dog's name when you adopt it is a good idea, especially if they were abused because they associate their former name with their past; don't know how true that is but we didn't like the name Cocoa and she had been underfed and abused (hit). 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
• Nancy Hulbert Posted : 5/27/2006 11:28:44 PM When we got our Molly at the shelter years ago, her name there was Lucky but when we got home we immediately changed it to Molly cuz she looked like a Molly, she took to it within a day, unfortunately our neighbor had a dog called lucky and if she heard him call for him she would respond as well. Took her a while to stop responding to Lucky. 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
• Julie Byers Posted : 5/28/2006 12:04:33 AM My dog was rescued from the pound and the lady who got him off deathrow was calling him 'Michael' after the angel.  I really think she is the angel, not the dog - who is sweet and silly and loveable.  Now we call him 'Mack' (the yellow bus).   Jules 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
• Ruth Posted : 5/29/2006 3:32:51 AM Ace was a shelter dog and he came with a name that I hated (Axel).  I was worried that changing it would be traumatic for him, but he didn't seem to care.  He had to get used to a whole new life and set of expectations anyway.  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
• Dario Medina Posted : 5/29/2006 10:30:19 PM My dog was named Bobbos... I changed it to Panda. He reminds me of a panda for some reason. >_> 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
• lhanke Posted : 5/30/2006 9:49:22 AM I've adopted strays and named them, so that's the same thing I guess.  They did just fine.  I think whatever you say to them that results in their getting fed or petted is okay with them.  I called one little dog Brownie because no matter what else I tried (Buffy, for example) she happily responded to 'Brownie.'     L. Hanke 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
• Rosemary my secret Posted : 6/3/2006 4:33:17 AM yep! I took in a 3 year old Sheltie named Merlin.  He just didn't seem like a Merlin to me and I started calling him Teddy Bear from day one! He totally responded to that till the day he went to doggy heaven 11 years later. 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