Is 2 too old to change his name?
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| Nah I got Max at three from the humane society, they had named him something I don't remember, I changed his name and neither of us eever looked back. We had him for 10 great years!! |
| I recently got a rescued 2 year old who was named Isabell or called Izzy. I did not like either name and just started calling her Bella. She responds to me whenever I call her. I wouldn't think that it would be a problem.
I also read somewhere that dogs do better with names that have a strong consent sound to it. Maybe that is why Tank would work for you. I think the name Tank is great  |
| I would absolutely feel free to change his name. I think they figure it out really quickly and then there is no baggage. |
sheepiegail wrote: I recently got a rescued 2 year old who was named Isabell or called Izzy. I did not like either name and just started calling her Bella. She responds to me whenever I call her. I wouldn't think that it would be a problem.
I also read somewhere that dogs do better with names that have a strong consent sound to it. Maybe that is why Tank would work for you. I think the name Tank is great Thanks that is the answer I was hoping for cuz Sparky just doesnt fit him. Compared to me he is huge and he makes sure he has plenty of space for his big behind. He will actually push my Boyfriend out of bed to make sure he has room next to me. So Tank it is. |
| I just love the name Tank, perhaps he thought Sparky was too girly!
Come on Tank shove over! yep love it! xx |
| As you've heard, no problem at all renaming. Some dogs do not look like their name at all. Much better to give a name you like and can say with a smile on your face |
| Lola was 'Oreo'. She was soooo not an 'Oreo'. Now she is Lolapalooza. She answered to it from the first time I said it. She was only 6 months though. |
anyone else had any "wrong" names come with their furry friends??? it is amazing some of the names they give rescue dogs although they must start running out of good names. I wonder who picks the names for the dogs in the shelters. I know Bella came with the name "Izzy" from the prior owner.  I know the she was definitely NOT an Izzy. That doesn't even sound girly  |
| One of my foster bassets came in as a unclaimed stray. With another female basset, both were obviously "well used" for breeding. My friend (foster coordinator) named her Honey. Because she was such a SWEET dog. It totally fit her.
She was one close to not leaving our house. I posted about her before - she's the one with sores on her mammaries from dragging on the ground (WAY too many puppies). Our rescue paid for her reduction surgery, she went to a fabulous home. In fact I just got my yearly Christmas card from the girl who adopted her in WI. She kept the name Honey. After she met her in person, she couldn't change the name, even though she originally planned it. Sometimes the name is just right! But, many aren't. If I could, I would rename my current foster. His name is Harley. He is a little sweet old basset - NOT a Harley. But, he's going on 12, so I can't see the point...LOL He knows his name, and for a basset, that's huge! |
| Asterisk started the first 8 weeks of her life as "punkin" because she was just the sweetest puppy of the litter.
My cats all had names that I didn't really care for. Ampersand was "Rex Manning", Ellipsis was "Sox", and Hyphen was "Merlin." |
| My SIL and her husband adopted a rescue lab called Harley. He totally wasnt a Harley, he was a big, sweet goof. So they changed his name to Harvey, he didnt even notice the difference.
He would lay on slight rise on their property and watch the renovators go up and down ladders back and forward to their trucks and vans and not even lift his head but the minute they took their lunch boxes out he was right there begging for a snack, so the builders named him Starvey. He didnt seem to notice the difference there either. |
Mim wrote: My SIL and her husband adopted a rescue lab called Harley. He totally wasnt a Harley, he was a big, sweet goof. So they changed his name to Harvey, he didnt even notice the difference.
He would lay on slight rise on their property and watch the renovators go up and down ladders back and forward to their trucks and vans and not even lift his head but the minute they took their lunch boxes out he was right there begging for a snack, so the builders named him Starvey. He didnt seem to notice the difference there either. Sounds like Todd's new lab pup. Biscuit isn't my 1st choice, but man, it totally fits the dorky pup...lol |
| Go ahead and give him a new name. It's part of the "new life" for the newbie: new family, new name, new life.
Some of my kids I've know their name before, kept a couple or modified the name...Sam had been Sampson for example. Others, like Jack, arrived with previous name unknown. They learn their new name quickly if you are consistent and reward the name call. Idling calling them by name such as in a conversation looses the name in the mish mash. Keep the name use to commands and they learn more quickly. And let's face it, when it some to babble time you won't be saying "Tank" it will be "lovely cutie-wootie fuzzy boy." They don't understand the babble, just the emotion behind it. |
| I like the name Biscuit. But I laughed to myself when you first posted about him. I have a newish theory about dog names. Its a long the lines of the old adage, give a dog a bad name and he'll live up to it.
Tiggy is a terrible chaser of dogs and cats (well anything that runs really) Karen Sheedy posted a video of Ice slipping off an agility table Kristine has a Sybil, enough said there are other examples too, but I kinda wondered if naming a lab "Biscuit" wasnt asking for trouble given their renowned love of food.   |
Mim wrote: I like the name Biscuit. But I laughed to myself when you first posted about him. I have a newish theory about dog names. Its a long the lines of the old adage, give a dog a bad name and he'll live up to it.
Tiggy is a terrible chaser of dogs and cats (well anything that runs really) Karen Sheedy posted a video of Ice slipping off an agility table Kristine has a Sybil, enough said there are other examples too, but I kinda wondered if naming a lab "Biscuit" wasnt asking for trouble given their renowned love of food. Don't worry, he is already living up to it. LeAnne went to class early yesterday morning, leaving him out of his crate, but locked behind the gate on the porch. He managed to pull down 4 coats from the hooks. Pulled misc stuff off the top of the dryer (thank goodness I had Todd take out the mini gourds he hadn't eaten from last time when he puked orange stuff all over his crate and the couch...) Ate the handles off a scissors, AND - ate Todd's charger wires from his fishing depth finder! 
Busy boy in about 90 minutes.... Thank goodness Chewie didn't live up to the edible part of his name, thankfully he was on board for the Star Wars version! |
| I agree Chewie definitely went with the Star version.
Does he make Chewie noises like the Star Wars Chewie? |
Mim wrote: I agree Chewie definitely went with the Star version.
Does he make Chewie noises like the Star Wars Chewie? Not really. No wookie sounds. Actually he is a pretty quiet dog, unless he is trying to herd the other dogs. Sadly, he barks like a girl. His bark is actually higher pitched than his sister Martha's |
got sheep wrote: Not really. No wookie sounds. Actually he is a pretty quiet dog, unless he is trying to herd the other dogs. Sadly, he barks like a girl. His bark is actually higher pitched than his sister Martha's
No doubt he is just getting the "pott casse" (spelling) described in the breed standard correct. Tiggy's bark is very high pitched and does damage to the ear drums if you're unfortunate enough to be too close. Being a female and not the strong, silent male she barks A LOT. When I get home, when I get up in the morning, when I start making her meals, when Rastus runs, when visitors come, when DH gets home. You get the picture. |
Mim wrote: got sheep wrote: Not really. No wookie sounds. Actually he is a pretty quiet dog, unless he is trying to herd the other dogs. Sadly, he barks like a girl. His bark is actually higher pitched than his sister Martha's No doubt he is just getting the "pott casse" (spelling) described in the breed standard correct. Tiggy's bark is very high pitched and does damage to the ear drums if you're unfortunate enough to be too close. Being a female and not the strong, silent male she barks A LOT. When I get home, when I get up in the morning, when I start making her meals, when Rastus runs, when visitors come, when DH gets home. You get the picture. LOL, yep, I get the picture. Tiggy, Tiggy |
Quote: Sadly, he barks like a girl. His bark is actually higher pitched than his sister Martha's
Oh no! Chewie Superdog isn't perfect, just 99.9% Come to think about it, my girl Pyrs always barked lower than the males...the boys were neutered, maybe being castrati did affect their voice
Sheepies always have had that loud "ouch" voice. |
| When we adopted our first sheepie, we kept his name (Duncan) because we loved it. It was a completely different story with our second sheepie. He was named Archie by TxOES Rescue, but I kept hearing Edith Bunker (I know that reference is dating me). So, we renamed him Arthur. We felt that it was close to what he was used to hearing. Also, it fits with the "King" names we had started (Duncan was the name of a Scottish king; I think Arthur is self-explanatory). Also, Arthur gave us the option of calling him "Wart" when he's being a pill.
Your pup likes "Tank." Tank, it is! |
| Violet came from the Rescue with her name and it fit so we keptit. Asia came with the name Sparkles and so I changed it. Asia never had a problem from day one remembering her name. |
| We got Remington from a family from Mexico when he was almost 2. They had named him Ben but pronounced it Bean - I did not like that name at all - he had not been registered, so we renamed him Remington and call him that or Remi for short. He did not understand English for about a month, but once he started recognizing commands, it was great. He adapted to Remington quickly, so I personally don't think it is a problem. Now, if you say Bean, he never even pays you any attention. This is our 4th OES and he is the 2nd best one we have had - our first was wonderful, but he was ran over at 8 months old, right in front of my kids and husband. Now, it is just my husband and myself and he keeps us great company!! |
| The breeder we got Ferdinand from had let her kids call him "Pongo", but he was most definitely my little Ferdinand..When people find out his name they just melt and tell me it is the perfect name for him. When we got Felix, his owner had named him Shag. Well...yeah...he's shaggy...but so much MORE than that...Shag just seemed.....dull. We named him Felix, because it had a happy sound and means "Lucky" which is how we felt about having him added to our family! It fits beautifully, and he loved it from the very first day! I had to comment on Basset hounds though...someone mentioned that it was a great feat for a basset to know his name, and being the owner of a Basset, I had to say....I AGREE! More likely though, it is simply a feat for the basset who knows his name to LISTEN when it's called. My Oliver KNOWS his name....but will he listen when you call????? Nah. Never. ever. I love how willing my OES are to learn and listen....they are AMAZING. And when you talk about Bassets and Sheepdogs in the same sentence, It's like comparing a kid with serious attention issues to a valedictorian!  |
violet wrote: Violet came from the Rescue with her name and it fit so we keptit. Asia came with the name Sparkles and so I changed it. Asia never had a problem from day one remembering her name. SPARKLES???? My sister had a rescue wirehaired dachshund that came with the name MILES..... we decided he was more of a Chester and he never once balked at his new name.  |
| The reason why we applied 350 miles away for our first OES was because of her name. Her name was 'Lady,' which was my first word. My mom was so pi$$ed at my grandfather for teaching me his German Shepards' name before 'Mamma.' Someone else adopted her, but the shelter wanted to keep us on-file in case they got another OES. A week later, we got a call from them saying that 'Lady' was back and they wanted to know if we were still interested. As we drove the 5 hours down to get her, Josh just didn't think that he would be able to call her 'Lady.' So, we started throwing out names. We settled on 'Maggie.' It was the name I saw the most of on Petfinder and the one that really seemed to clicked for some reason. We got there, filled out all of the paperwork, and as we were talking about 'Lady,' and everything about her, I asked if the woman who returned her had changed her name, indeed she had....to Maggie May. |
Sparkys mom wrote: We just got Sparky Saturday but he doesnt seem to know his name. He was on my side of the bed this morning and I said move it over Tank and he perked up and the ears shot up and he actually turned and looked at me. He is 2 was wondering if changing his name to Tank would only confuse him or not? Patch's name was Abigail or Abby - I immediately changed it not so much because I didn't like it, I just thought her new start in life should include a new name. She has a black patch on her eye, so I settled on Patch. Your dog will love you no matter the name. If I called Patch dog do she would come running knowing she had finally found her permanent home (she had several homes before landing in Louisville)  |
| I got my 3rd OES 5 weeks ago today, yeah! He was almost 5 months old. They called him "Otis" and I couldn't stand it even though my friends all liked it. I changed his name to "Bo" and he adapted well to it. He makes wookie sounds in the morning or at night if he doesn't get his way. I thought this was unique, but perhaps not? None of my other sheepies did it. I read some of your sheepies at home do it also? Is it when they don't get their way? |
| My dogs were younger but we changed Nicky to Rosco and Manny to Jonah. No offense to anyone but Manny sounds like a short Jewish guy wth cigar Jonah's breeder hates when you change the name so all his vet papers say Manny, but the cat got out of the bag and she's okay with it now. |
they're much better off, no rumors this way using alledged or reputed. thanks.  |
| Did I miss something, I have no idea what guest is referring to. |
| nicky and manny, the name changes were for the better. |
bestdogs wrote: No offense to anyone but Manny sounds like a short Jewish guy wth cigar Or 2004 World Series MVP outfielder named Manny Ramirez, or his Red Sox teammate, pitcher Manny Delcarmen. |
| Got it guest |
We adopted Kody at 6 months, the previous owner had named him "Reagan" which I didn't care for very much, he didn't seem to like it either since he did not come to me when I called him that. So we played a name game with him one night that first week and somehow we ended up with Kody, he seemed to like it right from the start. So his new full name is "Kody Phoenix Puska"! He comes to Kody but I have various names for him depending on what he is doing at the time. Wigglebum, Kodeman, Mister Mister, I won't mention the names for when he is in trouble...lol! Good Luck with Tank, it's a cool name for one of our BIG boys  ) |
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