Renaming a dog

[BoondockSaint]

<p>I bringing this guy home tomorrow:</p><p><img height="319" src="http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f245/jfm75/3ba29edf.jpg" width="447" border="0" /></p><p>His current name is Diesel which I really don't like.&nbsp; The people at the SPCA said it isn't that hard to rename him.&nbsp; They said just to use his new name all the time and especially when feeding him or giving him treats.&nbsp; They said it should only take a few days for him to respond to his new name.&nbsp; Has anyone ever done this? Do you have any tips?</p>

[Death Metal Moe]

<p>Get him a PIMPED OUT water dish with his new name on it.&nbsp; Everytime he uses it, he'll read it and get the hint.</p><p>By the by, what are you changing his name to?&nbsp; Unleaded?</p>

[Ndugu]

he looks like he has some rotty in him

[BoondockSaint]

<strong>Death Metal Moe</strong> wrote:<br /><p>Get him a PIMPED OUT water dish with his new name on it.&nbsp; Everytime he uses it, he'll read it and get the hint.</p><p>By the by, what are you changing his name to?&nbsp; Unleaded?</p><p>Death Metal Dawg!</p><p>And, yeah, he's a German Shepherd/ Rottweiler mix.</p>

[sr71blackbird]

What are you going to call him... Vin?

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>First of all, very cool of you to get a shelter dog. So many good pets available, so few homes. </p><p>I dont think you need any special tips to get him to know his name. Just do like they said and give it a few weeks. The first few days will likely be a big adjustment for him, and after that he should be ready to learn the routine in his new digs. You'll be fine. Dogs are very adaptable, within a month he'll sit, sit up, roll over and play dead by you contacting him by mental telepathy. OK, thats bullshit. But he'll still be fine. &nbsp;</p>

[East Side Dave]

Call him Pup-Pup!

[BoondockSaint]

<strong>East Side Dave</strong> wrote:<br />Call him Pup-Pup! <p>Then I could call him Mr. P.P.!</p><p>I think I'm going to name him either Hunter or Hank.</p>

[Fallon]

You going back to his real name Kevin Nash right?
http://www.obsessedwithwrestling.com/pictures/k/kevinnash/25.jpg

[Hottub]

<p>I have talked about my pooch in numerous threads, but here it necessitates repeating.</p><p>We rescued &quot;Jessie&quot; by way of <strong>Friends of Animals</strong>. She was scooped up 1 day from the chambers of death&nbsp;at Paterson Pound. Lived in a Vet's office for a few weeks. Then was on display at Petco, where FOA tries to find homes for these poor creatures every Saturday.</p><p>The wife BEGGED me! &quot;OOHH, isn't she cute Oh look, she is giving me kisses!! Well, she got the dog, and I got a Best Friend!</p><p>&nbsp;Marge still calls her Jessie after 10 years!</p><p>To wrap it up, her name was Jessie, we named her KC!</p><p><img height="475" src="http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/5315/cubscoutsxmas050494iu.jpg" width="516" border="0" /></p>

[nevnut]

<p><img height="471" src="http://i38.photobucket.com/albums/e127/nevnut/ralprh.jpg" width="517" border="0" /></p><p>This is my pound puppy.&nbsp; He was about 4 mos old when we adopted him and his name is Ralph.&nbsp; When we first got him we tried changing his name but he would only answer to &quot;Ralph&quot; so it stuck.&nbsp; We've had him&nbsp;for 4 years now and will be getting another dog in a couple of monthes.</p><p>All the dogs I've ever owned were pound puppy mutts and my best friend has bred his Lab and is giving me one of the pups.&nbsp; We are very excited, and Ralph needs a playmate!!!</p><p>Good luck with the name change, but we weren't very&nbsp;successful.</p>

[PapaBear]

<p>It's easy to change the dog's name. I did it with mine. His name was Lil' Pup, and we changed it to Buddy. The key is to start by using his old name and new name together for a couple of days. Then just start dropping the use of the first name.</p><p>Buddy figured it out in about 2 or 3 days. During this process, make sure you don't use any of the standard nicknames that people eventually use (sweetie, pup, pooch, etc.). You can call him dumb-ass AFTER he's used to his new name.</p><p><img height="331" src="http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y229/snowmaninva66/DSCN0609_edited-1Small.jpg" width="434" border="0" /></p><p>PS... When he barks I call him Barky Barkerson.</p>

<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by PapaBear on 4-1-06 @ 2:06 AM</span>

[suggums]

we got two cats recently from the shelter, they'd already been named pete and lucy.&nbsp; we always meant to rename them but it never really happened.&nbsp; on the other hand, our dog we got from the shelter and they had temporarily named her something stupid at shelter, so we changed that and it worked really well.<br />

[ShelleBink]

I renamed my dog when I brought her home back in August of '04 ... she was about 5-6 years old ((no one really knows for sure)).&nbsp; The shelter had her named as &quot;Melody&quot; which I HATED.&nbsp; I always wanted a dog named Lucky... basically whenever you pet your dog, just keep calling it by the name that you want it to have.&nbsp; Now, Lucky comes whenever she's called, wherever she is in the house.&nbsp; I know its been suggested to have a name with two sylablles ((sp)) because the dog responds better to it ((heard it from vets and shelter folk))... good luck with the new dogga :o)<br />

[Ndugu]

whenever you take a picture of a dog they always have the wtf face

[BoondockSaint]

Well, he already seems to be responding to his new name, Hunter.&nbsp; Or maybe it's just the sound of my voice he's getting used to.&nbsp; But we've had a great day together.&nbsp;

[mendyweiss]

<img height="252" src="http://www.caaainc.org/caaa/images/boy%20and%20his%20dog%20at%20ocean.jpg" width="164" border="0" />There's never a bad day, when you spend it with your dog <strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br />Well, he already seems to be responding to his new name, Hunter.&nbsp; Or maybe it's just the sound of my voice he's getting used to.&nbsp; But we've had a great day together.&nbsp;

[Death Metal Moe]

<p><img height="480" src="http://www.stevelaplaca.com/jerk.jpg" width="275" border="0" /></p><p>A certian dog's name does come to mind...</p>

[PapaBear]

<hr color="cococo" align="left"></font><strong>BoondockSaint</strong> wrote:<br>Well, he already seems to be responding to his new name, Hunter.ÿ Or maybe it's just the sound of my voice he's getting used to.ÿ But we've had a great day together.ÿ <hr color="cococo" align="left"><p></p>

[PapaBear]

Why have posts where I quote something, been coming out without my response? This is pissing me off. It did it the other night when I tried to post in the &quot;what's your dip&quot; topic.

[SinA]

<p>did someone say puppy?</p><p><img height="500" src="http://static.flickr.com/45/121534380_06bbe73739.jpg" width="375" border="0" /></p><p>her name is Rosey but she answers to half a dozen nicknames.&nbsp; like other commands, i think they respond to tone of voice&nbsp;more than the words, so changing a name shouldn't be too hard.&nbsp; a smart dog will know you're talking to it.&nbsp; a dumb wouldn't know it's name anyway.</p><p>it's a win-win.</p>

[Sheeplovr]

<p>My Chim Cham Came with the name Lucky </p><p>what a dumb cliche name </p><p>shes my Chim Cham</p><p><img width="320" height="622" border="0" src="http://suchsome.somesuch.org/ActionChimcham.jpg" /><br />
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<span class=post_edited>This message was edited by Sheeplovr on 4-2-06 @ 3:29 AM</span>

[BigASSMember]

<p>this is my dog echo...</p><p><img width="300" height="225" border="0" src="http://files.dogster.com/pix/dogs/39/255839/255839_1138629699.jpg" /></p><p>more pics here... <a href="http://www.dogster.com/?255839" target="_self">http://www.dogster.com/?255839&nbsp;</a></p><p>they
say that when giving a dog a name it should be 2 sylables... one
sylable words are used for commands (come, sit, stay, etc) and 2 for
names (rover, echo, buddy, scooby, skippy, etc.) if you go with more
sylables than that it is hard fo them to remember their name... </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>just
keep on using the name all the time... and all the time... never use
terms like doggy, puppy, boy, etc... that will confuse him when he is
learning his new name...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>enjoy your new dog he looks a-dore-a-ble&nbsp;</p>

[Bulldogcakes]

<p>&nbsp;</p><strong>BigASSMember</strong> wrote:<p>they
say that when giving a dog a name it should be 2 sylables... one
sylable words are used for commands (come, sit, stay, etc) and 2 for
names (rover, echo, buddy, scooby, skippy, etc.) if you go with more
sylables than that it is hard fo them to remember their name...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Damn! So that's what I did wrong. My last dogs name was &quot;Antidisestablishmentarianism&quot; </p><p>Fuckin dog never listened to me. &nbsp;</p>