[nagdu] New dog and changing name was Re:Age of qualifyingguide dogs

[Tracy Carcione]

Thanks Mardi.  That sounds like a good method.  I always thought the new
dog name would need to sound quite similar to the old one, but I see
that's not necessarily so.

I toyed with changing my dog Amba's name to Amber, but it did not suit
her.  I later found out that Amba is one of the Hindu names for the Mother
Goddess, and thus suited Amba absolutely.

GDB used to have a real thing for food names.  I swear everyone in the
puppy department must have been on a diet!  Waffles was one I remember. 
I'd sure have changed that!

It's hard enough to get strangers to treat me as an adult to be taken
seriously.  IMO, having a dog with a silly name would make that task
harder.
Tracy

> I like the method that you use. I was going to suggest something like
> that,
> but decided not to since I have never actually had to change the name of a
> dog. As far as names themselves, it is sometimes absolutely  ridiculous
> what
> people consider to be names, and, JMHO, some of the schools sometimes
> don't
> set a very good example. Maybe not completely, but, if you would not use
> that for a person name, then it is probably not a good dog name either.
> Yes, please email me off list with the story about the dog names.
>
> Nicole and Lexia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mardi Hadfield
> Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2014 10:18 PM
> To: nagdu at nfbnet.org
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] New dog and changing name was Re:Age of
> qualifyingguide
> dogs
>
>  Hi fellow Lister's, Mardi again.  I have changed many of the rescued dogs
> names,providing they came to us with names.Some people give their dogs the
> most rediculous names,ie. Baby Girl, Sweetie pie,Woolfy.Well you get the
> idea.When I bought Nala from a breeder, Her name was Pepper.I gave her a
> Lakota name. Wakinyan nis Nala,pronounced Wok  in  yon  neesh   Nala. It
> means, "Alone in Thunder'. It was thundering and raining on the day I got
> her and she looked so alone and scared.When Shaman came to me from the
> woman
> who rescued him from the shelter, she was calling him Fritz. The name on
> his
> paper work was Duke. He had been an owner turn in to the shelter. I
> decided
> to call him Shaman.When I got Neechee, which is spelled N i c i in
> Lakota,her name was Cleo. I had already had a dog many years before with
> that name and decided to change her name. Nici in Lakota means "For You".
> There is a story behind that name and if any one wants to know about it,
> just let me know.When I change the name of a dog that has a previous
> name,I
> call the dog by using both names.  Come Pepper- Nala,Sit Fritz- Shaman,
> Forward Cleo-Neechee. I eventually drop the first name and just use the
> new
> name when I feel that the dog has had enough time to get used to the
> second
> name.They usually transition fairly fast.It works and I think that it
> makes
> it easier for the dog to get used to the new name.   Mardi and Shaman and
> Neechee.
>
>
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