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

[Craig Heaps]

When I went ot GDB, the first dog with which they matched me was Nicole. 
That was going to be funny or awkward, depending on your perspective, 
because I have an adult niece named Nicole.  It urns out Nicole (the dog, 
not the niece) didn't walk fast enough.  So I went to the window 
(figuratively) and traded for Chase.  He walked significantly faster, so I 
called him High Speed Chase.

Craig and (High Speed) Chase


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 7:56 AM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] New dog and changing name was Re:Age of qualifyingguide 
dogs


> 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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>> http://wolfsinger2-thegoldendragon.blogspot.com
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