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

[Nicole Torcolini]

OMG, Waffles. Here Waffles. Sit Waffles. I can't keep a straight face just
thinking about it. The only food that comes to mind that would pass as a
name for a human is Ginger. There's a few others that aren't too bad for
animals. I knew a few cats named Pepper, and another one named Peanut; my
friends name their cats names that start with P. There was a poodle who used
to live in my neighborhood in Washington State whose name was Liquorish. In
a movie, there was a gray poodle named Coco. Oh, and my friend had a
chocolate lab named Toblerone, but he went by Toby.

-----Original Message-----
From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 7:57 AM
To: NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users
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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