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

[Doug Parisian]

Well, I've had two dogs with rather unique names: Xeres Pronounced 
Zaries) has to be the strangest.  Perhaps Iggy not so much but still 
rather tough to say for 10 years.

If my next dog were named Sue, would it be a boy, or a girl?
On 25/02/2014 7:38 PM, Nicole Torcolini wrote:
> 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
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> 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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