Do you think it is a good idea to change the name of a 4 year old dog???

Question

There is a 4 year old golden named Duke I want to adpot, but I am not sure if I will want to change his name or not! We have a Lola and a Sophie already never named a boy!

Answer 1

Many rescued dogs get new names, and they learn them quickly. when people adopt my puppies, which are already named, I tell them to change the name gradually..such as saying, " good girl, Tasha-Tina.."" Using the old name WITH the new, for a couple of weeks. Then you can drop the old, and they respond to the new..
Some like to save the old for when they are really angry..."Tasha, Tina Smith!"

Answer 2

Chetso's advice really works!! You can change your dogs name with no problems at all. Just tack the name you want on to the end of the existing name and call your dog. You will sound like a bit of a retard for a few weeks calling your dog 2 names at the same time, (my friends and family get a huge kick out of this when I change rescue dogs names) but eventually you will be able to drop the old name completely and your dog will never know the difference!

Remember the word (or name) has absolutely no emotional meaning for them, it is simply a word. For example if you wanted to you could teach your dog to sit every time you said orange. And get rid of saying sit all together, your dog does not care about the word, only the praise that comes from doing something right!!

Answer 3

Dogs are not humans. They only come to there names because they have been conditioned to do so.
You can change a dogs name without any problems. Ofcourse -
you will have to repeat it over and over until it gets it.
Remember how many dogs are taken from shelters. They all get there names changed.

Answer 4

I would say it wouldnt matter.....It's not like they speak English. Think about it like this: if your dog eats canned food he will usually have some sort of reaction when he hears the sound of a can-opener.

When you call your Dog he recognizes the sound of his name....
Giving your a dog a new name at the age of Four probably wouldnt be a bad thing.....but obviously you have to give it some time to recognize it as his calling name.

you know what I mean?

I would say it would probably take two weeks

Answer 5

I have seen it done before. The dogs name was ebony, then they called it ebby, then nebby so on and so fourth. They changed it a little each time and waited to make sure the dog knew it was her name then changed it a little more untill it was the name they wnted.

Answer 6

that's advantageous to alter a canine's call at any age. No, it won't confuse them. you notice, canines do no longer detect their call as their call. To them, that's a command meaning "howdy, i'm chatting with you, pay interest!", or "come right here" or in spite of you have conditioned the canine to do consistent with their call. All changing their call might propose to them is they are gaining know-how of a clean command that should propose the comparable as yet another they have been taught previously. So- particularly no longer propose. you are able to desire to be at liberty to re-call him something you desire!

Answer 7

I just did it with a rescue that I took in.
His name was King and it seemed like he did not really know it.
He is now called Kaiser or Kai for short and he comes to it much better than to King.

Answer 8

For what purpose?

Who knows if the dog will take to the new name. You can try. I don't see the point.

Answer 9

I did. We got Penny when she was around 8 and we changed her name to Katy because I don't like the name Penny. She adjusted just fine. Katy suits her better.

Answer 10

No, but, if you are just now getting this dog, try to work with his name and find something similar. For instance, we adopted Spunky and name her Skunk. If you have had this dog for his life and you named him, no, don't change his name.