[Smokey2011]

hmmm.. Smokey didnt have a name when we got him at age 6 months from his breeder ... seemed strange, but he took to his name almost immediately.

I got OJ (Orange Julius) whippet back during the murder trial. He was 10 months old and would not respond to anything else, not matter how unpopular the nickname was at the time and we just lived with the comments.

I adopted Ebony (greyhound) when she was 3.5 yrs old and the resuce lady had changed her name to Isis, which I hated. The dog would not answer to the name 'Isis' and when I experimented one day and called her 'Ebony', she charged over to me like a shot out of a cannon. Ebony became 'Ebony' again from that moment on.

So there you go.. three scenarios, three different responses. No harm in trying and you wind up going with the flow anyway. "Here, BOY" does have a certain ring to it. :>)