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10-08-2008, 02:39 PM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston, MA and Danvers, MA
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| any1 gotten a yorkie that was 1 year old+ and changed their name successfully?? I am getting my little guy tomorrow and his name is Jack. He is a little over a year old. I am thinking about trying to change it to Dexter. Has anyone else done this before? or do you think it will confuse him?
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10-08-2008, 02:42 PM | #2 |
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| Yep! Toby will be 3 at the end of this year. We got him 2 months ago. His name was Radar but my daughter wanted to name him Toby. He will answer to both, but we call him Toby! |
10-08-2008, 02:45 PM | #3 |
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| Our min pin Jasper(we are just guessing his age, he had 2 or 3 owners before us) we got him at around age 3. He had been called Joey and also Jimmie, I liked Jasper so I changed it. He doesn't seem to care what we call him as long as we call him and let him jump into our laps for lots of kisses!! |
10-08-2008, 02:46 PM | #4 |
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| I received a yorkie when he was 1 1/2 years old and I changed his name successfully.....it only took a few weeks and he started answering to it......
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10-08-2008, 02:54 PM | #5 |
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| Yep my daughter got a 1 yr. old yorkie and we just changed her name...it only took a couple days....and she comes to her new name!! Good luck.. It could take longer...just don't go back to his old name....he'll learn! specially if you put a treat in your hand when you call his name that might help a little too.
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10-08-2008, 02:54 PM | #6 |
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| I got Tofu when he was 1 year and 3 months. He is now 2 years and 8 months old. I changed his name right after we got him and it took him a few weeks to respond to that name. We never used his old name after we started calling him by his new one. As long as you keep on calling him that, I am sure he will respond to his name very soon. Good luck with the name change! |
10-08-2008, 02:58 PM | #7 |
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| In the past I got a poodle that was 3 years old. I changed her name. She was fine with it. If you think about it, we have many names for our babies. Mine answer to at least 3-4 different names each because of the nicknames I've given them. I think your baby will be fine. Also, my Oliver know his brother Otis by 2 names. Otis and bubby. Every time I ask hime where bubby or Otis is, he knows to look for Otis.
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10-08-2008, 03:12 PM | #8 |
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| We changed the names of our adopted babies from Capone to Maximus (6 y.o.) and from Eve to Minnie (1 y.o.) They both don't listen to either name... LOL!!! |
10-08-2008, 03:14 PM | #9 |
Donating YT 10K Club Member | Rrosenberry just adopted a 3-4 year old yorkie from the pound....she never knew the dog's name, but now it's Bella.
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10-08-2008, 04:44 PM | #10 |
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| Thank you for the advice!! I will be picking up Dexter tomorrow! YAYyyy (....my mom thinks i should name him Jackson instead)
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10-08-2008, 05:06 PM | #11 |
Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Houma LA
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| I don't know of any dog that wasn't able to learn it's new name. A trick I have heard used it to call them by both names together for a few days (Jack-Dexter) after a few days drop the Jack and just use Dexter.
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10-08-2008, 05:22 PM | #12 |
Nope, Not a Wig. Donating Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: New England
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| ignore this post -- ya beat me to the jack-dexter idea!
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10-08-2008, 05:39 PM | #13 |
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| Awwwww I like the name Jack LOL Donna |
10-08-2008, 08:01 PM | #14 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Boston, MA and Danvers, MA
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| I think the name Jack is kinda cute....but my friends dog name is Jack and I have been wanting to name the next dog I got Dexter for a while...
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10-08-2008, 08:18 PM | #15 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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| When I got Beau, at 9 months, his name was Blue....it sounded close enough and only had one syllable. Maybe you can call him Dex for a while...it kinda sounds like Jack. Congrats on getting a new baby....regardless of the age. |
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