Is it to late to change a name at 2 years of age? I am bringing home a 2 year old little yorkie boy on the 15th, and was wondering if changing his name is a no-no? Has anyone ever done this, or do you all stick to the name given by the breeder when they are so much older? Thanks.:) |
Dogs adapt very quickly. They don't associate their names with something that belongs to them but as a command similar to 'look here'. I would not worry about changing a two-year-old dog's name :) Congratulations on bringing a new pup home! We want to see pictures asap :D |
name change You can change his name to what you want. I changed most of my rescues names . What I did was: My last little yorky girl her name was Diamond for 2 years, well that was not going to work. I wanted her name to be Julie Ann so I started off calling her Diamond Julie for about Two weeks and towards the end of the second week I then would just say Julie to see how she responded. She looked at me so I knew she did respond to Julie then I would say Diamond Julie Ann she still responded then I dropped the Diamond and called her Julie she had no problem with the change. Sometimes I call her Julie Ann and sometimes Just Julie she comes to both. The other day I said Diamond and she did not even look at me. I think most people do change there new babies names. |
Thanks Ladies, Good to know!! I just posted pics in a thread Michelle :p |
I changed Siennas name when I got her but she was only 7 weeks old ..Her name was Lilly our Border Collie is 5 you could call her Ding dong and she'd come |
My Teddy was 8 months old when I brought him home from the breeder and I changed his name. DvlshAngel changed Kaji's name when he was a year old. We agreed that it is almost as if our dogs wanted new names to go with their new homes. Teddy responded to his new name immediately, whereas he didn't when I said his previous moniker. He really seemed to like Teddy. I think it may have helped that the new name started with the same letter and sound as the old. The reason I'm awake and posting at this hour is that we are having a nasty thunderstorm and I'm consoling Teddy. :p |
I dont think it should be a problem no :) |
I don't think it's a problem. We got Camden at 2 1/2 yrs old and she had a different name. Honestly, I don't think she really even knew her name, but she adapted just fine! |
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When we got Rhianna from the breeder at 6 months of age she was called Neecie . . .So we started calling her Reebee because it sounded almost the same and then as time went on we just went with Rhianna Belle, sometimes we just say Reebee sister and she comes to that too . . . I think she'd respond to anything . . . :p |
Both of the ones I got older I kept their names. Thankfully they were names I could deal with. LOL! I wasn't sure about Martini at first, but she had already started conformation training with him and I didn't want to confuse him, and it did grow on me : ). I think you CAN change it though if its not a name you like. |
It is very possible. Think of all the dogs that need up in shelters without a known name and get a new one. Congrats on the new dog! |
Congratulations, Darlene!! I agree with the others - you can definitely change his name if you want. Now I'm off to find your picture thread and hunt down details on this new baby. :D |
I agree! My brother got his dog when he was about 8 months old, and changed his name from Rex to Dallas. Dallas didn't have any problems with the name change. I got Levi when he was almost two, but kept his name because I liked it :) |
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One good way to start is to say his "old" name followed immediately by what you want to call him and eventually just call him his new name. You also can reward him whenever he looks at you after you've called him his new name. Good luck! And the hardest part in all of his will be deciding on his new name I'm sure! |
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