Chopper's originally name was Miracle at the breeders. He was premature and they were unsure if he would survive as he was only 56 days duration and weighed 1.5 ounces.
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Chopper's originally name was Miracle at the breeders. He was premature and they were unsure if he would survive as he was only 56 days duration and weighed 1.5 ounces.
I've never renamed any of mine because they didn't have former names because we either got them as pups or bred them ourselves.
The only one I can say anything about is our old Mist who I was going to call Holly but changed my mind and called her Mist which was much better in my opinion. I love that name. I was only 13 at the time. Holly certainly wouldn't appeal to me now for a Border Collie.
Rita's breeder was orignially going to keep her, but since we wanted her, we got to name her. Her original name was Lizzie. :)
I don't think Sadie's breeder had a name for her, I was too young to remember.
Lucy's original name was Shanie (ick) she had this name for the first 15 weeks of her life. She didn't know her name yet so it was ok to change it. She was a crazy and silly so I decided to call her Lucy it suites her very well.
Maggie came with the name Maggie I didn't like it that much but she responded to it well so it stayed Maggie. Now I couldn't imagine her being named anything else.
Gracie came with the name 247b-12 or something like that from the shelter lol. My friend helped me come up with her name on the phone and said how about Grace, I like two syllable so I named her Gracie.
Zoe (R.I.P) well I have no idea of what her name was but when we found her I went on some doggie name websites and named her the one that she responded the best to. Keep in mind that I was only 11 or 12 years old at the time. lol
Happy-Happy
Misty-unknown
Electra-Electra
Rusty-Cujo
Perky-Biscuit
Ripley-Roscoe
Blair-Blair
Molly and Astra didn't have any names as we got them when they were puppies.
Prince on the other hand was originally named Taco Bell by his 'owner'. We changed it to Prince because we had a neighbor with two chihuahuas named King and Queen so being the third Chi on the block, we called him Prince.
We named Fritz after Mom saw a story in the paper with that name.The name on his Canadian Kennel Club papers is Als Junior Macklin.
I named tikeya at 6 weeks.. it has always been her name.
I think Oscar was named Panda by his breeders.
Babys original name was Roxy.
Ebonys name has always been Ebony.. Named after her mom, who died in a fire trying to save a girl..
Daisy has always been Daisy..
I've never re-named any of my dogs. LOL... then again only one ever came with a name... And he LOVED it and i had no problem with it... that was King.
My Rat Terrier didn't have a name as a pup.
Koli was "Stray" or pooch, or dog, or sweetie, or girl at the pound. She chose her name.
Though i did just help another foster re-name one of his charges! :D Her name was Lakota and came from a depressing situation. She didn't answer to her name and the Fosterer didn't like it. I renamed her Shayla and she responded to it beautifully! She liked the name so her fosterer kept it.
(King had a depressing life too, but he still loved his name. He'd turn on a dime to come running back to you if you said it.)
I don't like the idea of changing a dog's name unless there is a real reason to. (Like in Shayla's case.) I mean if a dog is utterly miserable with their name, so be it. If they like it and respond to it why change it? I think of it in terms of being called something most of my life then one day some one randomly starts calling me something else. Not fun.
I took and converted that number to the alphabet :p CFIEGE Could have been a Fiege ;) LOL.
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Visa was Destiny her firsth few weeks (which I dislike for her)
Solo was Rhythm until he was born a singleton
Archie was originally Gainsborough, bless him.
Anything less like a classic oil painting I've yet to meet :rolleyes:
Zeke was originally 'Forny'. I just couldnt live with that name. Change the F or add some letters to the end.. shoot. And when we'd tell people what his name was back then.. theyd look at us odd.
Bunny was 'Isabelle'. She and Zeke were both strays, so the pound named them both. Is a belle.. too long for a dog. And she didnt know it. She gets hunkered down and runs around the house like a bunny.. Hence 'Bunny'. And she's got a little nub tail like a rabbit. We tried Sierra.. it was too long.. Kenya.. didnt stick. But she responded quickly to Bunny.
Eli was 'Chase'. I couldnt remember it and kept calling him Chance. lol. And I dont like either name.. so we brainstormed and my J came up with Eli.. supposedly short for Elliot. But its 'Eli' or 'Little Man' around here.
Great idea for a thread! :D
Boo boo we got as a puppy so his name never changed.. i was only 2 when we got him, and the only thing me and my twin sister could say was Boo boo.. so that's what my mom named him. :o
Maggie was maggie... my sister wanted to change it to Lucy, but it didn't fit her so I wouldn't let her.
Autumn was Queenie.... it does not fit her at ALL, plus it's kind of a weird name if you ask me. Autumn was only about 12 weeks old when I got her, and that was over 2 years ago... still to this day if she isn't paying attention and you say it she spins right around. My grandpa will call her Amber sometimes, because thats what he though she should be named because of her color. :o
Tinny was Princess Panda for the first four weeks of life, then her old owners changed it to Tin Tin & now i call her Tinny.
Harri was Gordie from the moment we knew his Mum was in whelp. When the pups were born it just did not suit him. He was going to be Dexter, Parker, Rummy (Pedigree name is Rum n Raisin). I still adore Dexter and Parker as names and will use them in the future.
Belle's name was Belma when she was at the Kennel. LOL what a goofy name. But we had Belle picked out before we even met her and it suits her because she IS beautiful.
And Beezers name at the kennel was Presley. I like the name Beezer because it fits our "theme" and it sounds silly just like him :D
Jasper was a Jasper at the shelter. I was planning on changing it since he didn't know it yet, but it suits him so well.