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! 
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.
Last edited by crow_noir; 06-15-2007 at 01:26 AM.
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