What Was Your Dog's Original Name?

[dogzr#1]

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.

[fritz03]

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.

[tikeyas_mom]

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..

[crow_noir]

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.

[crow_noir]

I took and converted that number to the alphabet CFIEGE Could have been a Fiege LOL.

Payson didn't have a name he had a number. Something silly like #369575

[wolfsoul]

Visa was Destiny her firsth few weeks (which I dislike for her)
Solo was Rhythm until he was born a singleton

[Pawsitive Thinking]

Archie was originally Gainsborough, bless him.

Anything less like a classic oil painting I've yet to meet

[Seravieve]

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!

[Toby's my baby]

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.

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.

[cloverfdx]

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.

[sparks19]

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

[CathyBogart]

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.