What Was Your Dog's Original Name?

[.sarah]

Mandy's name was Tess. I hated that name ... still do. Well, not the name, but it doesn't fit her.

Nova's name was Scout. I actually really like that name, but it is my friend's dog's name. Nova fits her better and I like the name better too. Though I could see myself naming a dog Scout in the future. I think it's a cute name.

Luka was Lulu. Gross gross gross! To me that name belongs on "foofy" little lap dogs, not a big goof like Luka! Luka fits her really well. To me the name is tomboy-ish, and she is really a big tomboy. I almost named her Luna to stick with the outer space theme, but it didn't fit her. Besides, Mandy isn't an outer space name and I doubt my next dog's name would have been even if Luka was Luna.

[.sarah]

Charlie's original name was Mikey! UGH! I'm so glad I changed it!

I thought he was Batman

[pnance]

Hunter was Bam Bam at the rescue group.
Savannah was Anya from the person who rescued her. Nikka and Bear we kept the same.

[Uabassoon]

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

[Jessika]

I thought he was Batman

Oh well, that too. That's what the breeder had named him! So I guess he has two first names!

[MariaM]

We called Major "Shadow" at first, which I really didn't like that much for him. The people we got him from called him "Snoopy" which I think really fits him ahah. But he's Major, which is best.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Tango was Flash

[CathyBogart]

Star and Wilbur were the names we adopted them with. We thought briefly about changing Star to Wiley ('cause she's my little Coyote!) but she already responded to Star and I like that name better. Wilbur just....fits. He was named after the piggie in Charlotte's web by the rescue, his sister was Charlotte.

[Glacier]

Most of them I don't know what their names were, I just kept their shelter names but:

Earle's name was Flower. During the time he was with his momma dog, he ate absolutely every speck of color in her owner's yard. He had a particular fondness for flowers. He still enjoys a good snack of wildflowers.

Heyoka's shelter name was Nanook, which durn near every rescue malamute I've ever met has been called at some point in their life!

Deuce's name was Bandit. I already had a Bandit so that was just confusing!

Kayleigh's name was Cowley. I hated it, still hate it, despite the fact that it's actually the name of a lovely little creek near my house.

Muskwa's name for the first five months of his life was "HEY YOU NO"...Stuart couldn't decide on a name!

Daisy's name was Tulip, but her owner likes Daisies better!

[pitc9]

Sierra was named by the rescue I adopted her from, her name was Kierra (something like that) it was pronounced with a rolling "R"
Buddy was named Barry at the shelter I adopted him from.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

We named Bitsy from a Puppy, that's been her only name.

Charlie was named Shorty when we got him, it didn't fit him whatsoever.

Buster came with his name, we kept it because it fit him so well and we had other obstacles to overcome with him, we didn't need to add a name change to it.

Nacey came with her name, it's different and we really like it, also it fits her well. A few people I know didn't like the name Nacey and tried to convince us to chance it to Lacey, but that didn't fit her. She's our dog and if other people don't like her name that's too bad.

Nova was roughly 9 months old when we found her. We never found out what her original name was.

[gemini9961]

We got Sadie and Maggie as pups so those are their original names. Grant was named Grant at the shelter and we kept it. I tried to change it but hubby didn't like my names for him, they were too girly. Besides, Grant fits him.

[tricollie4me]

Although we adopted Bijou as a pup from the shelter when she was about 14 weeks old, she had never been named. So she's always just been our Bijou!

[k9krazee]

Shadow - We got Shadow from a relative and they named her Shadow, I wanted to change it but my parents wouldn't let me.

Micki - Micki was Mickey...we (my mom) just changed the spelling. But he obviously got his name for his "Mickey Mouse shaped" spots

Mini - She was originally Angel...bleh, didn't fit her at all.

Kyra - well, we've had her since birth but she did go through a few names. Originally we weren't going to name the pups and she was #5 but it soon turned to Peanut, then Baby and finally Kyra.

EDIT:

Oops..I fogot the J man

Jack was Biff...Yuck!

[JenBKR]

Roscoe was the same name he had at the shelter, which was what his last owner named him. I thought that it fit him perfectly, and I love The Dukes of Hazzard (the tv show, not the movie), so we kept it. He already knew his name and responded to it really well too, since he was already 3 1/2 and that had been his name all his life.