On 27 Jul 2006 10:00:04 -0700, "Kungo Bungo Ay"
wrote:

So i am adopting a dog and the dogs name is Bama, i dont like this name
and want to change it, is that a bad thing to do, to confuse the dog,
or will a ten month old female dog quickly adapt to the new name?

Dogs do just fine with name changes, I've found. Think of all the
shelter dogs whose prior names are completely unknown. They end up
with new names and no problems with it. I think dogs' attitude is
"call me anything, but just don't call me late for dinner." Call her
whatever you want and as long as good things come whenever you use
that name, she'll happily change what name she responds to.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

Kungo Bungo Ay wrote:

So i am adopting a dog and the dogs name is Bama, i dont like this name
and want to change it, is that a bad thing to do, to confuse the dog,
or will a ten month old female dog quickly adapt to the new name?

I have changed names of dogs twice. They adapted just fine.

I think it fits in readily with dogs' view of the world that "this person
calls me this" and "that person calls me that." What's difficult is to
get them to respond the same to the same word spoken by
different people.

If you make sure that responding to her name is a good thing
by following it up with good attention or fun activities, she'll
catch on quickly and act happy about it.

Amy Dahl

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says...
I think it fits in readily with dogs' view of the world that "this person
calls me this" and "that person calls me that." What's difficult is to
get them to respond the same to the same word spoken by
different people.

If you make sure that responding to her name is a good thing
by following it up with good attention or fun activities, she'll
catch on quickly and act happy about it.

I got an adult cat, name unknown, from the "pound". For three weeks I
threw out various names, which he ignored. One day I said "Duncan?" and
he meowed and came running. No idea if that was his original name, or
if he just liked the sound of it. It certainly fits him (his full name
is now Duncan McCat There-can-be-only-one.
--
Debbie the Dogged das at spamcop dot net
http://web.newsguy.com/debbiethedogged/
"Poodles are space aliens who think they've disguised
themselves as dogs." - Paghat the Ratgirl

Debbie the Dogged
said in rec.pets.dogs.behavior:

For three weeks I
threw out various names, which he ignored. One day I said
"Duncan?" and he meowed and came running.

A few years ago Toni mentioned "naming parties" - whereby humans
would sit around on the floor throwing out dog names and
watching the puppies' responses.

Duncan has gotta be the right name.

--
--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.