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Originally Posted by b.zang
"What's in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
Dogs don't speak the same language as humans, so the only negative connotation to that name is what you give it. If the connection is positive, why change? Dogs learn their name no matter what language you speak. |
I had to change a male cat's name once. We were told he was a female and we named him "Bethany." He was answering to it when we found out he was a male, so we started calling him "Benny." He didn't seem to notice the difference. Eventually, it ended up getting lengthened out to Benjamin and he always knew who he was. I'd suggest thinking of something that sounds like her name now and change it gradually. Go-ee could eventually become Zoe.
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call her Goway. It is close enough to sound the same to her and sounds interesting to humans.
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Change it. She is so cute and needs a cute name.
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how about 'cutie pie' .. we had a male dog like yours and we called him 'skidmore' cuz he was always skidding across the tiles.
warm quilt hugs, sue in CA |
I was thinking Zoe, too.
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Originally Posted by klgreene
Then just call her mommy's girl. My dogs all have names, then they also have nick names, and they know them all. It's the tone in your voice that let's them know if they are in trouble or you want to snuggle.
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If you want to change her name, change it. It's your decision. It's really not hard to do. Just start saying "Go Away *insert new name*" Then start dropping the "Go Away" until she responds to the new name only. We adopted a one year old lab mix (avatar photo) and I changed his name within a few days. We've had him 2 years and now he doesn't even recognize his old name.
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I think you should leave it as it is because she knows
that name. |
When I was showing dogs, I held the leash to potty them, and said HurryUp so often that could have been their name
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