i have a shitzu/chihuahua/poodle mix she will be 1 yr old in feb. when i first got her my other dog would push her away so we started calling her Go Away and she answers to it. but now everyone that meets her says i need to change her name what do you think?

She's too cute to have a name like that. What do you say to her when you want her to go away? :)

Leave her name alone :lol: She knows it. One of my DD started fostering a rescue dog 3 years ago. At the time the dog was the 8th one pulled out of the mess. The dogs were called by their numbers. My DD still has the dog and her name is "Number 8."

she is so spoiled normally i will just tell her no or stop

I think she needs another name, but I'm not good at picking our names for furbabies. 8-) I have two kitties -- one named Gracie because she is gray in color and one named Bitsy (see my avatar) because she was the runt of the litter, and I referred to her as Itsy Bitsy. She was so little at 9 weeks old that she could fit in the palm of my hand! She's still a little bitty kitty -- only about 5 1/2 to 6 pounds and is now 7 months old. I'm not sure she will get much bigger.

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thats my problem they tell me they are going to shelter and i have to take them. i have no kids so these are my kids.

Change her name to something cute, that is way too negative. Dogs can pick up on negativity. Better to call her Adorable.

You can choose something with the same beginning or the same ending and they will get it. I would change the name, not only for her sake but for yours. It can't feel good telling someone you love "go away" all the time!

Perhaps you could adapt something so she would still recognise herself, but it didn't sound so off putting to yourselves. What about Go-anna? After a little while, it could evolve to Joanna

i have a friend that says i need to call her .com
thanks for all the input will keep watching and making list of new names.

Dogs handle name changes very well. It's recommended to give a new name with every change of ownership. Behaviorists often say to give them a positive name which doesn't sound like "no" (or whatever word you use in place of no).

For instance Cujo has the no oh and is negative in sentiment even when joking.

Doesn't she also have other nicknames? Most animals go by a few names. Try one of those instead.

Her pic reminds me of Pebbles. If you really don't want to change, maybe just alter it to Goa or Way-way (Wei Wei).

Edit: You can make a name change immediately. There is no adjustment period in animals. Associate it with a treat and done.

Could you change it to something that sounds similar? Maybe like Goy-Yay? She is adorable!

I have a Rottie mix I adopted a few years ago. His name was Thom when I got him. I have a son named Tom so knew that wasn't going to work. My grandkids helped me choose his new name-Gus. He ends up with three names; Gus or Augustus or Gustav. My one grandson calls him GusGus because in our indecision I suggested we name him Gustav Augustus. He learned Gus the first day we started using it. He comes to Gustav too; knows he is in trouble. My other dog, Heidi a great dane also learned her new name fast. Her first name was Miranda and I couldn't keep that. She loves her new name. I think they associate the new name with all the love you give them.

thank you, my husband says she is a mommy's girl.

thank you for the info. i do call her miss go away but seems she responds better to go away

Oh yes you have got to change her name she is too cute to be called that but I am one to talk I used to have a cat named duffas. When my 2 oldest were little I called our cat duffas and that was what they called her from that point on. Mind you the cat wouldn't answer to anything else so I couldn't change her name.

I hope you come up with a cute name

Maybe change her name to something subtle....like Go Go or Jo Jo, then start dropping off the "away" part. Good luck, she sure is a cutie.

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.

could change it to Galloway....just a thought.

I would change her name........I vote for..................... Goy-Yay..............sounds adorable for such a sweet little pup. Close to the sound of what you call her now..... but is more fitting than using a name that makes her sound like a little pest.
Such a cutie!!!

Blessings..........Anna Adelia

She is so cute!

I like the name....it's Original

We had a rabbit named wedo because we don't know was what we said when anyone asked. It is your puppy and if she answers than that is just fine your friends can mind their own business. :)

thanks everyone for the input. will have to think on it more, just wanted to get thoughts from everyone.

Maybe you could call her Missy ...

she is such a cutie
how about Bow-J

Yes change it. She is so cute she looks like a little tuti-fruity.She is a cutie.

She is adorable. Cutie

I took in a toy poodle that had been dumped in my neighborhood and I tried all the dog names I could think of and kept coming to Charlie and it just seemed to fit him, he was a great dog.
I was given a little blonde dog at the groomers, the owner didn't want her anymore, her name was Misty, since one of my toy poodles name was Mistyblue, I knew that wouldn't work, so I named her Honeybun and she answered to it the rest of her life.
New home new name - it all seemed to make sense to them.
Just call her the new name about 50 times a day. I didn't change the dog I got from Humane Society and she has kept up with most of her bad behavior. MIL had her first.

We adopted a 1 yo boxer and changed his name. Took him a couple of days, but he knows his name fine. If you call him or correct him, he knows who you mean. Your little dog is adorable. Maybe you could call her Chloe or something that kinda sounds the same.

reminds me of my brother - when he was little he thought his name was Very Much because my Aunt would always say "Thank you, very much" when he did something for her.

My dog's name is Little Girl even though she is not so little anymore. When she first started showing up at my house as a stray thats what I called her to come to me and the name just stuck

In my house our pets have names but also each one has several nicknames. For instance, Mabel is called Mayboo, Mabel Anne, Boo-Boo, Boobie, Boo-Boo Boolinski, etc. Maggie May is Maggie May Muppet, Muppet, Muppie, cupcake, you name it. We have 5 cats right now but my dog had a million nicknames, all terms of endearment, as did all our beloved pets who are now gone. They just take it for granted I guess b/c they always know they're being talked to. Weird I guess but we've always done it lol :D

AWWWW You have a precious furkid. I personally think she deserves a cuter name. LOL Just me thinking. LOL

Keep the name. It's cute and different.

I did a little checking here and I believe that once a dog has a name, it stays. You can improvise or embellish or shorten, but don't change her name. Spelling change is fine - which brings me to my checking here - GAUWEI - English for Once Again or afresh or all over again - pronounced go-way! So, once again you can start afresh or begin all over again - Gauwei! I have a quote from Martin Luther (known as the nailer of the 95 Theses, the first member of the Lutheran church) who said, "Be though comforted, Little Dog. Thou, too, in resurrection, shall have a Little Golden Tail." This leads me to believe that dogs are angels and instead of the halo we are going to be getting, they will be getting a "Little Golden Tail." Also, "God will prepare everthing for our perfect happiness in Heaven, and if it takes my dog being there, I believe she'll be there." Billy Graham

Edie

PS - My Avatar - This is Miss Bess, Bess, Bessie, Bessie Mae, Roundhead (and that is when I am angry with her - I never use her name when I am angry with her, because her name means love to her), and her name is Miss Bess.

thanks edie. miss bess is such a cutie. all my dogs have enquie names i have one name kitkat, dg is short for devil girl (dad named her that), baby girl is a great pyrenees.

If she responds to "Miss Go Away" let her be called that, will make for a good story when you explain WHY she is called that. Besides she will not know what we humans associate with "go away" she just knows it is her name. She is so cute I want to pet her.

Call her GO for short and it will be nice. She will answer to that.
We have an airedale that was almost two when we rescued him. He had been a lost dog and we have no idea what his original name was. The foster home he was in for a few weeks called him Andy. My husband didn't like that so we changed his name to MacDuff. Within a week he started answering to his new name. Now he answers to that as well as Duff and Duffy.
I also call him and my other rescue airedale, Sadie, by silly things like McDoodlebopper and others. They know when they are being called.