Dog Names

You can name your dog anything you want. The biggest suggestion I have is that whenever you call your dog you want to pronounce his name as if you were enthusiastically saying "Tax Refund!". Make sure that the name you choose conjures up fantastic and wonderful emotions and let those emotions overflow into the pronunciation of his name. Latter on this will assist you in training. A fun filled expression will most likely cause your dog to give you attention.

Naming your dog should be fun filled experience, and I believe that every name should be chosen with much thought behind it. But hey, it's your dog, if you knew his name the first instant you saw him then go with it. Like love at first sight, it could be name at first site.

Usually I spend days trying to conjure the best name for the new puppy that is due to arrive. But for those dogs that came to me with a name already I do not always change their name. It all depends on the situation. The two black Labs I have right now came to me with their names already attached to them. My 5 year old male black lab's papered name is "Evans Jet". He went by Jet. Over time he has become a permanent fixture in our house he has come to be known as "Jetty Boy". My female black lab came to us as a career change dog from Guide Dogs of the Desert. Her name was plain old "Anne". This is also my middle name and it just didn't seem right to have more then one breathing being in the house with the same name, even if it was only my middle name. So she became "Annie". I know what you are probably thinking, "Annie" isn't much different then Anne. My daughter however, who was only a year and a half, renamed her "Nannie"; which has turned into "Nannie Bananie".

This is an example of the evolution that a name can undergo over time. Let it happen, it's fun and it gives meaning to your dog's name.