Tips in naming your
puppies
So, you finally deiced
to get a puppy. You spent
so many hours talking to
dog breeders and surfed the
Internet countless times to
have the perfect puppy for
you and your family. You
went from doghouses to
doghouses, to dog
associations, to animal
societies, looking and
meeting puppies until you
have found the right
one.
Question is: Now what?
Your puppy needs a
name!
Throughout his lifetime,
you will use the dog's name
over 35,000 times. So, make
sure that you choose a name
that you and your family
will use to refer to that
loving dog of yours.
Here are some tips in
finding the perfect name
for your puppy.
Remember that dogs
understand brief commands.
Names should therefore be
easy to remember. Names
with two syllables or
lesser work well. Don't
expect that your dog would
be able to respond to you
immediately when you named
him "John Dewey
McArthur".
The name of your puppy
should not sound like the
rest of the commands. For
example, do not call your
dog "Stacy". It's too close
with the command "stay".
Having a name like that
will only confuse the
dog.
Remember that you will
be using the dog's name in
public. Remember the joke
circulating in emails when
someone has a dog named
"Sex" and gotten the dog
owner into trouble? "Boner"
might be funny for your
drinking buddies, but may
have a different reaction
when you are in a
veterinarian clinic or at a
park.
Ask your kids what they
want to name the dog. Let
them participate in name
decision process. If they
want to name the dog
"Champ" or "Tootsie so be
it. Reserve your funky
names when in front of
other people.
You may believe that it
would be an honor for your
Uncle Tom or best friend
Bobby if the dog is named
after them. Maybe naming
your baby after them might
honor them, but naming your
puppy after them won't.
If you decided to bring
home a dog that is quite
older, it would be probably
better to stick with its
old name. But, what if the
name of the dog is
"Barney", the name of
your-ex whom you had a
bitter breakup? Then, stick
with other sounds similar
to it.
Once you've picked a name,
see if it works out. You
will know if that works. If
not, then there are tons of
dog names available to
replace it.
With these tips, naming
your puppy would be
fun.
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