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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 6:08:42 GMT
Not a nickname, but straight-up changed it to something else?
We struggled for weeks to come with a name for our cat that we all agreed on. Still, 4 months later and that name just doesn't *feel* right.
The perfect name came upon me the other day and now I want to rename him. Badly.
The reaction among the family is mixed and I doubt the cat will care what he's called as long there is a treat and/or cuddle at the end of it. I think the challenge will be the humans remembering the new name, lol.
Anyone BTDT and have stories/advice for or against?
TIA!
L
PS: The cat in question is that spoiled rotten guy in my avatar. His name is Koby and I want to change it to Dobbie. (And yes, I am a huge HP fan. I'm kicking myself for not thinking of that name months ago!)
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Chinagirl828
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Post by Chinagirl828 on Sept 20, 2014 6:55:39 GMT
We had a cat when I was a teenager that started out it's life as Smokey. The name was never really right though and after a few months we ended up naming him Mesermals which was the name that stuck until Mum had to take him to the vet and they asked how to spell his name. Mum told the vet she just called him George, which is what they wrote on the form. Mum called the cat George until he died, while the rest of us called him Mesermals.
I think if the current name is not right and you think Dobbie is a better fit, then change it. If the rest of the family don't agree then Dobbie could be your special name for him.
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Post by patin on Sept 20, 2014 6:58:50 GMT
Our dog From Rescue was called "tank" by previous owner. We named him "max..". We would call him by his new name & give him a treat. He responded really quickly. I had heard you should keep the same # of syllables. His official name is Maximus , but he only hears that when he is in trouble - like eating 28 out of 36 meatballs I hard made for DH 's birthday. ( Max is a Great Dane.)
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 7:04:53 GMT
Our cat had two or three names... if she was in the mood she answered to any of them just fine. If she was not in the mood to be bothered by humans she answered to none of them. Name him Koby Dobbie. Some call him Koby, some call him Dobbie and some call him That %&^% [HASH] fuzzbutt.
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Post by hannahruth on Sept 20, 2014 7:17:39 GMT
Yes we got a rescue dog who was called chief but we changed it to Tucker which he responds to well.
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Post by wholarmor on Sept 20, 2014 8:17:50 GMT
We got our first dog from the animal shelter at 6 months old. She came with the name "Mini." We didn't think the name fit her, so she became Padme. She took to get new name quickly.
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Post by gillyp on Sept 20, 2014 8:25:35 GMT
Our cat went from being Gerald to Ruby without any problems. KoBY and DobBIE have the same sounding last syllable so I'm sure the cat will come to either name. If his humans are receptive to change just tell them the cat is to be Dobbie from now on and they will eventually cotton on and follow your lead.
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Post by polz on Sept 20, 2014 10:39:11 GMT
Our old neighbour had a cat named Lexus. When she sold the house, Lexus kept coming back from her new home, so the new owner said she could live there and called her Maggie. She seemed to like that name. DD called her Lexus-Slash-Maggie.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 11:01:11 GMT
Nickname him Dobbie.
Our pup is Bentley. He answers to Budrow, buddy, Boodie, Benters and occasionally, I go to call him Boodie and it accidentally comes out Boobies. He still comes running lol
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Post by scorpeao on Sept 20, 2014 12:22:29 GMT
My cat has had multiple names...mostly by my ex. I took him when he was a little over a year old and his name is Momo (Moe Moe). His name at the time of neutering was Uncle Leo. My ex has no recollection of naming him that, but the vet records say that was his name. Momo is about 9 now, and he answers to his name.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 12:52:48 GMT
It's a cat, they ignore you anyway. I wouldn't hesitate to change it. Ann
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Post by Nink on Sept 20, 2014 12:56:40 GMT
We adopted our dog from the shelter. He was named boomer which I loved but DH changed it to Gibson. He adjusted quickly.
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Post by phoenixcov on Sept 20, 2014 13:00:11 GMT
My late rescued GSD came to us as Purdy which we changed to Jodie or jodes or when I was in a sloppy mood dodie dumpling. Our present rescue Siamese was Kiwi and is now Asha. Grandson calls her Asha masher for some strange reason. Both animals took to new names right away. I think Koby Dobbie sounds cute.
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Post by Dixie Lou on Sept 20, 2014 13:15:12 GMT
We share a cat with the neighbors. They call him Cinnamon and we call him Bo. He comes to both names.
We took our Shadow from a rescue family who had realized that they couldn't keep him. They had named him Sheldon.
Our Frodo came to us with that name but when my friend adopted him some 10 years ago, his name was D.J.
Who knows what Tucker and Dixie's name was before. We don't really know where they came from. Same with my mom's dog Melvin. He was also found roaming the streets.
They all adjusted to new names easily.
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Post by perfectcircles on Sept 20, 2014 13:22:23 GMT
Change it. Our rescue cat was named Stevie, after Stevie Nicks. I didn't like it so for 7 years I've called her Kitty. How silly that I've essentially renamed her Kitty when we could have just given her a new name to begin with.
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Post by styxgirl on Sept 20, 2014 13:27:17 GMT
When DHs brother died Ina car accident 25 years ago, we adopted his dog. She was a bull terrier named "Felony" We changed her name to "Ellie" She was the sweetest, biggest lapdog. Unfortunately, she had hip displaysia and had to be put down when she was only a few years old. :-(
She didn't mind her name change at all.
I say go for it! especially with a cat!
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Post by quinmm14 on Sept 20, 2014 13:37:00 GMT
We adopted a pup from a woman who just called him buddy. We renamed him within the first week, he likes his new name better!
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Post by BeckyTech on Sept 20, 2014 13:43:04 GMT
When I adopted Lacey, her shelter name was Mia, but she didn't really answer to it. I understood she was surrendered to the shelter in NM and asked why they hadn't kept her original name, whatever it was, since they must have known it. They explained to me that shelters always rename the pets (new life, new name). She seemed like a Lacey to me, so that's her name now.
Also, when I first adopted Kayley, it took me a good couple of weeks to decide on her name. The shelter she came from hadn't even given her a name. In the meantime, I called her "Baby" and it took her only a few days before she started figuring out that was her name. When I finally decided on Kayley, she soon figured out that was her name. It was no big deal. Each time it only took abut 3 days before she figured it out.
In other words, pets regularly get renamed and it's just fine. If he seems like a Dobbie, call him that. If you use it every chance you get when you refer to him for a few days, he'll figure it out and be just fine.
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Post by pretzels on Sept 20, 2014 13:43:26 GMT
We thought about it, but for a different reason. When we got our first dog, we named her Jenny, after the character in Forrest Gump. Seven years later, I was pregnant with our second child, a daughter, and DH said that he wished we hadn't named the dog Jenny because he would have liked to name our daughter that (he just really liked the name). So we talked about it and decided against it for many reasons.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 13:49:59 GMT
Our dog's name was Timothy when we found him as a puppy at the shelter. We changed it to Buddy when we took him home.
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Post by bluepoprocks on Sept 20, 2014 14:13:27 GMT
I got a cat who was really old. When he came to me his name was Stupid. I thought that was mean and called him Buddy for a few weeks until I realized it wasn't mean it was the truth. I started calling him Dummy. Seriously he was a wonderful cat, actually acted more like a dog. Followed me everywhere, wanted to sit on my lap but dumb as could be. He answered to Stupid, Buddy, and Dummy.
All of our cats where strays or abandoned. Who knows what there names where before we got them. They always answered to whatever we named them.
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Post by KikiPea on Sept 20, 2014 14:29:38 GMT
Yes. Our first dog was found by our vet and they had given him a name we couldn't pronounce and we had a name already picked out for him. It started with the same letter, though.
With out second, he was found as well and they didn't know his name. The rescue named him Ben. We didn't think he looked like a Ben and had a name we wanted to use. So, we named him Nawiliwili (An area in Kauai), but left his middle name as Ben. At first, we called him Wili Ben while he got used to being called Wili. It took no time at all for him to respond to his new name. He also comes to many, MANY nicknames. LOL
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Post by snappinsami on Sept 20, 2014 14:56:39 GMT
We adopted our kitty Mia from a shelter when she was around 6 months old. They'd named her Serendipity. Dumb name for a cat, IMO. We renamed her Mia. She didn't seem to mind.
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Post by whipea on Sept 20, 2014 15:05:11 GMT
Several times. Striker to Gino, Hail to Hank, Goose to Vinny. We would call them by both names at the same time "StikerGino" for a day or two then eliminate the old name. Quick adjustment.
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Post by monklady123 on Sept 20, 2014 15:22:24 GMT
It's a cat, they ignore you anyway. I wouldn't hesitate to change it. Ann Yes, that's what I was going to say. lol. Even for dogs who mostly do not ignore us (unless it's "come get your bath" or something like that) you can change their name and they learn. Friends of mine got a dog from the shelter, named "Casey". But, their son's best friend was named Casey, and since the boys practically lived at each other's houses they decided the dog should be named something else. So they changed it to "Kailey" which sounds similar. However, it doesn't even need to sound similar. I know people who changed their pet's name from "Ruth" (lol) to "Ginger." They said "who ever heard of a dog named Ruth?" lol. And eta to add: Our dog was named "Simba" by the shelter where we got her. However, she's a black lab/border collie and dh said "Simba? That's a name for a tawny colored cat. We need to change that." lol. But the kids were horrified. Dd in particular was worried that the dog would be confused -- found as a stray, dumped (her word) in a shelter, having to live with all those noisy dogs for months, then adopted, and given a new name! lololol... my dd is tender-hearted, what can I say. Personally I liked Simba so dh was out-voted.
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Post by Skellinton on Sept 20, 2014 15:37:42 GMT
4 of the 6 cats I have all had different names (I am assuming they had other names since they were strays, abondaned or left their previous homes) and all of them have the names we gave them that they respond to. I think they figure things out pretty quick! I also had a dog from the pound that was 6 when we got him who was called Scampy by his first family. Totally did not fit him as he was very dignified, handsome and polite, he accepted his name change in a matter of 24 hours. If you don't like the name I would change it!
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Post by Deleted on Sept 20, 2014 15:42:12 GMT
It shouldn't be a problem because like someone else said, they sound very similar.
My lab's name in Jackson, but we call him Jax, Jaxie, and Brownie. He'll come to pretty much anything (although he does snap to attention faster if I say Jackson, but that's the name I usually use when he's in trouble, so it's probably more in tone of my voice)
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Post by honeyb on Sept 20, 2014 15:48:15 GMT
I have no personal experience, but I have a funny story relating to this. My grandma got a rescue cat that just happened to have exactly my daughter's name (the cat was a calico and was called Callie Anne.... which is exactly what I named my daughter (who is not a calico cat Grandma thought the other great grandkids would get worked up if she had a cat named after one of them, so she decided to call the cat "Pam" (?) Anyway, the cat got out about a week after she rescued her. She couldn't get the cat (who was now roaming the halls of the retirement home) back in, so she called my Aunt to come over and help her get the cat back in. Grandma said she kept calling for Pam and she wouldn't come. My Aunt started calling "Callie" and the cat came in and never left again. They decided that she was revolting against the name change, so Grandma had a little conference with all the Grandkids telling them she didn't favor my daughter, but she was going to have to call her cat Callie. Nobody cared. My daughter (at age 8) was the youngest grandchild (and the ONLY Great Granddaughter)- everyone understood. Grandma died a few years ago and a cousin now takes care of Callie. Every time we see the cat, I make sure to call her Pam. I swear she bristles at me every time! Guess she wasn't a Pam.
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Post by Zee on Sept 20, 2014 15:55:27 GMT
My cat has several nicknames that he's called probably more often than his real name. None of that seems to faze him. He responds to all of the most commonly used ones. Same with DD's cat (we're a big nickname family). My dog was the same way, responded to her name and all her most common nicknames.
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Post by librarylady on Sept 20, 2014 16:22:07 GMT
We took my mother's dog (1 year old) when she went into a nursing home. After a day or two we changed the name to what we thought fit her. The dog acted like, "FINALLY! Someone knows my name!" and responded immediately. It was kinda amusing.
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