Help me name my (possible) new dog!

[OwedToAutumn]

That's it, really.

It's a 4 yo chocolate coloured labradoodle bitch. We dont like it's current name.

I want a two syllable name, that doesn't sound bizarre when being bellowed in the woods.

(Yes, I know it should be in The Doghouse, but I thought it would be fun to name dogs instead of babies for a change.)

Really unfair to change a 4 year old dogs name.....

Hetty
Flora
Marsha

If she recognises and answers to her name, it's a bit unfair to change it just because you don't like it. If you insist on changing it, at least make the new name something with the same vowel sounds and cadences as her existing name, so Lady could become Sadie or similar. Use the old name with the new name when calling her and gradually phase out the old name.

We took on a 10yo rescue dog and I wasn't particularly enamoured of his name, but two years on it's just "him" now and I forget how much I disliked it originally.

Galaxy?

My dogs have just turned 5 and would be very confused to have their names changed. It took them long enough to learn them in the first place! You're getting an animal, not an accessory.

Agree if you must change it you should do so gradually, eg "Lexi Buttons!" for a few months before becoming just Buttons (were her original name Lexi).

Some less well-used chocolate themed ideas if you must:

Rolo
Smartie
Ripple
Thornton
Malteser
Chip

Or Mocha

Surely you can't change the name of a 4yo dog. Would be very confusing for the dog. Can you change it slightly so that it sounds almost the same when yelled across a field?

Very jealous of your labradoodle. My next dog will be one. I walk regularly with 4 of them and they're all adorable!

Of course you can change its name. All those strays/dumped dogs that then up in rescue with no name seem to cope. And for some digs that may have been mistreated it is usually preferable to change their name as they may have negative associations with it.

Besides, my dogs (one of which is a rescue whose name we changed) answer to a whole host of nicknames.

It may be easier to pick something similar sounding but equally, you can just tag the new name onto the old one initially and gradually phase out using the old one.

Lola, Lexi, Beth, Mags

I love human names for pets but it maybe works better for males? I agree that Dave is an awesome dog name, although I also like Steve and Andy.
Maggie is good for a female I think too

I think it's nice to give a rescue dog a new name; sort of represents a new start. It's just a word to them.

I like:

Peggy
Dolly
Martha
Maggie
Abbey
Meg
Lulu

Nymeria, Nym for short.

Wanted to call my jack russell puppy Nymeria but it didn't sit well on a puppy the size of a guinea pig.

I think you should go 80s retro..

Tiffany
Crystal
Brandi
Misty

We had choc lab bitch called Rolo. She was wonderful and died of old age last year :(

Nothing better than a dog called Sophie. Don't know why...just best name for a dog ever

..or if it's a boy....Barkus.

Norma.

Douggie. Love that.

How about Mabel...that's my dogs name!

Treacle!

And my mums dog was seven or so when she got her, got renamed, no problems, she knew her new name pretty much straight away.

We have a doodle called Betty and it really suits her! Can't imagine anything else now! Friends have choc labs called bisto (f) and oxo (m) which are great too! So many option......

A dog name should be 2 syllables and preferably ending with an "ah" sound. Apparently it is better for training/recall. My last dog was called Amber and I renamed her from Lily (not that I didn't like the name it was just I thought new home, new name). Bella is good but quite common in the dog world.

Our dog was renamed aged... er... no idea really. Somewhere between 2-6, according to the vet. She was fine with it. Just grateful to have a home, food and no more men hitting her with sticks.

Her passport name was Mandy but I think it was 'M' day at the rescue home because our dog had no clue about Mandy.

I had a dog called Woody and my next I really want to be Biggles. There has to be a dog called Biggles somewhere.