What's her name to be

pulsar wrote:


As far as one-syllable versus two syllable names, we've seen no difference in training. We've had Heather, Tucker, Raisin, Katie, Cricket, Allie and Boogie with two-syllable names. With one-syllable names we've had Mike, Fire, Breeze, Jinks, and Razz. (Our current dogs are Breeze, Jinks, Razz and Boogie.)

Tom

Heck, i've named dogs with 3+ sylllable names and never had a problem with their ability to learn/follow commands. Moose-dog has an official 4 syllable name plus one 4 syllable nickname, four 3 syllable nicknames, one 2 syllable nickname, and three 1 syllable nicknames and can distinguish between them all (which one means "you're in trouble" versus "aren't you the cutest thing in the world", etc.), and follows commands without hesitation using any of them.

All my dogs have had multiple variations of their names to be used at different times/points in their lives. Those who were easily trained were easily trained regardless of the syllables in their names.

A beautiful young lady. I'm glad you adopted her.

dturm wrote:

Did any of you see the 60 minutes segment on the Smartest dog in the world? This dog has over 1000 toys he can find by name and then follow a command with what to do with it.

Our cats would say the smartest dog is below average. Not only do they know more than 1000 individual names, they know how to spell :B

What a gorgeous dog that Razz has become! I have never been able to pick a name for children, nor dogs. I always let someone else choose. I quickly come up with affectionate nicknames that I use. Example, Sunny is laying at my feet, but I call her, 'Boo-Boo Bear'.

Dashonthedash wrote:
The odd thing, all my dogs who have had one-syllable names (Max, Dash and Dot) were easy to train. The dogs who have had two-syllable names (Willow, Lily, Molly, Shadow and Hannah) have all been harder to train (or untrainable, in Shadow's case). As for the name, Razz will do but, based on her registered name and her pretty looks, I might have chosen "Red".

There are sentimental reasons for her name being Razz. Interestingly though, her litter name was Ms. Red.



As far as one-syllable versus two syllable names, we've seen no difference in training. We've had Heather, Tucker, Raisin, Katie, Cricket, Allie and Boogie with two-syllable names. With one-syllable names we've had Mike, Fire, Breeze, Jinks, and Razz. (Our current dogs are Breeze, Jinks, Razz and Boogie.)

Tom

She is a beautiful gal.

Dale

What a beautiful pup!

The odd thing, all my dogs who have had one-syllable names (Max, Dash and Dot) were easy to train. The dogs who have had two-syllable names (Willow, Lily, Molly, Shadow and Hannah) have all been harder to train (or untrainable, in Shadow's case). As for the name, Razz will do but, based on her registered name and her pretty looks, I might have chosen "Red".

Gorgeous!

Beautiful dog!

Here is Razz a year later (at 14 months)



Her agility and tracking training are progressing nicely.

We have a borderline dog - make that border collie - 8-month old that we picked up in Wyoming this past summer. His name is Boogie. I've been too busy to introduce him to the forum; I'll see if I can get some pictures up. Razz and Boogie are great playmates. Boogie teaches Razz border collie games and Razz teaches Boogie how to play like a golden.

Tom