rockylarson wrote:
If she is going to be a house or show dog a single syllable name will do. If she is going to be doing any field, obedience, or serious training I would go with a two syllable name.
That's an interesting comment. We don't do any field work with our dogs, but for the other elements, I don't know how the number of syllables would effect the dog's performance.
Our dogs compete in tracking - the first thing we train (the puppy will have her second lesson tomorrow) - agility and obedience. The border collies also herd.
Our current dogs all have one syllable names. Breeze - the number one rated golden retriever in NADAC for 2011 - 2013 (the 2014 rankings are not out yet) has TDX and CDX titles to go along with her champion title in agility. Jinks and Fire are equally accomplished.
Perhaps we have disadvantaged our dogs with their one-syllable names. Could you elaborate.
Tom