Would it be wrong to rename our newly adopted dog?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She is 6 years old. Got her from a shelter.

It's fine

[Anonymous]

Rename if you want. I renamed my 10 year old rescue because he had a cat name. He lived another 8 years and after he learned his new name in a week or two everything was fine.

[Anonymous]

I volunteer at a shelter. We often bring in transports, and literally name the pets ourselves shortly before they get adopted. In this case, it's fine to rename.

In other cases, we get owner surrenders that have had their name for years. I would not rename then.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I volunteer at a shelter. We often bring in transports, and literally name the pets ourselves shortly before they get adopted. In this case, it's fine to rename.

In other cases, we get owner surrenders that have had their name for years. I would not rename then.

I volunteer for a rescue, too. I think the lesson here - whatever the dog's history is - is that dogs are fine with being renamed!

OP, when my organization gets updates about past adoptees I would say 99 out of a 100 have been renamed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No, it's part of the agreement, they will confiscate the dog and you will loose your money. How shameful you are.

What are you talking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No, it's part of the agreement, they will confiscate the dog and you will loose your money. How shameful you are.

What are you talking

Pretty sure it's a joke.

Most rescues provide updates on animals, and they'll often make it clear the pet's name was changed: "Joe (formerly Neville) was adopted by Karen two years ago . . . "

[Anonymous]

I renamed my dog who was about 5 years old when I got her. She was at a rescue for about a month before I got her and they named her a strange name.

Prior to that she was in a hoarding situation and probably didn’t even have a name.

She’s totally used to her new name.

[Anonymous]

We did not. He's 10 and he's know that name for that long

[Anonymous]

I thought it was when I adopted my 4 year old dog, so we didn't change it, but we've given him a million nicknames that he responds too. In retrospect I wish we had just renamed the dog.