Meet Snoopy! This weekend we added a member to the family. Snoopy was living with our cabin neighbors. They are an older couple and the gentleman is in poor health, making it difficult for them to manage Snoopy's care. After much convincing, Jake got on board with moving Snoopy to the city. He was too seemingly perfect to pass up. We already knew that he did well with Kai and other kids and that he got along great with my mom's dogs. My sister is in love with him also, so he has somewhere to go if we happen to go on vacation or away for a weekend or even a day. He passed all of my sister's tests of his temperament; which were numerous and a little funny. So far he seems to be adjusting well to our home. He has taken well to walking on a leash and has had no potty accidents. The cats are seriously annoyed, but I think they will adjust in about six months or so. You know how cats are...
More on Snoopy later I am sure! We are thinking of giving him a new name...any suggestions?
More on Snoopy later I am sure! We are thinking of giving him a new name...any suggestions?
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I know the temptation to change his name is strong, but I would suggest against it. It is my understanding that a one year old dog is pretty used to his name and might not do so well with a name change. Just a thought. Who knows, maybe he will do just fine.
I actually read in a couple of places that it is better to change the name. Then they associate the new name with you and the old name with their previous owners. I guess it is especially good in cases where they may have negative associations with their name from their prior living arrangement. In any case, though, Snoopy will remain Snoopy, I think we knew him too long with that name to change it. :)
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