• Question: If I changed the name of my dog every year would he respond to all the names?

    Asked by nicenadia to Alessandro, Angela, Claudia, Marina, Phil on 11 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Marina De Vos

      Marina De Vos answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      Depends on your dog. You would have to retrain your dog every year. I am not sure he would not enjoy it. Would you like to be called differently every year?

    • Photo: Phillip Wilkinson

      Phillip Wilkinson answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      If you’re dog was smart enough then yes!

      We don’t know much about how dogs identify themselves. So if you called your dog “Rover” we aren’t sure if the dog indentifies himself as “Rover” or he just understands that when you make the noise “Rover” it means you want his attention.

      So you can just make up a random noise every year, not a word, and you’re dog will come to associate that noise with you wanting his attention.

    • Photo: Claudia Krehl

      Claudia Krehl answered on 11 Mar 2013:

      I think I would start getting confused if I changed the names of my pet every year..

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