Quote Originally Posted by mtbdarby View Post
Anyone have any advice on renaming a stray? Obviously he has a name we just don't know it. They humane society has only had him for a few days but a lady found him as a stray and kept him for 2 weeks before turning him in. She's the one who started calling him Buddy. He's a mature male but we don't know how old, so how long do you think it will take for him to learn a name (or me to come close to figuring out what his real name is?).
Oooh, that's a tough one. Hank came named, but there was no way I was taking a dog with a preppy name like Hunter to rodeos. I like the name on precocious little boys, but not Australian Shepherds. Naming him was easy since I went with something close and it just happened to be what I wanted. I named him after the series of kid's books, Hank the Cowdog. Now he's more Hank the Couchdog.

I'd say use the name a lot. All the time. When you're talking nonsense to him (you do that right?) use his name. Hopefully he's not like my Lucky girl who refused to be anything but Lucky. I wanted her to be Tig after the dog in the movie Open Range. She's an older terrier mutt though, I think that's a big part of it!!!