ruffy tuffy duffy?

wolfie (wuffie)?

Beau

Hey! I like wuffie! I went in and looked at him and said "buffalo?" and he just blinked. Then I said "Wuffie?" and he wagged his tail.
I don't want him to feel like we don't care about his identity especially since this is his first day.

partner doesn't like wuffie....another suggestion?

bandit, bondo, bungi, bocchi, bizzy, baldo.....

My dogs have multiple nicknames and they know each one.

Quinton comes to..baby bear, kirk, kirkie, and monster.

Ruari comes to..little guy, porky and porky pig.

Some B name I thought of are Brocc, Brógán, Bo.

Dog likes the name of Woofie. Partner loses :) We will probably find other names for him also. Tedz started out as Teddybear and sometimes is Tedzie or just Bear. Woofie sure is happy since he got here! I kind of expected some sadness in missing his family. This was the easiest transition I have ever heard of.
Thanks for your help!
Karen

It's not so much the actual name pronunciation that makes your dog or cat come to you... it's the tone of your voice, and the emotion your pet perceives. It can be sweet and loving, or commanding.

Maia comes to My-My, Maia, My Little Peach, Cookiepuss, and a dozen equally silly names... it's the tone of my voice that gets her.

Huck responds to Huck, Hucky, Huckster, Hucky-Ducky, Doorknob, and a plethora of other monikers, including a couple that rhyme but aren't so sweet! Again, it's the tone of my voice... he either knows I want to pet and love him up or give him something... or, he knows he better get his butt over to my location pronto.

However, since most animals respond to repetition and consistency in training, it's best to keep calling him the same thing while he's learning. Once he has his new name down pat, throwing in a few nicknames won't hurt a bit!

I changed my old Rottie's name when I got her at age 6-8 YEARS. She started responding to it immediately. In fact, I've changed the name of every dog I've ever had except for Max, and the only reason he didn't get a name change is that he belonged to my friend and it would have seemed rude.

K'Ehleyr was Mahagony
Tatyana Mashenk'a was Roxy
Kate Moss was Apple

Anastasia (Husky) and B'Elanna (Rottie) were found as strays as young adults, so I'm sure they had names before I named them.

I got Aleksander and Kang as puppies. They were the only 2 that I named first!

As long as you look at the dog and do positive reinforcement for responding, the dog won't have a problem learning his new name.

Go ahead, think me weird, my family does, :) but I actually have fun coming up with alternate nicknames for my two cats. Em/Emma (who by the way was named MJ by previous owner) is M&M (yum!), (or Eminem - rappers, yikes!), Emmylou (my country side?), Imogene (ah, Hollywood) and others. Sealey (which means "happy meadow" in old English...and she IS!!) also has many such as Silly and the latest (which really amuses me) is "Mycelium" which is part of a mushroom (ok, it's a fungus- but it's still funny.)
Seriously, I think the repetition of using a name in a pleasant mode with them and in association with pleasant individualized attention helps them learn. Also, I try never to use their names for scolding or to get them to come for an unpleasant reason like nail trimming, etc.