{"id":1083,"date":"2009-11-17T08:52:49","date_gmt":"2009-11-17T16:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/?p=1083"},"modified":"2009-11-17T08:52:49","modified_gmt":"2009-11-17T16:52:49","slug":"good-dog-name-bad-dog-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shibashake.com\/dog\/good-dog-name-bad-dog-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Dog Name, Bad Dog Name"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naming a dog is always a very complicated affair.<\/em><\/p>\n

Everybody in the family wants to name the dog after their favorite hero, villain, or whatever else. <\/p>\n

According to experts, the best dog names<\/a> should contain 2 syllables so that the dog can more easily distinguish it from commands which usually only contains 1 syllable, e.g. Sit, Stay, Jump, Shake<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In addition, a dog’s name should contain hard consonants<\/a> because dogs recognize hard\/stop consonants more easily. <\/p>\n

\n\"Good\n
Good Dog Name, Bad Dog Name<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n

Therefore, what should you name your dog?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\"What\n
What should you name your dog?<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

Both my dogs have several names which helps with the hero-villain naming dilemma. In particular they each have a good dog name and a bad dog name. <\/p>\n

The good dog name is used during attention exercises and recall, and the bad dog name is used when they perform undesired behaviors.<\/p>\n

Why have a good dog name and a bad dog name?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The main reason is to avoid confusion – for your dog.<\/em> <\/p>\n

Experts recommend that you do not use any names at all when disciplining your dog<\/a> for undesired behaviors. Just say “No” or “Ack-Ack” rather than “Lassie No”. This is because you do not want your dog to associate his name with the undesired behavior or with the correction. <\/p>\n

If you use your dog’s name to praise, issue commands, and correct him, it will get very confusing, very quickly. <\/p>\n

Does his name mean “come to you”, “don’t do this”, or “do this”?<\/em><\/p>\n

\n\"Consistency\n
Consistency is key in communication with your dog.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n

Being humans, however, it is our tendency to attach names when speaking to our dogs. We really want to say “Lassie No” rather than just “No”. <\/p>\n

\n
\n\"Good\n
Good dog Shania and Bad dog Sephy!<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div><\/p>\n

\n\"You\n
You talkin' to me?!<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Therefore, it is easier to assign a good dog name and a bad dog name. My Shiba’s good dog name is Sephy<\/a> (Ok – I didn’t follow the hard consonant rule) and his bad dog name is Butros<\/a>. <\/p>\n

When I want to praise him or do recalls I use his good dog name, and when he is naughty, I use his bad dog name. <\/p>\n

Consistency is key in communication with your dog.<\/em><\/p>\n

Uniqueness of names is also important<\/strong>. For example, you do not want to use the names of other people in the household, or names of friends that frequently come up in conversation. <\/p>\n

I often talk about my dogs, so they also have a neutral name<\/strong>. <\/p>\n

In this way, my dogs do not think I am giving them commands or correcting them when I am in conversation with other people about them. What you use as a neutral name is less important – it just has to be different from his good and bad dog names.<\/p>\n

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Uniqueness is also the reason why many people do not use the word “No<\/em>” with their dogs. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

It is not because they are afraid they will hurt their dog’s feelings but rather because “No<\/em>” occurs regularly in normal conversation. As a result, your dog may get confused, and think you are disagreeing with his current behavior, when actually you are just in conversation with another human.<\/p>\n

My Shiba has many names because he is such a Character! Being a Shiba however, his most common name is Butros<\/strong>! <\/p>\n

\n\"Bad\n
Bad boy Butros.<\/div><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Picking a good name for your dog can be a lot of fun. Here, we consider how to pick a good dog name. We also examine why it may be useful for a dog to have multiple names, including a bad and neutral dog name.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3367,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"categories":[113],"tags":[440,441,442,443,444,445,446,447,448,449],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shibashake.com\/dog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}