dogs name

[mizi]

My son has just got a dog from the dogs home,its name is Luke,we think this is a persons name and not a dogs name,we want to change it but we need a name that sounds like luke so he still answers to it ,any suggestions,cheers

[amycope00]

http://www.rhymezone.com/

I like Duke, but have a look on there and see if there is anything that grabs your fancy!

[weecalf]

Look

[peb9]

how bout sluke

[Jugglering]

Well, I think that Luke is a top name....I have a mate who has called his cat Dave... (which the cat answers to btw) simply because he has never met a nasty or horrible *Dave*...lol

[CheekyChops]

We got a dog once that was called Stewart. That was definately not a dogs name so he was renamed Ben, which sounds nothing like Stewart, and he didn't have any problems at all adjusting to his new name.

[eyeball]

puke

[maximo]

How about Lucky?

[fredpuli47]

In theory, he'll answer to Duke more readily than to Luke. That's supposedly because dogs recognise a hard consonant at the start of the word better than a softer sound. Yup, now tell me that all dogs are deaf to their names whatever sound it starts with. Be fair, they're really only deaf in one ear. That's the one they have nearer to you when they are digging or sniffing. The other one is the one they hear a dog-food tin opening at 500 metres with.

[Ice.Maiden]

Duke's a nice one - and because it's so similar to Luke, I don't think your dog'll have much trouble in adapting.

[perigra]

fuke?

[Ice.Maiden]

You're as bad as knobby, perigra!!!

[perigra]

it was so predictable and childish. just amazed no one had said it before me

[Misty Knight]

Hello mizi, I like the name Zuke.

[divegirl]

Hi, I'd call him Fluke as in the dog in the Steven King book. Would give him a whole extra dimension....man trapped in dogs body! But then again I do have a cat called Church [from Pet Cemetary,Steven King], so I'm alittle bias!

Lisa x

[888sally888]

I would stick to Luke cos I expect the poor thing has gone through enough without another change.

I think Luke sounds fine anyway!!

[LoftyLottie]

I always give animals human names. I fiund animal specific names a bit silly Luke is a nice name so please keep it. The dog will be used to it, and, as Sally says, he really doesn't need any more changes.

Of all the names suggested Duke seems the best.