Should I have changed my dog's name?

[bigsister]

I 'rescued' a poodle when she was 6 months old. We weren't keen on her name so we changed it. She is now 18 months old, and by chance I called her by her previous name and she strongly responded to it. She does respond to her 'new' name very well, but I am wondering whether a) should I have changed it and b) should I revert to her original name?
thanks for any opinions.

[lankeela]

Dogs don't care what you call them. They tend to respond to the tone of voice more than the actual word/name, so it doesn't really matter. I call all of mine lots of different names, and they all respond. I am involved with breed rescue and we have a dog in at present called Comet, which doesn't really suit him so we have been calling him Colin. Ok its not a million miles away but he responds just as well. When you think of all the dogs in rescue homes the majority will be given a new name. A friend of mine with a dog called Zak was telling me tonight she sometimes calls him Dingle.

[fredpuli47]

She'll respond best to a new name which has the first consonant sound as her old name. Lankeela's example above is a happy case in point.I've a bitch here whose name is Mary but she has answered to 'Mum too', ever since she had her first litter, which seemed both intelligent and sweet but, in reality, it wasn't her knowing she was now a mum but her doggy undertanding that it began with M and was evidently something which she, and not one of the others, was expected to respond to (the tone of voice part).