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Dooney & Bourke

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Getting our new dog tonight!
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SOme of you may have read my post about finding a pit bull.  Well, the owners tracked us down and we gave him back.  We have been kind of sad about it, because we had him almost a week and got really attached.  My hubby and I had been talking about getting a dog prior to this, but having this one for a while sealed the deal...we knew we wanted one.

We researched breeds, thought we wanted either a weimaraner or a lab.  Well, after lots of research we chose a rhodesian ridgeback...

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We found a local breeder and the told us that they had already sold all of their pups and weren't expecting to have another litter until spring.  However, they had a three year old female that they were trying to find a home for.  We went to see her and fell in love!  She is coming home tonight!

I am so excited...I've been shopping like crazy. 

I do have one question....since she is already 3 years old, is it okay to change her name?  They named her Cayenne...and I just don't like that name.  Is she too old for a name change?  I'll post pics of her tomorrow.....

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Dooney & Bourke

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Congratulations! Ridgebacks are good dogs. I had one, and my aunt has had several. I'm not quite sure on the name change...can you ask the breeders if it wil work?? I think if you use the new name all the time and start giving treats or something when she responds to it, she'll catch on.

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Kate Spade

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congratulations! we had a rhodesian ridgeback when i was younger and he was a lovely dog

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Hermes

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Good for you for getting an adult dog! You will save yourself so much trouble. I think you can change the name...my mom adopted a 1 1/2 year old Weimeraner and changed his name w/no problem. My dog has about 5 names now...she adapts.

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Gucci

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Cute. I love Roadies. Hell, I love all dogs.

Changing the name shouldn't be a problem at all. Our dog has had three names and he learned the name we gave him when we adopted him within a couple of days.

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Hermes

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Agreed - I don't think it's too late at all. She will learn very quickly that the name means someone is paying attention to her!

and I love RRs! They are so beautiful - I've never known one well but the few I've seen out and about are pretty and very sweet aww.gif

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