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Blue and Bess on the North Wales coastal path.
 
Ok. Looking for advice.
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It’s looking like I will be taking this handsome divil. A woman in work can’t keep him anymore apparently. Her daughter, living with her, has a new baby and they are afraid the dog will knock her over jumping up on her.

Red Setters are a very playful, active, some might say hyper, breed of dog so I understand her plight. I offered to take him, as we were starting to look to replace our beloved Boey. Dog Trust haven’t been back to me yet and we also had our name down with a Labrador dog breeder.

Anyway this dog goes by the name of Champ and he’ll be one year old in July.
We’ve had a discussion at home and I think we all want a name change if possible. “Cooper” seems to be a unanimous nomination.
Have any of you been in these circumstances when taking a rescue dog. Does a one year old dog adapt to a name change easily.

I’ve suggested using the name Champ but adding Cooper to any command and gradually phasing out the Champ part as he gets used to hearing Cooper.

Any tips?
 
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mancity2012_eamo said:
Ok. Looking for advice.
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It’s looking like I will be taking this handsome divil. A woman in work can’t keep him anymore apparently. Her daughter, living with her, has a new baby and they are afraid the dog will knock her over jumping up on her.

Red Setters are a very playful, active, some might say hyper, breed of dog so I understand her plight. I offered to take him, as we were starting to look to replace our beloved Boey. Dog Trust haven’t been back to me yet and we also had our name down with a Labrador dog breeder.

Anyway this dog goes by the name of Champ and he’ll be one year old in July.
We’ve had a discussion at home and I think we all want a name change if possible. “Cooper” seems to be a unanimous.
Have any of you been in these circumstances when taking a rescue dog. Does a one year old dog adapt to a name change easily.

I’ve suggested using the name Champ but adding Cooper to any command and gradually phasing out the Champ part as he gets used to hearing Cooper.

Any tips?
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I have a Gordon Setter, and it has worked well doing man trailing with him. Setters are hunting machines and they need to be able to live that. Our weekly training is the best thing my dog knows. It does not have to be man trailing but look for something you can do with Cooper, something where he can use his nose and intelligence. Besides that setters need lots of exercise.
 
mancity2012_eamo said:
Ok. Looking for advice.
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It’s looking like I will be taking this handsome divil. A woman in work can’t keep him anymore apparently. Her daughter, living with her, has a new baby and they are afraid the dog will knock her over jumping up on her.

Red Setters are a very playful, active, some might say hyper, breed of dog so I understand her plight. I offered to take him, as we were starting to look to replace our beloved Boey. Dog Trust haven’t been back to me yet and we also had our name down with a Labrador dog breeder.

Anyway this dog goes by the name of Champ and he’ll be one year old in July.
We’ve had a discussion at home and I think we all want a name change if possible. “Cooper” seems to be a unanimous nomination.
Have any of you been in these circumstances when taking a rescue dog. Does a one year old dog adapt to a name change easily.

I’ve suggested using the name Champ but adding Cooper to any command and gradually phasing out the Champ part as he gets used to hearing Cooper.

Any tips?
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Beautiful looking dog. Good luck with him. He'll get to know his new name.
 
Jazzman said:
I have a Gordon Setter, and it has worked well doing man trailing with him. Setters are hunting machines and they need to be able to live that. Our weekly training is the best thing my dog knows. It does not have to be man trailing but look for something you can do with Cooper, something where he can use his nose and intelligence. Besides that setters need lots of exercise.
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I don’t have a problem with the exercise. It’s one of the reasons my colleague didn’t have a problem with us taking him. She knows from our previous dog, that he will get lots of activity.
With my job, I get a lot of time off during court recess periods and am planning on getting into intensive basic training during this summer.

I don’t think Champ is used to being off a lead yet and I know this breed need regular cross country rambles where they can explore, as you say.
First off I want to teach him the basics, sit, stay, down, recall and am wondering if a name change is easy or even a good idea.
This breed of dog are intelligent but reach mental maturity a lot later than other breeds, or do I’ve read. Basically they think they’re still a pup at 3-5 years.
 
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