As for a person, for a dog a name is not just a word, but a number of characteristics that an animal is endowed with. From what nickname the dog has, its character, and ease of training, and much more depends on something. Sheepdogs are distinguished by intelligence and ingenuity, dedication and dedication, and it must be called so as not to suppress all these wonderful qualities.
Instructions
Step 1
The name of the dog depends a lot on the purpose for which you have a puppy. As a rule, breeders recommend giving dogs short, monosyllabic nicknames - the animals respond to them faster. Service and guard dogs, as a rule, have just such names, at most two-syllable. Lord, Rex, Guy, Colt are ideal names for dogs to train. However, you need to educate any dog, not just a service dog. But if you do not have a goal to devote most of your time to working with a dog, you can choose any nickname, even Antoine de Saint Exupery, however, for convenience, in the end it will still have to be reduced to one or two syllables.
Step 2
Often German shepherds are named after famous dogs of this breed - Rex, Jerry Lee or Mukhtar. This is also a good option, but it is worth considering how many dogs have such nicknames. Such names clearly speak not in favor of the developed imagination of the owner.
Step 3
If your dog is a girl, then a more feminine, melodic name will suit her, for example, Lady, Spark, Aina, Misty, Malva. But remember the rule of one or two syllables.
Step 4
You can call the dog by a human name: the boy is Max, Charlie, Vlad, Denis, and the girl is Lisa, Katya, Dina, Lada, etc.
Step 5
If you still do not have enough imagination for a nickname for a dog, refer to special forums dedicated to the selection of a name for dogs. Describe there the appearance of your dog, character, habits, other features, and experienced breeders or simply owners of dogs of this breed will help you with the choice of a nickname.
Step 6
You can also refer to specialized sites dedicated to the selection of a name for animals - on such sites there are special lists for each letter of the alphabet with options for nicknames. There you can find a name for a dog of any breed and both genders. They are created by the same owners of dogs and cats - they simply add the names of their animals to the list. You can simply choose one of the proposed nicknames, or you can modify any of them.
