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Sources, not borrowed authority.
Creative names are our editorial examples. Training claims belong with their actual sources. Source checking is not veterinary or behavior-expert review.
Different questions, different evidence
The EEG study concerns familiar instructions and nonsense words in a laboratory. It does not rank dog names. Blue Cross describes names among dogs it helped, not all dogs everywhere. AKC registration rules apply to that registry, not every call name.
Dogs Trust, Best Friends and AKC share positive-association principles but use different starting sequences. We do not combine their details into a mandatory new recipe, learning deadline or guaranteed recall.
AKC: choosing a call name
Call name versus registered name; human-use considerations; not a name-ranking experiment.
Training editorial / checked November 13, 2026 / source date 2026-07-14
Read the original source ↗Dogs Trust: learning a name
Quiet setting, positive attention, not repeating the cue endlessly.
Welfare training guide / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗Best Friends: name recognition
Name as attention cue, nicknames, renaming and reward association;not a speed guarantee.
Shelter/welfare training guide / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗Blue Cross: dog-name ideas
List comes from dogs the charity helped;not a census of all dogs.
Welfare naming editorial / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗AKC: changing a call name
New call-name associations;consider existing positive history;no inference of prior mistreatment.
Training editorial / checked November 13, 2026 / source date 2023-12-21
Read the original source ↗Dogs Trust: recall is a separate skill
Name for attention before a separate return cue;safety management is not proved by naming.
Welfare training guide / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗Magyari and colleagues: word-processing study
EEG results from 17 dogs listening to familiar Hungarian instructions and nonsense variants;not a pet-name ranking.
Primary research / checked November 13, 2026 / source date 2020-12-09
Read the original source ↗AKC: registration naming rules
Registry-specific restrictions and approval;not rules for every everyday dog name.
Registry rules / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗RSPCA: reward-based training
Rewards, quiet starting place, short sessions and individual pace.
Welfare training guide / checked November 13, 2026 / no source date used
Read the original source ↗AKC: teaching a name
Positive association, consistency and avoiding repeated shouting;not a response-time promise.
Training editorial / checked November 13, 2026 / source date 2026-10-21
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