Breeder demands

[Jonathan3]

Hello all,

I recently came back from seeing the litter that I am interested in. The breeder caught me off guard, because they told me I needed to pick a name starting with "d." I was thrown off by it, i never heard of a breeder dictating the name of my puppy. They stated they want it to start with "d" because it came from their so called "d" litter. Maybe I am taking this out of proportion, but I am paying 2000, I should be able to choose any name I see fit. The dog will be a family pet, I am not planning on breeding, nor am I looking into competition. Just asking for any insight on this topic, thanks.

[onyx'girl]

It is for registering w/ AKC. Your's is from the D litter, so all pups have a D name.
I personally like it when it is consistent.
You can choose any call name you'd like. My pups breeder name their pups and register them before it is even decided who gets what pup. That way they ensure the pup's paperwork is in order before going home.
I can call him anything I want, but the registered name was chosen by the breeder. My pup is Gideon, I didn't like that so much for a call name, but it is great for his registered name.

[juliejujubean]

Mine was the same way. I was the g litter so instead of being able register her as diamond vom gildaf, we put gem "diamond" vom gildaf. I have hear some funny ones. Just be creative about it

[Emoore]

Totally normal. Some breeders name the puppies before the buyers even find out which puppy is theirs. You can call the dog whatever you want of course. The "D" is just for the name on the paperwork. It's actually really nice because if you look on the pedigree database you can see all the other "D" vom Whateverkennel puppies and see what they're doing, what they look like as they grow, etc.

Incidentally, my Kopper was from the K litter. Other names we considered were Koffee, Kaffeine, Kodiak, and Kumho.

[robinhuerta]

Totally normal and completely expected.....I do the same.

[DunRingill]

$2000 for a baby puppy that's a pet not shown in conformation or competition? Ouch!

Call him whatever name you want, the registered name doesn't matter. Out of my current dogs, Ianna is the only one who has her name as part of her registered name!

[JakodaCD OA]

what the others said, for registration purposes you can call him whatever you want.

I like 'catchy" names..Masi is from a "D" litter, so her reg name is 'danger danger',(kennel name) call name Masi

my male's reg name was kennel name "four x four" call name Dodge

[Lucy Dog]

Originally Posted by DunRingill

$2000 for a baby puppy that's a pet not shown in conformation or competition? Ouch!

Call him whatever name you want, the registered name doesn't matter. Out of my current dogs, Ianna is the only one who has her name as part of her registered name!

You're paying for the lines. If it's a show line dog, that's pretty normal as far as price goes no matter what you do with the dog.

Agreed with everyone about it just being the registered name. The call name can be whatever you want. We once had a dog named "crowned jewels" for a c-litter and there was no way I was going around calling my dog "crowned jewels" on a regular basis. It's completely normal for their to be letter themed litter.

[Liesje]

Give the dog a registered "D" name and call him whatever you want. My Nikon is really "Bono" (B-litter). Pan is, well, "Pantalaimon". Kenya came with the name Lamb Chop.

[bocron]

All my dogs came with the letter I had to choose from, or some were already named. Who cares, you can call him what you'd like.
French dogs are named by letter according to a year, so all the dogs from one breed are named with the same letter for the year. It does make it easy to tell the dog's age. So right now that breed is on M, so if I am looking at a listing and the dog is named with a J, I know the dog is approx 2 years old. (They don't use K)
The naming by letter per litter (kennel's first litter is A and so on) is very common around the world. It does help other breeders and competitors down the road. If you have Dingo von Doggyhouse and people know of that kennel they can generally figure out who littermates are, or half siblings, etc. Even if yours will never be shown or bred, he will probably end up the breed's database and consistency of naming will be appreciated .