I just adopted a dog who is registered under a name that I don't like. How do I legally change it?

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I don't call many of my dogs by their registered name. A dog's registered name is forever, and can't be changed with either AKC, UKC , Canadian Kennel Club, or KC..
Once it is registered as a name, the name sticks.
However, you can call your dog any name you want.
( I can't even pronounce the registered names of 3 of mine)
Quote from AKC>"Once a dog has been registered with the AKC, its name can never be changed," said Delores Alonso, the assistant vice-president of AKC Registration.
http://www.akc.org/public_education/kids...

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You can call him whatever you want to.

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You will need to get forms from the Kennel Club with whom the dog is registered.

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Lita,
Come on now.
It a dog... It's your dog now.
If your dog is registered with AKC or whomever and you actually have the physical papers then there should be some contact information on the documents. Call them and they should be able to help you out.
If you were to breed the dog to make money it would not matter what the dogs name is. It's not like you should care if your dogs great great grand children come looking for him.

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WHY change the registered name? The registered name is simply a trademark or an identifying indicator ... you can give the dog any "call name" you choose!
Honestly, no one expects you to stand at the back door and call out "Heeeeere, SuperKennel's ChampionSpawn"
If the registered name is truly offensive, you could contact the AKC (if it's an AKC breed) and ask to have the dog's name changed, if you really feel you need to. I'm not sure what the protocol is, and if the breeder has already registered the litter, you may be stuck.
Just call your dog whatever you want his or her name to be ... he or she certainly doesn't know or care what the registered name is.

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Quite honestly I don't know why you would waste your time or money. Call her what you want, she will never know the difference. I bought two Imported German Shepherds...they have their registered name and they have the name I call them. Even though they both can answer simple yes and no questions by giving the correct paw I don't expect they will ever advance to the reading level and besides they are trained in English and their registrations are in German.

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Is this canine a purebred? And do you plan to register him/her with the AKC? ( I wasn't aware that valuable purebred dogs were up for adoption a shelters - (but I suppose no animal is immune from the need for rescue). Anyway, I can see the need if he/she is papered, and you want to continue his/her bloodline registration; however - I do not know anything about Canine bloodlines and registration, but I do know a little about Equestrian bloodlines and registrations - especially for stud and for racing due to my uncles involvement in his horse farms. There the naming of sires and dams and new foals is very structured and rigidly controlled. The names have to contain just so many letters, and the name must have a pre-determined sir-name based on the breeding mare and stud,so that the blood lines can be traced very clearly - he has Morgan and several Arabian lines that can be traced back hundreds and hundreds of years.
On the other hand, if you just happen to have a beautiful, or very handsome "mix" , and have no intention of going show dog, or stud / ***** puppy sales route, (In other words you have found a great companion that is going to be your dog, then why bother with legal mumbo-jumbo. If his registered moniker is Lord Fauntleroy, and you like Jake better - then start calling him Jake and get on with life - dog-gone it!

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Well when i went to petco to get my puppy i asked if that i can change his name right there.his name was snowman and they changed it for free.and now his name is jansy