My dogs were rescued and already named when I had them so I kept them because I thought they were familiar with them and would make them feel more at home. My little Jack Russell is called Maggie May and my big girl is called Tentie (weird I know) but she seems to like it.

I don't do anything special when it is time for me to give my dog his new name. What I normally do is to look for a name that is going to be very good and exciting for people to remember easily and give it to my dog as his name. 

I love picking out meaningful and sweet names for my dog. I'm not among those people that choose random names or unnecessary names that doesn't have meaning for their dogs.