The vet tech in Boise who renamed my rescue beagle and I still think about it
When I brought Rufus in for his first checkup 3 years ago, a vet tech named Dana spent 10 minutes just sitting on the floor with him before she touched him. She told me his name felt too big for a dog who flinched at every sound, so she started calling him Peanut, and he wagged for the first time since I got him. I kept the name. Has anyone else let a stranger rename their rescue and felt weirdly okay about it?