Do you have nicknames for your pets?

[Liberal Veteran]

Or am I just weird or both?

I have five cats and I rarely call them by their "official" name.

Dee Dee = Mrs. Kitty
Mischief = Mr. Kitty or My Chief
Nugget = Blackie or Flopper (He hasn't mastered laying down on someone gracefully, it's a flop)
Grendel = Grin Grin
Chatterbox = C-box or Fat Chat.

[onehandle]

1. Yes.

Dog:
Rocco = Rockstar

Cats:
Jiko = Mr. Jeeklesby
Boma = Botato

[Denninmi]

2. I call my dog "son" all of the time.

Hello, son! That's my customary greeting. Sometimes "little man".

I'll never be a father. My gene pool needs to be flushed with chlorine anyway. So I guess the pet experience is a substitute.

[Arkansas Granny]

3. Yes. Sometimes Toots = Dammit Cat!

[GoCubsGo]

32. I call my cat the same thing.

Also, "Move Dammit! And, "Poop" and "Poopy Doopy Do", which stem from her first ride to the vet, where he almost asphyxiated me.

[Bertha Venation]

56. Ugh.

Our Richard would poop in the carrier every time we went to the vet. Poor kitty. And poor us -- we practically needed gas masks.

[GoCubsGo]

60. That was the only time that ever happened.

She was a kitten. The person who had rescued her is a dog person, and didn't really have much to feed her, so she had cheese for dinner. She also didn't get much of a chance to have her morning constitutional before I received her and took her to the vet. Cheese poop is stinks worse than anything.

I have been lucky. All of my kitties are or were really good in the carriers. The only exception was when my dearly-departed first kitty was becoming hyperthyroid. It was a long slog until her levels were to a point where she could get radioiodine therapy. Meanwhile, she was a giant pee factory with the occasional bladder infection. The thyroid problem made her drink a lot, so I learned to put a towel in her crate. Poor thing.

[Remmah2]

4. I wonder what nicknames my pet has for me?

Yo sleepy, get up and feed me.

Yo stinky, quit blaming the dog.

Yo clumsy, I was on the floor first.

[pipi_k]

5. Since they're sisters...

they sort of have the same nicknames

Nikki is often Nikki-poo or Nikki-pooter

Lucy...Lucy-poo or Lucy-pooter

They are also "Pretty girls" and "Crazy pups".

Nikki is way smaller than Lucy, so she is "Shrimperd" (Shrimp + Shepherd)

Lucy is more timid than Nikki, so we often call her "Poodle-perd"

[cyberswede]

6. Probably too many...

I call the cats Fuzzy Fuzzerton (real name: Fuzzball) and Lucky Luckerson (real name: Lucky), as well as a bunch of other non-specific cat nicknames (kitty, nitty, catness, etc).

I call the puppy (real name: Otis) Buddy, Buster, Little Buddy, Little Fella, Big Fella, stuff like that. My 11 year old son called him Oatbag for a while, but we kinda put a stop to that.

[barbtries]

7. i do for my chihuahua,

but for my cats i just have their names, and the names they get when they make me irate. Lola got an instant middle name when i came home and discovered she'd taken a tree down in the living room: Lola Jean! what have you done?! and Luke, poor Luke who likes to park on my computer keyboard and knock things down all over the house may think by now that Lucas is his actual name.

[woodsprite]

8. Noelle gets called "Gorilla" or "Princess" at times

Usually when I'm petting her and she's just soaking it up.

Oh, and we named one of her toys "Thingy". Hubby was getting on my daughter's and my case about how we use the word "Thingy" when we can't think of the proper name sometimes. Soooooo, now the other female in the house has a "thingy" too! It's her black kong stuffy. "Go get me your Thingy, Noelle!"

[HopeHoops]

9. Big Boy

[avebury]

10. Yes

Sandy = Sandy Sue (and I sing to her Peggy Sue changed to Sandy Sue)
Daisy = Daisy Mae or Princess
Toby = BoBo

Cookie = Cook Cook

[Mac1949]

11. Who was it (T. S. Elliot, maybe?) who said all cats have three names...

The name we call them, the name only other cats use, and the secret name only the cat himself knows. Anyway, we generally have nick-names for all of them:

Cyra - Kittycat
Loki - Beaker (because his squeaky meow was reminiscent of Beaker from the Muppet Show)
Beau - BoBo (or, when he's being bad, Darth BoBo)
Nissa - Fuzzybutt
Skillywidden - Skills

Cyra and Loki (our two oldest) sadly passed about six months ago, and I'm still not over it. The rest are popping along full steam, thanfully.

[Bertha Venation]

57. Mac, I'm sorry you lost Cyra and Loki

and I'm not surprised you're not over it. I don't think I'll ever get over losing Harry, who died 11/6/10 at age 16.

I hope that your memories of Cyra and Loki can sustain you.

[Mac1949]

62. Thank you so much. Kind words like yours mean a great deal.

[Taverner]

12. Yes, my beagle, Betty is...

Bockwurst Betty, because, well, she looks like a fricken' bockwurst!

[KamaAina]

13. We had a little brindle kitty we called "Ferret Face"

as she grew out of kittenhood, the ferret-like aspect became less and less pronounced, so we wrote down a few possibilities for more dignified names and put them on slips of paper, which we then put in a glass bowl in front of her. Yes, she really did pick one out; from that point on, she was "Elsa".

[meow2u3]

14. Yes, I do

Max = Mad Max, Kittenus, Mr. K. Rottenus, The Blob (he weighs in at 20 pounds, but not really fat), Kittenus Maximus
Ruby = Duby Cat, Mreow-mreow, The Hall Monitor, Ruby Duby, Mrs. Beasley

[Mr.Bill]

15. Lots of them

Most common is "Pooper". Both dogs respond to this. (and live up to it)

[fizzgig]

16. the kittehs have many

mia = fat cat or lardo
mira = dumbo or dingbat

both = turdbag

[applegrove]

17. I call Twilight = Fatso, I used to call Monster = Monter when he was alive.

[marzipanni]

18. When we adopted our Border collie-heeler her name was Freckles

I wanted to name her Sally after my mom's cousin (my West coast mom) who was a great advocate for animals.
To ease the transition to her new name I called her Sally Freckles, which morphed to Sally Fweckoes, Sally Huevos, and Huevos Rancheros. Also Puppy-girl, Wupster-girl, Sow'ry Pepboes or Wepoes. My husband calls her Smilin' Edwina, and son calls her Laughing Sal after she has been chasing a ball and she's panting.

[Brother Buzz]

35. Sally says, "Call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner"

[livetohike]

48. Awww, she's a cutie n/t

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

19. I call my pet tortoise "Cul Cul" which means "Ass Ass" in French

I admit that there's something seriously wrong with me because I have given similar names to all my pets. I notice that it all began in about 1969 while I was helping the Indians on Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay when i was young. I used to bring food and water to the protesting Indians and one of them had a very playful dog on the island he named "Shitter". I found that so hilarious every time he called his dog that I guess it subconsciously affected me.

[Xipe Totec]

20. Remington = Stinky

Cinammon = Pretty Boy, or Buddah.

??? = Tigger

That's because we didn't name these cats. They came to our home and stayed.

So we gave them new names.

[Myrina]

21. Of course!!

Hank the Cattle Dog doesn't have a nickname for some reason, but the rest are:

Ray (RIP) ... Bubba, Sweet Baboo
Max ... Snax, Snack Cracker, Bubbles
Porter .... P. Bear, Bear

[Major Nikon]

22. I call my male border collie Meathead

[nolabear]

23. Sparky and Schmoopie. And Schmoopie is often Miss Thang.

Tucker is Sparky
Merrily is Schmoopie (and Miss Thang)
Bunny the cat is B. or B. Rabbit
Pidge the parrot has no nicknames.

[Incitatus]

24. Several, when they are bad. nt

[Beaverhausen]

25. Annie = Anners, Anner Bananers, Nanners, Nanner Nan

[glacierbay]

26. Same here

we have 3 female cats named after the characters in the series Charmed

Our oldest is a common black house cat which is named Piper but we call her Pipper

Our second oldest is a seal point siamese named Phoebe but we call her Freebie

Our youngest is a Himalayan named Prudence but we call her Prudy.

[baldguy]

27. Orchid = Pupples, Fuzzy, Orchidae, Beastie, Noise Maker

And, of course my sister calls my beautiful little Pit Bull "Orca".

[mithnanthy]

28. Bussy even has his own song

(to the tune of Frosty the Snowman)..Bussy the snowman...is a very happy fellow......he's got spots and big fat feet.....and eyes like LIMONCELLO....... and then there's his brother BINKENSTEIN (his friends call him Binky!

[chknltl]

45. Made me smile. I thought i was the only person who sings to dogs.

I would get bood off a karoke stage if I sang around people but my dog loves our two songs. The first one is the 'feeding time' song which I totally made up. Our second song is my version of Clementine. It swaps out the word 'darling' for 'doggie' and Clementine for 'nose is blue'. Verse 1 ends with 'I love you', verse 2 ends with 'loves me too'. There are no other words to this song.

[annabanana]

29. moomie, bat-face baby, silly ass dog

snortugese (rhymes with Portugese) because I think she has a deviated septum or something.. she snorts.

[RebelOne]

30. I have 2 small dogs.

One is a Chihuahua and the other is a mini-Pin and Her nickname is "Damn Dog." No matter what I do I cannot get her housebroken. Every time I see that she has made a mess, I scream "Damn Dog."

[graywarrior]

31. I call my cat Kamere Kitty Dude

or BeeBee Keety

[Danmel]

33. yup

Our cat Loki is lokidoodles, or just doodles or if he's bad, lokinator.
My husband calls.our cat boo booella. I call her Lindsay cause she's a mean girl.
Our cat Chester is chess.

[oftheforest]

34. yes...

I have 3 dogs, one is a dachshund. His nickname is The Republican.

[SalviaBlue]

36. Buppy

For my big lab pup.

[Kaleva]

37. All my dogs were named "Dog" and my cats I called "Cat"

I had a pet turtle for awhile and I bet no one here can guess what I named it.

[KT2000]

38. Yes - what's up with that anyway?

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Their nicknames just come out of the blue. For some reason my cat Fiona is Little P. ????
The neighbor's cat Conan is Buster Boy to me. He seems to like it.

[Rowdyboy]

39. Oh God yes.....

Our Jack Russell Lacey is usually Laylay

We have 2 outdoor cats who were born under the house, Hank (Hankers) and Bryn (Other Kitty).

[AsahinaKimi]

40. My cat has many nick names..

His name is Buddy, but I call him:

Buzzy
Mr. Kitty
Silly Gato
Neko san
Fuzzball
Mr. Fuzzy Pajamas
Animal!
Mr. Smelly Belly

[TheCruces]

41. Yeah

Charlie (girl dog...she came with the name)=Chuck, girl, dog, etc.

The cats are just Kerouac and Godric. No nicknames.

[mwdem]

42. Emma....boo.

Chloe....toe-toe. These are my grandkitties..

[Rhiannon12866]

43. I call my dog "Honey" or "My Baby"

One cat is "Sweetie" and the other is "Oh No!!!"

[chknltl]

44. Moo Moo is my dog Molly, her son Azul, is Boo Boo.

The bestest blue nosed pit bulls ever! They know that they are the bestest because we tell them so all the time! They know that we don't lie about the important stuff.

[sakabatou]

46. Yo-Yo

My dad gave her nicknames like "The Incredible Bulk" due to her size after she was spaded.

[MadrasT]

47. They all have at least one nickname.

Some have several!

Pretty normal situation for cat people. >^..^<

[livetohike]

49. Have always had nicknames for our dogs

Cindy (a Catahoula Leopard) - Cindy Badindy, Big Goofy Girl, Cinds, Binds, Cinds Badinds, Bindy

Murphy (Australian Cattle Dog) - Murph the Smurf, Smurfy, Mirny, Mayor Murphy (this is how he got his name in the first place. The Mayor of Pgh, our hometown was Tom Murphy and the mayor of the town we were living in San Diego was also a Murphy.)

They have their own songs too .

[kurtzapril4]

50. I have 9 cats

and they all have nicknames:

The over-arching nickname for all of them is Move Goddamnit.

The sub-divisions are:

Tennessee- Tenners, Tenney-Moo, Moose, Moo
Cadbury-Cadbug, Cadbuggy, Cadbuzzle, Tri-pod. She broke her femur when she was a kitten, so she limped around for awhile.
Jellybean-Jelly, Jellman, Jell. He's Cadbury's brother.
Ms. Crinkles-Mom, Momcat, Mommy. She's Cadbury and Jellybean's mom.
Vodka-Vod, Vodkee, Bub, Vlada Divas.
Sake-(Socky)-Sockits, Sock, Fatty. He's Vodka's brother.
Missus- The Wench. Sake and Vodka's mother
Khotyonek-Boo, Booman, Buh-Boo. Missus' brother, Sake and Vodka's uncle.
Awful-Ickle, Ickle-Bickle, Thing One.

And each of those names is said a different way, with different inflection. And they have a song. Yes I'm madder than a shit-house rat.

[Bertha Venation]

58. "The over-arching nickname for all of them is Move Goddamnit."

Yep!

I have ten cats . . .

[rox63]

51. 2 kittehs here

Simon = Simon Baby-boy, Brat Boy or Orange Tornado

Princess = Princess Baby-girl or Little Squeak

Both of them together are either the Kids or the Kitteny-kids, as in "see you tonight, kids", as i'm leaving for work in the morning.

[sarge43]

52. The macaw has a couple

Shithead, macaw princess, GODDAMNITCAPTAINSHUTUP!

The cockatiels' given names suit them best: Spazz and Vern

[libodem]

53. Ralph has a few

Ralphie Cadalphie, Ra Ra, Squish, Squisher, Squishie, Squish Cat, Love Cat, variations of love and squish in combination and there are cat songs, too. You don't want to know. Believe me.

[Pharlo]

54. Not only do I have nicknames for The Dam Mutts individually, but also in various combos

Corki: Corkibelle, Principessa, Pumperkins, Sunshine
Melia: Meliagirl, Mighty Melia
Cody: Big Boy, Cody Baby

Corki and Cody: The C's
Melia and Cody: The Big'uns
Melia and Corki: The Girls

All together: The Damn Mutts. Why, because when they were younger I would come home, the house would be trashed and the first words out of my mouth would be "What in HELL did you Damn Mutts do now?" Not that they ever answered me, just ran out of the house, their tails wagging...

[HopeHoops]

55. Does "The Poop Factory" count?

[progressoid]

59. We used to call one of my M-I-L's cats "poopzilla"

[Gidney N Cloyd]

61. My rescue dog came with the name "Sonny" but I sometimes call him "Santino."

I don't think he gets the Godfather reference, tho. He just looks at me like I'm nuts.

[Still Blue in PDX]

63. What a great thread!

My baby girl Daizie's nickname is Baby Girl.

Also Puppy Girl, Daizie Mae, Princess Daizie, Doggeleh, Daizeleh, Puppeleh, My Sweet Pibble.

[IMG][/IMG]

[MADem]

64. My animals have all had "people" names.

They often end up on mailing lists! They get many credit card offers, too.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

65. "furry little bastards"

As in, "I think it's time to feed the furry little bastards. Every time I go out the door they stare at me like they expect to be fed."

(They're outdoor cats.)

[AtomicKitten]

66. Renfield = Ren/Renners; Seven = Cat-Dog; Layla = LuLu.

[TorchTheWitch]

67. I'm doing well if I can remember to call them by their actual name

My dog that died last summer I never once called by his given name. He was always either Boo or Boo-Boo from the first day he came home. I had to make a conscious effort to call him by his given name at the vet's office or talking to certain people about him that only knew him by his given name. Other than that I also called him a long list of other nick names... pookie bear, bear dog, dog bear, fuzzy butt, fuzzy bum bum, silly funny bunny pants (this seemed to be his favorite), dingus, monkey boy, monkey pants, boo-boo bear, etc. I know there were others but off the top of my head can't remember them.

The dog I have now I call divvy or dippy most often, but lately I've been calling him puppa wuppa even more because that's what the little girl next door christened him, and it's rubbing off on me... "who's a big puppa wuppaaaaa? yes, you are! oh, yes! yes you are!" I also refer to him as The Thundering Herd, but I don't actually call HIM that... just when I mention him sometimes.

My first dog I always called by his given name until he got to about age 5 when he started showing the symptoms of sebaceous addenitis which made him stink to high heaven. Ever after he was Stinky. Even after he didn't stink anymore the name seemed to suit him.

When I was a kid we had a cat that had a stroke and ever after she leaned to the left a bit and wasn't all that great at negotiating doorways if she was going too fast. Since the stroke we always called her Tilt. I thought it was much more cute then her real name (which was kind of a dumb one).