Have you ever given special nicknames to your pet that were completely different than their first given name?
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Definitely, my pitbull Alice is known as Peapod, Pea, Bee-Boo and Peeper. Peapod because she sleeps on the bed with me and curls up in a sort of pod-like semicircle, and the rest just silly variations that make her ears perk up.
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We've had our dog for awhile now, I'm pretty sure it has a name. I still call it "The dog" though. Does that count as a special nickname? It comes from the heart
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I acquired a baby ginger tom cat and named him Leo. However, this tiny baby cat grew loads on the outside but not on the inside. He was like the Peter Pan of the feline world, so we always called him Kitten, even though he was one of the biggest cats around. He hated going outside, he would wait for me coming home from work, he always knew what time I would come home. He would follow me all around the house like my shadow. We only called him by his real name - Leo - when he had to go to the vets. There is a sad end to this tale. When me and my ex split up and I moved out of the flat, Kitten disappeared one day and never came back. I spent 6 weeks looking for him, put up posters, knocked on people's doors, looking in their gardens, but I never found him. This was 4 years ago, and I still wonder what happened to him.
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My cat is who I affectionatly call Schizo (I think she's a bit schizophrenic) and Hitler (she was born on the same date as Hitler, and also my mum made me give her a comb over after giving her a mohawk. It's vey funny!)
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I have a cat named Marble. Since he is a trouble maker my husband and I call him Butt Butt
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buggerlugs which later got shortened to bugz. dont ask it just sort of happened lol
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my kitten max... i call him hunnybear, or spaz, or just crazy cat. he thinks hes a dog. lol the other night he licked my bf's nipple and then sniffed his butt... ive never seen a cat do that. hahaha
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my kitten max... i call him hunnybear, or spaz, or just crazy cat. he thinks hes a dog. lol the other night he licked my bf's nipple and then sniffed his butt... ive never seen a cat do that. hahaha ekkk it posted twice. sorry
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yes. mine is named lexie and i sometimes call her poo bear.
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Over the years I have had many cats and dogs and virtually all of them were called by things other than their names. Morris the cat was MooMoo Cheeky was Chuckles. I better stop here or it will take forever!!
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My cat's name is Bailey. We call her Monster.
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We had a cat that we named Libby, but it ened up going by Bob. And my horse is registered as P.V. Rebecca, but we call her Becca, Dummie, and at one point in time Alpo. She answered to all of them.
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No, but my friend did. i used to have a hamster named Tristan. one day my friend was holding him, and she said that Tristan wasn't an interesting enough name for him. so she named him Bullfrog. Eventually i stopped calling him Tristan all together and just switched to Bullfrog. Poor Bullfrog, may he rest in piece.
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i wanted to call my cat beach but we made it bg for baby girl and my other cat i wanted to call pain in the arse but we called her princess
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My dalmation's name is Huckleberry. We call him Butthead, Noodle, Dorkleberry, Fartleberry and a plethora of other "-leberry" things. But I think "Noodle" is furthest from his name. That and Butthead.
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Wheater wheater pellet eater. My mom's cockatiel makes a sound that sounds like she's saying "Wheat!" when she chirps and she likes to eat pellets.
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my dogs name is buddy but he responds to ANYTHING and i meen ANYTHING
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Yes all the time Kingskara became Kara and then became Sausage she was a German Shep
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My cat's name is Plato, but I call him Nose-whistles. He's got a tiny bugle up there, somewhere. Reveille, reveille!! Every morning. Sometimes at 3:30, 4:00 I also call him Play-Doh and Plates. And Squeaker. He squeaks involuntarily when I pick him up. It comes out like a high-pitched baby burp. Plateman, aka "Plato the Plateman". Plato Tomato. Plato-eight-o. Plato-rama. That poor cat. I doubt he knows his real name any longer, LOL.
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Yes! The white cat is Glacial Blaze Blue Eyes. He is a Flame Lynx Point Applehead Siamese. Since he got "fixed" and gained weight, we often call him Marshmallow Bunny Butt!! The Blue Russian's name is Lovey Dovey Flees. To me she is so nice and cuddly, but to others she isn't. This is how she got her nickname of Meanness. As you can tell by this photo-it shows that she has that type of mean streak in her. The calico is named Schizo Human Kitty. She sometimes gets called Skitty Kitty or Shittles-because she is flippy a lot of the time. Don't let this picture fool you, she just loves to pose for the camera. On her off time she can be a pain in the butt.
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AlleyBear is my kitty and I call him sweetie pie AbbaGale is my puppy and I call her Babybaby
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My cats name is Holly but more often than not she answers to Bopsy, as the the children always say Holly Bolly Bopsy Bee.
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I call both my cats "Missus" more than I use their real names I think. One's called Hobbes who I also call Hobsticles or Hobbsey Baby. The other's called Phoebe who I also call Feeble, Phoebles, Phoebs, Fleabe. And when I talk to them both together I call them 'Furry Creatures' and 'Bundles Of Fluff And Joy'
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yes. I have a cat named walter and he has gotten the names beebers and little bear for no apparent reason. he responds to all three though.
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Yep, I think that tends to happen with all pets - you give them one official name and then they have all kinds of nicknames. My dog's name is Marbles Houndini Delaney (we just call him Marbles). Yet, he's called various things: Big mouf Bouzhabear Babydog Dummy Bratimus Bratus Maximus Maximus and I'm sure there are more.
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I had a chow named Victoria's White Lion of Africa, we called her White.
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My cat Sweety Pie gets called all sort of names. Mostly, unfortunately, Fatty. All four of our cats look exactly the same (almost) and her distinguishing feature is her size. Also my cousin started calling our dog MiniMurph(Our last name is Murphy).
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My cat's name is Scarlet and I call her fatty. She's deaf now (she's 16) so I can call her whatever I want.
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I have a little girl cat named "Toser" (she is a tuxedo with one black toe) She doesn't respond to that name though, She is called Beuful Girl, Honey, Precious and Princess, She responds to all those names. My three legged cat Buster knows that Buster is his name but he responds to Toot, Mr Toot, Tootie fruity and sweet boy.
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I have a shih tzu and hes called (but not named) Doodles Mac Noodles ;)
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Buddy is kind of a nickname for both of my cats.
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Several: One mare I call "shovee" as she tries to constantly push you around. My dog's name is Yukon but he would get so car sick I ended up calling him Pukon!
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I have a hamster whose name is Swiffer, but I call him Fuzzy Face and Fluffy Butt.
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My favorite pet is my medical secretary who is called "Laura!" But I call her "She who should be obeyed!" But don't tell her that I said that!
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oh definitely :) i call my kitties darlings, babbas, my loves, sweet faces and sweety pies :)
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My dog's name is Brewster, but I call him Noodle, Pepsi, and BunnyBuns.
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My 3 favorite mice's names are: Sugar, Cotton, and Gus Gus There nicknames are: Sugar booger, Cotton ball and Gusy. The rest of my mice don't have nicknames. My cat's name is Kitty and I call her babygirl sometimes.
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Collectively I call my 2 cats 'stink weasels'. They do also have individual nicknames: Lilly: Pie, Pudding, Precious. Percy: Mr. Ooooz, Mr. Black, Big Fella.
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