https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names Style Advice for Fashion Lovers en-US Sun, 03 May 2026 00:38:46 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/search.php https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287439 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 20:05:10 +0000 ticksgirl 287439@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our dog's name is Trixie, but we mostly call her Ding, which is short for something not very kind, but unfortunately accurate. She has also been called Dingus, Dingus Maxximus, Trixie4000, T4K, and for a while a few months ago, Killer, after she treed an enormous raccoon (she's a 12-lb dachshund). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287419 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 19:21:49 +0000 Deb 287419@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>The scary thing is that I often refer to one particular pet by my son's name, as well as my son's nickname, before finally pouncing on his real name. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287367 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:06:06 +0000 Lynne 287367@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>montygoo and catulet! A tragedy in the making :D.....</p> <p>I don't change my animals names but I have acccidentally commanded things like "sit" and "stay" of my kids when they were mobile babies......ooooops! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287335 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 17:24:20 +0000 Debora 287335@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My sweet kitty Ruby, and her not-so-sweet sidekick, Harley the cockatiel, have passed on. I really do miss them both. </p> <p>In the past on particularly frazzled days, I just *might* have occasionally (mistakenly) called one or both pets by my kids' names. Or even worse, I would occasionally slip up and call the children by the pet's name. You mothers out there know what I am talking about! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287301 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:41:30 +0000 biscuitsmom 287301@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>What great responses! Glad we're not alone Such beautiful pics too! Thanks.... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287157 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:41:50 +0000 Aida 287157@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Dana your birdies are beautiful! That blue is gorgeous! (Cute puppy too ) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287153 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:19:45 +0000 DanaLynn 287153@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Everyone is adding photos-so I had to put up my babies as well! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287131 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:21:02 +0000 catgirl 287131@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Michelle - love the literary references! And everyone who posted photos, too too cute. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names/page/2#post-287130 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:19:29 +0000 Steph 287130@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Katiepea, am I crazy, or is Flynn a calico? He certainly looks like one, but he's a boy.... Is he one of those extremely rare male calicos? Was he born sterile (with an XXY chromosome)? </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287128 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:18:18 +0000 Kate 287128@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Giacomo: Giaco, Jack, Jack-attack!, poopy face, fish face, big boy, meany, and whiny butt.</p> <p>Liu: pretty girl, sweetie, baby, and clumsy. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287118 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 06:01:07 +0000 marianna 287118@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We just use variations of their given names. Example:</p> <p>Tad: Tadley, Tado, Tados<br /> Gertrude: Trudy, Gert</p> <p>There are others but for some reason I am drawing a blank. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287078 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:21:41 +0000 Deb 287078@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>@ NK: That is such a sweet, happy photograph - it made me smile. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287074 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 05:17:09 +0000 RandomThoughts (Andrea) 287074@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yeah. Too many to go through, really.</p> <p>Booboo isn't even really her name. Or it wasn't. It's Leanan but we rarely call her that. Also Boops, Bockbock and Great Boo. The last is mainly used in the morning; "Hey Kip! Great Boo's up!" (Bladder fan here.)</p> <p>Brenna - Bromidena, Bremalo, Bremisca, er... there's more but now I'm drawing a blank</p> <p>Zepar - Zep, Par, Parpar, Nipples, Little Buddy, Gilligan, Moosey, Dopey, Dummy Head, Yobert, Yogurt, Perro Rojo, Red Dog, Shark Bite... My husband nearly never calls him by name. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287059 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 04:48:34 +0000 Frances 287059@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My beloved Emily, who passed away a few weeks ago, suffered through everything from "Em," to "Bun, Bunny Love, Bun with the Tum, Tummy Love, Lovey, Lovey Pie, Pickle, Pickle Pie, Softie, Punkin, Punky Monkey, Little Munchkin Pie, Sweetness, Sweet Pea, Puffanutter" and probably worst of all, "Plumpkin."</p> <p>I'm really not a cutesy person who is into nicknames, but Emily was too irresistibly cute for her own good. She just brought it out in me. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287001 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:22:39 +0000 Michelle 287001@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Una, you are HILARIOUS!! And you've given me courage to fess up to another goofy couple of names. One of McClure's nicknames was Monty (see above), and it came about because one of the staff in our apartment building always screwed his name up and called him things that sounded like that. We had McClure at the same time as our cat...Eventually Monty became Monty-Goo, which became Monty-Goo and Catulet. :p<br /> Yeah, English nerd right over here! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-287000 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:22:38 +0000 Katiepea 287000@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This is such a cute thread!</p> <p>My cat's official name is Flynn. He is a rag-doll and has just turned 84 (well 12, but you all know what I mean). </p> <p>Over time Flynn's name has transformed to the more affectionate name "Flynny" (it's easier to call out that name at night time!). In recent years, Flynn has officially been known as (and answers to the name) of "Ninny" #1: because he is a scaredy cat and #2: because that's how my boys used to pronounce his name when they were little and I will admit I thought it was very cute! :-)</p> <p>Here's a recent of photo of my little "ol' man Ninny" (taken by Master 6). </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286989 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 03:09:42 +0000 NK 286989@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Our yellow lab is named Thelma, the name she came with from the rescue shelter. Apparently she had a sister or companion named Louise, which makes the name make more sense, doesn't it?</p> <p>I really wanted to change her name, especially since I felt so silly scheduling vet appts. for her and telling people her name was Thelma. It sounds more like a grandmother's name than a 3 year old dog, doesn't it?</p> <p>We actually call her Beast, or The Beast quite a bit, as in, "have you fed the Beast yet?" and she probably responds better to it than her actual name now.</p> <p>She also gets called Stinky Girl, Pretty Girl, and Girlfriend quite a bit. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286893 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 01:28:07 +0000 Aida 286893@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Maya, was your kitty named in reference to the Disney movie Aristocats? I always loved the idea of Toulouse as a cat's name </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286839 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:40:33 +0000 Maya 286839@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My kitty's name is Toulouse but I never call her that. Lucie is her name. It's just easier to call her "LOOOOOOOO-seeeeeeee!"</p> <p>She also gets called:</p> <p>-Baby Smokey (that was her shelter name, which I found very silly)<br /> -Piglet<br /> -Pussycat<br /> -Luciepie, Lucieface, Luciepuss<br /> -Sourpuss<br /> -Snugglepuss<br /> -Smushypuss<br /> -Floor sweeper<br /> -Loafling</p> <p>I'm sure there is much more... </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286827 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:20:41 +0000 catgirl 286827@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>We're the WORST at making up names. Or rather, me, the unbearable punster.</p> <p>Our cat Riley was: the Rilometer, Abraham Blinkin', Squintin' Tarantino, Shreddy Krueger, Loaf of Ri.... I cringe typing these out.</p> <p>Our dogs have all been called Wagatha Christie at some point. Sometimes I call my dog Kona "Konicula" when she is being bloodthirsty.</p> <p>Our dog Kiska we called "Doodleface" and I can't even remember why.</p> <p>My son is not exempt either. He hates when I call him "Bug" in front of his friends. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286824 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:17:46 +0000 Dashrashi 286824@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh yeah. My dog's name is Boo (middle name: Radley).</p> <p>We call him: Booboo, Boo-bean, Bean, The Bean, Beanie, Beanly Manning, Sugarbean, Sugarbanana, Bananapants, Booey, Booeyduck (rhymes with geoduck), Duckie, Badger, Piglet, Mr. Pit (for when his pit-bull shows), Colonel Arthur Radley, etc. My current favorite is Beanly Manning. That's Boo's mild-mannered alter ego (named after a law school professor); the supervillain is Mr. Pit. We are apparently big fans of nicknames.</p> <p>My parents' dog is named Killer, aka KC/Casey (first family that had him named him Killer; their last initial was C, and the "mom" of his family preferred to call him KC/Casey). We call him Killy, Killer-diller, Quesadiller, Killerface, Kill-killee (very Irish sounding), Pup, etc. My little brother has perhaps a dozen other names that I can't think of off the top of my head. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286821 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:16:51 +0000 Deb 286821@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>While we've got *six* (6) (...long story...) only three of them have nicknames we use interchangeably with their real ones:</p> <p>Grey kitty Sophie = Miss Meeps</p> <p>Toy Fox Terrier Teddy = Tedward</p> <p>German Shepherd Trinka = Madame T </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286810 Thu, 27 Jan 2011 00:03:52 +0000 Michelle 286810@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>This thread is too much fun to come home to! </p> <p>Current guide dog Reva: Revie, Reve, Rever, Retreva, Spud/Spudders, Dud/Dudders, Labbo, Spaz, Blockhead, Cute potato, Raven<br /> Former guide dog McClure (who's thriving in the country, btw): Woofer/Woof, Pig (or Cochon, the French translation), Hounderpounce, Monty, Goof, Conehead, Mr. Stupid<br /> Our late cat Freddie: Hat, Mr. Bad Guy, Gremlin, Fredball, furface </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286786 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:37:41 +0000 taylor 286786@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Of course...not only our pets my my children and grandchildren answer to a myriad of nicknames as well:)<br /> No one goes by a given name here for long:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286780 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:33:23 +0000 Aida 286780@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>My cat's official name when my husband adopted him was "Hector." Hubby never really renamed him, but always just called him "Kitty" (clever, I know), so that's what he responds to. We call him plenty of things but he really only responds to "Kitty."</p> <p>EDIT: Added a photo ^^ </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286771 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 23:30:49 +0000 Beth 286771@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Definitely!</p> <p>I also end up giving my furkids middle names so we now have a cat named Daisy Louise (D. Lou for short) and another called Lily Anna.</p> <p>:) </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286704 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:28:39 +0000 Marley 286704@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Oh absolutely!</p> <p>Zoe - is often called Posey, Marshmellow, or Pooka.<br /> Dallas (that was her name when we got her - she's a hospice cat from the shelter) - is often called Tex or Dally.<br /> Delilah (also her name when we got her, and another hospice shelter cat) - is called Deelah, Lilah, Deelah B (the "B" stands for Bob as she has a neurological problem that makes her head bob when she walks!) or Porky Snorty because she is soooo very messy and noisy when she eats!<br /> And finally, Scout - his given name from the shelter - a foster semi-feral kitten that we are socializing - we call him Sarge, and Little Boy.</p> <p>I love having nicknames for my fur-babies. They tell me that they love them too! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286702 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:27:38 +0000 rae 286702@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>GOSH yes! </p> <p>official name: Chester P. Hands La Rue (as a 3-week-old baby, she'd love to lay on our chests and would always step in her own pee after litterbox duty)<br /> nicknames: Cheebs, Cheebsie, Chest, Girl, and sometimes "fatass" o_0</p> <p>official name: Radio "Hank" Heinrich<br /> nicknames: Buba, Poofy, Hankie Poo, Two-Stroke, Cream Puff, Mister Meezer, Handsome Man, Crookshank</p> <p>official name: Elliott Bo Tyrus<br /> nicknames: Bobo, El-bo, Cookie Dough, Coffee Cake</p> <p>Like yours, they know all their names and always respond -- though not always by running over; sometimes they hear their name and pointedly turn their backs on us! </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286691 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:19:35 +0000 Isabel 286691@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>Isn't it great how they just know ? Though our dog was called Morgan, we had many terms of endearment for him, foremost, Snuffly. </p> https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/topic/ot-furbabies-different-names#post-286687 Wed, 26 Jan 2011 22:13:07 +0000 puffenstuff 286687@https://youlookfab.com/welookfab/ <p>I usually try "Come Here" but most of the time that doesnt work, dont know why </p>