Now you're all gonna think I'm quite mad. I have 2 German Shepherds. Their given names, by me, are Robbie and Blue. But Robbie answers to : Robbie, Rob, Bobby, Bob, Pop, Fatty Bum, Big Bum Bobby, Big Boy, Young Man, and of course Good Boy ! Blue has never been called Blue for more than one day, he answers to Monkey (coz he was a cheeky lil monkey when a pup), Little Man (coz he was my little man), Snuggie and Snug (a slant on snuggles (our word for cuddles)), and his latest name is Nug which seems to have stuck, he also answers to Stinker !
I take full responsibility for their multi-personality disorders
I can't really remember a time when I didn't have a dog or cat - my first dog (I was about 5 I think when he was given to me) was a cross between a bearded collie & a sheepdog. He was called Tippy, because he had a white tip to his tail. Had my first cat before that, a black one called Kitty - I remember her climbing up the kitchen curtains as a kitten & falling off into a bucket of soapy water. Next cat was called Snowy - though he was in fact black & white! Quite a long gap then until the next cat - probably 20 years - and she was called Fitzpatrick. Odd name, I know, but she had been found as a kitten in a monsoon drain outside Fitzpatrick's Supermarket on Orchard Road in Singapore and was "inherited" with the house where we lived then. She had a mutilated tail - I'm not sure why, but was told that there were local superstitions about not allowing a cat to be "perfect". Next cats ( in the UK) were Smokey & Roly - two grey & white brothers who were rehomed from the RSPCA as adult outdoor cats. They were really good at keeping the front garden here free from rabbits. Roly was killed on the main road - though it's quite a distance up the lane. Smokey lived a further 4 years and died of natural causes two years ago.
So - dogs (in chronological order):-
Tippy - as above
Carlo - black & white sheepdog
Simon - black & tan standard dachshund
Miggy - black & tan miniature dachshund
Daisy - fawn Italian Greyhound
Rosie - blue-cream whippet
Lily - grey-brindle & white whippet
Freddy - fawn & white whippet
Charlie - grey-brindle & white whippet
Harry - fawn & white whippet
Frankie - red brindle whippet
Piper (aka Pie) - fawn & white whippet.
The last two are here as I type this - and (you've probably guessed) my nickname Hypercharleyfarley is because of Charlie, who fitted that description so well in so many ways. I still miss him so much. - but loved them all.
My first two dogs were Seiko and Quartz - my watchdogs. All subsequent dogs came with names as they were rescues but I changed ones I didn't like much: Goldie to Maddie, Alfie to Pepper and Minty to Flo. Flo was a little westie who looked like a polar bear cub and was often known as Flo Bear, hence my name. Like Kezza, I use a variety of names. Lily answers to Lils, Lilliput, precious-poo, Maisie to Maisie-moo, Moomers, Moomintrude and, when she has indulged in her little 'habit' she's called Poo-tongue. Pepper is Peps, or most often WhatNOW, Weegit or Weesod.
Rats I have owned were named after cheeses, quail were named after Shakespearean characters and my chickens are named after my four sisters!
Oh, and the snakes are called Piglet - because she was such an enthusiastic eater when young - and Zizi because she's sort of zebra coloured. One day I took them into school to show my class and a little boy who spoke french at home informed me that zizi is french for little boys' willies!
Currently have Rocky cat, named because he's a scrapper. Previously Tac, scruff (she was), Georgie, Fred and Lucy. Lucy was a Siamese who thought she was a person and liked to talk. She tore me off a strip many a time.
My dog Inka was a rescue, and came with a name--but my brother liked the name and used it for his Australian dog. So mine is Aboriginal Inka [came from a reserve] and his is Antipodes Inka. My other dog, Blue, was 14 when I got him, so he has kept his name.
I took on a cat from my daughters boyfriends ( now ex) mum. He was called Tiger, what a wrong name for him. He weighed 18 lbs and was renamed Fatty. I managed to get 4lbs off him but got a bit vicious ahen he was given diet cat food. We had to part with him 4 years ago he had a huge very fast growing tumour around his tongue and windpipe. Its strange as i didnt really want to take him on but was just as upset when he went as i was with the others that i had had from kittens.
I love the originality and reasons that people are giving here. Working with a dog rescue you get a feeling for the popularity of certain names. That's why I changed Alfie to Pepper because there are so many Alfies about. There seem to be numbers of Jack Russells called Jack, Shih Tzus called Gizmo and Staffies called Tyson. It's interesting to notice that the majority of pets these days have 'people' names instead of Rover etc.
My young son has a red border collie called Fly and two black cats called Kizzy and Dash. We have, in the past, had a cat called Cat and rescue dogs called Grace and Gabby . My own collie cross as a teen was Meeshka. We did have a cat called Taffy and named her unexpected kittens Affy and Faffy - because we weren't keeping them.
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Now you're all gonna think I'm quite mad.
I have 2 German Shepherds. Their given names, by me, are Robbie and Blue. But Robbie answers to : Robbie, Rob, Bobby, Bob, Pop, Fatty Bum, Big Bum Bobby, Big Boy, Young Man, and of course Good Boy ! Blue has never been called Blue for more than one day
, he answers to Monkey (coz he was a cheeky lil monkey when a pup), Little Man (coz he was my little man), Snuggie and Snug (a slant on snuggles (our word for cuddles)), and his latest name is Nug which seems to have stuck, he also answers to Stinker !
I take full responsibility for their multi-personality disorders
I can't really remember a time when I didn't have a dog or cat - my first dog (I was about 5 I think when he was given to me) was a cross between a bearded collie & a sheepdog. He was called Tippy, because he had a white tip to his tail. Had my first cat before that, a black one called Kitty - I remember her climbing up the kitchen curtains as a kitten & falling off into a bucket of soapy water. Next cat was called Snowy - though he was in fact black & white! Quite a long gap then until the next cat - probably 20 years - and she was called Fitzpatrick. Odd name, I know, but she had been found as a kitten in a monsoon drain outside Fitzpatrick's Supermarket on Orchard Road in Singapore and was "inherited" with the house where we lived then. She had a mutilated tail - I'm not sure why, but was told that there were local superstitions about not allowing a cat to be "perfect". Next cats ( in the UK) were Smokey & Roly - two grey & white brothers who were rehomed from the RSPCA as adult outdoor cats. They were really good at keeping the front garden here free from rabbits. Roly was killed on the main road - though it's quite a distance up the lane. Smokey lived a further 4 years and died of natural causes two years ago.
So - dogs (in chronological order):-
Tippy - as above
Carlo - black & white sheepdog
Simon - black & tan standard dachshund
Miggy - black & tan miniature dachshund
Daisy - fawn Italian Greyhound
Rosie - blue-cream whippet
Lily - grey-brindle & white whippet
Freddy - fawn & white whippet
Charlie - grey-brindle & white whippet
Harry - fawn & white whippet
Frankie - red brindle whippet
Piper (aka Pie) - fawn & white whippet.
The last two are here as I type this - and (you've probably guessed) my nickname Hypercharleyfarley is because of Charlie, who fitted that description so well in so many ways. I still miss him so much. - but loved them all.
Gosh hypercharleyfarley, that's quite a list!
My first two dogs were Seiko and Quartz - my watchdogs. All subsequent dogs came with names as they were rescues but I changed ones I didn't like much: Goldie to Maddie, Alfie to Pepper and Minty to Flo. Flo was a little westie who looked like a polar bear cub and was often known as Flo Bear, hence my name. Like Kezza, I use a variety of names. Lily answers to Lils, Lilliput, precious-poo, Maisie to Maisie-moo, Moomers, Moomintrude and, when she has indulged in her little 'habit' she's called Poo-tongue. Pepper is Peps, or most often WhatNOW, Weegit or Weesod.
Rats I have owned were named after cheeses, quail were named after Shakespearean characters and my chickens are named after my four sisters!
Oh, and the snakes are called Piglet - because she was such an enthusiastic eater when young - and Zizi because she's sort of zebra coloured. One day I took them into school to show my class and a little boy who spoke french at home informed me that zizi is french for little boys' willies!
Never said we had a hamster called Picnic ( Picnic Hamster)
:- D :- D bjay, that's my sort of name!
My dog Inka was a rescue, and came with a name--but my brother liked the name and used it for his Australian dog. So mine is Aboriginal Inka [came from a reserve] and his is Antipodes Inka. My other dog, Blue, was 14 when I got him, so he has kept his name.
I took on a cat from my daughters boyfriends ( now ex) mum. He was called Tiger, what a wrong name for him. He weighed 18 lbs and was renamed Fatty. I managed to get 4lbs off him but got a bit vicious ahen he was given diet cat food. We had to part with him 4 years ago he had a huge very fast growing tumour around his tongue and windpipe. Its strange as i didnt really want to take him on but was just as upset when he went as i was with the others that i had had from kittens.
I love the originality and reasons that people are giving here. Working with a dog rescue you get a feeling for the popularity of certain names. That's why I changed Alfie to Pepper because there are so many Alfies about. There seem to be numbers of Jack Russells called Jack, Shih Tzus called Gizmo and Staffies called Tyson. It's interesting to notice that the majority of pets these days have 'people' names instead of Rover etc.
My young son has a red border collie called Fly and two black cats called Kizzy and Dash. We have, in the past, had a cat called Cat and rescue dogs called Grace and Gabby . My own collie cross as a teen was Meeshka. We did have a cat called Taffy and named her unexpected kittens Affy and Faffy - because we weren't keeping them.