Re: How many names? Awesome Glad I not the only one whose lyric writing capabilities extend to repeating the same phrase ad infinitum. Good thing dogs love a recurring lyric.
Her normal names are "Holly", "No Holly" and "NOOO Holly"! She also responds to "Hols" and "Miss Stinkybot". Around Christmas she gets very confused when carollers sing "The holly and the ivy", "Deck the halls with boughs of holly" etc. She can't understand why they call her then ignore her!
This post has just made my day!! Crying with laughter Ella gets: Ella Bella Loony Loony Loo Bitch (we only tend to say this one at home but you have to say it really gangster... "yo biiiitch" and gangster hand actions help) The only song so far is Rihanna 's umbrella: "under my umbr-Ella, Ella, Ella, eh, eh, eh" Although, having read this post, I'm pretty sure "Loony Loo, Loony Loo, Loony Loo, Loo, Loo..." may begin to make an appearance! ☺☺
This thread needs resurrecting at least Quarterly so we can all enjoy it once again and new members can make their additions to it.....one day we are going to someone brave enough to to send in a vid! Laughing at what Ella must make of the Gangster hand signals!
It's been a while since I started this thread and a few more names have cropped up since then. Shadow responds to "Handsome boy" and Willow to "Beautiful laaaaaaaydeeee". They are also both "munchkin". Willow is "PropaDog" and Shadow is "NotADog". And Willow is "The Duchess". I feel I'm missing out, because we don't have hand signals.
Benson is also called Bugalugs...he also thinks he is called biscuit and chewy... Blake we call "fishface" Casper is only Casper as befitting the gravitas of his responsibilities and senior position in the household...however at times and from a distance it does sound like "Caaaassssspeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrr!!!!!!!"
We always tell him he's supposed to be a vicious guard dog ( ). But he spends his whole life on his back with his bits in the air. His ancestors would not be impressed! Willow, although not a vicious guard dog, is generally very dignified and dog-like in repose.
We have Dutch names, Finn is often called puppenkop in English it would be something like puppy face, and Euan ouwe schete peet, there is no other explanation for it, not even in Dutch....
We have Belle, Stinker-Belle, Stinker, Doofus, Mong-a-Dog, Pupsicle - she answers to all of them. Coco is early days yet..Coco-Chops, Mr Chops, Chopsicle, Spaz-head, Daddy's Puppy - and his song is the Coco-Pops advert - "I'd rather have a bowl of Coco-Chops!" Sorry, a couple are a bit un-PC.
Max gets called the usual Maxi or Maximus but his other names are: Monster munch Silly sausage Baby boy Bubba Cheeky Monkey He has two others but not appropriate for this forum! He's a sock/underwear thief !
Haha, yep, Ella has a nickname that I left off the list too! Some are just not suitable for public forums! ☺
Doug is pug, puglas, Mr wobbles, Saint Douglas of the 2nd way, darling boy, the Flash. Midge is Moo moo, midgy moo, you evil bugger, my black pearl, sweet evil girl, toots, stinky, mrs bossy pants, oh no not again! Rory is Raw, pawry, sweets, Mr Snuggles and k**b head, darling and ginger ninja and thanks to the small school boys Mr pinky or just Pinky My friends big tough collie is called Ziggy and he is all macho but his house name is Mr zuggy snuggy, it slipped out on a walk boy he did look so embarassed. I use loads more names Like "well go and live in a bush then and see if I care" and no don't eat that
He he he ,so funny all the cute names get rolled out and then in the middle you see ' you evil bugger'!
Hahahaha, what a lovely topic. OH calls her Princes Mabel. As I don't want her to get ideas of grandeur she also know as: Mabel the menace Sausage Pumpkin Or "that's not like you to mess about" which at the moment is the number one name
