How do you refer to the animals living in your house and what are their names?

[charlie and algernon]

in honor of this GD thread: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x986715

How do you refer to the animal(s) living in your house?

Also, what are their names?





Me: I have a cat and I refer to it as "my cat" or "the cats" when including my roommate's cat.
My cat is named Esther, my roommate's cat is named Holly.

[LynneSin]

1. Lately it's been "YOU LITTLE PISSER"

because well the one has been pissing where she shouldn't

[LiberalEsto]

17. Try plain yogurt

My vet taught me this.
If a cat or dog is peeing in all the wrong places, they may be trying to tell you that their bladder or urinary tract hurts.
Give one or more teaspoons of plain yogurt twice a day and see if it clears up.

[Tikki]

2. Tikki....the dog

she's 14 years old now...



Tikki

[hifiguy]

3. "My cat" "the cat" or "my roommate"

He's a lovable 16 pound lump of a (rescued) Turkish Van ostensibly named Butch because he reminded me of a feline version of a cartoon bulldog. The only thing he comes to is "kitty, kitty" or the sound of the catfood bag being shaken.

[geardaddy]

4. I voted "my pets"

But it's usually just "our dog" or "Audrey"

[SOteric]

5. He's my "Little Fuzzy Buddy" or "Hey Buddy"

and sometimes, my cat StirFry is "His Royal Highness Prince of LitterTon and Duke of BagBurrow."

[Brigid]

6. I call them "my cats."

Brigid and Patrick. :)

[zanana1]

7. I call them my monkeys.

I have three cats so it's easier to call them that than Minou, Gabby and Sammy. They are kind of like monkeys, actually.

[femmocrat]

36. I call my dogs "monkeys" sometimes, too.

LOL

[ceile]

8. "the babies"

Ceile my border collie mix.
Ambrose, Apple and Booty are the indoor cats. Priddy is the outdoor kitty.
I also have names for all the ferals I feed, but I won't get into that...

[TZ]

9. My owners:: Sophie and Smokie

The cats that graciously let me live in their house.:)

[ashling]

10. Rocky

also goes by: Rocky man, Little guy, ....

[tk2kewl]

11. Dog named Ernie

often referred to as "Dummy"

[RebelOne]

12. I have three furbabies.

A Chihuahua named Honeybear, my Mini-Pin named Sissie and Cinnamon, my French bulldog.

[Arkansas Granny]

13. I refer to them as my cat and my dog, but everyone knows who I am talking

about when I say Toots (cat) or Sapphire (dog).

[Denninmi]

14. "Master" is about right.

Or, perhaps, "Your Highness". I've been a dog slave for over 30 years now, on #3.

These dogs have NO idea how good they have it. Ask and ye receive, do what you want, sleep 20 hours a day (more or less) on the sofa or the bed, and generally live the good life.

[LiberalEsto]

15. Me beasties

Penny - dog
Bailey - dog
Salem - cat
Dinah - cat

[Deep13]

16. "bugs" and "soon to be squashed." nt

[pintobean]

18. Normally, I would have posted that in the lounge

I figured I wasn't the only one over there playing whack-a-mole with a certain topic and something to laugh about was needed. There are some pretty funny replies.

[Arugula Latte]

19. "The Kitties" and "The Bun"

I can't really refer to them as "cats" -- they are kitteeeeeeees! :loveya:

[Iggo]

20. Including the humans?

I call them my family.

[HopeHoops]

21. "Shit for brains" covers all of them.

"Fuzz balls" works too.

[stuntcat]

22. "the cats"

I don't usually call them "my" or "mine", possessive-like, I don't think they'd appreciate that.

We live with/clean up after 2 old boys named Percy and Puddy. And 2 feral sisters named Dolly and Thumby, who I got fixed a while ago and then re-trapped to bring inside. Thumby's turned into a lovebug but Dolly's still feral, I don't know how we'll catch her if she gets sick, I'm just glad she uses the litter box.

[Kali]

23. "buncha useless BUMS"

and the son's little minidog with the unknown background has come into heat, so she is now "tinyslut"

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

24. It depends.

Could be "my sweet little furry babies," or "los gatitos," or "you goddamn fucking cats!!!" Are they purring and cuddling, or climbing the curtains, or puking on the rug?

Their actual names are Milo, Jeoffrey and Pixie. But they have many nicknames.

[TZ]

28. I like the "gang of fur".

:hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

29. Yes, they get that, too. But it's more likely to be something like,

"You disreputable little hairy bastards!"

[rbnyc]

25. "Curse you, butt-cat!"

I don't know where my son came up with this, and we probably should not have encouraged him, but one day one of our cats ran over his feet with his claws out, and my six-year-old yelled out, "Curse you, butt-cat!" and we just fell over laughing. Now, whenever Bevy, the cat in question, does something super annoying, this is what we say. Poor Bevy.

We have two cats. Jones is 15. She has two nicknames, Jonesy and Jonestown. She loves to go outside. She is very healthy. She's a little bit aloof. She's more affectionate with my husband than with me or my son. She is this type of cat:



Our other cat, Bevy (short for Beverly) is a boy. He is 14 and had a twin brother, Elliot, who died a few summers ago. Bevy has an insane chronic medical condition called mega-colon. It's terrible and disgusting and I will go ahead and describe it. Periodically, instead of pooping, Bevy's colon will just expand like chipmunk cheeks and collect poop in there until we notice that his rear end is expanding and he is getting sick. We used to take him to the vet and at about $150-a-pop the vet would excavate him and give him an enema. We couldn't afford to keep up with this, so the vet trained me how to do it at home. No one can ever tell me that I don't love this cat. I have the lube and latex gloves to prove it.

Bevy does not like my husband, but loves my son and me. Bevy does not like to go outside and is afraid of everyone except for me and my son.

Bevy is this type of cat:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

27. Beverly and Elliot?

They wouldn't happen to be named after the creepy twin gynecologists in "Dead Ringers," would they? If so -- Awesome!!

[rbnyc]

31. ding, ding, ding!

Yes. Cronenberg is my favorite director. I had to name twin boy cats Beverly and Elliot.

:toast:

[ScreamingMeemie]

26. All kinds of things. Their names are Jessie (Sheltie) Kittimus Prime (cat)

Izzie (cat) and Bella (cat). Typically, Jessie is some form of her name but I am partial to Jessica Lindsey Binsey Boo. Kittimus Prime is Kittimus Loo Loo or KP, and I typically refer to Izzie and Bella (siblings) as "the kittens" even though they are two.

[madmom]

30. Hairball, I've never seen a cat shed so much, real name Khaos.

[nolabear]

32. The Livestock

They're not, but they sure seem that way sometimes.

Tucker--Cavalier

Merrily--Cavalier

Bunny--tailless furry grey cat

Pidge--African Grey

They run the place; I just get to live here.

[Duer 157099]

33. "The Dog"

sometimes even, The Simple Dog, with a hat tip to Hyperbole and a Half:

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/

[Sky Masterson]

34. Monkey and Babygirl.

:D

[femmocrat]

35. We call them "the Corgis".... but I collectively call them "babies".

They are the sweetest, dearest little dogs.

[Sanity Claws]

37. I have two male cats and refer to them as "the boys."

Their names are Oliver and Sebastian.

[provis99]

40. heh. I call my two male cats "the boys", too.

One is Roscoe and the other is Tolstoy.

[applegrove]

38. "My guys".

[provis99]

39. by animals, are you referring to my pets or my family?

[Riftaxe]

41. Well surname is good dog, but "get your lazy yellow ass"

usually predicates that for my labrador....

[Lasher]

42. Granddogs.

Our son got divorced and brought them here to live with us.

[Broken_Hero]

43. I refer to him as, You Little Bastard....

his name, Spotamus Prime...a male Pomeranian, over 7rys of age.

[Danmel]

44. The little beasties

Loki, a big white car with van markings, his sister Boo, a dainty little tortie and Chester, a feral rescue Ginger cat.

[Heidi]

45. Ginger is our boy; we are his supercats.

We are only supercats because we're taller and have opposable thumbs.

[davsand]

46. His Royal Highness Chaucer D. Kat

Also known as little man, you fat black turd, stupid cat, turd cat, my boy, sluggo, fat tub o'goo, furball and of course, here kitty kitty...

I'm sure there are more, but this gets the point across. He is a four footed member of the family and he is much beloved.



Laura

[WillParkinson]

47. The Grrrrl's and Boys....

4 cats - Star, Cider, Dot and Toeby and 4 dogs - Heidi, Bailey, Sadie and Brownie (or Demon as the name she's intent on earning.)

[Withywindle]

48. Critters, beasties, house pigs....

...poopers, pooperonies, pishers, rugrats, chubsters, chublies, fat things, monsters, scritchers, fluffles, house lions, big galoots, cat feets....



"Pets" is a formal term of dignity compared to that. Of course, "overlords" is really the truth.

[Rob H.]

49. I call her "my baby" or "my kitty"

Her name is Summer, and yes, I'm a crazy cat laddie. Just look at that face! :loveya:

[csziggy]

50. I refer to him as "my insane cat" and his name is Tashi

And he is insane, schizophrenic as most Siamese are. One moment he is sweetness and loving. The next he's trying to chew my arm off. I have scars from this cat. But I have owned him since he was a tiny kitten weighing about five ounces, and he has a home for life.

[Kablooie]

51. "Thing"