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  • Senji's nicknames are:
    Senjell
    Senjeloo
    Senjel loo loo
    Senjel-poo poo
    poopy head
    super pooper
    pooparoo
    pupparoo
    Boo Boo
    Stinky

  • Yes, we have 9… yes, we're a bit crazy...
    But it just seems to happen. Tex was from our first (co-bred) litter, we kept him and his sister. Fiber and Lela are his children, both are at least carriers for Fanconi as their dam had it, so we kept them to keep a close eye on them. (our daughter has one of the others, and friends in AZ have the other 2) Kate was our 'lease fee' when another friend leased Tex's sister BG. Amina was the only puppy to survive from BG's second litter. BG developed Fanconi and we lost her last year. When we bred the litter that Dude and Arrow were in, we were only keeping one, but my husband fell for Dude, the only red and the only male. Same thing with Dinger and Kivu, I had Kivu picked out, but my husband said, "Oh, but look at him! We can't turn down that face!!" so we had two... They are Tex's grandsons.

  • I'm not sure if I have already replied, but here are ours:

    Jack's nicknames:

    Jackarooter-hooter
    Pumpkin
    Jack attack
    Stinker
    Poophead (that's for when it is raining outside, and he won't poop)
    The One-Eared Wondermutt
    Jack-off (the command for getting off something is off, and well, my husband thinks it is funny)
    Buzzbaum (my parents nicknamed him that for some inexplicable reason)

  • Zip:

    Zipzip (I say this in a high sing songy voice that drives Liz crazy. Sometimes I think Zip might think this is actually her name)
    Zippy Girl
    Zippers
    Zipo
    Sweetheart

    Riley:
    Big Boy
    Little Man
    Riley Boy
    RiRi
    Doofy
    Devil Dog
    Pups
    Puppers

  • I never replied to this. I don't have many compared to everyone else…

    Ruby:
    ru
    ru-ru
    rubu
    boo
    boo hound
    the kid

    Brando:
    bran
    butter - evidently I call him this enough because he answers to both Brando and butter :D
    bubba
    handsome
    the town crier - (which happened because when he first came here he would cry sometimes at 4:30 in the morning on weekends - weekdays I get up at 4:30, not on weekends). He doesn't do it anymore so rarely does that one get pulled out now.

    Aaliyah:
    Liyah
    Li-Li
    Liyah peeah - mostly when she was first here and seemed like she pee'd a lot ;)
    skink
    peeper

  • Charlie:
    Cha-boo
    Bone
    Bean
    and from when he was a pup:Poostepper-Peepaw

    Zaire:
    Face
    Zai-Zai
    Baby-Girl

  • Dallas:
    Dee
    Baby boy
    Brat
    Little Man
    Buddy
    Kujo
    & I even call him Basenji. Haha.

  • Name: Indiana (Indi)
    Paws
    Little Paws
    Dr. Paws
    Dr. Jones
    The Doctor
    Deamon
    Poo Beastie (This comes from when he was very little)
    Little Man

  • Cheyenne:
    Chey
    Chey Chey
    Baby Girl
    Little Bear
    Sweet Pea
    Pretty Girl

    Apache:
    Patch
    Lil A..which doesn't stand for Apache :)
    Little Man
    Psycho Pup
    and lately..Champ

    Marlowe:
    Monkey Man
    Monk
    Big Guy
    Handsome Man

  • we call Daphne "Cap'N Crunch" because, for some reason, that's what she smells like when she wakes up in the mornings.

  • Mick:
    Mickey
    Dingo
    Lil Boy
    Pissy Boy
    Corn Chip (because his feet smell like corn chips)

  • Ours are "Frito Dog" cuz of the feet smell.

  • I must be strange - mostly I have always just called my dogs by their call name. Once in a blue moon I might call (doesn't matter who) "pooky" .

  • Cory: aka
    The princess
    stinky butt
    and if she is being mean to Jayden, she is "little bitch"

    Jayden: aka
    Jay
    Big poop

    Collectively: The Brats

  • Marley was frequently called Mo or MoMo or The Mo.
    Sheba goes by Sheebs or Shebastick.

    And we are crackin' up here because we thought we were the
    only ones that thought our pooches feet smelled like corn chips.
    Why we ever smelled their feet in the first place? I am not sure
    but I am glad we are not the only goofballs out there!

  • Whew Glad to know i'm not the only one with ALOT of different {nicnames} for there dogs LOL Here are a few i can think of right now ..

    Cheyanne would be..

    Little Princess
    Pretty Girl
    Fluffy { in that wierd Stitch voice from lilo and stitch } LOL
    Pumpkin Butt
    Lil Momma
    Lil Meany {when she's getting Phoenix down for the count then sitting on him } lol
    Lil miss Bossy

    Then Aspen's would be…

    Squirt
    little Tornado
    Spunky
    Silly Boy
    Cookie Face
    Marathon peer

    And a few i can think of for Phoenix are.....

    Stinky Butt
    Handsome boy
    Dude
    Little buddy
    Weeble
    limpsalot {since he pulled his muscle }
    smoshy head
    Piggy
    Piglet
    Porker
    Pork chop

    That's all i can think of at the minute I'm sure there are about 100 more LOL

  • So glad others have 'unusual' nick names for their dogs…

    Saba gets;

    Saba San (it is actually the name of a race horse, and I heard it after we had named Saba...)
    Mr San
    San Man
    Handsome Man
    Mister Man

    Ochre gets;

    Okey Poky
    Pokey
    Ochre Pochre
    Rat Fink
    You little S..T... (this one seems to be uttered very often, depending on what she is destroying, at the time :p ...)

  • @saba:

    Mister Man

    Riley gets called that too!

  • @mauigirl:

    Riley gets called that too!

    So does Nemo. Usually when he gets an attitude about him and acts out.

    Nemo only has a few more right now…

    Nemu
    The Nemonator (ala Terminator when he destroys things)
    The Nemo-meister
    Nemosaurus Rex
    BooBoo
    Boobalu
    Little Boy

  • It's not his official nickname, but I like to call Medjai 'Corn Chip', just because I sleep next to a 20lb. bag of corn chips.

    I also have a tendency to just call him puppy, cat, and other names that fit what he is, and does.

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