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  • L

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

    Zaire:
    Face
    Zai-Zai
    Baby-Girl

    To you

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  • Ninabeana26N

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

    Nina & my baby boy Dallas

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  • rnastoR

    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

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  • RivermoonR

    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

    Lynn, Apache, Cheyenne, Zuni & Marlowe![](images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin")

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  • daphnelovesderbyD

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

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  • NatalplumN

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

    Val McNichols & Mick & Shilagh Doe the <u>Irish</u> Basenjis

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  • mauigirlM

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

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  • wizardW

    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" .

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  • BasenjiDivaB

    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

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  • MarleyJoM

    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!

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  • phoenix3P

    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

    Basenji's don't steal they Borrow ..![](images/smilies/biggrin.png "Big Grin")

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  • sabaS

    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 ...)

    Home of -

    Wazazi Dressed To Dazzle (Saba).Australian Champion Wazazi High Expectations (Ochre). Wazazi Living Doll (Vanda). Langarni African Aluko (Java).

    www.langarni-rajacadoo.com

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  • mauigirlM

    @saba:

    Mister Man

    Riley gets called that too!

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  • NemoN

    @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

    Connect with the Basenji Club of America on Facebook

    http://www.facebook.com/basenji.org

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  • etzbsederE

    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.

    Michael Feldman
    Gilbert, AZ

    Chaverim Basenjis

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  • AndrewA

    I don't know how I missed this thread the first time around. Nicknames are my favorite topic!!!

    Booger
    Boogieman
    Boogerman
    Boogerbreath
    Boogerhead
    Ahole
    S    *head
    Glue
    BoogeyBoo
    BuddyBoo
    Handsome Boy

    Lola
    Princess
    Lulu
    Lala
    Lollerskates
    Lols
    Olers
    Loleypoo
    Little Bit
    Little Brat
    Half Pint
    Sweetpea
    Sweetiepie
    Pretty Girl

    Spooky (the cat)
    Spookers
    Spookeyroo
    Stupidhead

    Carrie & the Brindle Babes, Callie & Lola (Not Andrew)

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  • BuanaB

    hihi Nice topic!

    Buana (bizi)

    • Bu'tje
    • Buaaaan
    • Nina
    • Naanie
    • Banaantje
    • Benina

    Chafuko (amani)

    • Chaf(fie)
    • Chif chaf
    • chippie
    • Chips
    • Foekie

    Hailey ( Hello I love you <- thats her real name :S)

    • Heelipeel
    • Paneelie
    • Heeltje
    • Mutsie
    • Koetje (translated: little cow)

    Spaiky our cat:

    • Tjaik
    • Loempia
    • Zwartman (blackman)
    • Paikypaik

    Kim and my Basenji pack, Buana, Chafuko and Enya

    http://www.kwabandurus.com

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