Owner Confessions

[Angels3]

I'm with karen israel on this. I astound myself with the names I come up with for our pets as I talk to them. My precious Dan Dan (to our male sheltie), duck face (to a pretty tibetan spaniel), noisy horse (to our large sheltie), timbleboots (to the cat). Even I don't know where these names (& much more) bubble up from. Well, if this is lunacy...then I & all the other people 'fessing up are very happy lunatics.

[karen israel]

I feel blessed being in such good "insane" company!!! How lucky and special we are that we can enjoy our pups so thoroughly and innocently despite what other say! If it makes us feel fantastic..GO FOR IT!! My brother, who could have cared less 9 yrs ago, calls Cody "My little Man' and sneaks in a hug and kiss! And would kill me if he knew I mentioned it! It's contagious! LOL

[jackiesdaisy1935]

O.K. I confess, we call Daisy and Perry our babies. Perry gives kisses with a flick of the tongue, you have to be fast not to get it on the lips. I think Daisy is so tired of me kissing her, she hides under the coffee table. They each have a stuffed rabbit that is their night, night. Perry takes his night night in his house at night and Daisy takes hers up to our room. The first thing I have to do is let her look out the window, then next she lies on the bed and I give her a massage. After that I warm up her pillow, play catch me under the blanket and then she curls up to go to sleep. In the morning, we sit and have our coffee and its cold outside so Daisy bangs on the back door so we will let her and Perry in. They do their tricks??for a snack, sit up, lie down and shake hands. Then we really start our day.

[RachelJ]

Hannah likes her massage in the morning. She is Miss Independent until she wants her massage, then she is right by me pushing as close as she can get.

[jackiesdaisy1935]

Rachel: Hanna is so beautiful, I can see why you love her so much, Tucker is a sweetheart, plus I love his name, somehow it seems to fit.

[This message has been edited by jackiesdaisy1935 (edited February 02, 2001).]

[LabLover]

when ever I'm w/ my dogs I always baby talk them like awwww aren't you the sweetest aww whos the baby? booboo ooo I love you awww and for an outsider it would probably be sickning!

[BoxerLover]

I baby talk to Nikki all the time! I say OOOHHS A PRETTY PUPPY! YOUR PRETTIER THAN PRETTY! WHOS PRETTY! NIKKI IS! WHOS MY BEAUTIFUL BOUNCY BABY BOXER! I WUV(love) YOU! I say things like to her all the time! You're not nuts!

[karlicat]

When I get home my puppy Poco is just as excited as I am, maybe alot more. She jumps as high as my stomach, and she is 10 inches tall, and she jumps like 10 times in a row, and whines and talks to me and races around the house and then she throws herself on her belly and begs for a belly rub. All the while Im like
"POKEY POKEY POOOO!!! EEEE HAY GURLYGIRL!!!
HOWZAMEES PREETY POOPY!! WIJIWIJIWIJIWIJIWIJI!! POOZEEPOOPYGRL! POCOBELLY?? POCOPOCOPOCOOOOO! POCOBELLY!
GOOJEEPUPPEEJEE!! EEEEEEEEHEEHEEHEE!!!" and so on. It is perfectly normal, because if you teach your dog a trick, then they understand a little bit of our language. If you don't talk to them they might get depressed or something. By the way im only a freshman, so you middle-aged women can know that everyone does it. My best friend is the same w/her dog.

[Daisy's Mom]

If you're all crazy then you can count me in. Every day when I walk home from my bus stop Daisy is outside waiting for me on the porch. When I reach my neighbor's house I start screeching in the most annoying voice imaginable, "DAAAAAAAAAAISYYYYYYY!!! WHERE'S MOMMY'S LITTLE ROO ROO? MASHA DOON (whatcha doing), BABY?" The neighbors all look out their windows at me as I am screeching this. Then she comes bounding down the steps and I flop over into the yard, even if its full of snow, still screeching and getting puppy kisses! My aunt who is a non-dog lover thinks I am crazy to let Daisy kiss my face but she's my baby! And the fact that Daze sleeps under the blankets with me with her head on my pillow appalls her. Ah yes and the nicknames... who knows where they come from. I have no idea how Daisy has changed into Bubboo Gizzooz (Puppy Kisses) and Roo (her howl). My mom doesn't like the names and says that we should always call her Daisy because it is a beautiful name for a beautiful dog!

[RachelJ]

When I'm out in the back yard with the dogs I am steady talking to them which includes asking them questions, for instance "Are you ready to go in yet? Did you go potty? Where did you make the stinkies? Don't you want to go chase the kong with Hannah, Tucker?" Now we live in a quiet neighborhood and so the sound of a voice can be heard by the neighbors if they happen to have a window open or are outside themselves. I wonder if they ever think I have completely lost my marbles.

[*BaSim*]

I have got to admit that I talk to Simba like hes a baby.... like I say whooooooos my baby boy whos da boy whos da boy your such a sweetie i love yes i do i love i love you do you love me?? awwww your so adorable suych a cuttie.... ANYWAYS lolz!