# Multi Pet Owners: What do you call your pets, collectivley? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 28, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509 "2006-02-28T20:15:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/41 "2006-03-01T15:45:17Z")
Collectively the cats are Monsters, or Fuzzies. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/42 "2006-03-01T16:04:33Z")
Both my dogs are female, so they’re “the girls.” They respond to this, too. When combined with my MIL’s two “girls” or my SIL’s two “boys,” they become “the traveling dog park.” (Not within earshot of the dogs, though) ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/43 "2006-03-01T16:12:56Z")
Two JRT’s. Their official title is “The Supervisors.” Often referred to as doglets, puppies, the girls (Even though one is a male. The female is waaayyy alpha, so the feminine is the default gender.) ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/44 "2006-03-01T16:20:29Z")
We have 2 cats, 2 dogs, 2 birds, a guinea pig, and a fish. When calling the dogs to go out, we yell for the “puppies” (as in “puppies, want to go out?” or “puppies, want to eat?”) even though they are both full grown and over 110 lbs each. When we want to feed the cats, we say “here kitty kitty” which gets both of them running. The other pets don’t really respond much when you call them. When referring to all of them together, we generally say “the pets” or “the zoo”. ---
**Author:** ![Katriona](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/katriona/32/113_2.png) [@Katriona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katriona)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/45 "2006-03-01T16:29:56Z")
Usually “The Mutts,” “The Demons,” or “The Hellhounds.” ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/46 "2006-03-01T17:30:16Z")
> [@Spectre of Pithecanthropus](#): > > We have four neutered tomcats whom we collectively call–somewhat ironically–“the boys.” Oh yeah, and when they’re all intertwined together on the couch or bed in such a way that you can’t tell where one ends and the other begins, I like to call them “the Gekittle”. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/47 "2006-03-01T17:36:38Z")
The kids. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/48 "2006-03-01T17:39:04Z")
I don’t have multiple pets, but my friend refers to her two rather goofy dogs as Nit & Wit. When she had three, they were Nit, Wit, and Twit. Always liked that. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/49 "2006-03-01T17:41:08Z")
Incidentally, if I’m actually addressing them (which isn’t as rare as it maybe should be, but at least I’m not actually expecting them to reply), I’ll just collectively call them, “Ladies”, as they’re all female (well, on a chromosomal level, anyway). ---
**Author:** ![Stainz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Stainz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stainz)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/50 "2006-03-01T17:48:58Z")
We just call them “pets”. As in “Pets!!! Stop fighting!!!” We have a male cat and a female dog and they fight like brother & sister. Very entertaining but also annoying at times. Other than a few broken cat whiskers, so far there have been no injuries. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/51 "2006-03-01T19:21:15Z")
Our main cat is named Mung-Chi; the backup kitty is named Ool-Bo. Collectively, I refer to them as “Mool”… Korean for “water”. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![stretch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a6a055/32.png) [@stretch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stretch)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/52 "2006-03-01T19:58:58Z")
Four dogs, four cats. Collectively, The Pack. Thus, when I call home and talk to mr.stretch I ask “How’s The Pack?” The four dogs are also The Pack or the girls, puppies, poodles (though none of them are poodles), monsters, troublemakers, furbears, and fur bearers. The cats are the boys…and Sybil (3 males, one female). Thus, “Where are the boys (pause) and Sybil?” ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/53 "2006-03-01T21:09:09Z")
We have five cats, who are referred to variously as: - the kids - the furballs - the livestock (as in, “Did you feed the livestock yet?”) - the boys (the two Singapura boys) - the girls (the tabby girl and the two Russian Blue girls) - the kittens - the kee-tens - the babies - the cat-creatures - the fuzzbuckets - the princesses (the Russian Blues, who are sisters) We also have a gecko, but he’s usually just “the gecko,” and doesn’t get lumped in with the cats (who all find him fascinating and potentially tasty) ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/54 "2006-03-01T22:19:13Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > The kids. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/55 "2006-03-01T22:33:39Z")
8 cats, 4 male and 4 female: Heathens Monsters Furbabies Terrorists Love Sponges Little Rotters The kidder-cats ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/56 "2006-03-01T22:43:57Z")
When it was just one cat and one dog, it was “the girls”, then we got a boy cat, so it became the kids. Depending on who is in the room, it changes between boys, orange kids (girl dog and boy cat, both orange), the greys (boy cat and girl cat both grey tabby) or just the kids. When I come home from work and four sleepy faces greet me at the door, it’s always “hey kids!”. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/57 "2006-03-01T23:10:33Z")
I have a dog and a cat. They are: people the zoo ladies :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Runestar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/74df32/32.png) [@Runestar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runestar)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/58 "2006-03-01T23:17:47Z")
“The fuzzies” covers all 5 of our cats The two oldest, a brother-sister pair that are both tiger-striped (more or less) are referred to as “the grey ones”. The two youngest, even though they’re now over 2 years old are “the kittens”. And the one in the middle is “the calico”, because, well…she is the calico! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lizardling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f4b2a3/32.png) [@lizardling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lizardling)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2006, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509/59 "2006-03-01T23:19:05Z")
Two cats, one hedgehog. Used to have a fish until he became the ex-fish. Fuzzy little bastards. Roomies. Cats. Individually, they get pet names. I think they know their given names – at least they know who’s being yelled at. 🙂 And they know “FOOD TIME!” The hedgehog is generally called ‘little guy’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/multi-pet-owners-what-do-you-call-your-pets-collectivley/346509.md?page=2)