How many pets do you have and what are their names? Do you have any knicknames for them? Do they actually respond to the knicknames??
I have 2 cats, Squeaky and Orion, and a dog, Jimmy. Squeaky responds to his name and his knicknames, maybe because they sound kind of like his name, or maybe he’s reading my body language (looking at him, maybe gesturing). His knicks include 'Queaky, Kwee-Kwee, Creaky, and Fluffy Britches (ok, he doens’t really respond to that one).
Orion is 'Rion (or Ryan) and “Rye Kitty.” He even has a song!
Rye Kitty, Rye Kitty,
Rye Kitty I cry!
If I don’t get Rye Kitty,
I surely will die!
You think that’s weird, Jimmy has a song, too.
Jimmy, the Jimmy-poo,
He loves me and I love you.
It’s a sickness. Anyway, Jimmy’s knicknames are Jimbo Jones, Jimmy-poo, and Puddy dog. I guess Jimmy is a knickname, too. My sister gave him to us and did us the favor of naming him for us. She got him from St. James church and dubbed him (duh) St. James. I wrinkled my nose and said, “A dog shouldn’t be called ‘saint’ unless he has a barrel of brandy around his neck.” So we called him Jimmy, but she still insists on calling him St. James or St. Puppy when she comes visit.
Anyway, that’s how I mess with my pets’ minds. What do you call your pets?
“I hope life isn’t a big joke, because I don’t get it,” Jack Handy