I’ve been thinking a lot lately about my beloved, late dogs – Holly and Shilo. Long time readers will know my girls were my everything and it’s been so hard since they crossed rainbow bridge. While musing on them, I started thinking about all the names we called them.
Now, I’m not sure if this is something peculiar to hubby and me, but we had over a hundred names we used when “talking” to our girls. Most names have meanings and were born out of hilarious situations, but some are just sweet ‘pet’ names… nonetheless, all the following names meant ‘dear heart’ to us and I miss having these names on my lips each and every moment of the day.
Shilo came to us as Tatiana, but quickly became Shilo in homage to the Neil Diamond song. Then came her aliases and nicknames…
Shiny
Shiny pup
Shiny bum
Shines
Shines Rodriguez
Lionel Rodriguez
Lionel
LR
Roddie
Rotten Roddie
Pup
Little pup
Puppy love
Puppa Smurf
Smurf
Smurfie
Smurf-tastic
Peach pie
Peachy pie
Pie-dog
Tiny
Tiny Tim
Princess Rose Petal
Princess
Bubs
Bubs McGraw
Lionel McGraw
McGraw beast
Beastie
Booby
Bug
Love bug
Bubble o’ love
Love bubble
Monster
Monster dog from Hell
Bitch queen from Hell
Hound dog from Hell
Lady Muck Muck
Punky
Punky Brewster
Brewster pup
Munchkin
Monkey
Monkey pup
Monkey pup from Hell
Monkey nuts
Spunky monkey
Spunky
Spunky kitten
Holly came to us as Black Holly which suited her so well we had to stick with it. Plus, Holly Holy for all those Neil Diamond families out there. Then came her aliases and nicknames…
Black Holly
Black
Blackie
Black dude
Black droog
Droog
Droog-a-thon
Black whore
Black smell
Smell beast
Black bird
Bird
Birdie
Black splat
Splat
Splatapoo
Hol
G’roll
Holla
Holla g’rolla
Holla-gramatic
Gram
Black beast
Beastie
Blacka
Black attack
Attack’a beast
Black spoo
Spoo
Spoo-manti
Spoo monkey
Spoobadeedoo
Black bear
Black bear o’love
Bear
Bearenstein
Hol beast
Belly on legs
Remorseless Eatin’ Machine
Blindie
Blind Freddy
Buddy
Buddy Holly
Little bud
Bud
Budinga
Dinga
Ding
Fatty boombah
And this is my tribute to my two girls, who, by any name, were the loves of my life.
Jessica Bakkers 
That was a nice tribute, Jess. Your girls had some really interesting names. 🙂
I’ve always had cats (as a kid I had cats and dogs). My current rescue kitty, Raven, has several pet names. I had several cats before her, including one named McDoogal. When it comes to cats, there is a legend that says every cat has three names:
The cat’s common name (McDoogal)
The cat’s nickname (Doodles)
And a third name that only the cat knows.
I wonder if dogs have a secret name, too. One thing is certain: you’re girls left little paw prints on your heart.
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Thanks lovely; I love the idea of a secret name the pet alone knows. I also often wonder what their names for US are? 🤗
I love your current kitty name, Raven. I hope she’s midnight black 😁
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She is indeed 🙂
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Wow! That’s a lot of names for two dogs. A great tribute to them Jess.
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Thanks Mike. Not sure if it says as much about their personalities, or ours 😉
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A lovely tribute to your puppy loves, Jessica. We have lots of names for our pups too, though not that many! I can tell you miss Shilo and Holly terribly.
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So it’s not just us then… I sometimes wondered if we were a bit… special 😁
Oh yes, I miss them so much. I guess one day it’ll get better 😓
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So sweet, Jess. I know I have a lot of nicknames for Rocket. I’ll have to think about that and make a list. I don’t think it will be as long as yours, but I know there are a lot.
Big hugs to you, Sweet Girl. ❤
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Oh I’d love to read yours! I’m glad to know it’s not just us 🤗 ❤️
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Aw. What a beautiful tribute to your furry family members.
I have two dogs, and each has a ton of nicknames, too. They’re part of the family, and my kids have a bunch of nicknames, so why shouldn’t the dogs?
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Lovely tribute.
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