Pet Poll

[Gil]

The boys are enjoying their math facts poll and asked me to make one about pets, so here it is.

You can pick more than one choice if you have multiply types of pets.

[Critterfixer]

Five cats, three dogs, thirteen spoiled brat birds. All the cats have people names. :tongue_smilie:

[PrincessMommy]

one bird.... no name.  Yes, I call my bird, "bird".  She's also a bit spoiled and thinks she's a dog, especially when anyone has food.  I think it's fine to use people names on pets.

[Hikin' Mama]

Two dogs and one cat. All have people names. One dog is named after a distance runner, one dog is named after a rock star, and the cat is named after a Charlotte Bronte character. We're eclectic here. :)

[texasmama]

We have Daisy the dog, Lily the cat, Max the parrot, Batham the hamster, and an unnamed Betta fish.

 

Eta: Batham is a play on Batman and hamster. He came with that name.

[IfIOnly]

1. Rabbits: 1 buck and 2 does + babies

 

2. Yes

 

 

[Chris in VA]

1 dog, 1 cat.

Both came to us named--Riley and Lydia.

I'm good with that.

[daffodil]

Two dogs, a cat, and a bird. All have people names. :) Zeke, Penny, Ollie, and Arthur.

[jewellsmommy]

3 cats: Mr. Meowgie, Spock, and McCoy

1 dog: Ducky

2 rats: Buttercup & Pepper

1 mouse: Parmesan

1 fish: Hippy

 

We have had birds: Garfield & Odie (they passed on)

 

ETA: Of course people names are fine, whatever you want to name them.

[Mommy_of_4]

3 dogs: Buster, PeeWee and Cupcake

1 cat: Collin

[Dmmetler]

Two current cats, DC and Shy

 

Two snakes, Wadjet and Pinkie Py(thon)

 

Two frogs- Rana and Batrous

 

 

Past Pets-

Cats Tigger and Peaches

frogs Tiana, Naveen, and Anura

[Slartibartfast]

We have a dog and a betta fish. The dog's name is "Jack the Pumpkin King" but we just call him "Jack" or "Pumpkin'" for short. The Betta's fish name is "Raccoon," or "RedFin"depending on what ds is calling it at that moment. The children name the pets. :lol:

[Word Nerd]

We have a ferret and a cat.

 

My dad called all of our cats Tom over the years, even though none of them were actually named that and several were females.

[jewellsmommy]

We have a ferret and a cat.

 

My dad called all of our cats Tom over the years, even though none of them were actually named that and several were females.

 

Awww. I'm a sucker for the ferrets. I love them, so much fun. We have had several through the years. Yoda, Ferengi, and Uncle Marc

[Tap]

We had fish in the past, so I will answer that, but we don't currently have any pets and I plan to keep it that way.

 

DD16 used people names

DD8 gave the fish food-names like Blueberry.

I think it is funny when pets have people names, so I vote that it is ok to name them that way.

[sunnyday]

We have four aging predatory mammals, plus one who only checks in with us every few months. The four we named have names inspired by the names of characters in television shows, movies, and books. The fifth, Otis, came with his name. So all "people" names but mostly off-beat ones or ones from other languages and cultures.

[Farrar]

I've never heard of people who object to an animal having a "people" name. Is that a real thing?

[Just Kate]

Two dogs...and they both have people names (Bernie and Teddy). I actually prefer people names for pets!

[Ellie]

Most of my animals have had people names. Currently, we have Wrolf the French bulldog; in the past, we've had Leia, Loveday and Minette, Sam, Hobbes, Arlene, Sherry, Jezebel, Onesemus, and Wolfgang.

[Critterfixer]

I guess I could count the bees. They go by their hive names: Catherine, Isabella, Elizabeth and Wilhelmina. 

[Word Nerd]

Awww. I'm a sucker for the ferrets. I love them, so much fun. We have had several through the years. Yoda, Ferengi, and Uncle Marc

Aero is so funny and playful! I was really against it before we got her for my older DD, but the ferret won me over rather quickly.

[Cinder]

One cat named Squirrel. People names are ok too. A couple of our past cats had people names: Murphy, Tyler. We once had fish but none of them had names.

[Pamela H in Texas]

My dogs are Josie and Heidi

[gaillardia]

Currently we have 1 dog and 1 cat. We have had love birds, 1 cockatiel, parakeets, goldfish, tree frogs, guinea pigs, hamsters, anoles, some other type of small lizard, crickets, lady bug, and resident fuzzy jumper spiders that we do not kill or catch.

We generally do not name reptiles, amphibians and insects.

 

We name them people names sometimes, sometimes not.

[MomtoCandJ]

We have a dog named Chip and a cat who passed on named Bob

[Happy]

I've never heard of people who object to an animal having a "people" name. Is that a real thing?

 

Hi, nice to meet ya! 

 

I do not care for the critters to have people names. It's just weird to me. So when we inherited Sally the dog, I changed her name to Salem. She didn't seem to care.

 

One of my favorite pets was a gorgeous German Shepherd I named Shelby--long before Steel Magnolias made Shelby a popular name. I named her for Shelby county, TN....because I thought it was a pretty word. And, yes, I do get that Shelby was a good ole southern name before SM, but I'd never heard it before.

 

I did have a horse named Amy, short for Raj Amiek. I would not change her name so I just thought of it as a variation of the French word for friend. She was one of my very best friends.

 

We've had an assortment of dogs, cats, birds, and fish...I prefer all their names be non-human type names. Admittedly it's a challenge.

 

 

[Liz CA]

Mammals:

Dogs (over a span of several years): Ben, Casey, Kylie, Penny and Ted

Cats: Minki, Hobbes and Oreo

Horse: Jovi

Rabbit: Binky (formally Jar Jar Binks)

Guinea Pig: Snuggles

 

Birds / Poultry: Olivia, Betsy, Lucy Lou, Little Lou (Lucy Lou's daughter), Hetty or Henrietta, Rosie, Jingle Bing (don't ask), Reuben, Martha, Josie - there were more but I forgot a few. We used to put names in a hat and draw them to name our flock.

 

Reptile: Iggy, the Green Iguana

 

After living in the zoo for many years, we are down to one dog, albeit a very large dog...

[HSmomof2]

Lucy the dog

Murray the cat

Fish don't have names.

[Catwoman]

Tell your boys I like their poll, Gil!  :)

[TechWife]

Three cats - one has a "people" name. They are Mia, Sprocket and Tribble.

[Reflections]

2 Dogs - Tank and Hoagie (as in Hoagie Roll)

4 Cats - QT, Wo Phat, Lizzie, and Princess Sally Rainbow Spitfire Trouble Fuzzball - Princess for short.

 

When we have fish we name them Fred. Even if it's a whole tankful of fish.

[Jasperstone]

Two sweet male Guinea pigs-

 

Cookie

 

Cinnamon

[Jenny in Florida]

We have one dog and two cats.

 

The dog is the only one with a "people" name, Matilda, although she is actually named after the cat in residence at the Algonquin Hotel.

 

[Audrey]

I've never heard of people who object to an animal having a "people" name. Is that a real thing?

 

 

I don't know, but it sounds a bit silly to me.  If I give my cat a name, it is a cat's name, n'est-ce pas? Calling it Jenny or calling it Peanut makes it neither a person nor a legume.  

[Eagle]

ds' pet is a Roomba vacuum, which does not have an option on your poll. He is named Remy after the rat in Ratatouille.

[Rebel Yell]

We have a fish.

 

I did vote "no" to people names, but would have voted "other" if it was an option. I don't really like peopel names for pets, but I truly don't care all that much. I think naming a dog "Robert" or "Miranda" is weird, but if it;s not my circus, they aren't my monkeys. :coolgleamA:

[Mama Geek]

1 dog with a people name.

[Carrie12345]

I never thought about it before, but most of my animals have/have had people names!

 

Years ago, we had a cat named Toni.

This year we lost our dog, named Charlie.

Now we have our dog, Radar, and our cats, Phil and Lil.

[Splash]

2 cats Violet and Hugo

1 dog Jasper

 

Old cats and dogs that died in last few years were Clementine, Buff, Sophie, Splash and Rosie

 

So I guess I use people names more that I knew.

 

[FaithManor]

On lionhead rabbit, one turtle, one gecko, one tree frog, one cat, one dog, and if middle ds had his way, a partridge in a pear tree, but I put the hammer down on getting anymore animals.

 

Many of our animals were named after composers, though the dog is, sad to say, Clives Staples Lewis whom we call Lewis, and sad for Mr. C.S., this dog is not particularly smart so it's a bit of an insult. Sniff, sniff...we really like CS Lewis! LOL

 

The dog is good natured at least, Stupid, but happy and loveable.

[Jann in TX]

We have 2 dogs and one cat with people names (named from Star Trek characters).

 

Our hermit crabs (courtesy of the WTM's Ellie many years ago) have Star Wars names (youngest dd named them).

 

Older dd's are bearded dragon owners-- they have had a mix people and fantasy names (Drako-- my avatar, Lizard-Bella, Bob, Tobey and Sam/Samantha--too young to tell which).

 

My 'grand-kitties' are Daniel and Vala (from Stargate).

 

 

[JFSinIL]

we have had four cats, one Labrador, a couple parakeets, butterflies and crickets, gecko, rat, hamster, and a aquarium. Most have had people names.

[UncleEJ]

I much prefer people names for pets.

 

Currently we have a dog named Paisley. And two, part-time cats(they are my dad's, we live close, they visit a lot) named Simon and Gemma.

 

Past pet names are more scattered. The dog I grew up with came to up already named Prince. Also another dog named Romeo. And my first cat, I named MC, for Melissa's cat. Other cats have been: RC, Domino, Sophia, Pearl, Alice, Squeaker.

 

ETA, I forgot my Bearded Dragon! He is named Toothless, after How to Train Your Dragon.

[thessa516]

Where's the "OTHER" button? :)

 

One pet tarantula. She's a rose-hair, thus her name is Rosie.

[stephanier.1765]

You forgot marsupial. We have two sugar gliders that are the sweetest little critters in the world named Gizmo and Paige. Our other animals, 1 dog and 3 cats, all have human names except for one.

[Slache]

Our cat's name is Paul. Our dog's name is Miami because we pulled her out of the Little Miami River, but due to toddlerness she's now called Whammy.

 

Previous animals:

Daisy and Dolla were our rabbit and guinea pig. 

Marley was our cat who loved the sound of Bob Marley.

Sh*ts, Giggles, Cakes and Pies were our mice. My husband named the first 2.

[BigMamaBird]

Our cat's name is Paul. Our dog's name is Miami because we pulled her out of the Little Miami River, but due to toddlerness she's now called Whammy.

 

Previous animals:

Daisy and Dolla were our rabbit and guinea pig. 

Marley was our cat who loved the sound of Bob Marley.

Sh*ts, Giggles, Cakes and Pies were our mice. My husband named the first 2.

 

Someone watches Family guy   :laugh:

[Slache]

Someone watches Family guy   :laugh:

 

Did you seriously get that just from the cat? Or is there more in there that I don't remember?

[Lady Florida.]

We got ds a puppy for his 7th birthday, and since it was his dog he could name it. One of his choices was going to be Kevin. I have no idea where he even heard the name. While I didn't tell ds not to pick that name, I told him when people give their dogs human names, it's usually something like Sam, Max, Jake. He did end up picking a different, not-people name but that was his choice. Five years later when Up came out, we had a good laugh when Russell named the bird Kevin.

[Guest]

It's not really my cat, but it lives here.

 

It used to drive me nuts that my mom named her dog "Brianna", but I've lightened up in my old age or else it just isn't as annoying as it was when 90% of the cute little girls in the world were named Brianna. Maybe it will annoy me if she names her next dog "Agnes".

 

I don't know if my older son's cat is named after FDR of Benjamin Franklin, but it's still a people name.

 

My younger son has a hyphenated first name and my sister already used the second part after the hyphen for a dog. It's still a great name. I could imagine my parents looking aghast and asking, "WHY did you name your child after your sister's dog?" but they didn't and my sister died 16 years before my kid was born so nobody else remembers the dog.