sheena Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I really don't see the problem, there are more important things in life to worry about than someone calling their dog a fur baby. I have already raised a family of human kids, so now my two are my fur kids. I really don't have a problem with that :) It's an endearing term & has love & feeling behind it IMO. ETA...sometimes I just call them my "Billy Lids" is there a problem with that as well Edited February 21, 2014 by sheena Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleDuck Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It's not a term I would ever use. In this house we prefer to call them 'the nutbags' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory the Doted One Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I'm not overly fussed about people using it. I do cringe when it's used it that sicky sweet way and you can tell the dog really isn't treated like a dog. I don't use it myself. Although I did drop it once in a conversation and gave myself a stern talking to. I was refering to someone elses dog at the time...not mine. Around here they are, 'the dogs' collectively or their names individually. The cats are 'the cats'. Have been known to whisper in my dogs ears that as I paid for them, that makes them 'my bitches'. Although I think that's a bit of a misnomer, cos most day I feel like i'm theirs. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazyWal Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) I'm actually more worried I'm going to end up treating our baby like i do the dogs O.o *click, milk* I'd only start to worry if you take bub for immunisation and before you realise it you're sitting at the vets. Edited February 21, 2014 by HazyWal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebanne Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 as I have said previously I do hate hearing fur babies or fur kids but I have no problem referring to my daughters dog as my Granddoggy. But I don't call her cats my Grandkitties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pie Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 No I don't like it either - I would've deleted that email too. Do not like the term furkids. On a similar note I know dog friends who call themselves their dog's mum etc too, I don't care if they do it each to their own and some of them are DOLers and already know how I feel about this :laugh: ) - but I personally don't - I am not their parent - they are my pets. Sometimes I have to pick up my bosses dog from chemo and they buzz the nurses and say 'Max's mum is here!' and it annoys me - firstly because he's not even my dog and secondly because if he was that still wouldn't make me his mum! :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minimax Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 No I don't like it either - I would've deleted that email too. Do not like the term furkids. On a similar note I know dog friends who call themselves their dog's mum etc too, I don't care if they do it each to their own and some of them are DOLers and already know how I feel about this :laugh: ) - but I personally don't - I am not their parent - they are my pets. Sometimes I have to pick up my bosses dog from chemo and they buzz the nurses and say 'Max's mum is here!' and it annoys me - firstly because he's not even my dog and secondly because if he was that still wouldn't make me his mum! :p The only time I call people "whateverdogs mum" is when talking about people at the dog park, as I've known them all for about two years but don't actually know the humans names, only the dogs name, so call them "Macy's mum" or whatever :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I already said I call Scottie my fur child and I fessed up to asking the boss where his was the other day but that said I wouldn't like someone I didn't know or a company to refer to my dog as my fur child. I think its a term of endearment and if I were addressing someone I didn't know about their dog I would ask about "their dog" in much the same way I would expect the vet or the pet shop to enquire about my dog, not my fur baby and I sure as heck would never expect to have someone refer to my husband as "snookums" (for the record that isn't my term of endearment for hubby)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleDuck Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I'm actually more worried I'm going to end up treating our baby like i do the dogs O.o *click, milk* I'd only start to worry if you take bub for immunisation and before you realise it you're sitting at the vets. I can't tell you how many times I've taken the girlchild to the doc and said 'look, I think she's fine, but if she was a puppy I would take her to the vet' Or the shocked looks you get when you offer advice to a friend with a kid and finish it with 'I dunno, it works for dogs' Or my personal favourite was when she was at gymnastics a few months ago and rolling over on the mats and her teacher said to me 'wow she's really good at rolling' and I said 'yeah I was out in the yard with the dogs doing some training last night. I told bear to roll over, then doof to roll over, then I looked over at the girlchild and she rolled over so I told her she was a good girl and repeated it' And then come those special days where she forgets she isn't a dog and puts her hands behind her back while eating dinner 'like bear' She also uses the dog door instead of the back door.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I may have once said to my mum that with her medical issues, if she was a dog I would remove her from my breeding program................ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Oh and my kids do a mean sit stay :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dotdashdot Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I use the term furkid every now and then, I don't have human kids yet and my dogs are the light of my life (other than my husband) and to me, they are as important as human children will be to me. I don't baby them or anthropomorphise though. I also call Cleo Cle-Flea, Fleo, and Bubba. I realized at agility the other night that I call her Bubba more than Cleo when I coax her along.... Collectively though, I call them "The Spots" now, and my mum calls them her "spotty grandkids". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Her Majesty Dogmad Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Doesn't particularly bother me but what REALLY annoys me is when people contact me looking for a "new puppy" or "puppydog". I could be forgiven for thinking they want a puppy but no, that's their cutesie name for a rescue dog and I usually end up saying "so you actually want a dog, not a puppy?" Edited February 21, 2014 by dogmad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 My Dobe was my puppy for 12 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasels Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 (edited) Aliwake, PD and Oso you are my kind of peoples :p Hazy I wonder if a vet would give me a discount for bringing in all 3 Edited February 21, 2014 by Weasels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PuddleDuck Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 It's a bit awkward now she's talking and was found yelling across the playground at her friends today '(insert friends name) COME!' then when her friend came over she got told to sit. I think it's hilarious but it seems to be worrying the other grown ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 Don't worry PuddleDuck, apparently as a young child I was convinced I was a dog. I'm turning out fine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 My Kieran was always "Puppy" he was 42 kg of sooky staghoundX..... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricey Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 OK, I admit that I haven't read all the 3 pages of posts but I will admit to calling the dogs "the kids" and bragging about how our nest is empty but our kennels are full. The human kids left home years ago, and now we have 3 dogs that we refer to as "the kids". But the term is a bit of a joke and we do not think that our dogs are furry, four legged kid substitutes. That is just anthropomorphism and an insult to our dogs. Dogs are way better than kids, and if more people realised this earlier we would not have the human over population problem that our world suffers from. ricey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dory the Doted One Posted February 21, 2014 Share Posted February 21, 2014 I have to confess that I have often introduced myself to online dog people I'm meeting in the flesh as, 'Dory's Mum' or 'Willow's Mum'. People usually then go...."Ooooh." Saves a lot of explaining and the dogs know more people than I do. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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