USA Today columnist Sharon Peters has a confession.
Her pets – especially her dogs – have multiple nicknames.
Jasper is also called Dasspoo, Daspy, Dass, Buddy, and ButterButt.
Besides Rufie-Doof, Rufus is also called Rufe, Boof, Diggity-Boof, and DB.
Peters says both dogs recognize and respond to all their nicknames.
As long as we’re confessing … I’m in no position to criticize.
A Joe by any other name ...
My rescue dog, Joe, was named that by his foster family. I didn’t change it because I figured he’d had enough change in his life already.
But do I call him Joe?
Hardly ever.
Joe-Joe, Puppy, Puppy-Joe, Joey, Woofy-Joe … it’s a wonder he puts up with me.
How about you, readers? Any nicknames you want to own up to?
When growing up I had a dog named Ella. Her nicknames were…
El, Elster, Ella Gurl, and, because she would eat anything that came her way, one of her nicknames was…Eats
Yeah, Eats