Do Pet Songs and Nicknames Enhance Bonding with Your Pets?

[Ivan Seeking]

Do you have pet names for you pets? This is something Tsu and I started doing years ago and it just stuck. Now our oldest pet, a nearly 15 year old orange Tabby named Einstein, also responds to little tike [big purr!], little sh't, little buddy, little pal, little butt, Einey, Einenysteiney, buddy, and about half a dozen more.

And here is our really dirty secret: Some of our pet gets their own song.

For example, this was the song for our beloved and departed Mr. Dirt; sung to the tune of the Grinch song from Dr. Seuss

You're a sleezebag Mr. Dirt
and you really are a terd
you are fat and you are lazy
and you simply drive me crazy
Mr. Diirrrrrrrrrerrrrrt!
...

 

[matthyaouw]

My 3 of my guinea pigs I adopted. They were already named Hazelnut, Hermione and Chestnut. Thanks to my brother, they have now adopted the nicknames Onion, Horse and Bum-eyes.
Any contorted variation on their original or new names, or on "guinea pig" is also acceptable.

 

[hypatia]

{dog}Foxy Lady... FOX-Z Babah, Fox-a-rue, wiggle butt and Miss licker-kisser.

You know she's a sweet little heart breaker{foxy lady}
I know she's a sweet little lick maker {foxy lady}
She wants to chew a bone{oh yea} she won't do it no wrong
I GOT to get that tongue{its mine} awwwwww Foxy lady.

Cat}Mister Thadious VonPoof... Mister Love
Who enjoys various renditions of..I'm just a love machine. {and I don't hump on nobody but you}

{cat} Moonshadow...moonie or sum-young moonie
Cat Steven's Moonshadow, with miner changes...if you ever loose your wiskers, I won't laugh and I won't snicker