nes Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 This is a question for both those of you who have working borders & companions - how many people call themselves their dogs "mom" or "dad"? I never understood why people in relationships got dogs to *test* the other person for compatibility with children (really it seemed totally reckless if you ever broke up) but my boyfriend and I now share a VERY spoiled pooch who is literally our suregat child! Madison is the MOST spoiled dog I have ever met! and it's not that she gets alot of expensive toys - it's just the sense of entitlement that she's inherited. She takes up more room on the bed then either of us!! And after being shoed off 3 times this morning just kept hopping back up because she wants to partake in whatever we're doing. So while we're not technically hitched yet (long story) we do share a puppy who has both a "mommy" and a "daddy" - lucky girl! I'm watching a show that just told me 85% of pet owners do call their dogs their children, but I got to thinking border collies are kind of a speical case since so many of them are working dogs. So I'm just being curious Nes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaggieDog Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I refer to myself as Maggie's girl, sometimes mom tho for lack of a better term. Owner seems kinda harsh and "caretaker" or "guardian" too strange lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nancy Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 With Fergie, we refer to each other as Mommy & Daddy, As in, "lLet's go get the paper for Daddy". Or, "Where is Mommy hiding>" We did not intend that when we got her. But, when we told our adult children that we had finally gotten a new dog, they each asked about "my new sister". We've got good kids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fooshuman Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 As you can tell from my login name hehehe i just call myself their human. Sometimes I wonder who belongs to who? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dal & Mad's Mom Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Since I am a mom to elementary school age kids I find calling myself mom easier. I dont necesssarily think of the dogs as my kids possibly someday when my real ones give me some peace.lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bskeeter Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Well, I always swore I would NEVER, NEVER call myself some dogs Mommy. . . I thought people that did that needed to get a life. But I am now a Mommy to three (previously four) furry four-legged kids, I love them to pieces and I'm proud to call myself their Mom. My adult kids have accused me of replacing them with dogs. Well they might have a point there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I am my dogs GODDESS! I am the queen! I control the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allie+Tess&Kipp Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I never refer to myself or my husband that way, but my parents are the "grandparents" and the dogs, to my parents, are the "grandpuppies." Allie + Tess & Kipp http://weebordercollie.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth G Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I call myself mom to my dogs all the time. They're my babies. I've had them since they were tiny fluffs or fur and that's just how I think of them I guess.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iluvlucy Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 yep. i'm mommy amd dh is daddy. have been that to all my dogs. after and during raising kids it just seemed easier that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odin's Momma Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 DH and I call ourselves Odin's Momma and Poppa and my inlaws are Grandma and Grandpa Odin isn't just our dog to us, he's our baby. Without him we would just be a couple - with him we are a family. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixie_Girl Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Originally posted by fooshuman:As you can tell from my login name hehehe i just call myself their human. Okay, I admit up front I can be a dork sometimes. Up until I read this, I said your name as Foo-shu-man. I could never figure out what it meant or how you came up with it, even though I knew about Foo!!! Once driving in FL I saw a sign that said, "STADIUM 3 miles", and I drove for about 2 miles wondering who St. Adium was! Finally it dawned on me, and I laughed at myself and blamed it on being 3am!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anda Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Linda, St. Adium? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSmitty Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 LOL, Linda. I thought the same thing about Foo-shu-man. *blushes* Oh, well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I don't refer to myself as my dogs' mom. I guess if I refer to myself any way it's as their human or their person. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandra s. Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I don't do it either. Since I've never found any human word that seems to fit whatever they see in us (it's a doggie thing, after all) I also call myself her human. St. Adium that happens to me too, though, and not only at three am. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fooshuman Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 LMAO Well I tried to get Foo's Human but it wouldn't let me! Foo-shu-man heheh I kinda like the sound of that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pretzelkitty Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 My husband and I are "mommy & daddy" to our dogs too. Actually my youngest, Chloe has 2 daddys, because my oldest, Griffin is her father. I always joke though that he's the deadbeat dad because he always takes everything away from her (treats, toys, etc) and he never shares. My husband is definitely the better doggie daddy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smileyzookie Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 mommy and daddy here too. We have no kids and our animals are basically our kids. Although in our hearts they are, we still know they're animals. Like I'll say.. do you have to go tinkle? and she'll jump and I say "go tell daddy" and she'll run and pester OH till he takes her lol He'll bring her back in and say "Go see Mommy" (she waits at the door for us to come in and then give her the ok to come in too) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nes Posted July 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Originally posted by Odin's Momma:DH and I call ourselves Odin's Momma and Poppa and my inlaws are Grandma and Grandpa Odin isn't just our dog to us, he's our baby. Without him we would just be a couple - with him we are a family. That is exactley the was I feel about our little family, that was a very nice way to put it Madison is also being taught to "go find mommy" and "go find daddy". It's funny that I think the moment my SO decided I was really the one for him was when we were babysitting his family dog and she chose me as a suroget mommy to "go get" Unfortunatly that involved tackling me and licking my face all over... but she's still a sweet dog . He's trying to teach madison to do the same thing Madison is so smart though she does know "go pee" or "go poop" - I think the neighbours are starting to think I'm strange... standing out on the lawn at 11pm telling me dog to "go pee sweetie" or "hurry up or we're going inside" (which she's learned as well! so smart!) All of the with-children couples we know get an earful on the puppies progess - I try to not to parallel it with their kids, but it's hard to resist... 'oh little susie isn't potty trained yet? well madison has been house-broken for 2 months now...' Nes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maralynn Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I don't refer to myself as my dogs' mom either. My family refers to me either her girl or her person. I think when you have a working dog, you develope a different view of and relationship with them - more as working partner. It's a whole different bond that you share. But my aunt told us once that when preparing for a family get-together, my cousins were talking about which cousins would be there. They included their "cousins" Missy and Rocko ( a rat terrier who belongs to another relative)... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen Brett Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 well, yes. DH and I are not planning on having children, but having animals instead. I've had Jack since he was 8 weeks old (unplanned puppy! for me, anyhow. he used to belong to an ex of mine, and when that little fluffball fell asleep on my shoulder the first night he was home, like a baby, he was mine.) We refer to each other as "mommy" and "daddy" to the dog, but if I tell Jack "Go get Brendan" he'll do that just as well as if I had told him "Go get daddy." Funny... it just occured to me that we definitely don't do this for our two pet toads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
painted_ponies Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Yes, I'll confess - we're Mommy and Daddy to all three dogs and three cats. What's worse, I suppose, is that I'm also Mommy to my paint horse, Quanah. But not to Bram, my draft cross - at 23, he's older (well in horse years) than I am, so my being Mommy to him would be silly. I refer to myself as his human, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stwilliams Posted July 28, 2006 Report Share Posted July 28, 2006 Sometimes man and wife can not have there own children to have a family and Having an animal is the best thing to do adopting a dog/cat in someway cheaper than a child. like me and my wife sarah we can not have children do to medical reasons sure we could adopt a child but we pefer our fury kids!! hell our moms and dads have taken our kids and treat them as they were thier grandkids. always having treats or toys for them our just stopping buy to see them!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar Posted July 29, 2006 Report Share Posted July 29, 2006 I am absolutely the mommy. Very guilty on that one. DH and I sometimes get in the habit of referring to each other as "mommy" and "daddy", when the dogs are involved. It's made our non-dog-friends scratch their heads when I sometimes mention "the kids" in a joking way. Guess it's all good practice for when we finally have human kids. My dad has firmly taken over the roll of daddy to Oreo and Tessa. He says they're his second and third daughters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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