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10-04-2012, 01:07 AM
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Daddy/mommy or owner/handler?
How do you refer to yourself or prefer to be referred to in terms of your position as a dog 'guardian'? Likewise other way around - how do you like your dogs called? furbabies, baby, daughter, son etc or simply just dog?
I hear alot of 'mommy/daddy' around these parts - a select few older folks prefer owner/master/companion. I myself for all intents and purposes refer to myself as Katalin's companion/owner - occasionally as 'mommy' though. But she's always just been "the dog". I'm pretty much constantly called her mommy though and she's been called my daughter on more than one occasion - I'm pretty indifferent to both *shrugs*. My brother calls us the bitch team though lol - that's the most accurate out of everything.
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#2
10-04-2012, 01:08 AM
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My animals are my companions
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#3
10-04-2012, 01:11 AM
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Owner.
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10-04-2012, 01:13 AM
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Slave.
ETA: Oh wait, I mean, I'm totally referred to as their slave. Call Rosey a dog and you get stared at... so she's referred to as Rosey...
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#5
10-04-2012, 01:13 AM
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I own my dogs - they own me too.
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10-04-2012, 01:15 AM
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Personally. I prefer "I'm Fido's person" and Fido is my dog. For example. Simple as that.
I don't LOVE the whole parent/child dog thing. To me it's a totally different relationship, more-so than the fact that they aren't children.. to me it's more of a partnership than parent/child. It's not insulting dogs to say they aren't kids, heck, if anything I'm GLAD they are nothing like kids lol I just think the relationship is very different. Not necessarily closer or better.. just different. I don't like furkids.. the term just skeeves me out a bit lol I like the idea of being partners. Friends. So him or her person/my dog works for me lol I don't like owner really, I mean, it's fine.. but it just seems a bit..old school. I know my dog is MINE but still, owner doesn't cover the relationship as much as I'd like. Perhaps it's a pet industry thing but I've gotten VERY VERY used to the whole mommy/daddy thing. I haven't heard that much "furbaby" stuff though. Mostly it's still just "our dog" but we refer to them and they refer to themselves as "Fido's mom" kind of thing.
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#7
10-04-2012, 01:34 AM
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My kids are my kids and my dogs are my roommates.  Really though, when I'm just talking to people I say "my dogs". I think of them as partners/teammates sort of, mostly because of the handler/K9 partner thing. But that also extends to when they're off duty. We watch each others backs.
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#9
10-04-2012, 07:42 AM
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I think we had a similar thread recently
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I used too ONLY refer to myself as owner, but after working at a dog daycare for a while and having to get used to referring to dog's owners as mom/dad I've caught myself referring to myself as mommy more often than not.
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#10
10-04-2012, 08:18 AM
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I've never called myself "mommy" while out in public. I'll refer to myself as their owner. I always tell the dogs "your daddy's coming home!" when he pulls into the neighborhood, and they get SO excited. They definitely know us as "mommy" and "daddy." I do call close friends and relatives of mine their "aunts" and "uncles" though. Haha. JessLough is Auntie Jess Fur kids (and skin kids, for that matter!) really creep me out, though.
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