My daughter calls our Kipper a ground bat because he flies around the house, faster than the eye can travel! I call him Kippy or Kipper, though. When we had a dairy goat farm, I needed to differentiate between the kids and my children. I was so careful to only use children when referring to my own children, that I began calling the goat kids, goat children! As for furbaby or furbutt, I have decided not to refer to Kipper by that, since he doesn't have fur, but hair and that is one reason we decided to get a Yorkie, since my daughter is allergic to animal fur and is not allergic to the hair on schnauzers, poodles, or Yorkies (these are the only breeds we have tried and have been successful, since I know there are other breeds that should also be "hypoallergenic," I think). I don't mind if someone else wishes to call their dog something like that, although I do cringe when I hear something derogatory, such as stupid or dum dum, etc. |