I hate people calling my furbaby as "dog"

[diane boden]

Outside the house mine are dogs plain and simple, people already thimk I'm crazy enough around here as it is. Inside the house they're the 'kids' and my mom referes to Rosie as the baby as she the younest and Alfie as big brother. I dont mind it when others refere to them as dogs either.

[Mom to Hot Rod]

I don't mind when people call them dogs as they are dogs. I choose to call them my babies or one of their nicknames. I don't expect anyone to really call them furbutts or furbaby but they will call them by their names before calling the dogs. I guess I have my family and friends trained well.

[Fancy_Pants]

I HATE it when someone knows Fancy's name and they call her a dog or "that dog". I would rather people who know her name refer to her by her first name.

[ellaYORKIE]

I always get on to my boyfriend for calling Ella a dog. Although, he refuses to call her our furbaby. He thinks that is silly. Oh well, i still do. She has lot of other little pet names. I like calling her pup scout. It's just cute. =]

[ellaYORKIE]

Oh and something i'll never forget is when my boyfriend's cousin's husband called my Ella a gremlin! I was so mad. I will never forgive him for that one.

[tarczely]

Originally Posted by yorkie_mama22

I don't have a problem with people calling my babies dogs. They ARE dogs and they always will be a dog. Some people are just not attached emotionally to animals as some may be. I call mine my babies all the time or I call them " baby girl, or baby boy ". I also will say infront of people " mama's baby ". Some people just don't share the same opinions though. You shouldn't get upset over it.

I agree as much is mine is a baby, It is still very much a dog, ill even say where is the dog if I don't see him in the living area. But he my baby and snuggles and cuddles with me, he is so sweet I wonder if other type dogs are this sweet? I had a boston terrier don't remeber he being so sweet.

[forujade66]

Originally Posted by shawnzeppi

Interesting replies to this thread!

I ALWAYS call them "Yorkies" or "guys" when calling or referring to them in front of others. But when its just in the family, I end up calling them "babies" a lot. I never planned on that, it just sort of evolved.

The important thing is to BE CONSISTANT when calling them (I am trying to improve in this department myself). My Yorkies sometimes don't come when I call them, so a couple nights ago when calling them to bed, I howled like a wolf and boy did they come running to me! I guess they still have a lot of wolf in them...

ROTF!!

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Kim -- Mommy to Angel, Hannah & Mia

[Ringo1]

Originally Posted by Cha Cha

LOL, that is good! But momma is a human term. What would they call you in "dog" terms? Since we all know what a female dog is called, I am sure mine would use it gently and with loving intentions. LOL

Haha! That was funny. I'm sure mine would too.

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by violet voon

Sugar is my baby, I dislike people calling her "dog". Why can they just call her "furbaby" instead?
I just love her too much, to me, Sugar is not a dog...she's my baby. Maybe I'm crazy...crazy for my Yorkie baby!

Maybe people thying they are DOGS because the look like DOGS, they act like DOGS, and they think like DOGS.

You know, if it looks like a duck and acts like a duck, then it is probably a duck.

The same goes for DOGS.

I call mine "kids" but I know they are dogs.

[violet voon]

Originally Posted by Fancy_Pants

I HATE it when someone knows Fancy's name and they call her a dog or "that dog". I would rather people who know her name refer to her by her first name.

Yes! This is what irritates me!!
If a stranger call my furbaby as dog I understand, but I really can't stand especially the one who knows I LOVE my Sugar call her "that dog" "the dog" "this dog"

[Miss Behavin]

Personally, to me, the words "furbaby" or "furbutt" are like nails on a chalkboard ! They just sound so childish (no offense, I just mean for me personally) I call my dogs, pup, pooch, or most likely one of her millions of nicknames. If you were to tell someone, "she's NOT a DOG, she's a FURBABY", one (most likely both) of two things are likely to happen: a) they'll think your insane, or b) they will not take you seriously.

They ARE dogs in the same way someone's precious little baby Johnny IS a human. So what if someone refers to your dog as a dog? It's only an identifying term There are more important issues regarding your pups, IMO

[Miss Behavin]

Originally Posted by ellaYORKIE

Oh and something i'll never forget is when my boyfriend's cousin's husband called my Ella a gremlin! I was so mad. I will never forgive him for that one.

HA! This made me LOL I call Pippi Gizmo (I guess he was the 'good' gremlin? He was cute, nonetheless). She has such big ears, that's what I thought of.

[JeanieK]

Originally Posted by Miss Behavin

Personally, to me, the words "furbaby" or "furbutt" are like nails on a chalkboard ! They just sound so childish (no offense, I just mean for me personally) I call my dogs, pup, pooch, or most likely one of her millions of nicknames. If you were to tell someone, "she's NOT a DOG, she's a FURBABY", one (most likely both) of two things are likely to happen: a) they'll think your insane, or b) they will not take you seriously.

They ARE dogs in the same way someone's precious little baby Johnny IS a human. So what if someone refers to your dog as a dog? It's only an identifying term There are more important issues regarding your pups, IMO

That's about trhe way I feel when someone actually calls them my "son" or my "daughter"

And dogs understand being treted like dogs, it makes sense to them. they do not understand being treated like people. It confuses them.

[Miss Behavin]

An off-the-wall story that I swear is true: 2 women (I hope they aren't members, but I'll take my chances ) were at the dog park I take Pippi to. They had 3 dogs: 2 Yorkies & a Chihuahua. All were decked out in ridiculously frilly attire for playing at a park. Anyway, if the dogs began misbehaving (which was always. These women had obviously but zero to no effort into training - it was as they were more interested in dressing them up), so, for example, dog #1 began acting out. They'd clap their hands and say [dog's name] & ONE...TWO...THREE! LOL! Like a mother scolding a child! Of course, the dog would not respond, so one of the women scolded her in a name that wasn't the dog's name. I asked, 'who's that?' and she responded, "oh, that's her middle name. That's when she knows she's in BIG trouble." No wonder their dogs were so ill-behaved. It looked like they were using them as substitute for human children. I felt so-oo sorry for those pups Poor things had to be terribly confused.

[Miss Behavin]

Originally Posted by JeanieK

That's about trhe way I feel when someone actually calls them my "son" or my "daughter"

And dogs understand being treted like dogs, it makes sense to them. they do not understand being treated like people. It confuses them.

When a person does this, I question their motives for having pups. It's a little sad, IMO