my family tell me that I am the dogs mummy as well.

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which is quite a revolting idea to me. I would never give birth to anything that hairy.
Family point out that he drinks when I turn the tap on or drink, as he runs to his water bowl and drinks.

When I pop to the loo, he follows, waits for me to go out then waits by the back door to go out himself.

Apparently he makes a huge fuss when he hears my car pull up or I walk to the door.

All this is proof that I am his mummy.

I dont think so, I am simply the one that opens the magic cans of chappie, give him fresh water. And during the working week am the one to do the walking.
He only follows me because I am the one that cooks and he can snatch the odd bit of veggie peel . I am the source of food and walks. I am the one that picks up his poop.

I am already the mother of a large brood, this dog is not my baby!

Being a pets' mummy is pretty twee. In private I'm my cats' mummy. But the whole "I haven't given birth to it" type comments makes me feel a bit uneasy.... Why do you have to give birth to someone/thing to be it's mummy you can parent without being a biological mother!!

I have dogs and I am their Mummy!

I am my furbabies Mummy .

I feed them, care for them, make sure they're safe, take them to the vet when they're ill, worry about them, tell them off.

If that doesn't make you a Mummy, then what does?

No I am not unhinged, I know full well I didn't give birth to them, nor not know that they are not human.

But in the absence of their own Mother, I am the one who they look up to.

Mummy is a playful title as in care giver.

I'm my dogs mummy, DH is his daddy, but my daughter is his Aunty, not sure how that works.

"I am not the cats mother!!" my mum would shout when we were little. I now say the same thing :-)

My three dogs are my boys but I don't consider myself to be their mum nor am I their "owner". I am the big, fat, furless one with useful opposable thumbs and a huge bed. They are brothers despite not being biologically related (as far as I am aware) and, interestingly, they have a human sister.

My parents have a dog and are her mommy and daddy - if you ask "where's daddy?" the dog will go and find my DF etc.

So in theory I should be the dog's cousin, but in actual fact am the dog's auntie - which makes my DD the dog's cousin. It's an unusual family dynamic. DD is the dog's favourite person EVER - she got a Christmas stocking from the dog with a gift tag that read "To my cousin...."

DD has guinea pigs, she is their mommy and DH and I are their grandparents. My parents are the guinea pigs great-grandparents and call them their grand-pigs.

The piggies also received Christmas presents but from my parents, not from the dog. The dog doesn't know about the pigs because she would be insanely jealous.

The dog has to eat Chappie on vet's orders, other things give her a guppy tummy!

I also have a FIL with a sense of humour by-pass (and he dislikes all animals). Frankly I'd rather be daft............

Sister - I should be the dog's Sister not cousin, that wouldn't make sense at all

I'm mummy to the rabbits and the rats.

I remember clearly the day that DD (aged 4 at the time) realised she was not biologically related to the dog. She then got really upset because DDog's mummy wasn't there.

I like the picture just over there of the Blog of the Day showing David Attenborough with a relative. Is that his mummy?

Does anyone else have a vision of a dog in a gas mask going up to David Tennant and asking "are you my mummy?"?

No? Just me?

Embrace it. You get an extra birthday and Christmas present

Finding all the "did you give birth to dog" comments rather weird.

Yes our little dog is our baby. We feel that way affectionate towards her. Our love for her is a benevolent, parental type love. The word "owner" while legally accurate conjures up the image of a property and no that is not similar to the affection we have for her.

And yes I am very aware that it was ds's head and not the head of the dog that I pushed out 14 months ago thank you very much.

FFS.

I am my dogs mum! I do all the things a mum would do feeding, cleaning up bodily fluids, doctors visits and cuddles. My DCs call him their brother by another mother and love having him as a sibling! The cat is another story, she calls me 'lady who feeds me' and we're a bit scared of her. My DD has a hamster that she is mummy too, my DS is father to, DH is uncle and I am granny! It's best not to take it all to seriously. I don't use the term furbabies, I don't like it but I'm not going to criticise people that do. And losing a pet is awful. No they're not your children, they're pets but they are part of the family (even the hamster) and to lose them is awful and equally awful is seeing your children sad. Had tears on Christmas Day when we thought hamster was dying and that was from DS who takes no notice of it, so you are being unreasonable thinking pets aren't part of the family. No one cares if they only want food.

My dog makes it clear I am his mum. He behaves like a toddler, 'accidentally' rolls his ball under the sofa when I'm on the phone or have visitors, jumps up and puts his arms round my legs when my DH tries to give me a cuddle.

I'm quite pleased. Someone cares when I come home, and he doesn't argue with me as much as anyone else. Or want to change the channel.

Maybe when your human brood are older, you won't mind as much.

I am my dog's mummy. We adopted her, therefore I'm her mummy and DH is her daddy. I make no apologies.

You're not his mummy. That's physically impossible. I find it gross (sorry!) When people say this ! You're the dogs carer, owner, you love it as a member of your family. Your not it's mummy

'I am the source of food and walks'

That means you are most definitely his mummy

Whatever the semantics of it you are indeed the matriarch/leader of the pack/Alpha female - and that's is fact.

Unless you really are Dead Inside and don't believe your dog/cat/parrot is part of the family then everyone gets to call themselves what they want... even if the cuddly-wuddly language may not be your taste.

Our dog trainer is a real macho man, rehabilitates aggressive dogs and quite possibly eats broken glass for breakfast, he still refers to us as Fido's mum and dad, I like it.

Our dog thinks I'm the maid, and my husband the butler xx

Why is it weird to call yourself your dog's mummy?

Pretty certain none of the pps on this thread think they actually gave birth to their beloved pets, calling themselves mummy is just a term a lot of dog (and other pet) owners use in an effort to convey how much they love their pets. Nothing wrong with a bit more love in the world.

Having read and posted on the thread about the blind man who is being abused by complete strangers in the streets and on the trains in London, and also people hitting his dog, all I can say is: people showing love to anyone or anything is something we need more off.

YANBU OP. My DH once referred to me as 'Mummy' when talking to the cat and I said that a) I can remember every being that's come out of my fanjo in horrific detail and the cat wasn't one of them and b) if he ever said anything so twee and sickening again I'd divorce him on the spot.

I got a Christmas card from Fluffballmookins - it said "dear mummy, I luvs you, from Fluffballmookins xxx"..... it even had paw prints inside.

Enough said I think.