How do you refer to yourself when speaking to your dog?

[LadyLothbrook]

Do you say Mum and Dad or say for instance your DH is in the kitchen would you say 'Go see Roger in the kitchen then, get a treat' sort of thing. Or something else altogether

That reminds me, I saw a lady I recognised in the pub once and I realised I knew her from walking our dogs in the same park. I leaned over and said 'Oh hello, you're Lucky's mum' and she looked at me like I was a complete weirdo until rearranging her face and replying 'Oh hello Buster's mum!'

** Dogs names changed to protect their identity ofc

Mummy daddy. We're childfree

Mummy and daddy of course!

I feed her, bathe her, walk her, educate her, look after her when she's sick, clean up her poop. If that doesn't make me her mother I don't know what does!

Mummy & Daddy. My parents and PIL are Nanny and Grandad, other dogs and DC are brothers and sisters And it’s been that way for more than 20 years, will never change!

“Human” and “other Human” and sometimes “best Human”, depending on who is flavour of the minute. The other dog/cats are brother s and sisters though.

Mam and Dad

@NorthernPlights

We must be the odd ones out as we our first names and it makes me cringe a bit when people use mummy and daddy about us 😁

But then we don't have kids, so maybe it's connected to that?

(We do call the cat his brother though!)

Then you don't have a leg to stand on!!

You cannot cringe at Mummy & Daddy, then call the cat his brother 😂😂

@LadyLothbrook

Mummy & Daddy, using names is making them less a part of the family IMO.

Reminded me of this

We're their buddy or friend. Ds is their brother though for some reason.

Mummy

Mommy and daddy but always refer to DS by name .

Before we had ddog I found people who did this very weird indeed!

Just our names, not Mum and Dad. The dog is definitely one of the family but he isn't our son!

Mama and Dada.

Mummy / Daddy ❤️

Mammy and daddy here too mostly. And DH is also BH (Big Human) and I am LH (Little Human)

Mummy and Daddy. Of course! Everyone I know does this, lol.

Mummy and daddy.

I use names for friends & DP… and he knows them too! But my dog doesn’t know my name, so slightly in a slight pique of megalomania, I call myself God when I’m around him 😂

Plus he knows my mum as ‘mum’, so I couldn’t be his mum too or it’d get confusing

@MrsTerryPratchett

DD owns our dog (at 8 yo) so I'm grandma. She's Mummy and DH is daddy. Which yes, is a bit weird.

I'm mum partner dad our dogs are brothers to each other though not even from the same place! the cat is their sister

Mumma Dadda big sis and big bruv 🙈

Mummy and daddy
DS1 is big brother
DS2 is little brother

They know the command ‘where is ’ and will go and find the relevant person

Mamma and Mamma here!

And our friends and relatives are his Aunties and Uncles, while the children and dogs are known by their first names.

He's so lovely and brings us so much joy 🐕‍🦺💖🐕‍🦺

Our pet names are Mummy (glad I'm not the only one 😊) and he's mutface.