Embarrassing realisation

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I use a wide variety of endearments with Blue. The most common is Sugarplum, for some reason.

Today, I realised that she doesn't respond to her actual name, but she does respond to Sugarplum.

I've accidentally renamed my grumpy tank of a cob Sugarplum.

Learn from my experience. Be careful what you call your horse.
 
Rocket, whose name is completely wrong for him lol, earned himself the nicknames Wreck It Rocket and the Rockstar. He literally behaves like some stud muffin rock band member that regularly trashes their hotel room ????

I'm afraid Jake the Mini Shitland responds to the name ShitPig ?????

Rex, being a king among horses, is angelic ❤????
 
My little Louis has never in his life been called louis (as in the french pronunciation) he has always been Lulu. His buddy is Elvis and ever since i got him h ehas been jellybelly and thats what he likes hahahah hes proud of his belly, it was hard earned (ive seen this poor boy skin and bone, which is flippin hard to get in a mini)
 
I have Zoe the unflappable, mary poppins, or Ms (never miss) perfect. And I have Bob the nob, nobhead. Have to pinch myself to call him just Bob when kids are about.
 
Last week I acquired a lamb that needed a home. My girlfriend took me over to pick her up, she, the lamb, was small enough to go in the back of her car. I asked if the lamb had a name as she'd been a pet lamb "Lambiekins" was the reply. So, driving back there's me, middle aged man bent over in the back seat with a sheep who was bleating quite loudly , me trying to calm her down saying "it's ok lambiekins" in a gruff voice, and all the windows steaming up. My girlfriend was laughing so much she was crying, it was the onlookers faces that were funny, the expressions ,as we passed little cottages with people outside watching a man on the back seat with a lamb driving past. If you want to keep your reputation intact in very rural Wales, it's not recommended to do this. The lamb is now called Gwen.......
Oz
 
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cremedemonthe said:
Last week I acquired a lamb that needed a home. My girlfriend took me over to pick her up, she, the lamb, was small enough to go in the back of her car. I asked if the lamb had a name as she'd been a pet lamb "Lambiekins" was the reply. So, driving back there's me, middle aged man bent over in the back seat with a sheep who was bleating quite loudly , me trying to calm her down saying "it's ok lambiekins" in a gruff voice, and all the windows steaming up. My girlfriend was laughing so much she was crying, it was the onlookers faces that were funny, the expressions ,as we passed little cottages with people outside watching a man on the back seat with a lamb driving past. If you want to keep your reputation intact in very rural Wales, it's not recommended to do this. The lamb is now called Gwen.......
Oz
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Can't breathe ?????????
 
I have two working dogs that respond respectively to the 'wee cow' and the 'liver shite'. Unfortunately they respond better to these terms of endearment than their real names, but fortunately, are both whistle trained which avoids the embarrassment. :)
 
Rose , whom I call Rosie Toes, doesn't answer to anything or anyone. If she wants to come in, she stands by the gate or you have to walk over to fetch her. Idris does not know he's called Idris as he's always been called Iddy (which until I looked in his passport I thought was short for Idiot. He is now, however, known as Fatty and he knows his name.
 
They understand a lot....when I am poo picking I say 'mummy cleaning' and they know to leave me alone in the field to make their home beautiful again.
 
Merlin would never come to his name, but "good boy" always worked. I realised I only used his name when he misbehaved and he far preferred to be near me when I said good boy. Lesson learnt.
 
Pippity said:
I use a wide variety of endearments with Blue. The most common is Sugarplum, for some reason.

Today, I realised that she doesn't respond to her actual name, but she does respond to Sugarplum.

I've accidentally renamed my grumpy tank of a cob Sugarplum.

Learn from my experience. Be careful what you call your horse.
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I had a thoroughbred passport neme La Pimpernel, I just called her Pimple. It seemed normal to me but probably rather funny to anyone hearing me calling out Pimple across the field ?
 
Robin is dobbin. He has also learned that “good boy” when ridden means slow down. (Or perhaps he is just lazy and hoping we are done)
 
Oh Oz - you know what it is like around here ! Once the ladies in the animal feed place in Newcastle Emlyn get to know you, your secrets are not safe ! I am pretty sure the next time I go in there, I will get to hear about the young buff bloke, wrangling a sheep in the back of a car whilst whispering sweet nothings into her ear !
 
saalsk said:
Oh Oz - you know what it is like around here ! Once the ladies in the animal feed place in Newcastle Emlyn get to know you, your secrets are not safe ! I am pretty sure the next time I go in there, I will get to hear about the young buff bloke, wrangling a sheep in the back of a car whilst whispering sweet nothings into her ear !
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lol luckily I don't use CCF very much if at all, use the garage at Saron now mainly or Only pets and horses at Horeb which are both in the other direction the lamb came from :)

Oz
 
I accidentally trained my previous mare to respond to “good girl”, she was a rescue and we found she was very good orientated and treats worked so well to enable us to do everything with her, when I backed her when I praised her and said “good girl”, no matter what we were doing she would immediately stop and turn her head for a treat! ?.

My three tiny tots respond to “boys” and my current mare responds to when my husband calls her “numpty” (as she’s a bit daft).

Our lovely wee cat who we lost a few weeks back was called Milo and he had the biggest collection of names (and ended up never responding to Milo) Moomie, Miley Moomie, Halloumi Moomie, Fat Face (hubby picked this one as Milo was very fluffy), shamoomie the Moomie, Moo Moo (he was black and white), the list was pretty endless but he responded to everyone of them bless his wee soul.
 
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