Cooper and Ollie celebrated their first birthday a while back so I thought I would provide a little update on all of the family pets, including the newest addition. First, the king of the castle, Cooper!
- Nicknames: Coop, Cooper Dog, Coop Doggie Dogg, Cooper Coop, Cooper Dooper, Coop Coop, Cooper Poop, Coopert, Coopertino, Coopernicus, Coopersaurus Rex, Cooper Doo, Coopie. Coop DeVille
- Likes: playing fetch with the blue ball, squeaky elephant, squeaky ice cream guy, “Mr Moo” the squeaky cow, or just plain tennis balls. Wrestling with Ollie. Barking at strangers. Visiting the grandparents’ ranch. Any kind of food. Ice cubes. Squeezing his big butt into the blue recliner. Farting. Cat Food
- Dislikes: Strangers. “Dirty Santa” the homeless guy. The doorbell. Kids running in the house.
Next is Ollie!
Nicknames: Ollie Dog, Ollie Burger, Ollie Pop, Ollie the Wonder Dog, Ollie the Border Collie.
- Likes: Chasing Cooper. Sleeping in his “cave”. Chewing on his feet. Chasing Marty and Boxer. Visiting the grandparents’ ranch. Playing with the big rope. Any meat-flavored treats. Fresh chicken. Cat Food.
- Dislikes: Being crated. Getting yelled at. Taking a bath. Crunchy treats, especially if they don’t taste like meat.
On to the felines. First up is Boxer:
- Nicknames: Boxy, Boxy-box, Furry Bastard.
- Likes: Tuna juice. Canned chicken juice. Canned cat food gravy. Sitting on the clean towels. Going for walks. The basement. Sleeping with the older boy. Using the neighbor’s fence as a scratching post (sorry!). Sleeping in the sink
- Dislikes: Cooper. Ollie. Marty. Candles. Haircuts
Marty:
- Nicknames: Marty Mart, Marty Cat. Smart-Mart. Mart-Fart. Martykins. Marty the Party Cat. Barty. Marty Havarti
- Likes: Slobbering all over you. Sitting on mom’s chest. Defending his territory. Going for walks. Sleeping in the red Ikea chair. Pencils. Rolling in the dirt. Soft cat food. Cantelope. Skittles. Tuna juice, chicken Juice, dog food
- Dislikes: Not many
And the latest member of the clan: Virdi!
- Nicknames: Verdie the Dirty Birdie. Squawking Bastard
- Likes: music, TV, Guitar Hero.
- Dislikes: Marty, Boxer, Cooper, Ollie.
I swear if we get any more pets I’m going to go insane.
4 responses so far ↓
1 Heather // Apr 20, 2009 at 10:05 am
Oh my! It’s a regular menagerie! I imagine you spend as much on pet food as people food.
2 Dave // Apr 20, 2009 at 10:12 am
@Heather – Sounds like he skimps on the dog food so they eat the cat food . . .
Steve – Virdi?
3 Steve // Apr 20, 2009 at 10:38 am
Heather – I wish I could just buy 50-pound bags of “kid-food” and pour it into a bowl twice a day. That would save a TON of time.
David – Dori had a couple birds growing up, Blanco and Azul. You can guess what colors they were. So this one was going to be named Verde, but we started calling him Verdy since it sort of rhymes with Dirty and Birdie. Nick chose the spelling of the name.
4 Jesse // Oct 24, 2009 at 3:34 pm
Your cat likes skittles?????LOL
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