There are times I call Blake everything BUT his name...As far as nick names he has quite a few and he responds to all of them...
Doodley
Puddlin
Mr. Noodle
Shaggo
Scooby Doodle
The Blakester
Blakenstein ( When he's naughty)
Blakey
Fuzzy Man
and of course.....BUDDY or BUD.....
Sometimes I hold his ears back and flatten the hair on his head with my hand and I call him The Golden Seal......
Murphy's Nick Name; I picked up an older lady to give her a ride. I was showing her apartments that afternoon. Murphy as usual was in the back of the car. When she got in she said, "Nice dog, what's his name." I said, "His name is Murphy." from that she got "Smurfy" I corrected her once but she just didn't get it and "Smurfy" just stuck for the rest of the afternoon. I found that lady to be amusing and the name "Smurfy" still makes me smile a year later.
Okay...let's see just how many names our Gracie has.
Gracie Doodle
Gracie Doodle One Half Poodle
Baby
The Baby
Noodle Doodle
Gray
Gray Gray
Lambie
Lambie Pie
Doodle Pie
Pie
Muffin
Muffin Head
Muffie
Muffin Puffin
Muffie Puffie
Doodie
Nudie Doodie
Princess
Lovie Buggie
Love Bug
Not too sure why... it started when I commented on one of the cats being "a sausage" because she was being all pathetic for no reason. My husband queried it... I guess its a British term?????? Similar to "Muffin" in Canada we decided. (awww, poor little sausage!) Then Cooper got called Sausage and it stuck. She now answers to it, and can distinguish it from "sausage dog" her toy
Bella has many also . . . but consider yourself warned that not all of them are flattering. They are usually uttered adoringly, though.
Bell Bell
Bella Boop (like Betty Boop)
Bella Boo
Snot rag (the most used nickname)
Fuzz Bucket
Fluff Fluff
'Fuzzy Whuzzy (was a pup . . .)
Big Butt
Bubbles
Curly
Smiley
and whatever else comes to mind when we see her very odd, very fuzzy, mug.