Today’s Stream of Consciousness prompt is, “bug.”
The first thing I thought of was Doodle Bug. That’s one on the nick names for our Treeing Walker (problem child) coon hound.
Her original name was Dixie Doodle. Well, she probably had a name or two before that because David rescued her starving self when she was two. Dixie Doodle, quickly became Doodle. A year or two ago, I started calling her Doodle Bug. I think there was a mom who called her toddler Doodle Bug years ago. What’s a doodle bug anyway? Just a sec. while I google doodle bug……. A larva of an ant-lion. And they’re not that cute. Except maybe to a mama ant-lion which are pretty like a dragon fly but very predatory.
Did I just see there’s a doodle bug song? Be right back…. Well, there is more than one doodlebug song. Both cute as you can imagine. If you like silly humor, this one will get your inner child dancing.
Okay. I realize I sort of stepped out of the stream of consciousness. But not really. I kept you informed. It was like a side stream, a detour.
My plan was to write about how nick names develop, especially with dogs. David calls Doodle Bone Head. That’s because he doesn’t want to be so deeply attached. Too late! And he knows it. But sometimes he calls her Doodle Bug, too. When I’m annoyed with her, I call her Doodle Head or Crazy Head.
Our little mutt, Marigold, named by my daughter 16 years ago, became Mary, then Mary Moo, then Mary Moodle (There’s a song I made up that goes “Mary Moodle, you’re not a poodle,” …. but that’s too silly. We also call her Moodle, or Moo Moo, or Mary Mack.
In case you didn’t know it, I’m crazy about dogs. AND I just found out my story about Jesse is going to be in this anthology: GONE DOGS, about dogs who’ve crossed over the rainbow bridge. Mary and Doodle are all we have left of the five dogs (two of mine and three step-dogs) from when David and I reconnected in 2011. I’m so happy to be able to honor Jesse’s memory in this book which should be out by Christmas.
Jesse didn’t have as many nick names. Jesso, Jetz, and Jesse Boy are the only ones I recall. He was my boyfriend, my best friend, especially during the single, celibate years. Here’s a picture you might have seen before of Jesse howling (to a siren) with Mary Moo in the background several years ago.
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This is David and I walking the pack back in 2013.

Mary Moo, Jesse Boy, Oreo, Beep, and Doodle Bug
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June 23, 2018 at 10:03 am
Oh, my gosh, I LOVE your dogs’ names! What a happy bunch of pups, and now…I’ve got that doodlebug song stuck in my head! Thanks for the smiles this morning! Happy Saturday!
June 23, 2018 at 10:29 am
I’m go glad you liked the song. After I posted it, I thought it was pretty silly. But sometimes I like silly. 🙂 I hope you have a lovely day.
June 23, 2018 at 10:09 am
Oh good I’m not the only one who does this! My husband rescued our little dog and named her Scrappy, then he named her Snappy. I started calling her Sibby. Now she’s Sibby Lou but still perks to Snappy when I put my husband’s call on speaker phone.
June 23, 2018 at 10:31 am
It just seems to happen naturally – fun with dog names. Thanks for sharing your happy names! Enjoy!
June 23, 2018 at 11:10 am
The song isn’t available in my country. Boo-hoo.
June 23, 2018 at 8:39 pm
😦 Sorry. Imagine a silly kid’s song. 🙂
June 23, 2018 at 12:33 pm
I love the sweet way you added music and the photo of the dogs with you two was fantastic, JoAnna! What a blessing to have found your way back together into a “happily ever after” life. You went through a lot to get here, Enjoy!! 🙂 ❤ ❤
June 23, 2018 at 9:01 pm
Thank you, Robin. I did go through a lot, but it was worth the wait. Glad you enjoyed my SOC. 🙂 ❤
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June 25, 2018 at 8:00 pm
I did enjoy this SOC and cute nicknames for dogs.
It made me think of when I see friends there are some funny ways to interpret the greetings. Like when I see Lou at work, I say: “Hi Lou, how are you?” I giggle at the simple rhyme.
When I say “Hi, Jean!” I always think in my mind “hygiene.” 😀 Yes, I’m goofy so the song and silly dog nicknames were fun to read!
June 25, 2018 at 11:41 pm
We need some good clean fun sometimes. Silly humor is my favorite kind. Thanks for sharing your name games. 🙂
July 3, 2018 at 12:02 pm
Thank you also for reaffirming my silly humor, JoAnna. 😀
July 3, 2018 at 8:34 pm
🙂 Sure thing!
June 25, 2018 at 8:04 pm
JoAnna, I have a nice man on eHarmony who made a fun text yesterday, since I usually add the bluebird emoji to my messages. He said, “I giggled at your blue bird since my name is Jay and nickname was “J-bird” in school.” A blue jay and a robin may meet this week, he is willing to drive down and meet me! 🙏 🕊️
June 25, 2018 at 11:43 pm
I liked the fact that he giggled and admitted it. 🙂 sounds like fun times ahead!
June 23, 2018 at 3:17 pm
This is great. SoCS side streams are always fun. I like Mary Moodle.
June 23, 2018 at 9:08 pm
Thank you, Dan. I’m glad you enjoyed this. Mary Moodle used to be a feisty girl. She’s moving slow now at 16, deaf, and half blind, but she still likes to smell stuff and she dances a little at mealtimes.
June 23, 2018 at 3:50 pm
Aww … nicknames for pets are so fun. We do the same with all the names we’ve called our cats and dogs over the years. So fun to hear what you call your dogs. 🙂
June 23, 2018 at 9:26 pm
I suspected I was not the only one. 🙂 Glad you enjoyed our nicknames! I forgot one: Doodle Buggins. It reminds me of Bilbo Baggins.
June 25, 2018 at 2:56 pm
Doodle Buggins is a cute one, and does sound like a Hobbit or LOTR character.
Most times I call Cricket our cat, Cricketita. One time we made up a bunch of names for all the pets, like wild west names, wrestler names, and whatever else we could think of. They’re all written down somewhere, and we had fun doing it. 🙂
June 25, 2018 at 11:36 pm
That does sound like fun! 🙂
June 26, 2018 at 4:46 pm
🙂 🙂
June 24, 2018 at 10:06 am
That’s a great lookin pack 🙂 Fabulous names if you ask me.
Ah, Laurie Berkner — she was the main music in my house for many years. Quite the talent, but I don’t miss her. lol Here, doodle bugs are the things other people call pill bugs and potato bugs.
We do not call our dog Sadie much. We call her Puppy. We didn’t name her, so maybe that’s why, I dunno, but we call her Puppy 99% of the time. She’s never looked like a Sadie to me.
June 24, 2018 at 4:06 pm
I hadn’t heard of Laurie Berkner before. I imagine how one could get too much of her good thing. I wonder if your doodle bugs might be what I’ve called, rolly polies – grey, segmented and roll up into a balls. Puppy is a sweet nickname for a sweet dog.
June 24, 2018 at 9:29 pm
Yes! Roly Poly bugs 🙂
June 25, 2018 at 12:23 am
🙂