Nicknames

Augustus and Cleopatra both have several nicknames they know and respond to.

Augustus goes by the following: Gus, Gussy, Gus Gus, Chiweenie, Chiweenie Lovin, and Booper. We actually call him booper a lot, but when he is in trouble we always call him Augustus. Using his full name always gets his attention.

Cleo has fewer nicknames than Gus and, like him, she gets referred to as Cleopatra when in trouble. Her nicknames are Cleo, Cleopie, Beagle, Princess Cleo, and Beagie. Princess is actually Cleo's middle name.

We chose the name Cleopatra for the Beagle because I had named Augustus after an historical figure. We decided to go with historical names for our dogs (present and future) because my husband majored in history in college and loves the subject. In fact, we both love history!