I was very comforted months ago, when I first came to Boxerworld, to learn that everyone has tons of nicknames for their boxers. My husband said it was wrong to call our boy any other name but Grunt, that it would confuse him. Not to say I don't use his given name; I do when we are training or when I need his attention RIGHT now. The rest of the time, it's BB (Boxer Boy), Bingy, Baby Boy, Banger, Gruntman, Swinger, Moosh Baby, Pea Boy, and some others I can't think of right now. Also, Guess Who is calling him some of these names now, too......hehehe 
... zoe zoe, smooshy lips, gooshy smoosher, lippy girl, potty head, lil'miss, most are only names that we use when we are playing. She hardly answers to her own name!!