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"The hair guy", "the beard guy", "the guy who's crazy about cats and dogs", perhaps?
I know that they have one for my cat - Siegfrieda is "a alemãozinha" (the little German girl).
To me it would make sense to assume they call her like that because they call you "o alemão" in the first place, are you German or German-speaking or German-looking?
When I adopted her I was learning German, so I got used to speak in the language with her; first to train myself*, then for convenience (I can talk with her and my other cat Kika separately). But then, like: I go to garden, Frieda follows me, when I'm going back I tell her "geh nach Hause" (go back home), neighbour sees and finds it funny, now she's the little German.
And then there's the front neighbour; if I'm gardening and he opens his gate, his two dogs run towards me with the biggest "I want belly rubs!" face.
*pets are great for language learning - sure, they might not answer you, but they don't judge your pronunciation and they still pay attention to what you say.