July 3rd, 2009

Happy Fourth of July

Happy Fourth of July to all of those in the US and a belated Canada Day to our friends in the North!

Have a great weekend!

July 2nd, 2009

Purrcival Magillicuddy

The pugs would like to welcome their new cousin Purrcival Magillicuddy into the family. Purrcy has a ton of kitten energy and is working on making friends with Ted the turtle - his older bro'. So far they are taking it one day at a time.

July 1st, 2009

New Doggie Door

As much as the pugs come and go in and out of the yard during the day, we decided to get a doggie door that leads from the screened in part of the yard to the fenced part of the yard for the pugs so that I can can spend more time typing and less time opening and closing the door while I am working. Since I have a pretty clear view of the yard while working, I don't mind if the pugs come and go as they please because I can keep a very close eye on them.

So far the pugs have taken to the door very well. Occasionally they will forget about their new freedom to go in and out on their own and will scratch at the door, but they have been doing that less and less as the days go on.

Here's a shot of Henry not looking very enthused about the new door. "Yup, its a doggie door. Nothing to see here. Move along."

And here is a shot of Luna trotting right through the doggie door.

Where is Sol you ask? Well, Sol still prefers to use the door woman.

And please pardon all the dirt on the pool deck. As soon as the cement we poured to extend the step in the yard dried, the pugs couldn't wait to use the door. We didn't even have time to get the deck cleaned up.

June 30th, 2009

Caption This #114

Benny is as optimistic as ever. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

June 29th, 2009

7 Day Weekend

The humans of the house had to return to work today, but the pugs carried on like it was still the weekend.

June 29th, 2009

Luna’s Eye Follow-up

Luna got to go on a field trip to the eye vet last week for a re-check of the obstructed gland in her eyelid. I was feeling fairly confident that they would not have to drain the gland because it had greatly reduced in size since we started her on the prescribed medication. However, the bump was not 100% gone so I was unsure what they were going to say about that.

Luna's eye doc was pleased with Luna's progress and suggested that we up the NeoPolyDex drops that she gets in that eye from every other day to twice a day. Easy enough. We will do that and in 4-5 weeks Luna gets to go back to see how things are doing.

The only difficult thing has been remembering the new drop schedule. Luna has been on her current schedule for a little over a year now so breaking our routine has been a bit tricky.

Here is Luna's new drop schedule:

• Tacrolimus: 1 drop both eyes, twice a day
• Cyclosporine: 1 drop in the left eye once a day
• NeoPolyDex: 1 drop in the left eye every other day, 1 drop in the right eye twice a day
• Genteal Ointment: At least one drop in the right eye each day. May administer whenever the right eye is looking dry.

June 28th, 2009

Weekend Warriors - Sleeping In

No matter how hard I try to be a morning person, there is nothing better than catching a few extra hours of sleep on the weekends. Lucky for me the pugs feel the same way.

June 27th, 2009

Flashback

This week's flashback: Caption This #101

In honor of Michael Jackson. RIP.

June 26th, 2009

Woe is Henry

I think he is still upset after loosing that blueberry biscuit in the pool yesterday. It might take awhile, but hopefully he will be able to get over it

Have a good weekend everyone!

June 25th, 2009

The Anatomy of the Catch

I have been trying for awhile to get a few shots of the pugs catching treats that are tossed to them. To make it possible we had to change from Cheerios to a larger treat that would show up a bit better in mid air. So we opted for blueberry flavored dog biscuits. Something a bit bigger would have worked even better, but if you look close you can see the treats flying through the air.

The pictures of the treats the boys caught were OK, but the interesting shots were their near misses. First up is Benjamin taking one on the chin.

The toss is up. Benjamin is intently focused on the treat which is the light brown spot highlighted by the green tree background and just above the white bar.

But something went awry. Did Luna's wiggling tail cause Benny to take his eye of the treat? It doesn't much matter, the treat bounces of Benny's chin. You can see the treat as it falls to the ground.

The treat takes a couple of bounces and ends up between Luna's hind legs. Watch out little girl you are about to be up ended.

Next up is Henry and his miss was quite amusing.

The toss is good and it looks like Henry is in a good position to make the catch.

But wait, what happened! The treat bounces out of Henry's mouth at the last minute and you can see it falling to the ground.

Nooooo! Come here tasty treat!

And then the worst possible thing that could happen happens. The treat rolls into the pool. Not knowing what to do the pugs start pacing around the edge of the pool devastated that their treat has met a soggy demise.