It’s not officially summer yet, but as far as the pugs are concerned summer is here in full force. It’s been so hot that Henry has been begging for ice cubes again whenever I take a sip of water and if it gets any hotter we might have to consider getting some blocks of ice for the pugs to lick. Walks are pretty much restricted to early morning hours before work, which I always have a very hard time working in, or to the evenings at dusk or on really hot days after it is dark. The pugs don’t seem to mind the change in their walk schedule as much as they mind the mixup in their sunning time. Henry loves to lay in the yard and bask in the sun and Luna and Benny love to lay on the lounge chairs around the pool. All three of them have found that it is just too hot for that!
I have been on door patrol a lot lately because the pugs haven’t fully accepted that it is summer. The pugs go out, sit outside for not even a minute and then they come back in. They cool off in the air conditioned house and then they want to go back out again. Its like they haven’t yet come to terms with the fact that they need to find their old favorite indoor sleeping spots from last summer.
We could also use some rain. There has been rain all around us, but it just keeps missing us. Yesterday, it thundered and looked like it was going to pour down rain any minute, but we never got more than a sprinkle. Luna might have to put back on her rain coat
I am so very happy that today is Friday. I’m not exactly sure why as I don’t really have any plans for the weekend. Just the usual errands and chores. It is going to be pretty hot, so I think any outdoor activity with the pugs during daylight hours is going to be out of the question. But I am sure we will squeeze in a couple of walks at night. Nothing too exciting, but I am certainly looking forward to some down time. Maybe, I could persuade the pugs to make some room for me on the lounge chair.
What about you? Do you have any cool weekend plans?
I received an e-mail from Brenda at with anotherupdate on little Romeo a few weeks ago. So sorry for the delay in getting this posted. My e-mail seems to be getting the best of me lately.
Here is what Romeo’s foster mom has to say about the little guy.
Romeo is doing very well!!! He had his staples out last Wednesday and the incision healed very well. He goes back in about three weeks so they can do the ultrasound as well as a bile test to see if the shunt is closing. His true personality is starting to come out…he is a wild little man!
I am so pleased to hear that Romeo is doing well! I also want to extend a very heartfelt thank you to all the OBP readers that rallied behind Romeo and sent a donation his way. It really means a lot to me.
Life with Benny involves a lot of bone holding. We spoiled him when he was a pup and would hold his bone for him while he chewed so needless to say we have raised a pug that couldn’t hold his own bone if his life depended on it. You reap what you sow, I guess.
In any case, Benny loves to chew so we do a lot of bone holding for him and when we are unable to hold his bone we must come up with a creative way to simulate us holding the bone. Like wedging it between sofa cushions. But, while Benny loves to chew he certainly isn’t a very effective chewer. This goes back to my do the things you love even if you are not the best at them thing that I learned from Henry.
When Benny chews a rawhide bone all he does is soften it up with his slobber. He will work for hours on end, but never really gets anything. When Henry chews we have to keep a very close eye on him to keep him from eating too much at one time. Even Luna, who has the smallest mouth I have ever seen on a pug, can chew circles around Ben.
But it is all moot because there is really nothing Benny likes to do more than go to town chewing a bone while you graciously hold it for him. And this, my friends, is what that is like.
I have been on a quest to get a good video of the pugs playing to share with you and until now, I haven’t really been able to capture anything good. Most of the times when the pugs are playing I don’t have the Flip handy and by the time I go get it I end up with 3 pugs just staring up at me.
But, the other night I was able to get a little video of the pugs playing around the pool. Benjamin & Henry love to chase each other around the pool. Luna, as you will notice in the video, isn’t too fond of circling the pool. Since she doesn’t see too well, she tends to hang back while the boys are chasing each other near the gigantic puddle in the yard. You will see her in the video a bit, and I would like to point out, that she is running no where near as fast as she can. She takes it easy on the boys
My favorite part of the video comes at about 1:32 when Benny turns into a mad man and circles the bench.
Hopefully, there will be more playing videos to come. I will try to get one of little Luna outrunning her big brothers.
