Thursday, May 15, 2008
Martha wrote in yesterday with a great idea for a blog post - words and phrases inspired by our pugs. Some great pug vocabulary like stinkles for our pug’s smelly little wrinkles and furbleweeds for the massive amounts of pug hair that we have floating around our house have come up in some of the most recent blog posts. So, Martha had the great idea to start a post where we can share all of our pug inspired vocabulary.
What are some of your pug inspired words or phrases?
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Mr. I like to sleep and walk right on the pool’s edge went a little too far this weekend. Luna was sitting about a foot away from the pool’s edge minding her own business, when Henry came over and was trying to get her to play and clean her ears and things like that. Of course, he stood between Luna and the pool and with all his wiggling around he lost his footing and went straight into the pool. In the deep end and all the way under. He popped up and was quickly plucked out of the pool. He gave himself a good shake and gave me a look that said, “I don’t want to hear a word!”
He likes the pool, so this wasn’t a huge deal to him. Just really bruised his ego because for a while he thought he was invincible walking so close to the pool’s edge.
But knowing Henry, and knowing that the boy has horrible balance, I knew it was just a matter of time until he would take an impromptu dip. So did he learn his lesson? Of course not! Five minutes later he was sleeping right on the edge of the pool.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
I think Henry picked up this move from the cat! Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, May 12, 2008
Henry is not in the business of giving or getting kisses. The closest you can get to getting a kiss from him is licks on your eyelids at bedtime. Other than that, you get nothing. And to top it all off, he despises getting kisses, which is a real shame because he has the most kissable cheeks.
But, despite the fact that he hates kisses, he gets plenty from me. I am forever sneaking in and giving him a big kiss on his cheek. He has learned to tolerate it, but if I try to sneak in two or three at a time, he glares at me. Strangers have tried to give him kisses and he turns into such a wiggle worm and storms off at the first opportunity he gets.
Benny & Luna, on the other hand, well they are a whole different story! Is your pug a kisser?
Friday, May 9, 2008
On any given morning, shortly after the dew dries, this is where you can find Baby Benny. Propped up against the house and soaking up the FL rays.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
By now I think everyone knows that Benjamin has a thing for pumpkin bread. So when it isn’t Fall, Benjamin is sad because there is no pumpkin bread. Well, fear not! I think we have found a possible replacement to get him through Spring and Summer - blueberry bread. Blueberry bread is the latest bread choice at Bob Evans and we have been bringing some home to the pugs. They most definitely like it. They don’t love it as much as pumpkin bread, but it is definitely a good second choice.
On a side note, when I take photos where I put the bread on the glass table and have the pugs wait until I snap the photo, Luna always cracks me up. She always sticks her head underneath the glass and tries to smell and lick the bread. Guess she is learning about a little thing called the “glass ceiling.”
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
My favorite question that non-pug owners ask me about pugs is, “Do they shed?” I quickly answer YES to that question, but I feel like I can never be emphatic enough. How exactly do you express to someone that doesn’t have a pug just how much that pugs shed?While Benjamin, Henry & Luna shed year round, now is most definitely shedding season and they are all, no doubt, getting rid of excess fur for the summer. You can’t really tell because of the shadows in the picture but the grass is littered with pug fur. This was the result of a quick brushing of each of the pugs and I was shocked at how much fur came off them considering I had just brushed them on Sunday.
Each time I brush them, the same thought runs through my head, “What do people that have a fawn and a black pug do?” How do they cope with the light and dark colored fur? What do you wear? No matter what fur is going to show on something. We have light colored carpet so the pug fur doesn’t tell on us as much in between vacuuming. If I am going somewhere important I never wear black. Black has a great way of highlighting fawn colored pug fur!
The other thing that made me realize just how much pugs shed was buying my first canister vacuum. I never realized how much bagged vacuum cleaners shelter you from the truth. With a canister vacuum, after running the vacuum, all your dirt is right there for you to see. I’ll never forget the first time I ran my Dyson and saw how much pug fur it picked up. I was shocked! I just figured my old vacuum wasn’t doing a very good job, but when I ran the Dyson again the next day and saw the canister filled with pug fur again I was speechless. All this fur came from my house? In just one day? No way!
Luckily, I am not one of those people who can’t stand a little pet fur here or there. I do my best to keep up with it, but I have come to terms with the fact that it is an impossible battle to win.
What is your battle with unruly pug fur like?
