Friday, January 18, 2008
For Christmas, the pugs each got a new collar and leash set. Most of the time, especially when we are out and about, the pugs wear their harnesses, but around the house, in the yard and on short potty breaks just right around the house we sometimes let them wear collars to change things up.
Santa brought Henry the Best Friends collar and leash. I really liked it because it is made of hemp and organic cotton which makes it super soft right from the beginning. Plus, the paw prints and the footprints side-by-side is just too cute.
Luna got one of my favorites, the Curly Q collar along with the matching leash. As soon as I saw this collar, I thought of little Luna. To me, it just fits her personality perfectly!
And Benny got the Geometric Squares collar and leash. Benjamin has such a light colored coat, I just knew this collar would pop on him. He has so many wrinkles and so many skin rolls around his neck that it is really easy for a collars to get lost on him.
Since the collars and leashes are not edible, these definitely weren’t the highlight of the pugs’s Christmas morning. But, overall, I think they like them. I do at least!
Thursday, January 17, 2008
“You take care of the left side and I’ll keep watch on the right side. No one will sneak up on us!”
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
At the young age of 5, it is always a standing joke that Benjamin is a cranky old man. He’s been this way since he was about 1. He’s not cranky in a mean way, he is just set in his ways. He likes routine. He’s a little like Raymond from Rain Man. He’ll freak out if he doesn’t get to watch his Wapner at 11.
While Benjamin is not very smart at training and things like that, he is a master at picking up on routine. He generally knows when I am going to leave the house before I even decide to go anywhere and he promptly goes to his crate and waits for me to give him his goodbye treat. Sometimes, he has a long wait, but he is always right.
Since he loves routines, Benjamin is a pretty predictable fellow. For example, every afternoon starting at about 3:45pm you will find Benny perched on the arm of the sofa like in the photo above. He just sits there basking in the sun and watching out the front door. After every meal, Benny must go outside to go potty. It doesn’t matter that he just went before he ate. His routine is potty, eat, potty. That’s how he likes it and you better not make him wait for his after dinner pee pee. In the evenings, he sits at the foot of the bed with his puffy in his mouth waiting for me to finish getting ready for bed. When I get in bed, he promptly lays on my chest and is ready for his bedtime massage. After about five minutes he will settle and will be ready for bed. In the mornings he is always at my feet for the pouring of the Cheerios.
He likes structure and if I weren’t at home and Benny was not in his crate, I could pretty much tell you what he is doing at any given moment. Henry finds doing the same thing everyday boring, but Benjamin thrives on it. When his routine gets messed up he is spastic. That is when the cranky really comes out.
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
The pugs at the ice cream shop. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Pug lover Martha wrote in to ask if I could pose a question to all the pug lovers out there. She was wondering how you handle visitors at the house. Does your pug behave when visitors come over? If so, how did you train them to behave so nicely? Does your pug get overcome with excitement when a visitor comes over? How do you convince your pug that the visitor is not just there to see them?
Thanks for helping us out. We are looking forward to your replies.
Friday, January 11, 2008
The official “doneness” tester. He is, after all, a noodle aficionado!
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Well, it obvious from this photo that the boys have finally recognized Luna’s “Princess” status. While the boys are little “Princes” they have allowed their sweet baby sister to have the pillow throne for this photo. If Princess Luna could only remember to be humble with her calling it would probably go over better with the commoners. She is very much of an alpha Princess.
