Thursday, August 16, 2007
It has been very hot and dry lately here in FL and because of the heat, the pugs have been drinking a lot more water. To spice things up for them and to also help keep their water cool, I loaded up their water bowl with ice this morning. The boys have always enjoyed having some ice in their water bowl. Henry bobs for cubes and when he finally catches one he takes it over to his pillow and eats it. Benjamin, pushes the cubes around the bowl trying to grab hold of one, but he never seems to be able to pluck one out. He does have fun trying, though.
Luna, on the other hand, did not enjoy the ice cubes in the bowl. In fact, she wasn’t interested in drinking any water with them in there. Next thing ya know she is going to be requesting her water shaken not stirred!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
I think Luna really likes having two big brothers. From time to time, I will find her completely mimicking the boys. Today, at lunch, Benjamin & Luna were on the sofa relaxing and I just happened to notice that the two of them were laying the exact same way. It’s like Luna wants to be just like her big bro!
What I have been most fascinated by since we have adopted Luna is that she hasn’t learned much from us, in terms of training, but she has learned a ton of stuff from the boys. She just naturally picks up on what they do and just follows right along. I guess it is completely natural pack behavior, but it is different to see it at work in your own house.
With the boys it just seemed like it took forever for them to learn their manners and to get them to settle into a routine. But, Luna just walked right in and settled into the routine perfectly. Granted, she does do some things that the boys would never dream on doing (ahem, barking for table scraps), but for the most part she really follows their lead.
I am just really thankful that Luna had two big brothers to show her the ropes and that when she became part of the family the boys didn’t completely forget everything they had learned up until that point.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Here we have little Luna chilling on the first step of the pool. She did a couple laps in the pool before she took a little break on the step.
Looking forward to seeing your captions in the comments!
Monday, August 13, 2007
This weekend was a pretty lazy weekend for the pugs. It was hot outside and we had a ton of errands to run, which meant the pugs didn’t really get a chance to get out and have much fun.
Henry did get a chance to swim a little bit on Sunday, but we were just taking a quick dip in the pool to cool down after cutting the grass, so we didn’t bother setting up the puppy pool or anything.
The highlight of the weekend for Luna and Benny & Henry was Sunday night’s dinner. We had a rotisserie chicken (from Sam’s Club). As soon as we step foot in the house with the chicken, Luna finds the bird on the counter and just barks and barks at it. She loves chicken! So since the weekend was kind of boring for the pugs, we gave them a little extra chicken at dinner. That made them very happy!
Friday, August 10, 2007
Earlier this month, Animal Services contacted Compassionate Pug Rescue to let them know that they had just received a pug that had been hit by a car. Because of the severity of the young pug’s injuries, Animal Services would be forced to put down the pug. CPR swooped in and took the young pug from Animal Control and set off to get her the care that she needed for her injuries.
X-Rays revealed that Angel had an upper hip fracture, a fractured pelvic bone, and a left femur fractured in three different areas. It was determined that precious Angel would need two surgeries because the surgeon thought trying to fix everything at once was more than the sweet little girl could probably endure.
Angel’s first surgery was on August 3, 2007 and her second surgery was on August 6, 2007. Angel has a lot of physical therapy to undergo in the upcoming months, but the Dr.’s prognosis for the future is very bright for sweet Angel.
As you can only imagine, the cost of Angel’s surgeries is much more than a small rescue organization can support. Now more than ever, CPR needs the support of Pug Lovers everywhere! A donation of any size goes a long way in helping to pay for Angel’s medical costs.
Thanks to CPR, Angel now has a whole life of pug living to do.
You can make a donation to the Compassionate Pug Rescue Angel Fund from Compassionate Pug Rescue’s Website. Donations can be made via PayPal or checks may be mailed directly to Compassionate Pug Rescue.
I would like to give a big thank you to all those who donated money to CPR for the calendar contest. Please know that your donations are being applied to the Angel fund and are helping this sweet girl on the road to recovery.
Friday, August 10, 2007
This is why Benjamin pretty much gets whatever he wants. I just can’t resist that wrinkly face!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Last night Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted into space and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it as it headed into space. To me, being able to watch the shuttle launches from your driveway, is one of the really cool things about living in Central Florida. Sure, it isn’t as exciting as being at Kennedy Space Center, but with all the launches that get scrubbed by NASA it is pretty cool to be able to walk outside of your house with 30 seconds left in the countdown and see the shuttle go up.
The pugs had no idea that the space shuttle was going up and they starred at me from the door wondering what in the world I was doing standing in the driveway pointing that thing that normally points at them up to the sky.
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