In the evenings, Benjamin & Henry like to bask in the sun on the sofa and keep watch out the front door. Benny is almost always perched on the back of the sofa and Henry makes himself comfortable on the arm rest. Luna gets in on the action too, but she actually sits in front of the door, like you would expect a guard dog to do. No extra comfort for her when she is on duty.
The evenings are usually pretty busy in the neighborhood. A lot of people walking dogs, jogging or riding bikes. There is most definitely a lot more foot traffic and interesting things for the pugs to bark at. I think a huge draw for the pugs though is that they can find the rays from the setting sun in the front of the house. In the mornings they spend their time out back and in the evenings they shift to the front of the house. They are like sunflowers, they always point towards the sun.
While I was snapping pictures the other day, I got a short video of the guard pugs in action. I just love how big Henry’s eyes are in the clip.
So after months of trying everything except getting another bin, I think I have come up with a solution that is agreeable to both parties. I took one of their new donut beds and put it on a ottoman I have in my office. This isn’t the special part, though, I have tried the bed on the ottoman solution before. What I did differently this time, is that I was sure to place the ottoman in the same sun beam that warms the bin. I think this was the piece I was missing all along!
Here I was thinking that the pugs liked the bin because it was elevated and I was missing once crucial piece - sunshine. So the key to creating two agreable sleeping spots was elevating the bed and putting it in the sunbeam. The other day they even took turns sharing the bin and the bed on the ottoman.
Lucky for me, Luna has no interest in laying in either the bin or the bed on the ottoman because I am out of ottomans and I would have to move a bookcase to fit her into the same sunbeam!
As you will see, Benjamin takes his treats very seriously. When he gets a Kong he doesn’t let up until he gets every bit of peanut butter that I slather inside. The original video goes on for more than 3 minutes, but I edited it down because you might have other things to get to today and after about a minute you get the gist. My favorite part is the snorting and sniffling.
When we leave the house we crate the pugs. Benjamin & Henry share a crate and Luna has her very own crate located right next to the boys’. Before we leave, we give the pugs a go to bed biscuit which the boys chow down. Luna, on the other hand, takes here sweet time and usually ends up breaking her treat up into a thousand little pieces. She gets most of the pieces, but she doesn’t clean things up quite to Benny’s standards. So from time to time, I find Benny sneaking into Luna’s crate searching for crumbs.
In the morning, Ben is such a sleepy head. Henry and Luna are not morning pugs either, but unlike his brother and sister, Benny always gets up to go to work with me. All the pugs get up for breakfast, but Henry and Luna quickly retreat back to bed after their last bite of banana. Benny, on the other hand, always accompanies me to my office. Granted, he finds a comfy spot and falls back asleep, but I think it is sweet that he at least pretends to go to work with me. Henry and Luna always come to work with me too, they’re just usually a few hours late. Good thing I’m not a tough boss.
