Monday, December 3, 2007

Practice Makes Perfect

It turns out that Benjamin has been sharpening his modeling skills since he was a pup.  Last week, I posted about him Striking a Pose and as I was going through some photographs this weekend, I saw one from when he was a puppy with that same over the shoulder glance.

He should be a pro by now.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Strike a Pose

Benjamin is honing his modeling skills.

Friday, November 9, 2007

All Gone?

I have been burning a pumpkin pie candle while I work the last few days and Benjamin has been a little perplexed.  It seems he can not wrap his head around the concept of candles.  The question he has been pondering the last few days, “How can it smell like pumpkin bread, but there be no pumpkin bread?”  His conclusion is that it is totally inconceivable and that I must have hidden the pumpkin bread somewhere in the house.  Poor Benny.

Thursday, November 8, 2007

They Don’t Do Mornings

Its funny how things change.  Up until about 6 months ago, I only had two pugs on my hands that were not early birds - Henry & Luna.  But now I have 3!

As soon, as we get out of bed in the morning, Luna hops off the bed and goes to her crate.  It’s there that she does some of her best sleeping.  She comes out briefly to get a bite of banana at breakfast, but then she immediately returns and doesn’t get up and join me in my office until 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning.  Even then she just, retreats to her favorite napping spot near my office door where she can nap and sun herself.

I think she spends the morning hours sleeping in her crate because she feels safe and secure there and she doesn’t have to pretend to be involved in what is going on.  She is sleeping and if you need her you will just have to wait until she stirs.

Henry is just as much as a sleepy head, except that he remains in bed even after we get up.  He just makes himself more comfortable.  When the bed gets made, Henry does his morning stretch and then we pick him up and put him somewhere comfy in the living room.

Up until 6 months ago, Benjamin was the only early bird in the family.  When the alarm would go off he would bounce out of bed, ready to get his day started.  He would entertain himself with a bone or toy while I showered and he was always there to help me pour the Cheerios.  But recently, when the alarm goes off, Benny does not stir.  We get out of bed and Benny joins his brother in making himself more comfortable.  When it comes time to make the bed, Benny doesn’t budge and he has started to give us the patented Henry stretch before we transport him off to a cozy spot in the living room.

It seems Benjamin tried out Henry’s morning routine once and decided that he liked Henry’s way much better.

Friday, November 2, 2007

All Tuckered Out

After a hard day of trick or treating, the pugs were mighty tired.  They usually catch a little nap in the evenings, but on Halloween night there was no rest for the weary.  So, yesterday was a very quite day.  All I heard was the soothing sound of pug snoring.

Friday, October 12, 2007

Props

So this is Benny’s latest thing, leaning up against the wall while basking in the sun.  He used to sit on the runner near the door, but he decided that sitting up all on his own was just too much work.  So he had to find a better place to rest.  After some debate he settled on a spot in the dining room.  He can still bask in the sun and he can prop himself up using the small wall that separates the dining room from the foyer.  That Benny - he’s always thinking!

Friday, October 5, 2007

Good News from the Eye Doc

Yesterday, Luna and Benjamin went to the ophthalmologist to find out more information about their latest eye woes.  We usually don’t leave the office with good news, so yesterday we were very pleased with the prognosis.

Luna does not have an ulcer.  The special drop they put in her eye so that they could better see what was going on did not show an ulcer.  That is fantastic news.  Since it is not an ulcer the doctor deduces that she has some sort of irritation that is likely being caused by one of her meds.  Our task is to find out which one.  So, when we give her her drops we need to keep a close eye out and see if any of them make her very squinty.

Benjamin got the best news of all.  The doctor does not think that he has entropy.  She thinks that the current state of his eyelids is the way they have been his whole life.  And that his teary eyes is most likely caused by seasonal allergies.  I was very happy to hear this.  The doctor still did a battery of tests to get a baseline for Benjamin and he goes back in 8 weeks for a follow-up to make sure that his eyelashes are not curling in even more.  If he gets a good report then he is all set.

So it wasn’t all fantastic news, but it sure is the best eye news I have heard in a long time.

After we got home from the eye doctor and Benjamin & Henry greeted their long last brother, Henry, they both crashed on the couch.  They were exhausted from the long car ride and the exam.

Have a fantastic weekend everyone!