Wednesday, October 25, 2006
I keep a box on my desk for the cat to lay in so she will keep off my important papers as I work. Well, sometimes the dogs also like to lay in the box. There isn’t usually a problem until the cat wants her box back. Well, here Cupid & Benjamin are in the middle of a stand off. Benjamin’s case is basically: On your feet, lose your seat, cat! Cupid’s point is: You’re too big for my box, dog! Fortunately, they are pretty good about taking turns. Cupid decided to nap on the desk while waiting for her shot at the box.
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
Since the weather has been cooler, we have been able to get back to our normal walking routine and we have been able to get in a couple of long walks. We took a walk this weekend that was a little over 3.5 miles. I kept waiting for them to get tired, but they just kept trotting along showing no signs of slowing down. They had a great time and when we got home they still had enough energy for a game of chase! Most of our walks are only about a mile long, but about once a week we try to get in a long walk. All of them really seem to enjoy breaking up the normal walking routine with an extra long trek.
I love this time of the year because when the pugs are well exercised they are well behaved during the day when I am working. They don’t bark at every little noise and they are content to just nap until I am off work. It is amazing the difference a little bit of exercise makes.
This shot is of Benny napping while I am working. Benny is an extreme kind of guy. There is really no in between for him. He is either running and romping around the house or he is completely passed out. At almost 5 years old he is still a bundle of energy. Its just now his bursts are a little bit shorter than they were when he was a pup.
Monday, October 16, 2006
October is breast cancer awareness month and Benjamin, Henry & Luna thought they would show their support with their new Bark For a Cure t-shirts. Luna loves to prance around in anything pink so she was quite happy with her new shirt. The boys on the other hand, weren’t so happy with their new pink duds. But after I explained things to them, they decided they were manly enough to sport their new pink shirts.
Henry in his shirt
Luna showing off her new shirt.
Monday, October 9, 2006
After months of daily reminders not to steal any Cheerios from my cereal bowl in the morning, I think Baby Benny has finally learned some manners. His new routine is to jump up in my seat and catch a little nap until I am ready to sit down. Then when I go to sit down, the seat is toasty warm. Such a considerate little pug!
Monday, October 2, 2006
Benny is a chewer. In the evening there is nothing he likes to do more than to chew one of his peanut butter rawhide bones, while someone is holding it - of course. When he gets a new bone he almost becomes obsessed with it. He chews it until we go to bed at night and when he wakes up in the morning the first thing he does is go get his bone. Sometimes, he chews for so long that he falls asleep. I snapped a picture of him the other day after he chewed for so long that he needed to take a short nap.
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
The clamshell chair in the living room is one of Benjamin, Henry and Luna’s favorite sleeping spots in the house. It seems like there is always at least one pug in the chair at all times and most of the time, all three are piled up there. Benjamin and Henry have always been partial to that sleeping spot because they can catnap and still see out the front door. So they can bark at passersby from the lap of luxury.
While they all sit in that chair pretty regularly, I have had a hard time getting a picture of them. Every time, I go near them with the camera, Luna jumps from the chair and comes running up to the camera. I must have caught her while she was extra sleepy because she didn’t budge when I got out the camera this morning. The little one is so tuckered out that I even got a picture of her mid yawn. Although, she looks like she has had a little bit too much to drink. She’s a trip!
Monday, August 28, 2006
When the boys were just pups, we would give them cute little “pet” names. Of course, Benjamin became Baby Benny. He was called that a lot. He is still called that quite often. I will get into some of the other nicknames, but I must digress for a moment because it did cause some trouble when we were trying to teach them their names.
When we were in puppy class, the teacher told us to only use their actual names. For training purposes, they must be Benjamin & Henry. The idea was so that you could easily get their attention and they could have name recognition. To teach them their own name, we would say their name and when they made eye contact with us, they would receive a treat to reinforce that they recognized their name. Well, the teacher said that Benjamin probably wouldn’t be called “Baby Benny” for his whole life. Hmmm….he was a great dog trainer but little did he know that Baby Benny would never really “grow up.”
In any event, I would like to share with you some of the nicknames that we have for the pugs. For Benjamin, he is also Benjamino, Been Jammin’, Bean, Beanpole and Baby Bean. I’ve also come up with a little poem that I recite to Ben when he is looking particularly cute or if I see that he is about to cause trouble. It goes like this: Green Bean, Jelly Bean. Where’s my Baby Benny Bean? Benjamin knows that this is not his “proper name” but knows if he hears something about Baby Bean, it’s about him. He is a sweety.
Next up, I’ll share some of the nicknames we have for Henry, Luna and even Cupid the cat.
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