Monday, September 16, 2013
I wish I had a camera trained on the Benjamin, Henry & Luna at all times, because they do a lot of things that crack me up that I would love to have a video of so I could share with everyone.
The other day, I was sitting on the floor with the pugs with a bag of kibble doing some treat training. The pugs are old hats at this and know that I follow the same pattern. The order the pugs sit down determines where they are in the treat line. I go left to right and on this day, Benny was on the left, Luna was in the middle and Henry was on the right.
I'd give Benny a command and he would do it and get a treat. Then it would be Luna's turn. Once she did what I asked she would get a treat and I would move on to Henry.
The boys have to work for their treats a lot more than Luna. I rotate through sit, down, give me 5 and leave it with them. Luna's command is the same every time. Sit. If I'm feeling patient we will work on down, but "sit" is really the only thing that Luna knows. Knowing that she only has to do one thing to earn a treat, you would think that Luna would just sit the entire time and collect her treats. However, she is a excited wiggly mess during treat training. I tell her to "sit", she eventually gets around to sitting and as soon as the kibble touches her tongue her butt has bounced up off the floor.
After a few rounds of treat training, Henry was growing impatient being after Luna. I told Luna to sit and she was wiggling around. I told her to sit again and she was still wiggling around. Finally, Henry had enough and took his paw and smacked her straight in the face. It was his give me 5 paw, but it was like he was telling Luna, snap out of it girl and sit so I can get my turn!
Monday, September 9, 2013
Henry, as always, using his smarts to take advantage of the best of the dog bed and the chair. He is enjoying the comfort of the dog bed and the arm of the chair as the perfect chin rest. I don't know what it is about pugs and their need to rest their chins on things. Do your pugs rest their heads on odd things?
Monday, August 26, 2013
Some little pug didn't want to get out of bed on Saturday morning, so we made him right into the bed. It sure didn't help him get up any faster. Even after being made into the bed Henry was pretty happy with himself.
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
This is a first. I haven't seen any of the pugs use the dog beds like this before.
Henry is the king of cooling his belly off on the tile, so I think this might be some sort of hybrid approach that gets him the best of everything.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Hanging out under the shade tree with the pugs after a long day at work. You know it is hot if Henry is in the shade!
I hate to wish time away, but I will be very glad to wrap up August. August in FL definitely does not bring pug friendly weather. September won't be much better, but at least we will be one month closer to beautiful winter weather.
Friday, August 16, 2013
This picture is from Aug 2006
7 years ago this month, Henry was taking the pug tug out for a spin.
Its not until I look at a picture like this that I realize how the grey crept in for Henry. Compared to Benny and Luna his face is still very dark, but he sure does have a lot more gray than he used to!
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Every day when I come home from work the pugs greet me in the garage. After their greeting and the obligatory lunch bunch inspection, we just hang in the yard. Given the weather right now, it is usually under a shade tree, but it is an extremely peaceful time of day and a great time to catch up with the pugs.
