Friday, January 29, 2010
Four years ago today we drove to Hollywood, FL and adopted Luna. I can't believe it has been four years. My how time flies.
One thing I can tell you for sure is that Luna has made us laugh a lot in the four years she has been with us. She is a tiny little thing, but she is full of so much spunk that you can't help but laugh. Watching her try to lay down and chew a 12" bully stick or rawhide bone that is taller than she is always gets me. And I never get tired of watching her come up for air from her food bowl with yogurt and pumpkin spread from cheek to cheek.
While we have had Luna for 4 years, we guesstimate that she is about 6 years old. I often think about what the first two years of her life were like. I don't know too much, but the little girl is covered in scars. Scars all over her body and she even has scar tissue built up on her eyes. She has grayed quicker than any of the other pugs and strangers frequently think that she is the oldest of the pack. I imagine the first two years of her life were horrendous, but I try not to think about it too much. After all, Luna doesn't let it get her down. She has a lot of physical reminders of her past, but she is the sweetest pug you will ever meet. I have never met a pug that is as eager to please as her. The first two years of her life may have been hard, but I like to think that the last 1,461 days haven't been too bad.
So to help celebrate her "gotcha day" I have uploaded a few Luna pictures to Flickr. You can view them here or if you prefer you can view them as a slideshow. And you can always read previous Luna posts here.
Happy Gotcha Day, Luna!
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Luna is my very own little heat source. During our recent cold snap, I was forever warming my cold hands on her warm belly. Thankfully, she doesn't seem to mind. I don't know how the little girl does it, but she is always the warmest of the four. Which means I am always happy to have her on my lap 
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Luna, just hanging out in the bin waiting on that warmer weather that is supposed to be here soon.
Monday, January 11, 2010
I love slow starting Sundays. There is nothing better than sipping tea, reading the paper and cuddling with pugs.
Friday, January 8, 2010
Luna, the queen of comfort. It cracks me up that she likes to lay on the underside of the bed.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
While out shopping with G-Ma when she & G-Pa were visiting, we found this cute little ballerina shirt on clearance at an outlet store. I immediately thought of Luna and for the bargain price couldn't resist getting it for her.
Monday, January 4, 2010
Last week Luna went in for her eye checkup. It had been almost a year since her last visit and up until about two weeks ago her eyes were doing great. The last two weeks we noticed that her tear production in her right eye was pretty much nonexistent. When she went in for her checkup, the tear test confirmed what we already knew when it registered a zero for tear production in her right eye. On a good note, the tear production in her left eye was outstanding.
That is pretty much how the visit went. All good news for her left eye, all bad news for her right eye. The one good thing, although this isn't really a good thing, is that she has so much scar tissue built up on her right eye, that it being dry does not cause her much discomfort.
Even though she is not in much discomfort, we switched up her drop schedule for her right eye to see if we can get her back to the point of producing tears. We added two new medicines and completely changed up the schedule for her right eye. Her left eye drop schedule remains the same. Needless to say, I had to create a new spreadsheet to keep it all straight.
We go back in a month to see if the new drops are doing any good.
Luna took it all in stride. I think her biggest gripe is that she got stuck with the cat room again. As you can see, all the pictures in her exam room were of cats. She much prefers the dog room
