For productivity’s sake, I had to stop letting the pugs sit on my lap when I am working. It isn’t so bad when there is just one, but when there is three, well that is a different story.
So to break the news to the pugs, I set out to find them a more comfortable alternative to my lap. Little Luna has taken a liking to sleeping in a little round bed on my desk. I think she likes the fact, that she has the softness of her bed and still gets to be on the desk. She does a good job of staying in the bed too, so I don’t have to worry about her roaming around and causing any trouble, ahem, Benny.
She knows that it is her spot too! As soon as I put the bed on the desk, she is right at my feet waiting for me to pick her up. She circles once or twice and then plops herself down. She gets to be cozy and is only a few inches away from me - a win win for us both.
Since we started talking about the scars on Luna’s back in the comments of yesterday’s post, I thought I would post a picture of Luna’s little, bare chest. I’m not sure if you can tell simply by looking at photos, but the skin on Luna’s chest is quite soft. On her back, the skin, where she is missing fur, is much thicker and firmer (hence scars). For some reason, the hair on Luna’s chest has never really grown back in after she was treated for mange. It is odd, because I have seen dogs that have had mange and are missing all kinds of fur and once they get everything treated their fur grows in as good as new. The dermatologist can’t say why Luna’s fur hasn’t grown back on her chest, but they tell us she is no worse for the wear. Right about now, I think her lack of fur gives her an advantage over the boys in this FL heat.
Both Luna and Benjamin love to snuggle with Henry. I think it is because Henry is not a wiggle worm. Once he gets comfortable he will usually stay put. Then Benjamin & Luna come join him.
I peered out my office door between my monitor screens and saw this the other afternoon. Luna, flat out, soaking up the sun and snoozing. She didn’t used to sleep like this. When we first got her, she always curled up in a little ball and cat napped. She never seemed to go into a deep sleep. Now she sprawls out and drifts off into a very sound sleep. I think she definitely picked up this from Henry. You can usually find him somewhere sprawled out looking like he doesn’t have a care in the world. Benny, he is more of a pillow kind of guy. He isn’t much for laying on the floor.
Luna has really taken a liking to the bag of loot we got for the pugs a few weeks ago. Instead of having a squeaker it has crinkle stuff and boy does she ever make some noise with that thing.
I always love it when Benjamin, Henry & Luna smoosh together even though they have plenty of room to spread out. They act like this is the only sunny spot in the house.
With it being so hot lately, they have been doing a lot of laying around. We have been going for walks in the evenings which have been great. Last night we got about 3/4’s of a mile away from home and the sky behind us began to look a bit ominous so we turned around and contemplated on taking a shortcut back home. After some debate, we took the shortcut and made it home 7 minutes before it poured down rain. It was a fun little race against Mother Nature.
Luna’s eyes are by no means perfect, but when I look at this photo it makes me think just how far this little girl has come. I’ll never forget when she had her first Schirmer Tear test and both her eyes registered at zero, meaning she was producing absolutely no tears. Her eyes were bone dry. Now she regularly scores a 13 or 14 on the test. It isn’t perfect, and I don’t think we will ever get to perfect, but it certainly is a far cry better.
She has settled in nicely and while she has only been here for a little over 2 years I feel like she has been a part of the pack since Benjamin & Henry were pups.
