Monday, December 17, 2007

Passed Out

The holidays have really taken their toll on the little girl.  She is realizing just how tiring all the Christmas prep can be.

Wednesday, December 5, 2007

Little Luna

Sitting still for a change.

Photographing Luna is no easy task.  As soon as the thought even crosses your mind that you should snap a picture of her, she inevitably moves.  It is like she wants no proof of her cute or silly behavior.  This is probably how most dogs behave, but I have been really spoiled with the boys.  Both of them love to mug for the camera and you can stick the camera right in their face and they will not budge.  I can hover, lean, poke and pry and they just ignore me.  Which makes it really easy to photograph them.

Luna also has a super dark face which turns out too dark in lots of photographs.  I almost always have to lighten her photographs so that you can see the detail in her face.

All things considered, though, she has improved a lot since we first adopted her.  When we first brought her home, it took a couple of months for me to get a half way decent shot of her.

She is such a sweetie and I try so hard to capture that, but most of the time she just comes out looking like one big blur.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

In All Her Glory

Luna has a thing for rolling around in the grass.  She gets a good laugh out of me each time she flops herself on her back and flaps around like a fish out of water, even though I know she is just doing it to mark her territory.

There is a whole process leading up to the infamous roll.  First she catches a scent that she can’t resist.  Then she paws at the grass and then out of nowhere she just flips around and lands smack on back and just wiggles around until she feels like she has adequately covered the scent.

I have been trying my best to get a video of this process, but so far have been unsuccessful.  It really is quite a sight and she is ever so pleased with herself when she is finished.

Friday, November 23, 2007

Thankful for Good Health

Well, Wednesday was a trip to the ophthalmologist for little Luna. The hope was that she would have a clean bill of health and not need to go back until April 2008. While we were told that Luna’s eyes look the best the vet’s ever seen them, Luna will need to go in for a re-check toward the end of February instead of April. Luna’s medication had been irritating her eyes so the vet changed her medication schedule, doses and prescriptions to find just the right balance to maintain Luna’s eye health. Thus, we need to go back sooner to make sure that the new regimen is right for her. We’ll take the good news, though in exchange for the need for an earlier follow-up appointment.

We also took the opportunity to leave them a 2008 OBP calendar and brag a little bit about how the boys just won the Halloween photo contest on the petsource.com website. So, it wasn’t a bad visit at all.

Really the worst was the wait time (which is never more than 10 minutes) but was over an hour this time. They were packed. Guessing due to it being the day before Thanksgiving, everyone was trying to get everything done before they would be closed for a few days straight. In the waiting room was an eclectic crowd. There was an 18 year old Siamese cat named Neptune that was actually from right around the corner from where we live. There was a dog that was a German Shepard/Corgi mix. Let me tell you, that is an odd mix! There were a couple of Yorkies that were big for their breed. There was a Chihuahua that had not been neutered and was trying to let everyone in the room know that he was the “boss.” There was a really old and completely blind retriever and a Jack Russell terrier that had some vision troubles, too. So, at least there was a lot to see and talk about during the long wait.

We had a lot to be thankful for over the holiday. All the pugs are in good health. The cat is, too. So, no complaining here. We hope the holiday found you and your family in good health, as well.

Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Another Change in Dosage?

Well, today is another trip to the ophthalmologist for little Luna.  The last time she was there they had discovered that one of her medications was actually irritating her eye.  So, it was sort of a catch-22 situation.  She needs the meds to help her but on the other hand, they also bother her. Instead of eliminating the questionable medication altogether, they cut the dosage in half.  This has seemed to irritate her less but as far as maintaining the tear productivity at half the dosage, we won’t know until to this afternoon.  If all goes well, at today’s visit, though, Luna may be able to stay away from the vet’s office until April of 2008!  We are hoping that the medication schedule we have been following for her is just right.  We’ll keep you posted.

Friday, November 16, 2007

Silly, Silly Girl

Luna has a tendency to end up in the oddest of positions.  I guess the pillow wasn’t cooperating with her, so she ended up like this.  Instead of flipping the pillow on it’s side and laying on it, she just laid on top and squished it.

She also likes to sleep with her leg completely stretched out.  It always makes me laugh to see her leg stretched the whole length of her body.

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.