June 13th, 2008

Freaky Friday

Cupid exploring the yard in a freedom harness.

The pugs hanging out in the new cat climber.

October 25th, 2007

You Don’t Want Her as Your Secret Santa

Cupid, being the thoughtful and generous cat that she is, likes to give me gifts.  It is very sweet of her, but she has got to be one of the worst gift givers ever!

Last Friday, the cat was out enjoying the afternoon in the screened in area around our pool.  She meowed at my office door to come in, like she does a thousand times a day, so I got up and let her in.  She eagerly steps over the threshold, meows to get my attention and when I look down at her, she drops a gecko at my feet.  I look at the gecko, then at the cat, who is so very happy with herself, and then the gecko makes a break for it and runs behind my computer rack in my office.

The cat let’s out a meow that lets me know that she is disappointed in how ungrateful I am and then turns her attention to the computer rack.

She camps out in front of the rack for about 5 minutes when she decides that she needs to take a nap.  The weekend passes and there is no sign of the gecko anywhere.  Not knowing how much fun the cat had with him before she brought him into the house, I assumed that I would find a dead gecko under my computers.  On Monday, I was in my office working and I moved a little desktop scale that I have next to my computer monitor to make some room for something else.  And what pops out from underneath the scale?  A gecko!  Needless to say it startled me a bit.  The cat, who is sleeping on my desk, perks up and looks at the gecko and then looks at me to say, “There’s your present!”

So I spent the next 5 minutes trying to scoop up the gecko with some papers and get him outside while the cat lounged on the desk and watched.  I finally caught the little guy and put him in some flowers in the yard.  When I came back inside, there was the cat all snuggled up on my desk purring.

September 19th, 2007

We Interrupt Our Regularly Scheduled Broadcast

I know this is the Pug Blog, but every once in awhile I can’t resist posting a few picture of Cupid, our kitty.  Cupid is 9 years old now and is a constant companion to me.  Every Monday - Friday she sprawls out on my desk and works with me the entire day.  She purrs, she kneads, she sheds and sometimes when I pet here she drools.  And on the weekends, she wants to know why I am such a slacker and I don’t work on Saturday & Sunday.

But don’t worry, she is still in the mix of everything on the weekends.  Each weekend morning, she helps us read the paper.

She is always in the mix.  On Labor Day weekend, we had a party and few people where trying to get in a game of pool.  Cupid would have none of it though, because the pool table is her second favorite place to sleep.  So we had a little fun with her and outlined her in the pool balls.  She loved the attention!

May 30th, 2007

I’m Gonna Make You Love Me

Ben is determined that he is going to become friends with the cat.  He is very optimistic, but so far he has made no progress.  Cupid is a bit of a grudge holder and she has never forgiven Benjamin for his indiscretions as a puppy.  She is on good terms with Henry and Luna and this really bothers Ben.

Keep trying Baby Benny.  Who knows, one day she may just give in.

January 19th, 2007

Photo Wall

We have a wall in our “play” room that we call our picture wall.  On the wall is an 8x10 of each one of the pets.  We try to update the wall with new pictures every few months, but we have fallen pretty far behind lately.  So far behind actually, that the last update was pre-Luna so, the little girl didn’t even have her picture up on the wall.

So, this week, we finally got around to updating the wall.  The first photo is a good overview, but her is each individual shot.

When we take the pugs out in the yard, we let Cupid come with us.  She loves to eat the grass and chase the bugs.

Benny loves to mug for the camera.  His is so handsome and he knows it!

Henry is the silliest.  There is something about the grass and the sun that just makes him want to roll around.

And last but not least, little Luna.  She is such a sweetheart.

October 25th, 2006

Benny’s Turn

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.

September 1st, 2006

Nicknames - The Girls

Well, I would feel like the blog would be incomplete if I didn’t also include a piece about Luna and the cat, Cupid.  I know that we have only had Luna a short while, but she is not exempt from the nicknaming that goes on in the house.  She started out as Lunatic, mostly because that is what everyone called us for wanting to get a 3rd pug.  Then she went to Looney Toons, Tiny Toons and just plain Toons.  Sometimes she is even Tuna.  She thinks she is the Big Kahuna, though.  She is a feisty little spitfire!

Cupid, the cat and honorary pug, is named such because we got her from the pound on Valentine’s Day.  She is also affectionately called Cupie (like the Cupie doll).  This is also abbreviated to QP.  She has given herself the nickname Princess QP.  She is the Princess around here, though Luna debates that title and tries to claim it for herself.  So, we just tell Luna that she is the queen and the cat is her underling. (I hope the cat isn’t reading this!) This seems to keep them both happy as they both get to wear pink and prance around the house like they are the boss. 

August 25th, 2006

The Infamous Basket

A while back, I wrote about how Benny started sleeping the cat’s favorite basket.  To help accommodate both of them, I added a second basket to my desk so there would be one for each of them.  That sounds like it would be an ideal solution, but each of them only likes the one basket.  Now these baskets are practically identical, but they each prefer the older basket and neither one of them will have anything to do with the newer basket.  So like any good siblings, Benjamin and Cupid the cat are forced to share the same basket.

The other day, when neither Benjamin nor the cat were around, Henry decided to test out the basket and see what all the fuss is about.

February 24th, 2006

The Infamous Dog Bed

On cool days, the boys like to lounge outside my office door in the screened-in part of the yard.  They are out there a lot soaking up the sun’s rays so awhile back I thought I would buy them a nice, comfy, outdoor bed.  The bed is meant to be used outdoors and it keeps them up off the ground.  The way it is constructed the bed part sags in the middle so it is kinda like a little hammock.

When the bed finally arrived, I was very excited and as soon as I put it together I knew the boys would just love it.  Well it turns out that the boys were less than enthused.  They wanted nothing to do with the new bed and instead they opted to either sleep on one of the chairs outside or even the ground.

So the bed just said outside for a few weeks and then I noticed that the cat started using it.

The cat found it plent cozy and started spending a fair amount of her time napping in the bed.  Well, wouldn’t you know that as soon as the cat started using the bed, the boys started to show some interest and suddenly the bed was good enough for them to sleep on.

So the once never used bed is now the favorite outdoor sleeping spot for everyone.

July 18th, 2005

Cupid Update

The vet called about an hour ago to let us know that Cupid is out of surgery and that they were able to successfully remove the stone.  I think we are all feeling better and I know that everyone will be doing a lot better as soon as we pickup our little girl this evening.