Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Pug Sitter Says

I figured that since I don't work from home any more, I will need to use blurbs from the pet sitter's experiences to share on the blog. We actually have 2 pet sitters. One is Grammy. Grammy lives about 4 doors away and she works the Monday, Wednesday, Friday shift. And Auntie M, as we recently learned she prefers to be called, is on the Tuesday/Thursday shift. We have a form that we have them complete each day. (See picture below).

Well, Grammy is not so much tech savvy but Auntie M is. So, Grammy will complete the form and I will call her each day around 2 PM to be sure things are going ok. Auntie M on the other hand, will not only complete the form but she will also text and photos. This is outstanding since we get close to real time photo updates. It is most relieving!

So, I will periodically share some of the messages left to us by the pug sitter of the day.

Here is the first message that tickled my fancy:

In the column labeled, "How did I eat?" Auntie M replied about Benny, "Without coming up for air." Regarding Henry, she wrote, "Almost as fast as Ben." And about Luna, she indicated that she ate, "Like a princess!"

While on this day, Cupid was not observed eating, Auntie M did indicate that, "Cupid smacked Luna as she walked by because Luna gave her a dirty look!" (Which of course in Cupid's world, if a dog looks at her ever, it is assumed to be 'a dirty look'. Hahaha.)

Didn't take long for Auntie M to get the system around here. And while the photo shown is not of this matching story, it was the photo she sent me the same day via midday text. This photo completely shows that everyone is content being the lazy pugs on the sofa that they usually are just the same as when I am home.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Caption This #188

Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

Monday, April 25, 2011

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from the pugs! The pugs are sporting their Easter bandanas given to them by Aunt Gaila. If you look closely in the photo you will also see the Solsey flag given to us by Sue VDB.

Friday, April 22, 2011

Shake, Shake, Shake

Since the pugs get a wet and sandy mess at the beach, they do a lot of shaking while they are running around playing. I caught of few shots of Benjamin shaking off some water and sand. I love to see how the wrinkles on the back of Benny's neck fly while he is shaking. He really gets into it.

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Waves

Since the water was warm, Henry was having fun running in and out of the ocean. He would run into the water about chest deep, splash around a bit and hop back to shore at full steam.

Since it was a nice day out there were lots of boats passing. Of course the boats left a wake. Henry being Henry plows right through the waves washing ashore. I was lucky enough to manage to get a picture of Henry jumping through one of the tiny waves. Tiny to us, but pretty big to a pug I would imagine.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Line in the Sand

While at the beach, this is pretty much where you can always find Luna. Just a few inches short of where the waves wash on shore.

Occasionally a wave will catch her or she will take a quick run into the water to cool off a bit, but for the most part she avoids the water. She reminds of a sanderling. Those little birds that always run along the shoreline poking at the water for little bits to eat. They go in and out with the waves at full speed and they always manage to avoid getting wet. That is pretty much how Luna plays at the beach.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Caption This #187

Looking forward to your captions in the comments.