Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Caption This #174

Henry

Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

Monday, December 13, 2010

Buttinsky

Luna and Benjamin

It is an unspoken rule that the puff pillow belongs to Luna. So, I was quite surprised the other day when I saw that Ben had wiggled his way into the puff pillow bed with Luna. I guess Luna didn't mind so much because of the recent cold weather. With the recent cold snap everyone, even Luna, can use a little more pug body heat.

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Friday, December 10, 2010

Blue Gum Bandit Strikes Again

Gum

Henry enjoyed filming yesterday's stair master video because there was a smorgasbord of discarded gum off to the side of the steps. Apparently, students like to walk outside from the 2nd floor and toss their gum over the balcony. There must have been at least 20 pieces of gum hiding in the grass. At first, I thought Henry came across a random piece of gum, but as soon as I got it from his mouth, he took two steps and picked up another piece. Luckily, Henry didn't come across the gum graveyard until we were done going up and down the steps.

Leave it to Henry to stumble across such an assortment of chewed gum. If there is gum anywhere in the area, Henry will be sure to find it.

Here is a very old post about the original Blue Gum Bandit.

Have a great weekend!

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Thursday, December 9, 2010

Stair Masters

When we lived in Maryland, we lived in a 3 story house. So, the boys got plenty of practice going up and down steps. When we moved to Florida, our new house is on one level and there is no steps to be found. The boys rarely come across steps anymore in their daily travels.

To keep them fresh, whenever we walk past this one building that has a flight of steps running up the side, I always take them up and down just for fun. The boys do great, but at first Luna didn't know what to do. I don't think she had much step experience as a puppy. But, she has finally learned how to go up and down the steps. Going up was never much of a problem. It has always been the going down part. Luna isn't the quickest, but she gets the job done.

Stair Masters from obp on Vimeo.

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Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Electric

Benjamin and Henry

Last weekend, we dug the electric blanket out of the closet and put it on the bed. I know, I know. We live in Florida. What on Earth would we need an electric blanket for? Before, I lived here, I used to feel the same way. I laughed at the Floridians with their fireplaces and boots and gloves and thought they were all crazy. Then I lived here for a few years, and now I really regret not getting a fireplace in the house.

I have learned that cold is relative. Plus, I was talking to a neighbor who spends a lot of time in Colorado and she said that 30° in Florida feels colder than 30° in Colorado. It has something about the amount of moisture in the air. I'm not exactly sure on all the details. What I took away from the conversation was that I was totally justified in buying the electric blanket.

In any case, we put the electric blanket on the bed last weekend and the pugs love it. They are in toasty, pug heaven.

However, the recent cold snap does have me very concerned about Benny. He has been very stiff and slow going the last few days. Right now, I am chalking it up to the cold weather taking its toll on Benny's aging bones and joints, but nonetheless it has me very concerned.

While I am working, I have been keeping him in a sweater to help him stay warm. He seems warmer, but it doesn't seem to be helping his stiffness.

Yesterday, I had an idea and I thought I would create a mini electric blank for the pugs to use during the day while they are on the couch. So, I dug out the heating pad, put it on low, stuck it under a double folded blanket and within seconds there was a pile of pugs on the heating pad. The heating pad isn't meant to stay on all day, so I have been turning it off and on throughout the day hoping to keep the pugs feeling good.

Hopefully, the cold will pass and Benny will get back to his usual spry self.

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Tuesday, December 7, 2010