Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Last Friday, when all four pugs made their way to the eye vet, Benjamin was the most nervous of the bunch. Benjamin, the only pug that did not have an appointment.
He was fine in the car, but when we arrived at the office he was on high alert. Smelling this & that & sticking his nose where it didn't belong. He even made sure he was the first one of the group to get weighed. Because if anything bad happened he wanted them to have his accurate weight!
When we went into the exam room, he immediately found the treat jar. Knowing that there were treats in the room that he had not yet tasted kept him busy for a while. Once the eye vet came in, he was first to greet her and made sure that she knew he was Benny & that he was fine.
The girls were first up and Benjamin paid no attention to them. Instead he was focused on those tasty treats in the jar out of his reach. Then it was Henry's turn & that is when Benny practically fell apart. He paced and whined & eventually jumped up on the chairs and paced & whined. "Why are you looking at my brother? What's wrong with Henry? Nothing's wrong with Henry. Henry you're fine, right? HENRY! HENRY!"
The eye vet & the vet tech even commented on how connected the boys were. That is when I took the time to explain the unhealthy dependence the boys have. Well, let me rephrase, the unhealthy dependence Benjamin has on Henry.
Without, Henry for an extended period of time, Benny will fret & worry himself to death. The same goes when Henry is hurt. When Henry had his knee surgery, Benjamin was a mess. He almost took it harder than Henry.
When Benny had to stay at the vet for an overnight many years ago, while Henry missed him, he was no worse for the wear. In fact, he had himself a grand 'ole day. He went to the pet store, grabbed some lunch at an outdoor eating spot. He was loving life.
Ultimately, Benny is just a big softie. He needs his Henry.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, February 15, 2010
On Friday we took the whole gang to the eye vet for appointments. Luna was going in for a follow-up, Sol was going in for an overdue yearly checkup & Henry was going in for his checkup. Benjamin went along for the ride because he would have been a nervous wreck if he was the only one left at home. We sure can fill an exam room can't we?
First things first, Luna was very happy that she got the dog room this time around.
Luna got a good report. Her tear production was back up in her right eye. With her right eye doing better we are able to scale back on the number of drops, which makes me very happy. I'm sure it makes Luna happy too.
Sol was up next and she got a good report too. Her cataracts are looking about the same as last year which means no growth. Good news once again.
Henry had the last appointment and his technique was to keep his eyes closed for the exam.
Henry has the beginnings of cataracts so he goes in once a year just to get them checked out and to monitor their growth. Luckily, there has been no real change since the last visit.
Another round of great news!
Sunday, February 14, 2010
Happy Valentine's Day!
Saturday, February 13, 2010
This week's flackback: Ear Cleaning
Henry must be slacking because the vet told us last week we need to flush Luna's ears a little more often.
Friday, February 12, 2010
Have you noticed that in many of the pictures Sol is always snuggled up to puffy? This week's caption this is an example. In most cases it appears that Benjamin is either sound asleep or off doing other things and Sol just happened to curl up next to the puffy. But is it really just a coincidence? I hope so. Solsey is used to getting her way around here, but no one comes between Benny and his puffy.
Have a great weekend pug lovers!
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Many of you asked to see a picture of Cupid in her harness going to the vet. I must confess that I did not get a picture of Cupid that day. However, we do have lots of other pictures of Cupid in her harness. She wears her harness when she goes to the vet, but she usually wears it when we are in the side yard pulling weeds or doing a little gardening. We put her harness on her and hook her to a really long tether and she "helps" us do the yard work. She absolutely loves it!
