Thursday, April 30, 2009
I am reposting the text below from the Central Florida Pug Rescue website. If Jax has the surgery he will be having it at the same place Sol had her mandibulectomy. If given that opportunity he will have nothing but a bright future. The surgeons, doctors and staff there are top knotch. Just look what they did for little Sol.
BABY JAX DESPERATELY NEEDS YOUR HELP!!!
Jax started out life by being placed in a crate with his mom and newborn siblings and tossed out on the side of the road near Jacksonville, Florida on New Year’s Day, 2009. Fortunately a caring passerby saw the crate and movement inside and stopped. Central Florida Pug Rescue was called in and the new family became part of OUR family. They received immediate medical attention and lots of love, and after a time, all were placed in loving forever homes. Little Jax found a family of his own, who love him very much, but he has had to stay in rescue longer. Our vet noticed that Jax was not quite right…he had periodic spells of deep lethargy. This past week baby Jax began having seizures leaving him nearly comatose. Our vet immediately administered a round of tests…and found that Jax had a liver shunt…a genetic malformation that prevents his liver from functioning correctly and causes a back up of toxins in his body.
THE GOOD NEWS…this condition is easily remedied by surgery.
With surgery baby Jax will live a long, happy healthy life with his new adoring family.
WITHOUT SURGERY, HE WILL DIE BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD.
Central Florida Pug Rescue has found a surgeon who will do this procedure but the cost will be $4,000.00. We have one month to raise this amount and save baby Jax’s life. We can’t do it without your help. We know times are hard and money is scarce…but help us give this little boy a chance.
Any donations, large or small, are welcome and may be sent by check made out to “CFPR” and sent to P.O. Box 953744, Lake Mary, FL 32795 or made by credit or debit card at www.centralfloridapugrescue.org by clicking on the “Help Baby Jax” donation button On the Front Page. You can also make donations in person at any of our CFPR adoption events.
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*Please type the name “JAX” in the Purpose line
*Fill out the donation amount and send your donation.
*Thank you so much for helping to save this baby’s life.
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Thursday, April 30, 2009
Well, it has been getting warm here in sunny Florida. And the walks with the pugs have needed to be pushed back later and later. In our journeys, though, we met a man who was an experienced pug owner. He suggested that we give the pugs a “summer shave” so they would be “cool” during the hot days. We found the idea interesting. Especially for Sol, though, since her black fur attracts heat like a moth to a flame. Also because Sol had some rough tufts of hair that could afford to be trimmed away.
We started with Benjamin. We gave him a little trim and all was well. Luna, too. While her haircut exposed much more of her scar tissue throughout her torso, her actual haircut was one to be admired.
Something got lost in the sauce when we turned to Sol, though. Most of her haircut was ok with the exception of the area around her neck leading to her head. We couldn’t quite figure out how to blend it together. So, now she has an 80’s style bi-level hair-do from her ears to her neck. The perk is that we trimmed a lot of the gray off her belly and exposed some of her tummy which really should keep her a lot cooler. In truth, Sol does look much younger with her short sassy coiffe.
The main problem came into play with Henry. He mostly sat still but then he wanted to lay down and take potty or chewy breaks. So, Henry’s hair-do is more like a hair-don’t. He has patchy fur and the faint black stripe on his back is now completely invisible. While he was a bit of a wiggle worm and not as cooperative as he usually is, we didn’t think his haircut would go quite so bad especially since the other 3 were mostly ok. Henry doesn’t seem to mind or care. It is dreadfully apparent, however, that none of the humans that “helped” with the hair cut attended cosmetology school or if they did they fit the perfect description of a beauty school drop out. Fortunately, when Henry has his harness on you can barely tell the mess of his mane we made. But when he is a nakey boy, ooh, he should be wearing a hat! (Or in his case, a sweater.)
So, while pugs have always been our breed of choice, it is probably a good thing that we didn’t fall in love with a breed that needs special grooming beyond the typical combing and bathing. Novice dog groomers we are. I think we’ll leave well enough alone and the pugs will just have to pant it out when it gets too hot for them to handle.
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Ummm…well, looks like we are going to be going on a little hiatus - at least until some fur starts to grow back 
Nah. I will reveal the haircuts tomorrow. Brace yourself.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
He rearranges the pillows every day to get them just right. Which inevitably leaves most of the pillows on the floor.
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Monday, April 27, 2009
The last few times we have been to Publix to get knucklebones for the pugs they have been out. This hasn’t gone over with the pugs very well. Then I remembered that there was a new shop at the farmer’s market that had knucklebones when we were there late last year. So on Saturday, we went to farmer’s market and got lots of fruits, veggies & knucklebones. Turns out that the knucklebones were buy 5 get one free, so of course we went for the deal to have a few extras stashed away. The knucklebones at Publix are nice, but the knucklebones from the farmer’s market were huge! Needless to say the pugs were delighted!
We always get a bone for Sol, but she generally never chews it. Instead, she vacuums up all the little pieces that the other three leave on their towels. But, Saturday, Sol was ready to tackle her very own knucklebone. She worked so hard chewing on that bone that she had to stop and take a nap! Which worked out good because it was time to put the bones away for the night. Benjamin would chew on them forever and I don’t like the pugs to get too much of a good thing in one day. I imagine all that “yummy stuff” they pull off the new bones could really wreak havoc on the digestive system.
Here are some pics of the others going to town chewing.
