Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Solar Sisters
Luna & Sol soaked up the rays while we read the paper Saturday morning on the lanai. Don’t you just love how Luna is sitting? What a lady!
Monday, January 12, 2009
The Forever Bone
Luna has a very odd way of chewing. She doesn’t really chew a bone, she mainly gums it. Its hard to explain, so check out the video below. Also, we have bought small rawhide bones just for her and she refuses to chew them. She wants the kind that the boys get.
Luna’s Odd Way of Chewing from obp on Vimeo.
Sunday, January 11, 2009
Fashion Forward
After a couple of shots of Benjamin, Henry & Luna we added Sol to our New Year’s picture. She modeled like a pro, but we kinda got the feeling, much to Luna’s liking, she isn’t a frilly kind of girl.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Flashback
This week’s flashback: Practical Jokesters
I thought this was an appropriate entry as we have spotted a few baby snakes around the neighborhood recently.
Friday, January 9, 2009
The Decor
Many of you have noticed that we have a very pug friendly decor going on in the living room. The furniture is about a close of a match to the fawn color as you can get and the carpet throughout most of the house is a light shade. It is no coincidence that the house decor is made up of the majority of these colors. I really am crazy enough to use the pug friendly colors so that the pug fur flying about the house does not show quite as bad. The fur is there and you will notice it, but at least it won’t be the first thing you notice when you walk in the door. It also buys me some time in between cleanings because, trust me, domestic goddess I am not.
Well, Sol is a pug, but she isn’t fawn. I have been having a very good laugh about that ever since she stepped foot into our house. Please don’t misunderstand me, never for one second did I hesitate to welcome her into the house. I would never let something as little as her fur change how I feel about this little darling. I just find it amusing. It’s like she has been sent to me as a sign - a sign that I need to run the vacuum a little more often. 
But all is not lost. There are other areas of the house, the Sol fits in quite perfectly. I have not seen one hair of hers on the black throw rugs in the kitchen for example. And the guest bedroom, where she is laying in the picture above, has black carpet and only seems to be full of Benjamin, Henry & Luna’s hair.
The good news in all this is that the sound of the vacuum does not bother her. Heck, it barely even disturbs her sleep.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Sol
Sol has been with us for one week and 2 days now and were are starting to get a good feel for her personality. I can say that she most definitely came to our house pre-spoiled, which perhaps is one of the biggest differences between her and Luna’s arrivals. By the way Sol acts, she was most definitely very loved and doted on at one point in her life. She loves to be pet and has mastered the head nudge of the hand if you even think about not petting her for one second. She is very much like Henry in that regard.
Sol is somewhere between 8-10 years old and she operates on a completely different pace than Benjamin, Henry & Luna. She has shown no interest in playing with Benjamin, Henry or Luna even though Luna has tried to egg her on several times. She prefers to spend her days lounging about, getting in as much petting as she possibly can. If you have an open lap she will gladly take it, although, she is more than happy to lay in a dog bed in my office while I am working. She will follow you from room to room, always keeping you in her sights. Which makes me feel bad because I am forever moving about the house and it seems like as soon as she gets comfy I am off to the next task and she has to get up. There have been a few times when she has fallen into a deep sleep and did not notice me leave the room (I don’t think she hears very well). She hates it when this happens as she has to make a dash through the house to try and find me.
She doesn’t jump up on anything and she will not jump down from anything either. Surprisingly, this has been one of the harder things for me to get used to. I can barely keep the boys & Luna from bouncing off the walls, so I am forever getting comfy on the couch, having the other pugs settle around me and then looking down and seeing this sad, little face staring up at me asking to come up on the couch. The worst part is once she is on the couch and I get up I frequently forget to put her on the floor. And since she follows me everywhere, she immediately starts to whine and make monkey noises and looks at me as if to say, “Woman! Get me down from here!”
The other great thing is she is potty trained. Although, you do have to keep an eye on her and pick up on her cues quickly as she can’t really hold it very long.
She gets along with Benjamin, Henry & Luna very well. She is more on the submissive side which seems to be a good fit for the pack. So far, she much prefers to cuddle with people over other pugs and when no lap is available she usually picks a dog bed and lays by herself. Luna and Benny have joined her on a few occasions and she doesn’t seem to mind, however, she hasn’t sought out their company yet. This may very well change over time. I think she is used to be an only dog.
Overall, she is an extremely well behaved little girl. She is not the least bit shy and she is very smart - like the too smart for her own good kind of smart.
Her activity level is a stark contrast to the three fawns of the house, but I like that. We are not at a loss for active pugs. She fits in well.
There are so many things to share about Sol’s time with us already. I will do my best to get some of them on the blog in the next couple of days. Keep an eye on the Flickr badge at the top of right sidebar for some pics and I will do my best to update the Doing Now section with some tidbits. I don’t want to make the posts too long and get anyone in at trouble at work
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