I just wanted to share with everyone the latest from Romeo’s foster mom.
He is doing pretty well, all he wants to do is play with my girls but since he still has a ton of staples he can’t. He seems to be in good spirits most of the time, sometimes you can tell that he is in a bit of pain from the incision. Of course, Patrick and I are spoiling him rotten and he eats up every minute of it. Today he goes back to the vet to have an hour long blood test to check out all his levels, hopefully everything checks out well. I will update you when the results are in. Please continue to keep Romeo in your thoughts! And please continue to get the word out there for donations…every little bit helps!
They also sent along a picture. Take a look at this cute little fella’.
I can’t thank you enough for sending donations Romeo’s way. Donations of any size are greatly appreciated and the Delaware Valley Pug Rescue group has opened a PayPal acount so if you would like to give you can now donate via PayPal as well.
Monday through Friday from about 8:00 am to 5:00 pm I function as the doorwoman for the pugs and the cat. Benjamin, Henry, Luna & Cupid make sure that I stay active by constantly wanting to go in and out of my office door. I oblige them during the week since I am sitting right there, but the weekends are a different story. They have gotten used to using that door so they try to use it on the weekends too. What do you think is the best way to explain office hours to a pug?
Another car themed Caption This for this week. Here we have little Luna taking a look out the back of the truck. Looking forward to your captions in the comments!
This weekend was a great weekend for pug and parents! We got almost all of our usual weekend to do items done on Friday night so that we could have some free time on Saturday and Sunday. We went to the grocery store, cut the grass, made the dog food bowls for the week and replenished our stock of turkey by cooking and freezing 14 packages of ground turkey.
We didn’t finish cooking the turkey until about 10ish on Friday night and Baby Benny was so cute because he was falling asleep while sitting up. The turkey can not be cooked without him supervising and he was trying so hard to stay awake until we were completely finished.
Saturday morning we went for a long walk with the pugs before it got too hot. It was a beautiful day and a great walk. When we got back home we went out for a little fun and some shopping giving the pugs a chance to catch a nap. Later that night we caught up on all the TV shows we recorded and the pugs when to work on their knucklebones.
Sunday started much like Saturday in that we took the pugs for a long walk right after Luna finished reading the paper. Then we went to the gym and hopped in the pool for a bit when we got home to cool off. Much to Benjamin & Luna’s liking we didn’t stay in the pool long. The rest of Sunday was just a lazy afternoon. The pugs were happy relaxing in the sun and of course Benjamin was begging to have a chance to chew his knucklebone bone on Sunday night. He is completely obsessed with those bones!
On Sunday, we gave the pugs their first ever knucklebones. In the past I have shied away from knucklebones in favor of rib bones because the rib bones seem like they are a better size for the pugs and have a lot less gunk on them. But on Sunday, they were out of rib bones so I settled for the knucklebones. Plus, secretly, I had always wanted to see what Benjamin, Henry & Luna’s reaction would be to the size of these massive treats.
Needless to say they were more than pleased with the knucklebones. In fact, they were wondering why I had been buying them those tiny little rib bones when they had knucklebones all along.
The funniest part of watching them eat the bones was listening to the noises they made. They snorted, grunted, sighed and made all kinds of sounds trying to clean off the bones. I got a little bit of Henry on video going to town on his knucklebone. Turn the sound up and you’ll hear all the noise he was making. Notice how even the cat was interested in getting a smell.
I only let the pugs chew the bones for about an hour every few days. Henry actually gets a little less time because he is a much more effective chewer. I don’t want them to overdo it. There is a lot of gunk on those bones and much to their chagrin I think they should pace themselves.
I just received an e-mail from Brenda at Delaware Valley Pug Rescue with an update on Romeo. Brenda writes:
I have great news. Romeo is at home with his foster family recovering from the surgery and seems to be doing very well. At this point, their biggest challenge is getting him to relax and not want to play all the time. (Although wanting to play is certainly a good sign.)
The donations received to date allowed us to give the vet a down payment for the surgery so it could be performed while we continue to raise the funds necessary to cover the balance.
We are so grateful to you and your readers for all of their support and generous donations. I’ll let you know how he continues to progress, but it looks like Romeo should be ready for a new forever family in no time.
I would like to send out a huge thank you to all the OBP readers that sent in a donation. Your support means a lot to me!
If you would still like to donate you may do so be sending a check to:
Delaware Valley Pug Rescue PO Box 861 Avondale , PA 19311.
