Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Caption This #49

Benjamin in his bin wondering what you are talking about.  Looking forward to your captions in the comments.

Monday, March 24, 2008

Scattered Thoughts

Garlic & Dogs:  The post about the meatloaf from Eco Dog sparked some debate about Garlic and whether or not it is harmful to dogs.  I always thought Garlic was good for dogs, but after the issue was raised I checked with the ASPCA Poison center and found out that garlic can cause issues for dogs.  The ASPCA provides a great explanation (click through and scroll down to read what they have to say).

Bark Magazine: The meatloaf recipe that raised the question about Garlic is featured in the current issue of Bark.  I got my copy in the mail last week and I must say I am really enjoying this issue.

A Good reason to spay or neuter: I don’t know the exact formula they used to come up with this number, but, if none of the dogs were spayed or neutered, how many dogs do you think a female and her mate and all their offspring could produce in 6 years? (click for the answer)

Monday, March 24, 2008

In Cahoots

The pine trees behind our house is home to many squirrels.  The squirrels don’t really bother me and they provide great entertainment for the cat, but I think Benjamin, Henry & Luna enjoy the squirrels the most.

One of our neighbors keeps the squirrels well fed by providing shelled peanuts for them.  The squirrels of course love this and they take a peanut up the tree and diligently chew on the shell until they can get the peanut out.  After they eat the peanut, they drop the peanut shell from high up in the tree and it sails to the ground.  Well, it seems that a lot of the peanut shells make their way into our backyard.  Which to Benjamin, Henry & Luna is like treats falling from the sky.

They eagerly round up all the shells and they love to chew on them.  I, however, don’t want them to have the peanut shells.  So, I am constantly scanning the yard to make sure the squirrels haven’t left any presents for the pugs in the yard.  Which is no easy task.  Luckily, the squirrels seem to get fed in the early morning hours or in the evenings so those are the times that I really have to look out for.

I tell ya, I have some lucky pugs.  Even the squirrels give them treats!

Friday, March 21, 2008

Your Suggestion

In yesterday’s First Day of Spring post, Christina left an interesting suggestion in the comments.  She thought that Henry might enjoy his time poolside more if he had the mat from his bench.  So, I gave it a try.  In the afternoon, I put the mat down next to the pool and went back to work to see what the pugs might do.  About 15 minutes later I saw this:

Little Luna, made herself comfortable on the mat.

It must have been Henry’s day off from life guard duty because he didn’t come around the pool yesterday afternoon.  He was on bark out the front door duty all afternoon.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

First Day of Spring

Well, today is the first day of Spring and I know a pug named Henry that is very happy about that.  Henry thoroughly enjoys Spring.  The weather is a touch on the warm side, yet not too hot for him.  Which means he can spend his days doing one of his favorite things - sleeping way too close to the pool’s edge.  Yesterday, he got a jump on Spring and resumed his normal position poolside.

Plus, in just a short time, it will be swimming season again and then he can break out the Pug Tug and drive his brother crazy by splashing around in the pool.

Happy Spring everyone!

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Now you’re thinking Mom

Outside, near the pool, we have a little hide-a-way bench / storage container for all the pool toys and things.  On top of the bench is a thin little green mat that always gets soaked when it rains.  It poured the other day and the mat was of course drenched so I took it out and put it on the bench in the yard so that it would dry out quicker.

Well, wouldn’t you know, as soon as the mat dried it was soon occupied by pugs.  The pugs sit on the bench in the yard all the time, but now that there is a little cushion on the bench they have become permanent fixtures.

Which leads the pugs to their next questions, “Why didn’t you put this cushion on the bench a lot sooner, Mom?  It certainly does make things more comfortable.”

It’s all about comfort!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Caption This #48

This is the scene in the early morning hours.  Looking forward to your captions in the comments.