Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Happy Birthday Luna! Today marks the 2nd anniversary of Luna’s adoption day. And in honor of such an event we like to treat the day like Luna’s birthday.
To celebrate this year, I wanted to share a few of the things that Luna has taught me in the two years that she has been a part of our family.
Don’t judge a book by its cover
If you were to look at the AKC’s definition of pug, nothing about her fits. She’s scrawny, scrappy and doesn’t even have a full coat of fur, but let me tell you she is all pug at heart. She truly embodies the spirit of the pug. She’s outgoing, she’s rough and tumble, sensitive and comical. She possesses all the wonderful traits of the pug breed.
Feel beautiful, be beautiful
It’s no secret that Luna isn’t a looker. While on walks, we are frequently asked, “What happened to this one?” when Luna is standing next to her brothers. At first, this used to make me incredibly sad. In comparison to her brothers, Luna doesn’t have the beautiful coats that they do or the sparkling eyes and you can just tell she hasn’t led the pampered life that the boys have had. But I soon realized that none of this mattered much to Luna. She has an inner confidence, a sense of personal pride and love for herself that simply doesn’t factor in physical appearance. When we are out and about, it is usually Benny that catches someone’s eye and draws them over to meet the pugs, but it is Luna that keeps them around to chat.
Stay Optimistic
Luna has to be the most optimistic dog I have met. She looks forward to everything! Even getting her eye drops! She just refuses to see the bad in any situation.
Weather the storm
Not everything in life is easy and sometimes life can simply just suck. But Luna is a constant reminder to me to stick with things because “this too shall pass.” Her past was less than ideal. She had minimal human companionship and her basic needs were simply not met. But look at her now. She eats better than I do, gets 3 walks a day, has plenty of human companionship and all the love she can soak up from her brothers. She spends her mornings sunning herself by the pool and her evenings curled up on a warm lap. It is like she knew this day was coming and she made it through each day of the past knowing that one day things would be better.
These are just a few of the things I have picked up in the two years Luna has been part of our family. I’m sure she has a lot more to teach me over the years. One thing is for sure, though, I know I am a better person because of my pugs.
Monday, January 28, 2008
Benjamin likes to lay on things. People, dogs, pugs it doesn’t matter. If you are sitting still he will plop right on top of you. Size wise, Benny is the middle pug so when he plops down on Henry it isn’t really a big deal. Henry isn’t always thrilled, but he can handle it. When he plops down on Luna, though, it is a different story. He nearly squishes her and Luna always desperately tries to wiggle her way out from underneath him. We have to remind him that he just can’t go around squishing his sister.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Pssst! Hey you! Have you happened to notice that it is lunch time?
Thursday, January 24, 2008
I am most definitely an animal lover. I have always had an animal in my life and I wouldn’t have it any other way. I took my kitten Kirk, to show-and-tell in first grade and he was still helping me do my homework when I was in college. You can definitely call me a dog lover, but I have always loved the pug breed the most. Why? I’m not really sure. I thought about it the other day and here is why I love being owned by pugs.
- Their sense of humor: A good sense of humor is important to me and I think pugs have a sense of humor. They are not serious dogs and they are able to clown it up better than most dogs out there. They make me laugh and in my book that goes along way.
- Multum in Parvo: A lot in a little. I like that pugs are small enough to pick up and sit on your lap, but tough enough to romp and stomp with you in the backyard or to hold their own at the dog park. They are in the toy group, but I think they have a lot of traits of big dogs. To me it is like owning a big dog in a little dog body. All the benefits will a little less drool.
- Companionship: I can not think of a better companion dog. Benjamin, Henry & Luna have been by my side from the moment I have brought each of them home. I like that they are people dogs and that they always want to be in the mix.
- Outgoing: I like that pugs are outgoing and eager to meet other dogs and people. This at time can be hard, say when you have company over and they get a little over zealous, but I still wouldn’t change it.
What about you? Why do you love pugs?
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Luna has this thing were she likes to stand on my chest when I am laying on my back. This is all well and good except that she places her front paws on my neck. There have been a few times that the little girl has left me gasping for air.
She did this the other day while I was laying on the sofa and of course my active imagination started running. I could just see that one day, Luna innocently comes to stand on me, overstays her welcome and ends up suffocating me. The coroner would no doubt determine my cause of death as suffocation and I’m sure the crack CSI’s would notice the odd ligature marks on my neck. That would then lead them to come back to the house to get paw impressions from the pugs and the cat. They would then use those paw impressions to determine that little Luna was the one that did the deed.
Ummm…do you think that I need to lay off the crime dramas for a little bit?
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
This is an old shot of Benjamin & Henry as puppies. One morning they decided to curl up and sleep in their toy bin. The next morning they decided to chew their toy bin! We frequently laugh at how we were complete rookies when we got Benjamin & Henry. I mean, come on, who gets puppies a nice wicker toy basket. We were lucky that basket lasted a week.
As always, I look forward to your captions in the comments
Monday, January 21, 2008
Just talked to the vet and Baby Benny’s teeth cleaning went well and he is coming out of the anesthesia now. I’m sure he is a whiny mess and is searching around for his puffy. I’ll be sure to bring it with me when we go to pick him up.
Surprisingly, they said they did not have to pull any teeth! I’ll get the update when we go to pick him up. Thanks for all the well wishes.
