Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Benny & his lil’ Sis

Every pug needs a little sister for a pillow.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

What would you do?

The Mega Millions lottery draw is up to a whopping $355 million.  Needless to say, people are lining up to purchase what they hope is the winning ticket.  The Mercury News, polled a few individuals on what they would do if they won and I just love Dan Orloff’s response:

“I’d retire and run a pug ranch,’’ he said.  “Hundreds of little pugs running around can put a smile on just about anyone.”

Me too, Dan.  Me too.

Monday, March 5, 2007

Beach Day

Sunday was an absolute gorgeous day and we decided to go to the beach and take advantage of the weather before it gets unbearably hot here.  Instead of going to our regular beach, we took a drive to another dog beach in a neighboring town.  This park has a lot more room for dogs to run around.

Since it was their first time at the park, the boys and Luna were very fired up.  They had a blast running in the sand and in and out of the water.  I think they liked the fact that the beach was very wide and they could run huge circles around us.

While strolling along the beach, we came across this guy.  Luna and Henry didn’t really bother with him too much, but Benny was obsessed with him.  We didn’t let him get too close, but he kept trying to flop on his back and roll over it.  I have no clue why.  Benjamin is just a very odd kind of guy.

Everyone had a lot of fun, but I think Henry enjoyed the day the most.  We sat on the beach for a bit and watched the boats go by, so Henry had a chance to soak up the sun and get some petting.  For Henry, it doesn’t really get any better than that!

Friday, March 2, 2007

Tricks for Treats at Grammy’s

The pugs are very fortunate to have 2 sets of grandparents.  G’Ma & G’Pa live in Maryland while Grammy lives here in Florida just a few doors away.  There are occasions when each pug gets to take a special trip to Grammy’s house right up the street.  Tonight was Henry’s turn.  While the 3 pugs are sometimes all at Grammy’s house at once, it is much more manageable when they go up in singles.  (The fact that Grammy has 4 cats and don’t really have the love of pugs the rest of have also makes it easier when they visit one at a time.)

So, this evening a little errand had to be run to Grammy’s house and Henry really wanted to go.  Henry is definitely the smartest and completely understands the question:  Do you want to go to Grammy’s?  When he was asked this time the answer was no different.  He raced to the door, got hooked to his leash and dragged “his human” straight up the road.  Usually we visit Grammy in daylight hours and use her back door but since it was already dark the front door was the safer entrance.  Henry, known for being a little lazy and enjoying his short cuts, though, still tried to use the rear entrance to Grammy’s.  When he was told to use the other door, Henry immediately changed his path and headed for the correct entry.

Once there, Henry darted to the kitchen where Grammy was waiting.  She had her box of cereal (special Grammy dog treats) nearby just for the king of all pugs.  As soon as he saw the box, Henry sat and went into the down position going back and forth between his 2 “tricks” to see just how many treats he could get.  All the while Grammy was enjoying having the most well behaved of the 3 pugs at her house.  (When any of the 3 pugs are by themselves they each can be the perfect single dog with Henry topping the list.)

Henry was only mostly a good boy at Grammy’s, though.  After getting plenty of Kashi cereal bites, Henry decided to take a nibble into the cats’ food bowls.  Fortunately, Henry also knows the command “leave it” and after being fussed at, Henry laid off the cat chow.  Just when it was time to go home, Grammy pulled out all the stops.  She offered Henry some ham lunch meat.  Whoa!  So, again, Henry goes into sit and down positions while he anxiously awaited more yummy treats.  At the mere smell of the ham, Henry’s eyes almost popped out of his head.  He ate it not even chewing it.  It made Grammy wonder how Henry even knew that he liked it.  Could he even get a taste?

Needless to say, Henry made out like a bandit!  He had a very good day.  Now, if he could figure out how to make a pit stop at Grammy’s every day, he’d be living high on the hog!

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Botox

Last week, I joked about Luna getting Botox to take care of the wrinkles on her neck.  Well, last night I was flipping through the book “Why do dogs drink out of the toilet?” while watching the American Idol boys and came across a question asking about plastic surgery for dogs or what they refer to as “Bowser Botox.”

It turns out that Botox for pooches isn’t too far fetched.  Breeds that often have wrinkly faces, such as Pugs, Bulldogs, Shar-Peis and Pekingnese, often develop a problem where facial folds cause the eyelashes on their lower eyelids to fold into the eye.  This can be quite painful and if not treated can even result in vision loss.  The most popular way to treat this is currently via a surgical procedure, but it turns out that Botox has been used to also solve the problem.  Who knew?

Monday, February 26, 2007

Accessorizing

It didn’t take long before Luna got the whole diva routine down.  We got her a new pink, fleece hoody to help keep her warm on chilly mornings and as soon as we put it on her, she added a little strawberry yogurt to her chin to complete the outfit.  She wasn’t sure if the two shades of pink were going to go when she first saw the coat at the store, but once she got the coat home to her food bowl she knew she had the perfect outfit on her hands.

Wednesday, February 21, 2007

Chilly Willy the Pugguins

This weekend, the mornings were a tad chilly for Florida standards.  So after, their morning walk, we had a little bit of fun wrapping the pugs up in some blankets to warm them up.  Benny thought his ducky might be a little cold as well, so he brought that with him.

Henry was the least cold of the three, but since he isn’t much of a morning person he liked being snuggled all in a blanket and getting a chance to get back to sleep.

Luna had a coat on for the walk, but once we got her back inside we took her coat off and got her wrapped up in a cozy blanket.  Benjamin decided to join her to help warm her up even more.