Wednesday, September 6, 2006
This holiday weekend we had a family gathering with folks from far and near. There were many hands for petting at the party and all the animals took full advantage of the situation. Henry would sit and just wait for someone to pet him. Benjamin got into plenty of trouble as he tried to steal goodies from the table even accomplishing snagging a piece of cheese and a lick of icing off of a piece of cake. However, little Luna was the one most everyone raved about. Since she is so petite she does seem to attract most of the attention, not to mention that she was all dolled up in her sun-dress and pearl necklace. As the Labor Day bash was nearing an end and some of the relatives were about to leave, little Luna really poured it on thick, having to be pried from a young lady’s lap and then showing off so much that everyone felt compelled to dote on her as they tried to make their exit. One of the attendees commented that Luna reminded her of her dog, a long haired chihuahua named Lucy. I guess it is something about the tiny, feisty ones! One of the other guests, also a dog lover, just knew that that all the pups, hers included (a mixed breed named Haley) would get along all together like one big pack. It would have been an even livelier event had they brought their furry friends. Maybe next year! In any case, a fine time was had by all creatures great & small.
Tuesday, September 5, 2006
Whenever the doorbell rings at our house, Benjamin, Henry and Luna all charge to the door. Luna does not bark, but Benjamin and Henry go nuts. The funny thing is that they don’t bark at the person at the door, they bark at each other! It seems to me that they argue over who is going to be the first to greet the new visitor. Crazy pugs? What about your pugs?
Friday, September 1, 2006
Well, I would feel like the blog would be incomplete if I didn’t also include a piece about Luna and the cat, Cupid. I know that we have only had Luna a short while, but she is not exempt from the nicknaming that goes on in the house. She started out as Lunatic, mostly because that is what everyone called us for wanting to get a 3rd pug. Then she went to Looney Toons, Tiny Toons and just plain Toons. Sometimes she is even Tuna. She thinks she is the Big Kahuna, though. She is a feisty little spitfire!
Cupid, the cat and honorary pug, is named such because we got her from the pound on Valentine’s Day. She is also affectionately called Cupie (like the Cupie doll). This is also abbreviated to QP. She has given herself the nickname Princess QP. She is the Princess around here, though Luna debates that title and tries to claim it for herself. So, we just tell Luna that she is the queen and the cat is her underling. (I hope the cat isn’t reading this!) This seems to keep them both happy as they both get to wear pink and prance around the house like they are the boss.
Thursday, August 31, 2006
This is it! Today is the last day to submit pictures to the Owned By Pugs 2007 Calendar Photo Contest. You have until midnight tonight, so if you haven’t done so already, get your pictures submitted. Also, please don’t forget about our good friends at Compassionate Pug Rescue. They have done so many wonderful things to help needy pugs and a donation of any size will go a long way.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Henry doesn’t have quite as many nicknames as Benjamin, but his nicknames are far more of a stretch back to his “proper” name. From Henry, we would call him Hank and from there, that evolved to Hankey, but that sounded too much like a tissue. From Hankey, that turned into Hank E. Doodle or Hankee Doodle like Yankee Doodle. Its funny, whenever we want him to come we always say, “Paging Mr. Doodle, Mr. Hank E. Doodle.” He has caught on and will come running whenever he gets paged.
When we are lazy, we’ll call him H. Doodle or when he is lazy, we call him “Dawdling Doody.” Sometimes he acts like the pokey little puppy. He does like to dawdle. The funniest thing about the nickname Hankee Doodle is that we sing Yankee Doodle to him and make the words fit his life. One day he heard Yankee Doodle on the TV, around the 4th of July, and as he listened, he cocked his head to the side as he was puzzled about why they would be singing about him on TV. So, little ol’ Henry is also known as Doodle or more formally H. Doodle.
Tuesday, August 29, 2006
In our family, it seems that everyone has a nickname. Not just our pets, but family members as well. It seems we are just nickname people. I’m curious to know if your pug has any special nicknames.
Monday, August 28, 2006
When the boys were just pups, we would give them cute little “pet” names. Of course, Benjamin became Baby Benny. He was called that a lot. He is still called that quite often. I will get into some of the other nicknames, but I must digress for a moment because it did cause some trouble when we were trying to teach them their names.
When we were in puppy class, the teacher told us to only use their actual names. For training purposes, they must be Benjamin & Henry. The idea was so that you could easily get their attention and they could have name recognition. To teach them their own name, we would say their name and when they made eye contact with us, they would receive a treat to reinforce that they recognized their name. Well, the teacher said that Benjamin probably wouldn’t be called “Baby Benny” for his whole life. Hmmm….he was a great dog trainer but little did he know that Baby Benny would never really “grow up.”
In any event, I would like to share with you some of the nicknames that we have for the pugs. For Benjamin, he is also Benjamino, Been Jammin’, Bean, Beanpole and Baby Bean. I’ve also come up with a little poem that I recite to Ben when he is looking particularly cute or if I see that he is about to cause trouble. It goes like this: Green Bean, Jelly Bean. Where’s my Baby Benny Bean? Benjamin knows that this is not his “proper name” but knows if he hears something about Baby Bean, it’s about him. He is a sweety.
Next up, I’ll share some of the nicknames we have for Henry, Luna and even Cupid the cat.
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