Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Romeo is a 14 month pug pup who currently is in desperate need of Liver Shunt surgery. The surgery Romeo needs costs $5,000. Without the surgery the toxins from his liver will start to affect his nueroligical system and will eventually be fatal.
Brenda from Delaware Valley Pug Rescue e-mailed me in hopes that we can get the word out about Romeo and help raise funds to get him the life saving surgery he so desperately needs.
I’m going to be sending over a donation from Owned by Pugs and H. Doodle and if any other readers could send in a donation I know the Delaware Valley Pug rescue, along with little Romeo, would certainly appreciate it. Whether big or small a donation of any size goes a long way in getting sweet little Romeo back on his feet so that he can live the true life of a pug pup.
If you would like to donate you can do so by sending a check made out to Delaware Valley Pug Rescue and sending it to:
Delaware Valley Pug Rescue
PO Box 861
Avondale , PA 19311.
Thank you pug lovers!
UPDATE: Last night Romeo’s health took a turn for the worse and he was rushed to the emergency vet. He will be undergoing surgery today. I will let you know as soon as I have an update.
UPDATE: In case you did not catch Brenda’s comment here is the latest on little Romeo:
Thank you so much for your well wishes and generosity. The other members of the rescue and especially Romeo’s foster parents were very touched by your support. Unfortunately, the surgery is on hold until we can get Romeo’s blood cell count up to a healthy level. Hopefully he’ll get his count up high enough in the next couple of days to get his surgery. Thank you for your well wishes and keep Romeo in your prayers the next couple of days
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Road trip! Looking forward to your captions in the comments!
Monday, April 14, 2008
The pugs sleep in bed with us at night, which other than the fact that they take up so much room, works out OK most nights. My main problem with them sleeping on the bed is when they settle before I have a chance to take the throw pillows off the bed. They would much prefer if I left the throw pillows on the bed at night because they love to sleep in them. It is like rows of pug sized body pillows.
So every night it is a mad dash to get the pillows off the bed before the pugs settle, otherwise, I have to move them and I just had to disturb them when they look so cozy.
Our other bedtime issue is that little Luna hates to be moved once she has fallen asleep. She moans and groans if you even move her an inch. One day I will get a little video of her acting like the world is ending when I move her a tad so that I can get my whole body on the bed. She can be quite dramatic!
Friday, April 11, 2008
I’m not sure how well the size of Benjamin, Henry & Luna is conveyed through the pictures, but there is quite a size difference between Luna and Henry. Henry isn’t quite as stocky as most pugs and neither is Luna. We always joke that Luna has really long legs for her size. But Luna is not very long at all. Henry is a little scrunched up in the photo and he still is considerable longer than Luna.
When we first adopted Luna and saw how small she was I was really nervous that the boys would hurt her while they were all playing. Benjamin & Henry have been together since they were 12 and 13 weeks old so they romp and stomp like brothers. They can get quite rough. When Luna got in the mix, I was so nervous that they would hurt her and then I saw her play. Well, needless to say I have no worries about her. If anything, she might end up hurting one of the boys. Her biggest advantage while playing with the boys is that she is faster then them. So if she ever gets in a jam she takes off running and tires them out making them try to catch her. She doesn’t hesitate to jump right over either one of them and she uses every ounce of her body weight to her advantage. It is quite funny to watch my big boys get out played by the little girl.
Wednesday, April 9, 2008
When Benny sits he likes to lean on things. He’ll prop himself up against a wall, the arm of the sofa, the cabinets, a pillow, you name it. He has even started using Henry as a back rest!
To Benjamin this is heaven - laying in the yard, taking in the smells, listening to the birds chirp and having a brother to lean against.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
For this week’s Caption This we have Henry in the bin that Benny has claimed for himself. Looking forward to seeing your captions in the comments.
Monday, April 7, 2008
Benjamin, Henry & Luna didn’t get to do anything fun this weekend because we got rain, rain and more rain. We got up early on Saturday morning to cut the grass and do some yard work. After we finished up the pugs played a bit in the yard, but then it started to rain and it rained for the rest of the weekend.
So, they caught up on their beauty rest and lounged about the house. They didn’t really mind that it was raining except when it was time to go potty. Then Benjamin and Luna were miserable. I tried to do my best and take them out when it was only sprinkling as opposed to when it was pouring down rain, but they didn’t get so lucky on Sunday night. There just was no break in the rain. I have never seen Benjamin & Luna poop so quick before.
Even though the weather sucked, I enjoyed the weekend. We really needed the rain and sometimes it is nice to have an excuse to spend the weekend lounging around the house.
