Tuesday, August 21, 2007
For this week’s Caption This we are going way back. Back to when Benjamin & Henry was just pups! In this shot, the boys are just about 1 year old and we are visiting Grammy in Florida. We still lived in MD at the time and were just down in FL enjoying the sunny weather. Since we were just visiting, and the boys were full of puppy antics, they did not have full run of the house. However, they still tried to keep tabs on every move we made.
As always, I am looking forward to reading your captions in the comments!
Monday, August 20, 2007
Every work day at 3pm this is what I see. Pugs gazing up at me, letting me know it is time for dinner. A little bit before 3pm they start to gather at me feet and somehow they know exactly when the clock turns to 3:00. If I have not gotten up to feed them by then, Benny will paw at my leg to let me know that I am neglecting my duties. He is like a cranky old man demanding his early bird special.
Friday, August 17, 2007
Wherever there is a pillow, there you will find Benny. Snuggled up and resting his wrinkles. After all, it is hard work being so cute!
Thursday, August 16, 2007
It has been very hot and dry lately here in FL and because of the heat, the pugs have been drinking a lot more water. To spice things up for them and to also help keep their water cool, I loaded up their water bowl with ice this morning. The boys have always enjoyed having some ice in their water bowl. Henry bobs for cubes and when he finally catches one he takes it over to his pillow and eats it. Benjamin, pushes the cubes around the bowl trying to grab hold of one, but he never seems to be able to pluck one out. He does have fun trying, though.
Luna, on the other hand, did not enjoy the ice cubes in the bowl. In fact, she wasn’t interested in drinking any water with them in there. Next thing ya know she is going to be requesting her water shaken not stirred!
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
I think Luna really likes having two big brothers. From time to time, I will find her completely mimicking the boys. Today, at lunch, Benjamin & Luna were on the sofa relaxing and I just happened to notice that the two of them were laying the exact same way. It’s like Luna wants to be just like her big bro!
What I have been most fascinated by since we have adopted Luna is that she hasn’t learned much from us, in terms of training, but she has learned a ton of stuff from the boys. She just naturally picks up on what they do and just follows right along. I guess it is completely natural pack behavior, but it is different to see it at work in your own house.
With the boys it just seemed like it took forever for them to learn their manners and to get them to settle into a routine. But, Luna just walked right in and settled into the routine perfectly. Granted, she does do some things that the boys would never dream on doing (ahem, barking for table scraps), but for the most part she really follows their lead.
I am just really thankful that Luna had two big brothers to show her the ropes and that when she became part of the family the boys didn’t completely forget everything they had learned up until that point.
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Here we have little Luna chilling on the first step of the pool. She did a couple laps in the pool before she took a little break on the step.
Looking forward to seeing your captions in the comments!
Monday, August 13, 2007
This weekend was a pretty lazy weekend for the pugs. It was hot outside and we had a ton of errands to run, which meant the pugs didn’t really get a chance to get out and have much fun.
Henry did get a chance to swim a little bit on Sunday, but we were just taking a quick dip in the pool to cool down after cutting the grass, so we didn’t bother setting up the puppy pool or anything.
The highlight of the weekend for Luna and Benny & Henry was Sunday night’s dinner. We had a rotisserie chicken (from Sam’s Club). As soon as we step foot in the house with the chicken, Luna finds the bird on the counter and just barks and barks at it. She loves chicken! So since the weekend was kind of boring for the pugs, we gave them a little extra chicken at dinner. That made them very happy!
