Friday, August 10, 2007
Earlier this month, Animal Services contacted Compassionate Pug Rescue to let them know that they had just received a pug that had been hit by a car. Because of the severity of the young pug’s injuries, Animal Services would be forced to put down the pug. CPR swooped in and took the young pug from Animal Control and set off to get her the care that she needed for her injuries.
X-Rays revealed that Angel had an upper hip fracture, a fractured pelvic bone, and a left femur fractured in three different areas. It was determined that precious Angel would need two surgeries because the surgeon thought trying to fix everything at once was more than the sweet little girl could probably endure.
Angel’s first surgery was on August 3, 2007 and her second surgery was on August 6, 2007. Angel has a lot of physical therapy to undergo in the upcoming months, but the Dr.’s prognosis for the future is very bright for sweet Angel.
As you can only imagine, the cost of Angel’s surgeries is much more than a small rescue organization can support. Now more than ever, CPR needs the support of Pug Lovers everywhere! A donation of any size goes a long way in helping to pay for Angel’s medical costs.
Thanks to CPR, Angel now has a whole life of pug living to do.
You can make a donation to the Compassionate Pug Rescue Angel Fund from Compassionate Pug Rescue’s Website. Donations can be made via PayPal or checks may be mailed directly to Compassionate Pug Rescue.
I would like to give a big thank you to all those who donated money to CPR for the calendar contest. Please know that your donations are being applied to the Angel fund and are helping this sweet girl on the road to recovery.
Friday, August 10, 2007
This is why Benjamin pretty much gets whatever he wants. I just can’t resist that wrinkly face!
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Last night Space Shuttle Endeavour blasted into space and we were lucky enough to catch a glimpse of it as it headed into space. To me, being able to watch the shuttle launches from your driveway, is one of the really cool things about living in Central Florida. Sure, it isn’t as exciting as being at Kennedy Space Center, but with all the launches that get scrubbed by NASA it is pretty cool to be able to walk outside of your house with 30 seconds left in the countdown and see the shuttle go up.
The pugs had no idea that the space shuttle was going up and they starred at me from the door wondering what in the world I was doing standing in the driveway pointing that thing that normally points at them up to the sky.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
When I was out at Walmart this weekend, I saw an assortment of kiddie pools all lined up. I immediately thought of Benny, Henry & Luna and thought that since Benny & Luna don’t really care much for the pool since they can’t touch the bottom that this would be the perfect way for them to cool off while everyone else was swimming. So we splurged and spent the $8.00 on the pool and went to the checkout with huge grins on our faces.
It was plenty hot this weekend and we couldn’t wait to cool off on the pool on Saturday. So, before we got in we setup the pugs’ new puppy pool. They were immediately interested in what we were doing, but Benjamin & Luna got a little less interested when they saw that we were putting water in the pool.
After everything was setup, we plopped Henry in the pool. He turned around in a circle and immediately jumped out of the pool. He simply could not be seen in such a baby pool.
Next in was Luna, and this came as a complete shock to us, but little Luna like the pool the best! She walked around a bit, and stood (she would not sit) there cooling down.
Benjamin was very confused by the pool and was not sure why we had purchases such a big water bowl. When we put him in the pool he just walked around lapping up all the water and throughout the day he kept walking over to the pool, sticking his head over the edge and helping himself to a refreshing drink.
Even though Luna liked the pool, she didn’t really want to be in there all by herself.
After the pugs had a chance to play in there pool, I think the general consensus was that the next time I am in Walmart, I should only visit the grocery side of the store and I should not come home unless I have treats for pugs. Oh, well! At least the cat liked the pool!
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Here we have Benjamin who has decided to pull up a chair and get to work on the computer. I think he heard somebody mention something about cookies and websites. That was all it took to peak Benny’s curiosity!
Monday, August 6, 2007
The pugs wanted some sun and they got more than they could handle this weekend. The rain stopped early Friday morning and the sun came back with a vengeance. It was extremely hot this weekend!
The pugs jumped on the opportunity to bask in the sun the moment it peaked out from behind a cloud on Friday, but after about 15 minutes the boys were ready come back inside and enjoy some A.C. and Luna crawled under the lounge chair hoping to cool off in the shade!
Friday, August 3, 2007
There has been very little sunshine the last few days here on the east coast of FL. Without sunbeams to bask in, the pugs have been a little down in the dumps.
Yesterday, Benjamin had to bury himself in the couch because he couldn’t stand the thought of having to make another pee pee in the rain!
And Henry & Luna have turned to each for support to get through these gloomy days.
Here’s hoping for some sunshine for Benny, Henry & Luna who are missing it dearly.
