Thursday, August 2, 2007
It’s that time of the year again! Time to gather up all your pictures and submit them to the Owned by Pugs’ Calendar Contest. This is our third year holding the contest and we could not be more excited to get things rolling. You can get the complete contest details here and if you have any questions please let me know.
When the calendars go on sale, a portion of the proceeds from each calendar sale will be donated to Compassionate Pug Rescue. CPR holds a very special spot in our heart because they brought little Luna into our lives. In the meantime, I am asking all those who enter the calendar contest to consider donating $5 to CPR. The donation is not mandatory and the contest is free to enter, but I would really like to be able to raise some funds for CPR before the calendars go on sale. CPR has taken in many pugs this year with very serious eye injuries and we all know how quick veterinarian bills add up.
I look forward to seeing everyone’s entries and I hope you can help me spread the word about the Calendar Contest. Please let all your pug loving friends know about the contest, too! Hopefully, we can make this the biggest and best calendar yet!
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Benny is always perched atop the back of the sofa and from time to time I catch him checking himself out in the mirror that hangs on the wall behind the sofa. The boy knows he’s cute and I guess every once and again he likes to make sure his fur is not must and that he wrinkles look just right. In the picture, above, is Benny’s reflection and is what he sees as he gazes at himself in the mirror.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Here we have Henry taking a seat at an outdoor amphitheater near our house. He pretty much picked out the best seat and claimed it for himself. Can’t wait to read your captions in the comments!
Monday, July 30, 2007
This weekend was full of pampering for the pugs. Although, we clearly did not see eye to eye. The pampering began on Saturday evening with toenail clipping and I don’t think any of the pugs would classify this as pampering. I think they would liken it to torture with a few Cheerios thrown in here and there. On Sunday, everyone got a good brushing which they thoroughly enjoyed. Then, everyone got a bath. Henry enjoyed his bath and Luna would have enjoyed her bath had she not had to get wet. And Benjamin, well he was a nervous wreck. Not only does he not care for getting wet, but he is very antsy during his bath. It is almost like he can’t bear to see his dirt being washed away and that he is afraid that he is going to get sucked down the drain with it.
So, if you were to talk to the pugs, they would say that the only good thing of the weekend was being brushed. Well, that and the pizza crust they got on Sunday night!
Friday, July 27, 2007
As we’ve been reporting, Luna’s eyes have been through a lot. This is the most recent photo of Luna’s “good eye.” Her right eye. As you can see, the scar tissue is completely healed and there is no evidence of a tumor or anything else. (Well, there is a little of her “eye muck” lingering, but hey, that’s not too bad!) We finally got a terrific report from the eye specialist late last week and she is to stay on the same medicine schedule as she has been on for the last couple of months. (That has never happened! Every time we go to the vet, the medicine changes and we have to create a spreadsheet just to keep track of it all.) But we are on a schedule now and even have the schedule committed to memory! It’s a really good routine. We are very pleased. We don’t have to go back to the vet until October! And if that visit is good, then we won’t have to go back until April! (Just in time to leave our tax refund with them for the year!)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
As you may of read in the previous post, we are recapping some of Luna’s eye issues. She just received a favorable report from the ophthalmologist but when we asked the vet for some of the pictures that they took of Luna’s eyes, it stirred up a lot of history. We talked about her “good eye” in the last post.
Well, here we have Luna’s left eye. Her “bad eye.” This eye has other issues, including the chronic dry eye syndrome. This eye has developed water under the cornea. (I don’t know if they ever told us the name of the condition. If so, I have long since forgotten it.) But basically, the condition stems from trying to fight off scar tissue from the chronic dry eye condition. As you can see in the “close up” that there is the blue discoloration under the surface of the eyeball. That is the water that has accumulated under there. It is hard to see in regular lighting, which is why I hadn’t noticed until a walk one day in the afternoon when the sun had hit her eye in just the right light. Then, paranoid, I would shine a flashlight in her eye every hour until I got an appointment to take her to the vet. The vet confirmed my suspicions that something wasn’t right.
This new malady would be another chronic issue for the baby girl. This issue needed to be tended to not by eye drops but by ointment applied to her upper or lower lid twice a day. The catch with this medicine was that it couldn’t be applied within an hour of any of her other 4 medications. That is pretty tricky. The other catch is that for best application, it takes the two of us to get the right dosage in that little wiggle worm!
Both of her eyes have limited vision. The vet says she can see light & shapes but barely any detail. We have noticed that her hearing is getting more & more keen in order to make up for what she is missing in sight. I guess that is why she thinks she is just gorgeous! She can’t really see herself in the mirror! She doesn’t know that she’s missing fur, going a gray mustache and beard and has a scraggly smile! She just knows that she is a little girl that is made of sugar & spice & everything nice.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Here we have Henry lounging on the raft and soaking up the sun. He has had a lot of fun swimming this summer and it has been almost impossible to keep him out of the pool. As always, I can’t wait to read your captions. You can leave them in the comments.
