Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Caption This #88
I know this is a duplicate Caption This photo, but I just couldn’t help myself, I had to use this shot again. For Henry’s first Christmas we dressed him up as a reindeer. He was thrilled, can’t ‘ya tell?
Monday, December 22, 2008
Holiday Stress in One Take
On Sunday in the late morning, we decided it was time to have the pugs take a trip to Petsmart to visit Santa. We were there last weekend and noticed that they did photos with Santa from 11 AM- 4 PM. Well, as it gets closer to Christmas, the last minute stresses of everyday people grows a little bit stronger. We got there around noon and we were the only people/dogs in line with the exception of a lady in front of us. She actually had already had her dog’s photos with Santa taken. But apparently, she must have thought that she had made special arrangements with Santa himself because they used a whole memory card on this woman and her dog. (You’d think she was at Sears Portrait Studios with the way she was going through what seemed like her over 50 choices.)
So, we waited for the group of pet store workers in a vain attempt to accommodate her. As the clock ticked and the pugs grew more restless, the OBP parents also grew irritated. Santa was on his cell phone (which we did learn later that it was for valid reasons) and the woman in front would not allow Santa to continue with the rest of us in line. (The line was now with us included 5 dogs deep.) We tried to wiggle our way into Santa’s attention all the while the lady chattered away about her young pup. Please, do not misunderstand, we love hearing all about doggy stories. Feel free to catch us at the dog park, shoot an email, while taking walks, while frolicking on the beach or at the City Center but please be respectful of those that are paying customers and realize that you are not the only proud pup owners out there. It was really quite rude of her.
Come to find out that Santa was on the phone to see where the extra printer ink cartridge was and how soon it would be at in the area. The woman was still going through her many choices and wanted to have some of them printed to see if they were blurry or to see what her dogs best “angle” was. She was a real piece of work. All the while, we finally managed to get the boys on the platform with Santa. Luna was another story altogether, though. By this time Santa was so overwhelmed and really had little to no interest in 3 pugs. We tried to explain to him that the boys would likely sit happily for him but he did need to hold on to Luna. Well, Santa is getting old these days and his hearing must be shot because this fell on deaf ears. He dragged Benny by the neck with his right arm, reached around Henry with his left arm and grabbed onto Luna’s harness for dear life. By the time it was over, Luna’s harness went from merely a twisted mess around her torso to completely off her naked body and she was a twitching harnessless pug on the loose in the middle of Petsmart. It was ridiculous.
As you can see by the photo, it was a quite the experience. Unlike the lady in front of us, we took our one and only snapshot and we moved on our “merry” way. The boys have blue eye and Benjamin looks like a frantic, if not rabid, dog gone wild. Knowing that at least some of the proceeds go to pet friendly charities helps the whole ordeal seem a little less frustrating but it is just the combination of the common courtesy and the lack of customer service that puts the Bah in Bah Humbug. We have been shaking our heads and chuckling for hours now. Needless to say, this beautiful holiday photo will not let us forget that this has been quite a Christmas filled with unusual memories.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Flashback
This week’s flashback: Makeshift
In honor of our old entertainment center that served us well for so many years.
Friday, December 19, 2008
Big Stretch
Luna is Queen of the big stretch. After she has been sitting or sleeping for a bit, she will stand up, stretch her front paws out and lean back with her butt in the air just like in the photo. If she was really relaxing, after she stretches out her front paws, she will stretch out her back legs and lean forward holding her head high. Then she is thoroughly warmed up and ready to keep the boys in line.
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Tennis Anyone?
During the winter months, when it gets dark so terribly early, we sometimes take the pugs to the tennis courts and let them run around. I know this a clear violation of the rules posted outside the court, but we make sure the pugs are on their best behavior and make sure we leave the courts in no worse shape then when we arrived (and of course we never take them there when anyone is playing tennis).
The boys have been going to the tennis courts ever since they were pups. When we lived in Maryland, we did not have a fenced yard and the tennis courts in our neighborhood were never used by anyone. So we started taking the pugs there to do some training. Since the courts are fenced, we could let the boys off their leash and we would practice their come and stay commands. When working on the come command, each one of use would stand at one end of the court and we would call the boys back and forth. Not only did it help them learn the command, but it also helped them burn off some of that puppy energy. For stay, we would tell the boys to stay at one point on the court and then walk around until we let them break their stay.
Now we pretty much just use the tennis courts for the pugs to run around. They like to play chase around the net. It is really just a bigger version of the game of chase they play around the sofa at home!
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
Making the most of Monday
We didn’t get to do much with the pugs this weekend since we were so busy doing our holiday shopping. So, I thought we would take advantage of Monday night and get the pugs out for some much needed exercise. The City Center near the house puts up lots of lights for the holidays and it is always beautiful. We hadn’t been over to see the lights this year, so I thought we would take the pugs over for a nice walk around the lake and enjoy the lights at the same time.
It was such a beautiful night out that we decided to stop and get some ice cream for us and the pugs afterwards. Needless to say, I think the pugs enjoyed the ice cream more than the lights.
Sorry for the low quality photos, I took them with my phone.
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