Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Excuse Me

Benjamin is by far the quirkiest of the four pugs.  He likes what he likes and whenever he wants something he wants it right then.  To him all gratification should be instant.  So it is amusing to watch how he acts when he wants something and can’t have it.  A good example is when one of the other pugs is in one of his favorite sleeping spots (it is usually Henry and the spot in question is almost always the dog bed on the ottoman in my office).  Benny will pace back and forth.  You can see the wheels turning in that little head of his trying to reconcile that what he wants isn’t available.  And then, after a few minutes of turmoil, he will claim whatever spot he wanted like there is nothing there.  He will just simply lay right on top of whoever is occupying what he wants.  You can look at him and tell that he is not comfortable.  He would be much better off if he picked a different spot to rest, but instead, he just lays on top of whoever is where he wants to be knowing that they will eventually get tired of him smothering them and they will move.

Yesterday, Benjamin executed his little devious plan on Henry who beat Benny to the coveted dog bed in my office.  However, it took Henry over a half an hour to get tired of Benjamin laying on him.  Henry was taking so long to move that I thought Benjamin was going to be the one to give in first.  But, Benny toughed it out and Henry finally moved up a level to the bin and Benny eventually got the spot he wanted all to himself.