Friday, March 30, 2007

Mr. Patient

Henry isn’t the type to make any rash decisions.  Every move he makes is well thought out to ensure that he has to take the least amount of steps and that no unnecessary effort is exerted on his part.  I guess what I am trying to say is that Henry is lazy.

It is hard to really say just how lazy Henry is because the only other pugs I have to compare him to is Benjamin & Luna.  I would say that these two are on the hyper side.  Both are easily excited and rarely ever walk anywhere.  They usually dart from room to room, jump up and down whenever food might be involved and never, ever do they miss being at your feet when the refrigerator door gets opened.  Not only that, but once the door is opened they feel compelled to peak inside and make sure that their food dishes are in there and are doing well and they always want to know if they would like us to have them eat a few meals to make some room in the fridge for other things (like more dog food).

Henry is not like Benjamin or Luna at all.  Just the other day, I snapped the above photo of him lounging on the living room chair before I made my lunch.  After I snapped the picture, I went to the fridge to get my lunch.  Hearing the fridge door open, Benjamin & Luna woke from their nap and were at my feet in a matter of seconds.  Jumping and prancing around and sticking their heads in the refrigerator even though they knew full well that it isn’t time for them to eat.  Henry on the other hand, did this:

Yup, Henry managed to lift his head to see what I was up to in the kitchen.  His logic, “Hmm…that sounds like the refrigerator door.  But, I’m not going anywhere until I here the sound of the food bowls.  I would hate to have to get out of my chair if we weren’t eating.”

Henry is just as interested in eating as Benjamin and Luna, except he takes a little bit more of a paws off approach.  I’m kinda glad that Henry is laid back, though.  It is hard enough to get anything out of the fridge now with two pugs nosing around.  I can’t imagine what it would be like with three pugs sticking their heads in there.