Things you can’t say to Baby Benny

Hahahaha!!! Wee Lola is exactly the same way! I cannot say Hungry, Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, Adventure, Friend, Greyhounds…the list goes on! And for some reason, she goes mad barking at me when I say “Monkeyboots” or “PBJammies” (don’t ask!).

HAH!! My pugs are just as smart.
They know Hungry, Walk, GO, Puppies, “Dont look” (which is in reference to any kind of animal on TV)... Chewey (pig skin twists), treat and meaty bone are just the ones that pop into my head.

Bentley doesn’t even always wait for us to say one of those words. If he wants a chewey.. he sits beneath the DVD shelf that we have and cries or yips because we usually keep the half chewed ones up on the top.

Damn those smart dogs!!

Oh that’s funny.

Frankie knows cookie and bye bye are words for hyper excitement.  Also ‘Daddy’s home!’ means cry hysterically and run around like a maniac.

Pugs are the smartest pooches out there!
Sleighbelle knows hungee (instead of hungry);chewie (a treat); bye-bye (I have to spell it if she’s not going for a ride in the car); and Uncle Stevie (my brother, whom she adores). And of course, peanut butter!  A spoonful of this treat makes the girls nuts!  Birdy is deaf, but when she sees her sissy going bonkers, she knows that there is something going on and she gets into the action by barking…she’s not sure why, but she trusts her big sister to steer her in the right direction!

These posts are wonderful—isn’t it true that these babies are too smart? We also have to spell. Lola and Grace’s…Uncle Nicki (they adore him) we say UN now or they are too disapointed. brekkie (breakfast) hungry, wanna go, puppy, baby, umm-nummie-nummie, cheese, cookie, biscuit, squirrel, bird, airplane, Brother (my grown son who they also adore), are you cold?, water, every name of every toy, chewie, go pee-pee. They know go poo, but seem to be embarrassed by it and don’t want me to tell them that, although peeing seems to be an event that they love to perform and want me to watch and applaud. There are words they know and don’t like: if they hear ‘nails’ in a sentence like get your nails clipped or paint your nails (OK,I paint Lola’s nails pink and she hates it). You cannot say bath. If I run bathwater they disapear—which feels weird when they never ever leave your side. They walk into the bath with me and I turn around and they are history. ‘Going to see the doctor’ doesn’t make them happy. They do love to hear ‘sleepy-nite-nite’ and the best ever: Daddy’s home!
Love,
Kelly

“Wanna” is a big word in our house, too.  I don’t even have to finish the sentance - all I have to say is “Do you wanna?” and Rocky and Adrian start jumping for joy and running circles around me. It doesn’t matter what they “wanna”, they just prefer to receive rather than give.
I use the word, “Suppertime” to indicate breakfast, lunch and dinner.  It all started when I would sing the song “Suppertime” (from the Broadway musical, “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown”) to them when it was time to eat.  I still sing for their supper, but all that’s needed is the word, “suppertime” and they go into spasms of glee!  Also, when I leave for work, I say, “Go see Daddy!”  and they hightail it up the stairs and sit outside the bedroom till he emerges to greet them. Cutie-Patooties, that’s what they are!

My pug, Marti, is pretty much on par with the above pugs. She knows the standard treat, park, Kong, dinner, and of course, “potty?” She also knows “look” and “kitty” because I always try to get her to see squirrels and cats outside (not a fan, by the way). Also impressive is that she knows the names of her stuffed animals. I can say Santa and off she goes to find her stuffed St. Nick.

LOL!!! LOVE THIS!!!

“Cookie” - or anything that ends in E…
“Out” or “go” in any sentence creates a charge to the front door! And now when I go out to my balcony or try to go down the stairs they are charging for the door and looking to go out (they used to get an “e” when they went out and did good boys but I have scaled it down to in the am when I leave and at night before bedtime) - If they get past me they will run down to the yard - lift a quick leg and rush right back up to get their “e”!!!
I thought it was my bad parenting but by the sounds of it all pugs are food obsessed! Did they get the I’m not hungry yet gene somehow??? My boyfriend and I sometimes feel like we are being looked at as food! They will just sit and stare at us plotting…hehehe

We have decided that Ruby speaks Klingon.  And in Klingong “Ruby, would you like a chihuahua for christmas?” sounds like “Ruby, would you like to come with us?”.  “What are you noticing?” roughly tranlates to “Well, are you coming?” - both of which elicite a lot of trembling excitement and a race to the door.  She will run in circles around the car until I get there and open a door so she can hop in.

Of course, supper/food/hungry/treat.  If you mention “carrot” she will stand with her nose on the fridge door until you open it.  She then presses her face against whichever crisper holds the coveted baby carrots.

At a certain time every day she gets beligerant with me, then goes and gets her toy squirrel so I know it is “time for a nap?” which sends her running to the couch.  At night when I turn off the lamp she knows it is time for bed and she races me upstairs.  Now I can’t turn any light on or off without her trying to herd me to the stairs and up to bed!

Do I have the only Pug that’s a picky eater? When we feed her, she guards her bowl from the other two dogs, but won’t eat right away. Usually she snacks on it for awhile, but never finishes it. I wouldn’t know what to do with a good eater.

OMG, this is so true. As soon as i say “Momma’s going to work!” my two girls run to their crates and sit inside to wait for a treat. They could care less that I am going to close the door to their crates or that I am leaving, they just want the treat. Unbelievable! =)

Correct me if im wrong but doesn’t Goldfish(crackers) have onion poweder in them? Which i was udner the impression is bad for pugs.

Hmm..haven’t checked about the onion powder, but she has been getting them since 8 weeks old, and she is now 1 yr old and healthy as can be..so how bad can they be for her?Thanx for yiour concern!