Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Caption This #307

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Monday, October 28, 2013

Even

Over the years, the boys have come across some interesting things on their walks. When they were pups, it was way worse because anything they found they tried to eat. Now, they are a little bit more selective. Key words: little bit.

Of everything they have ever found, Henry takes the cake for stumbling across a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Henry found the sandwich on a hike in Maryland. It was slightly off the trail and I had never seen Henry get so excited about one of his finds. Unfortunately, we didn't let him eat it, because what is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich doing on the side of a hiking trail. But, even though Henry did not get to enjoy his spoils he still held the title of best food find while on a walk.

Henry has held his title for 10 years now, but last week, Benjamin finally earned his own set of bragging rights when he came stumbled across a peanut butter and jelly sandwich of his own on his morning walk. Benny didn't get to eat the sandwich he found either, but he was so excited to tell Henry that he isn't the only one that has found a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Of all the things that we have ever found on a walk, never once did I think that we would find another pb&j sammy.

Friday, October 25, 2013

Flashback Friday

This picture is from October, 2006.

Henry was the only pug brave enough to pose with our Oriole themed scarecrow. Luna and Benjamin were a little leery of him and wouldn't sit with this odd person. Henry had no problem sitting on his lap. He was just confused as to why the scarecrow wouldn't pet him.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Promise Garden

A few weeks ago I participated in A Walk to End Alzheimer's. The event was a success and one of the touching things they did was give out these garden flowers. Each colored flower had a different meaning.

• Blue- I have Alzheimer's (not pictured)
• Yellow- I am supporting or caring for someone with Alzheimer's
• Purple- I have lost someone to Alzheimer's
• Orange- I support the cause and a vision of a world without Alzheimer's

It was very powerful to see all these different colored flowers at the event. Once we got our flowers home the pugs could not resist posing with them.

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Pnuemonia

Benjamin also suffers from trachea issues and has a nice goose honk cough. However, last week, Benny's goose honk cough took a turn for the worse and got very wet sounding. It also became much more chronic. Benny also became very lethargic. With his normal cough, Benny still goes on about his business, coughing all the way. With this new sounding cough, Benny was wiped out!

Knowing this was an upper respiratory issue, we skipped our regular vet and headed straight to the specialist. After waiting for chest x-rays we had our diagnosis - pneumonia.

Benny has been on antibiotics for a few days new and he is getting back to his normal goose honking self. I'm hoping we can totally kick the pneumonia so this condition does not keep recurring.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

Caption This #306

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Monday, October 21, 2013

Junk in the Trunk

Sometimes the pugs amuse themselves in the silliest of ways. The other day I was cleaning out the trunk, and Benjamin, Henry and Luna were dancing around my feet acting like they wanted to get in the trunk. There was nothing the pugs would find interesting in the trunk, but they were adamant about getting in the trunk. So, I picked them up and put them in. They had a grand ole time, sniffing around and being nosey. Go figure!