Thursday, May 18, 2006
Can you teach your pug to read?
Teach Your Dog to Read is a new step-by-step guide that teaches you how to train your dog to read basic commands. So does it work? Here is a video of dogs showing off their reading skills.
Tuesday, May 9, 2006
Pugs in Hollywood
Recently, Chihuahuas have been the “it” dog in Hollywood, but that is all about to change. Thanks in part to Mimi la Rue’s role on So noTORIous, pugs are taking Hollywood by storm. Pugs have recently been spotted in advertisements for Barneys New York and Neiman Marcus. Plus there is a whole host of celebrities that are experiencing first hand the joys of being owned by a pug.
Read more about pugs in Hollywood
Saturday, May 6, 2006
CNN Speical Report - A Dog’s Modern Life
A Dog’s Modern Life, a CNN special report, is packed full of information about dogs and other pampered pets. The special section also has videos, photo galleries and polls.
Wednesday, May 3, 2006
Write your pug’s memoirs
Getting a book published has often been considered a daunting task. But Blurb, a company and a community that believes passionately in the joy books, plans on brining book publishing to the masses. The company created a software program called Booksmart that is available for free via the Blurb website. Booksmart helps any inspiring author create a professional book that is of book store caliber.
The best part is you can publish books on any subject at all. Even if you don’t have time to commit to writing a book, Blurb has a readymade book on Dogs that can easily be completed by adding some of your own pictures and your own text.
Tuesday, May 2, 2006
The Magical Charm of Pugs
With 601 members Philly is home to the third largest pug meetup group, ranking only behind pug meetup groups in New York and Austin, Texas. A local Philly paper tries to understand how the charming personality of the pug inspires owners to pamper, dress and seek the companionship of other owners like no other dog breed.
The magical qualities of a pug is tough to explain and I don’t think anyone truly understands until they have had the joy of being owned by a pug.
Friday, April 7, 2006
Go Orange on April 10th
On April 10th the ASPCA will be celebrating its 140th anniversary. To help the ASPCA celebrate many buildings in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles will be illuminated in orange on April 10th.
If you don’t live in the Big Apple or the Windy City don’t worry you can still help the ASPCA celebrate such an incredible milestone. The first 20 people to send us a picture of their pug wearing orange will receive an ASPCA orange wristband. You can send your entries to puglines@ownedbypugs.com. Please limit submissions to one entry per family. Also, please be sure to add the e-mail address puglines@ownedbypugs.com to your address books so that if we contact you as a winner our e-mail will not be gobbled up by any spam filters.
Be sure to check out the ASPCA’s photo gallery of pets and humans going orange to help celebrate the ASPCA’s anniversary as well.
Thursday, April 6, 2006
Google’s Top Pug
Google is well known for having quite a different work environment than many other companies. Googlers enjoy many perks and one of them is being able to bring their dog(s) to work with them. One dog that enjoys his visits to the Googleplex is Nickey the pug. Nickey recently shared what is like working at Google in a recent post on the Google Blog.
