Sunday, December 4, 2005
In 2004, Maddie the pug was vacationing in Florida from Albany, NY visiting her grandmom. Maddie’s vacation was going well until the family heard that hurricane Charley had taken an unexpected turn and was heading for Central Florida. While waiting out the storm the family turned to Dr. Seuss books to help pass the time. This gave Amy Allinson, Maddie’s grandmom, a great idea for a book and she started writing her own book about a hurricane from the viewpoint of a pug. Amy worked closely with her son Matt and her daughter Kate and before long their book was complete.
Their book, entitled Maddie’s Great Adventure is available from Trafford Publishing for $12. Unfortunately, Trafford Publishing does not allow you to directly link to a book, so to view the book’s synopsis and to see some of the book’s illustrations you need to go to the Trafford Publishing home page and then enter the book’s title in the Quick Search box.
Sunday, December 4, 2005
PugFest 2005 held at the Gwinnett County Fairgrounds in Georgia was quite an event. There were around 700 pugs in attendace with about 1400 of their human companions. The event raised more than $14,000 for the Southeast Pug Rescue & Adoption, Inc.
The funds raised will be used to care for pugs rescued by SERPA and for administrative fees.
Dexter, a 6 year old pug from Gainesville, GA had a great time at the event. Dexter took home the honor of “Best Kisser” in one of the many contests held at the event.
read more about Dexter and his win
learn more about SERPA
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Friday, December 2, 2005
For the fourth consecutive year, pugs will be marching in the annual Bentonville Christmas Parade. In previous years the pugs, dressed in costumes, have always been crowd favorites. Many of the pugs participating in the parade are currently looking for homes and are available for adoption from Pug Rescue of Northwest Arkansas.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2005
The holiday season is fast approaching and if you are anything like most Americans, you are bound to pull out the credit card at least once while doing your holiday shopping. Well you might as well have a credit card that expresses your true self. Discover Card now has over 20 dog themed credit cards available including a card with a pug for all of us pug lovers out there.
see the pug credit card
Friday, October 21, 2005
It is now time to vote for your favorite Halloween costume in PetSmart’s Howl-O-Ween Costume Contest. PetSmart has narrowed it down to 31 finalist, four of which our pugs. Many of the costumes are just hilarious!
Friday, October 21, 2005
If you and your pug have a Halloween costume that you can’t wait to show off then don’t miss the PetSmart Howl-O-Ween costume party on Tuesday, October 25, 2005 from 6pm-8pm. You can find your nearest PetSmart store by using their store locator.
Friday, October 7, 2005
The 2006 Calendar Contest has come to a close and the OwnedByPugs.com Calendar is now available for sale.
The calendar is packed full of adorable photos submitted by the OwnedByPugs.com visitors and a portion of the proceeds from the calendar sales will benefit the Maryland Pug Rescue.
