Wednesday, October 8, 2008
These knucklebones must be pretty yummy for Henry to give up part of his bed so that the bone may rest comfortably. This particular bone is one of the rejects. Meaning, on the night the knucklebones were given out, this was not the one bone chosen by the pugs that they all wanted to chew. So, it will sit, untouched for days until someone starts chewing on it and makes it interesting enough for all the pugs. In the meantime, Henry is being a hospitable host. Yesterday, when I walked by the bone was in the center of the pillow and Henry was sleeping between the wall and the pillow! Which of course made me shake my head because Henry will give up his bed for a bone, but won’t budge for me when I need him to scoot over a bit so I can get my whole body on the bed at night. The boy obviously doesn’t know where his pumpkin bread is buttered.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Ann was kind enough to send over her pugkin bread recipe for me to share. So without further ado, here it is!
- ½ c. unbleached all purpose flour
- ½ c. whole wheat flour
- ½ c. buckwheat flour
- ½ c. old-fashioned oatmeal
- 1 T. baking powder
- 1 t. cinnamon
- ¼ t. salt
- ¼ t. nutmeg
- ¼ t. ginger
- 1 can pumpkin
- 2 eggs
- 1 T. flaxseed
- 2 T. wheat germ
- ½ c. milk
- 2 T. plain yogurt
- ¾ c. unsweetened applesauce
Blend ingredients and spoon into prepared (greased and floured) pans. I use three small loaf pans…or you can use one large loaf pan. Bake at 350 degrees for about 60 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the loaf comes out clean. Cool in the pans for about 10 minutes, then remove loafs to a rack and cool completely. Serves three hungry pugs….or one Benny.
Note: This is a very flexible recipe…you can add or subtract here and there to suit the tastes and food sensibilities of your pugs. If they have allergies to milk or eggs, for example, add more applesauce to moisten the recipe. I sometimes add a little more oatmeal (love that fiber!), adding just a touch more yogurt or milk for additional liquids. Oh, and if the pugs will share, this is perfectly suitable for humans, particularly if you are trying to cut down on sugar in your diet. One more note…I make my own applesauce for this recipe, and I make it using unpeeled apples. More fiber and vitamins to boot!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
When we arrived at the Sock Hop, Ann greeted us with a very special bag. The bag had a loaf of pugkin bread for each one of the pugs! When we got home from the Sock Hop on Saturday night Benjamin was very anxious to get a piece of Ann’s special pugkin bread. So we set them up in the living room each with their own loaf. The silly pugs thought I was going to let them eat the whole thing! I snapped a few pictures and then we broke off a few pieces for them. We did the same thing on Sunday and Monday night too! The pugs are in heaven! The best thing is the pugkin bread is very diet friendly for the pugs. It is made with whole wheat flour and uses applesauce instead of sugar.
Thank you, Ann! You are so very kind and thoughtful!
Thursday, September 25, 2008
The boys love a Kong with a dab of peanut butter inside. They will spend hours getting the peanut butter out and Henry will continue to lick and chew the Kong long after the peanut butter is gone. Luna, on the other hand, doesn’t really get the Kong. She will run off with her Kong, lick it a few times and then come running back to me all frustrated, with a look that says, “Why did you hide my peanut butter? I have a bowl you know! You could have just put the peanut butter in my bowl!”
Monday, September 15, 2008
I spent most of the weekend working on the calendar, so the pugs had lots of chewing time this weekend. They had nice new knucklebones to keep them busy while I worked, but their chewing reminded me of something I wanted to blog about awhile back.
Henry has a thing with compressed rawhide bones. Instead of just chewing them, he likes to peel the rawhide off in layers. Unfortunately, he is quite good at it too! As he peels away the layers, I take them away because they are what we call “choking hazards”.
Benjamin hates it when Henry unravels a rawhide bone. Benjamin’s preferred plan of attack is to get the bone so slobbery on an end that it pretty much turns to mush.
Depending on the size of the rawhide strip that Henry pulls off, we sometimes let Luna chew on it. Luna has such a tiny mouth that she couldn’t even come close to getting the larger pieces into her mouth. She will happily chew for hours on a piece of rawhide that we had to take away from Henry.
On a completely different note, how is everyone that was in Ike’s path doing? I hope everyone is OK.
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Whenever I get the pugs a bone or something to chew I always buy three of whatever it is. That way each pug has their own bone. I could probably get away with only getting one though. When I first give each of the pugs their bone, they all run off to chew. After a few minutes of chewing, the amount of time varies depending on the type of bone I give them, Benjamin, Henry & Luna all become interested in one bone and take turns chewing the same bone. One of them will chew for a bit, then go to get a drink of water and then one of the other pugs will take their turn. This process repeats usually until it is time for bed. Benjamin & Henry have been doing this since they were pups. Now it takes a bit longer to get their turn since little Luna came along. But it can’t bother them too much because I always maintain a one bone per pug ratio. They just choose not to chew it. Silly pugs!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Whenever I am in the kitchen, the pugs keep a very close eye on me. After all, the kitchen is where we like to keep that chilly thing with doors that seems to have a never ending supply of turkey.
It just so happened that on this night the pugs aligned and they watched over my every move in formation. What is amusing, though, is they are in reverse order. Usually, Henry is the one playing it cool laying on the pillow and Benny is leading the charge up front.
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