Monday, May 21, 2007

Role Play

After Henry got done chewing his cow ear, he wondered what it would be like to be a cow.  So he decided to try on his cow ear and see how he would look if he was a cow.

Friday, May 18, 2007

Got Ear?

While we were out shopping for the much needed treats for the treat jar, we were sure to bring the pugs back a special chewy, too.  We got them each a cow ear.  Cow ears are much healthier than the pig ears they grew up on and they are not greasy either so they are better for the carpets and furniture.  Here is Luna making a at go at this cow ear.  It is pretty funny how the chewies get shared around here.  Luna never really likes to be the first at a chewy.  She wants one of the boys to get it started for her.  That also helps Benjamin because then he feels like he gets a 2nd one that’s “his,” too.  So, it all works out quite well.  For the most part they are very good about sharing and taking turns.  It makes a mama proud!

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Tales From the Treat Jar #7

As you know, the treats have been running a little low in the house.  We have been remiss in visiting our local doggie bakery.  So, we went out this weekend to re-stock.  To our surprise, the doggie bakery was closed!  And I don’t mean that we showed up during their off hours, but the shop was empty!  We immediately went into a panic!  (Can you imagine what Benny would say if we completely ran out of treats?  You would panic, too!)  It turns out they were just relocating, but we will still unable to pick up any of the pugs’ favorite treats.

It was on to “Plan B.”  It was a plan that we were waiting until the end of May to implement, however.  You see, since we are Floridians now, we are waiting for the dreaded hurricane season to begin June 1st.  This begins the time of year when we have to have a back up plan for feeding the children.  It is very hard to keep the food cool when the power goes out, so we prepare for that by having a back up cuisine available.

This is where the Plan B comes into play.  For hurricane season, the back up chow is the canned & dry Wellness brand of food.  This brand of fodder is the only other type of food that we have had any luck with in keeping the pugs’ digestive system healthy.  It is never recommended that you switch your dog’s food quickly, however.  The best practice suggests that you slowly introduce the new meal into your dog’s diet to avoid any tummy troubles.  So, since the back up food is the Wellness dry and we need to re-introduce it slowly to the pugs, we will be using the kibble as their treats in order to get them used to it in case we need to feed this to them during a power outage when their homemade meals can no longer be kept refrigerated.  Kills 2 birds with one stone.  (And it keeps us from having to explain an empty treat jar to Baby Benny!)

Friday, May 11, 2007

The View

Benjamin, Henry & Luna are always very interested when I make the food bowls for the week.  However, it takes me quite some time to make all the bowls so sometimes the pugs get bored.  Benjamin has come up with a good solution, though.  He perches himself on the back of the sofa.  From there he has a perfect view of all the bowls on the counter and he is perfectly comfortable.

Thursday, May 10, 2007

Tales From the Treat Jar #6

Today is a special day here in the OBP household.  We will be having visitors from far & wide in honor of Mother’s Day!  G’ma will be coming from Maryland and Aunt Cayce & Uncle Mike are arriving from Arizona!  It will be a nice fun weekend packed with special guests!  It has been a few months since we have seen them all so the pugs are giving their tails a rest for now because they know that their tails will go into wag overdrive from all the excitement.  To give our family a warm reception, the pugs thought it would be sweet to put a message on the treat jar.  We think they had an ulterior motive, though:  when the visitors see the treat jar with the message, they will notice the treats and of course think to give the caring & thoughtful message leaving doggies a nice piece of kibble for their kindness.  Those pugs are always thinking!

Thursday, May 3, 2007

Tails from the Treat Jar #5

We haven’t been to our local doggie bakery to pick up treats in quite some time.  So needless to say, we are running low on treats.  With all the recent pet food recalls, I haven’t felt comfortable just picking something up while we are out.  Unfortunately for the pugs, when I refilled the treat jar the other day, I didn’t even have enough stock to fill it to the top.  I will have to make a point to stop by the bakery to get more treats.  If Benjamin gets wind of the fact that the treats are running so low, he might do something drastic and put himself up for adoption with one of the pug rescue groups.  I would hate to see Baby Benny have to resort to that.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Tails from the Treat Jar #4

Hmm…I wonder who wrote this one?  Could it have been Benny?