Ask OBP #19

Do your pugs lick their feet a lot?  Gracie is constantly licking her feet lately.

My Angel got in trouble once for chewing, she chewed up her dad’s Eagles pillow his sister made for him! We came home to pillow fuzz all over the living room! She got banished to her bed in the kitchen for a 10-minute timeout. That was the only time she really chewed up something that wasn’t hers. We made sure she had plenty of chew toys and chewies after that!  lol

Socks, coffee table edges, chair legs, but not shoes! 
They were sooo cute!

It has been so long since we had a pug puppy (1963 and 1989) that I can’t remember the chewing stage; however, Romeo came to me in 2002 about 2 years old.  He loved to chew paper, shred it and eat it. My take on that was his previous people left him crate alone up to 16 hours a day and I suspect he had papers in his crate, and he chewed, shredded and ate them out of boredom. He had toys here, but I think the paper thing had become a habit, as he actually sought out paper. 

Annie Fannie has a new brother.  Tommy (as I named him) was a stray cat that was probably left behind when his people moved, and took up residence under my porch.  I made an insulated house for him on the porch for cold weather.  New Year’s Eve day was cold and blustery.  When I took his food out on the porch, he came in the house.  He freaked out but did not want to go back outside, so he has been here ever since.  There have been adjustments to make.  Frankie looks at him with that really mad look and they have fought a couple of times.  Annie immediately goes to them to break up the fight. 

Feeding time is very interesting.  Annie eats adult food, Missy eats senior food, Frankie is on an expensive prescription diet, and Tommy is still on the food I have for the outside cats who do or do not have homes.  I have to make sure that Tommy doesn’t eat the prescription food and he has not attempted to, but Frankie wants to eat Tommy’s food and that is not good.  Then on the weekend I have Toby, my granddog who wants to chase Tommy (he now leaves Frankie alone).  Frankie, for the most part ignores the 4 parakeets, and Tommy is looking for an extra meal.  A squirt bottle does wonders. I am still working on the most viable feeding solution, and slowly making it better.

My feeding schedule for them is twice a day, morning and early evening.  Tommy does not understand that, so in the middle of the night very loud meows come forth looking for food, and believe me they make you sit straight up from a sound sleep. “No Tommy, it is not feeding time.  You have to wait until morning”. I will be mean and not give in.  He wanted in, so he has to adjust to the household routine. 

So at 73 I am wondering what the heck am I doing taking in another stray, but I am happy Tommy is in a nice warm place and will have good food.  My forehead must be stamped “Sucker”.

It was my question:) Vito is the one that likes to chew our slippers…AND he does try and pull them off our feet while we are wearing them! I can completely relate with trying to walk and having a pug trying to pull your slipper off!!!

And yes, I do have MORE questions…to wrap or not to wrap??? I KNOW Henry gets Christmas presents…as did Benny, Luna and Sol but did you wrap them or just put them in a stocking or something??? I tend to wrap…our kidz seem to like unwrapping their presents.