Monday, September 7, 2015

Ask OBP #7

Well, so far, so good. Your questions have given us ample subjects to cover! Keep the questions coming! And thank you!

Today's question is from Christine. She asked about our pugs' ability to go airborne. She indicated that some little puggy had stolen her cheese right off the counter top! Naughty naughty puggy! Now that is a pug with some spectacular jumping ability!

Christine, your little Vito has mad skills! Our Benny also had quite a proficiency for jumping! Actually, in a different post, I am now sadly regretful that I forgot to include an old favorite nickname we had given Baby Benny as a young pup. That nickname was Mexican Jumping Bean. Benny was quite the jumper! Whenever we were prepping in the kitchen he would just jump and jump and jump so that he could see what it was. He would get enough clearance to see it but he would not have the flexibility to grab anything (plus we would place it far enough back that there would be no way he could reach it). But he was quite the jumper! So, yes, Christine, we had one acrobat among them. The others would leap onto the sofa, but nothing like Benny would.

There was one time that Luna made a leap that almost gave the boys a heart attack. When I worked from home, my daily routine was to eat lunch in front of the television on the coffee table while watching SportsCenter. Since food was involved, the boys and Luna would happily sit next to me on the floor hoping to get any little bite they could. On this day I was eating a hot pocket and a salad (super healthy, I know). In the middle of lunch, the doorbell rang. I got up to get the door not thinking anything about leaving food on the coffee table. The boys would never dare to take food without permission and I assumed that newly adopted Luna would follow their lead. When I returned from the door I turned around to find lettuce all over the living room floor and Luna standing in the middle of the table just wagging her tail. Benjamin and Henry, were sitting nicely next to the table with terrified looks on their faces as they knew their sister was in a world of trouble. Knowing it was all my fault for leaving the food in such an easy to reach spot, I playfully fussed at Luna and put on her the floor. In a matter of minutes she managed to scarf down the last few bites of my hot pocket (the very best part, I might add) and rummage through my salad to eat all the bacon bits. She was so proud of herself!

Its not quite the same as counter surfing, but I have posted my all time favorite photo of the boys. Benny clearly catches good wind in this photo and this was typical Benjamin. He would fly through the air whether it be getting height off a sliding board or taking flight off the sofa or trying to jump on the counter tops. All of this seems so long ago since in his elder years he could no longer get up on or down from the sofa without assistance. #sigh

OBP signing off for week 7 of Ask OBP!