Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Caption This #120
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Summer Reading
Late last week I ordered the book Home-Prepared Dog & Cat Diets: the Healthful Alternative
With Sol's new digestive issues, we reached out to our old vet in Maryland, who originally got us started on the home cooking path, and she recommended several great resources.
I have Chapter 1 under my belt, but I also did a quick once through most of the book. It looks very in-depth. There are lots of charts on daily caloric requirements for dogs at different stages of their life along with many recipes. Hopefully, we will be able to find something that is a good fit for Sol and perhaps even tweak the boy's and Luna's diet a bit so that is even better for them.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
When in Doubt, Charlie Out
We went to the bookstore this weekend and no trip to the bookstore would be complete without a stop in the Pet section. As we made our way over, I noticed a clearance table and I saw the book Test Your Dog The Dog IQ Test. I had seen this book before and flipped through it quickly, but now that it was "bargain priced" I couldn't resist getting it and taking the quiz for each one of the pugs.
When I got home, I flipped to the first question and it reads, "Does your dog recognize the signs that indicate you are preparing his or her food?" My choices were Always, Sometimes or Never. However, I didn't feel those answers were emphatic enough. Perhaps a YES with five exclamation points would be a better choice. Or "They can read my mind and know when I am going to feed them before I even make a move towards the kitchen" would be more accurate.
The second question is "Does your dog have different reactions to different foods (e.g. is especially eager for a piece of salami vs. the same old dry dog food)? Hello! Can you say PUGKIN BREAD!
At this point, I slammed the book closed, looked at the pugs and told them that if we stop at question number two all four of you are geniuses!
Friday, July 17, 2009
Search & Rescue Crew
They are still looking for that blueberry dog treat that went missing a few weeks back. No treat left behind!
Have a great weekend, everyone!
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Caption This #113
I went to visit G-Ma & G-Pa this weekend and took the official treat transportation device with me. I'm not sure if the pugs were happier to see me or my suitcase. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Friday, June 12, 2009
Pugkin Bread Pupcakes
Ann was gracious enough to bake a whole bag of pugkin bread pupcakes for the pugs (Ann's recipe). The pugs just loved that the pupcakes were their very own serving!
If you are wondering why Sol's napkin is further back than Benjamin, Henry & Luna's that's because two seconds earlier she pulled this stunt.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Caption This #109
All the pics of the pugs don't turn out great. Sol took a good shake while I was getting some shots of her in the bandana and this is what I ended up with. While it is quite blurry, I sorta like it. Looking forward to your captions in the comments.
Friday, May 22, 2009
Rough Week
The pugs have been a little depressed this week. It has been raining here since Sunday evening. I’m not talking about a little bit of rain either. It has been pouring hour after hour, day after day. I haven’t been paying too much attention to all the weather details, but I heard the weather lady mention last night that we had 18” of rain since Sunday. That seems like an absurd amount and the northern girl in me keeps thinking, “Could you imagine if this was snow!”
But regardless of how many inches of rain we have had, the pugs are miserable. Three pugs are miserable because every time they need to go out to go potty they get drenched and the fourth pug, who is completely indifferent to the water falling from the sky, is mad because I will not take him for a walk or let him dawdle all morning in the pouring rain. I think having a pug that doesn’t care if he is getting wet is almost as bad as if he were upset that he is getting wet. There doesn’t seem to be a happy medium with the bunch.
The funniest has got to be Luna though. She refuses to walk out the door if it is raining. You must pick her up and carry her across the threshold and if you really want to make it back in the house anytime soon it is in your best interest to put her down in the grass. But as soon as she feels the wet grass on her paws a blank look comes across her face and she appears incapable of processing a thought. Logic would tell her that if you want to get out of the rain, go potty real quick and you will get to go back in the dry house sooner. But, she can’t bring herself to physically move. She just stands there soaking up all the rain drops.
Benjamin is the king of thinking he can hold it until it stops raining. Benny always scratches at the door when he wants to go out. However, I will see him walk over to the door, peak out the glass to see if it is raining and if it is, he will walk away from the door. A minute later he will do the same thing. He is in utter turmoil because he knows he has to go potty, but there is no way he is going to ask to go out in the rain. So, when I go to take him out, he acts like he doesn’t have to go potty. Once I drag him out the door, he makes a mad dash to the grass, does his business and then sprints back to the house. However, he always finds a way to pick up a piece of mulch that is streaming down the driveway as he is running back into the house.
Sol, is probably the smartest of the bunch, because she cuts the wet grass out of the process and just goes potty on the sidewalk. Not ideal, but if it keeps her from going in the house, then I am behind it 100%.
And then there is Henry. Henry knows it is raining and he just doesn’t care. He always starts out like we are going on a normal walk and when I tell him that we aren’t going for a walk because, hey haven’t you noticed, it’s POURING. Then he promptly starts to dilly dally in the front yard. He walks through puddles, smells every blade of grass and just stares out across the lawn. I think he is wondering what he can do to possible get wetter.
So, we are hoping that things will dry up a bit and that the flooding on local roads will subside so that we can do something fun on the upcoming 3 day weekend. We had planned on another canoeing outing on Saturday, but we nixed those plans. I’m thinking the pugs would love to go for a nice, long, dry walk.
Have a great weekend everyone!
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