Friday, February 16, 2007
Henry’s the Man
Friday, February 16, 2007
Henry’s the Man
We got the boys as puppies when they were only 8 and 9 weeks old. Baby Benny is actually a week older than Henry but he’s still the “baby.” Henry, however, is a natural leader and far more serious and (sorry Ben but…) intelligent of the 2 boys. It is pretty obvious that they are high maintenance puggies. It is all our fault. We made them that way. When they were little we would hold them all the time, hold their bones for them and give in to their every need.
Finally, however, Henry can chew a bone on his own. Benjamin can, too, but he will do everything in his power to get someone to hold it for him instead. Henry, though, is a big boy and he can do it on his own now.
It definitely goes to show you that how you are raised greatly impacts on what you are like as an adult. You see, Little Luna who has probably never even had a bone in her life until she came here, holds her bone with confidence because she has always had to do things on her own. No one has ever done anything for her. She does not need any help. She has even tackled bones that are bigger than she is! That’s why Henry is the man and Baby Benny will forever be the Baby. Little Luna, well, she’s in a league all her own. She is more like a Cinderella story in a scrappy sort of way.
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I spoiled my pug Giggs by holding his chewie for him too, and now he always brings it over to me when he wants to chew it. I either hold it for him in my hand, between my knees, or feet. I have seen him hold it on his own though.
Okay, what is it about Puggies and holding a bone for them? Both Rocky and Adrian expect me to hold their Nylabone Durables and they wrap their front paws around my hand so, heaven forbid, I shouldn’t let go.
Then they chew, chew, chew as hard as they can. Talk about being in Pug Heaven on Earth!