Pug healing powers and a PSA for all doggies out there.

Hi everyone!
Part of my MIA week last week was spent taking care of my Daddy...he was SICK! He didn't have the Oink Oink Flu or anything...just a nasty cold (that mom refuses to catch!). He stayed in the big cloud bed for TWO DAYS! It was WONDERFUL!

That big lump behind me is Daddy!

I stayed right next to him the whole time!


Mom decided to enhance my PugHealing powers with some homemade chicken soup...

Once the schmaltz was skimmed off...it was VERY yummy!

Here is me waiting for my sample before it went up to Mr. Hacky McMucus


Ahhhhhhh...yummy!


Daddy is doing just fine and is all better now...but we also wanted to share something else with all of you in case you weren't aware of it...

CANINE INFLUENZA! (CLICK HERE to read all about it)
My awesome Vet, Dr. Graves, told mom about this and recommended that I get vaccinated against this yucky disease. I got my first shot a few weeks ago and I get a booster on 11/2. It didn't hurt at all and it was only $20!!!!

Thank you Dr. Graves!!!!
We recommend that EVERYDOGGIE check with your vet to see if this might be something for YOU!

Happy and HEALTHY Thursday to all of you!!!

PeeS. We especially want to send out some "feel better" wishes to our sweet friend Lilo. She's been feeling yucky for a few days now and we hope it goes away asap!

Pugsitting for Maggie

Sorry we haven't blogged in almost a whole WEEK! Mom has just been busy with work and a few other things that keep her from sitting down and focusing on what's most important (me). We've been PUGSITTING for the last few days and we have my friend Maggie here. Here is a cute (according to mom) pic of Holden and his BFF Seth (on the left) with their darling puggies in their laps.

Mom thinks it's funny/weird that Holden and Seth are best buddies AND they both have fawn pugs. (Do you hear the Twilight Zone music playing???)


I like Maggie and everything, but I'm just not sure about how I feel about sharing my space with anypug.
Here are some examples of this foolishness...

1. She totally tried to take over my favorite blanket in mom's study...

"Hey...move it along sister!!!"

2. She plays with my toys...

"Umm....how about ASKING first???"

3. She TRIED to go down the stairs ahead of me...but I put the kibosh on THAT!

"I don't THINK so!"

4. She even tried to "out-cute" me while posing for pics!!!

Mom told us to "look distinguished". (pssshhh...as IF I know how to look anything but!)

So I finally gave up and just asked....

"OK Maggie...do you want to play?????"


Notice she STILL didn't get down the stairs before ME! HAHAHAHA!

Play date with Maggie

Hi everyone! You remember my friend Maggie, right??? We went for a nice long walk together last week and then we got to PLAY!

We walked past a farm on our walk and LOOK what we saw!!! MOOOOOOOOOO!

I thought they were big dogs but mom told me they were big walking STEAKS! MMMMM!


Maggie and I had fun playing back at her house after our walk!

"Pssssssst...Hey Maggie! Let's run around and act NUTS!"



After walking THREE miles, you'd think we'd be exhausted, but NO....it just energized us!

(Ignore mom and Dyan chatting about how they make chicken pot pie!)

Mom says if she could figure out how to bottle Puggy energy, she'd be a bajillionaire!!!!

Happy Thursday everyone!

Pugkin????

Hoo boy...mom got all "inspired" by Gen and Foo's mom and Pugs and Bugg's mom (last year) with their cool carved pumpkin/pugkins. Mom has this weird "thing" for tiny pumpkins, so she decided to DRAW a Pug onto the pumpkin....

"What the....?"


Now, keep in mind that mom can't even draw STICK PEOPLE correctly, and this was clearly done as a result of being hopped up on regular leaded coffee (instead of her usual decaf)

"Mom...seriously....a SHARPIE and a piece of pink cake fondant???"


I don't know what she was thinking either....

I should check into some remedial art classes for mom so she can draw me something that resembles ANYTHING.

No wonder she sucks at Pictionary!

Happy Tuesday!

White Schmackle fun with Mimi

After our wet hike (and mom recovering from the five heart attacks she had watching me chase the squirrel), we stopped off to pick up some SLIDERS from White Castle (a.k.a. White Schmackle). Mom was making "White Trash Stuffing" to go with pork chops for dinner (sautee onions, celery and mushrooms...then add some chopped up sliders and a bit of chicken stock). I attacked Mimi in the back seat trying to get at the goods!


The stupid lady at the drive thru saw me (I was sitting on mom's lap in the car) and said that I was "so ugly that I was cute" UMMMMMMMMMM EXCUUUUUSE ME???????? She was no prize herself so we aren't sure where she got off saying that. She even had the cajones to give me a crappy, substandard "Ol' Roy" dog biscuit (which mom threw away because she read that they're made in China from roadkill, lead paint, melamine, salmonella and whatever else caused them to be recalled a while back).

ANYWAY...where were we after the mean/ugly/probably meth addicted lady insulted and tried to poison me?


Oh yes....SLIDERS!!! Since I was such a good sport and went hiking in the rain and mud, mom told Mimi that I could have a slider...

Mimi broke it up into tiny pieces for me


It was EYE BUGGING GOOD!



Mimi finally quit breaking off pieces and just held it out for me to take little bites. I was very careful and didn't bite her fingers...



Mimi even let me lick the empty box when I was finished!



Notice the proper positioning for this task....back arched and PugButt up FAAAR into the air. This allows for maximum face force on cardboard which allows for more flavor to be absorbed.



Mmmm...Sliders are yummy!!!! I highly recommend that you have your people pick you up some today!

The CHASE!

So the other day, Mimi, Mom, Uncle S. and I went to Mounds Park for some rainy hiking. Since it was deserted, mom let me off my leash in the picnic area to run around. There were some SQUIRRELS running around...


We really don't have squirrels in our neighborhood, so I wasn't sure what it was! I was a little freaked out at first, but then I got REALLY brave...

Ignore mom screaming and wigging out. She's crazy.

I was only trying to play with him! I guess he wasn't interested. Mom was worried that I might try to eat him like daddy's relatives would. Yuck!

Happy Sunday everyone!

ANOTHER huge surprise!

Well, it happened again....remember last year when mom had the BIGGEST SURPRISE EVER? WELL...Mimi came to visit and LOOK who else showed up...

UNCLE SCOTTY HONEY (all the way from Portland!)
Scott is mom's younger brother (notice that younger does not mean shorter by ANY means!)


Mom about fell over (again) and we are having so much fun with Uncle Scott and Mimi! It was crappy and rainy here in Indy yesterday, but that didn't stop us from going to Mounds Park and hiking!



The stairs on the boardwalk were slippery! We had to be careful!



HI Uncle Scotty Honey! Look at those pretty leaves and White River in the background!



Ok...SOMEONE explain to me why we're out here in the mud and rain??? This is SOOOO not PUG weather!!!


Stay tuned for part two of our adventure!

Happy Saturday everyone!

Thirsty Thursday (not)

I kind of knew I was in for SOMETHING when mom said she and Kelly (Sophie, Dixie and Harley's mom) were going shopping together the other night. Mom came home with THIS from Meijer....

Bottled PARSLEY flavored dog water???? What kind of farkakte crap is this????


I see it was only 74 cents (clearanced) which means that it probably wasn't a big seller. What made her think that *I* would like this????



Great....now she's going to try and get me to DRINK it???

Ew...it smells weird. Ok....I'll try a tiny sip.....


GAAAHHHH! Mom...what is WRONG with you?????.....

VILE WEED WATER!



I'm backing AWAY from the bowl.......



You can HAVE your foo-foo water mom....I'm going back to bed!!!!


Maybe Sophie, Dixie and Harley fared better with their peanut butter flavored water?

***MOM'S NOTE***
I'm pretty sure Salinger (Drama Queen) just wasn't thirsty....I tasted this stuff (from the bottle...NOT the bowl) and it didn't taste like ANYTHING except a wasted 74 cents and the guilt and shame that Stubby has conditioned us to feel for purchasing a plastic bottle!!!

Wordless Wednesday...GUESS From the Picture 'Who Is Coming To Visit Us?' Edition

Need a hint? CLICK HERE

INTRUDER ALERT!!!!!!!

Ladies and gentlepugs.....there is some CRAP UP WITH WHICH I WILL NOT PUT!!!!! I have been stationed at the front door all morning barking (and baaaaaarking) trying to ward off these intruders on my front lawn. One guy is PURPLE AND GREEN and answers to the name of "Mr. Enstein" (first name Frank). There are two orange fat guys with no faces and some flowery looking thing. They all look like a shady pack of shysters up to no good....

YOU THERE! GET. OFF. MY. LAWN!!!!
(look how scary I am in the door in the background!)

I'm going to stand here and guard the place, since no one else is!

MOM! Quit laughing and call the cops or something!!!!

New Olympic Sport

While Chicago was passed over for the 2016 Olympics, we're trying to get the IOC to get on board with this new sport......GRECO-ROMAN PUGGERY!!!

That's me (Salinger) on the left and my BPF/Life Partner Pugsley on the right. It may look like we're having "special time" but we're participating in this great sport that challenges not only our strength and endurance, but strategy as well.

I guess if the IOC passes, we'll have to start our own Puglympics!

Happy Monday everyone!

The great game of Kissy Face Attack

Hi everyone!
My human brother, Holden is my best buddy. During the week, he leaves me for about 8 hours and gets on that big evil cheesewagon that takes him to a place called SCHOOL. I always know when it's 3:30 and I wait for him by the door so I can play "Kissy Face Attack" with him! It is SUCH a fun game, so I'm going to teach you how to play with YOUR hoomans too!

Here's how you play....

1. Let your unsuspecting person (a.k.a. "victim") greet and kiss you (YOU being The Pug)...



2. While they're vulnerable and feeling all happy about being reunited with you...grab their hair with your teeth (no biting!)



3. Now that you have stunned them...get right ON the victim's HEAD and hold it down. They'll probably be laughing or making squealy noise or yelling "NO NO NO!" but just ignore it...it's all part of the game!



4. Be sure to keep your full Puggy weight on their head as you circle around looking for a piece of face on which to launch your Kissy Face Attack!



5. Ears are a good target to start with, but you REALLY want to find a nice piece of face. Start with ears if you must...it tends to make the victim squirm, which might make them flip over allowing a larger PugTongue to face ratio (PT:F)



6. Try the top of the head too...a lot of times the victim will look up at you and ask something like "Are you crazy?" or "What the @#$% is wrong with you?". When they peek up, it's a good time to take a lick of forehead...



7. Sometimes, your victim will be especially stubborn and require an expert level of coersion to be the recipient of a proper Kissy Face Attack...fool them into thinking that you're finished and take a brief rest (be sure to snort and act overexerted, that way you can catch them off guard with your next move!)




8. As they TRY to push you away use all of your cuteness to bulldoze THEM down to the floor. Just use the top of your head and push. It's pretty easy.



9. Once you get them on the floor, you must distract them so they won't suspect the impending Kissy Face Attack. I highly recommend grabbing a sock and pulling (see fig. 1 and fig. 2 below)

Fig. 1 Locating the victim's sock

Fig. 2 Pulling the victim's sock to distract their face part



10. NOW....POUNCE! Your victim will be laughing hysterically at this point and now is your chance to launch the FULL ON KISSY FACE ATTACK! Go for the mouth...you get bonus points for hitting the mouth target!



11. Keep kissing until you become completely exhausted and your victim yells something about "peeing themselves" (because they're laughing so hard).



12. Stand over your victim and declare yourself the winner of this match of Kissy Face Attack! Congratulations!!!!

Salinger 1
Holden 0


Happy Saturday! Good luck with your own games of Kissy Face Attack!!!!

A new chair!!!

Last week, the weirdest thing happened...
This big honkin' truck pulled up to our house

I barked and barked because I thought some big dudes with weight belts on were coming to play with me......but NOOOOOOOOOOO


Mom stuck me in the study and CLOSED THE DOORS!

"HAAAAAAAAAALP!!!!!!!!!!!"


The big dudes brought in a new bed for Holden and a nice new CHAIR for downstairs! It SPINS! WHOOOOOOOOO!!!!

I especially enjoy the new chair because it's BLACK like the rest of our furniture and provides a lovely backdrop for my beautiful fawn hair that I leave EVERYWHERE.

Mom said she's bustin' out the Furminator this weekend! HAHAHAHAHA!

Happy Thursday!