Thursday, December 30, 2004
Text America
I’ve just added the code that shows the latest picture over at http://pugs.textamerica.com ... a free pug community moblog I recently spotted on Pugvillage.com
Just send your pug photos over to (JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for submission!
Saturday, December 25, 2004
Letter to Santa
I saw this posted on the puggy listserv and thought it was hysterical. Thanks to Rhonda for posting it. (This is her poem)
Dear Santa, I hear that you’re keeping a list
of who’s good and who’s bad to the bone.
I think you should know, in my own self defense,
I’ve been keeping a list of my own.
I’m sure you remember the stain in the rug ...
has the roof been checked lately for leaks?
And I emptied the dog food bag simply because
it gets stale if it sits there for weeks.
If shoes aren’t for chewing, why are they on the floor?
If a slipper attacks me, I tear it.
The Christmas tree falling, the presents unwrapped—
all had something to do with the parrot.
Yes, I peed in the kitchen. I know that “seems bad.”
But Santa, please let me explain:
it was pouring that day and I didn’t want MOM
to go dashing outside in the rain.
And I’ve tracked down the culprit who’s chewing the couch—didn’t Uncle Bob sit there last week? So before you go blaming me, look at the facts and please—just let the evidence speak.
Happy howlidays to all my puggie friends!
Ruth in CT
Rhoda & Skippy
Thursday, December 23, 2004
Random Brutus shots
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Sunday, December 19, 2004
Greenies
Brutus got his first ever Greenie yesterday, and while he kind of sniffed it at first, not really sure, within minutes he was chomping away, and running off if we got close ... He’s not normally protective of his food at all, but that Greenie was his 
The Greenie was picked up while we were in the pet store. We always take Brutus with us, and yesterday was a day for picking up all kinds of new doggy toys (he’s killed the squeeker in all but one toy), a doggy seat belt harness and a new collar that actually fits him, and he can’t pull off over his head to chew on
While we were there, we bumped into a woman and her pug, a 6 year old female, Bubbles. Bubbles wasn’t really a playful pug, and kind of ignored Brutus, which he was a bit miffed about. So miffed, he peed on a bag of dog food 
We also bought Nikki some new food and new treats, which she loves. Now, under our tree there are presents from Brutus to Nikki and from Nikki to Brutus
Sunday, December 12, 2004
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
To all you pug fans out there, you have to see this one!!
Click here! It’s a pug singing a version of “Walkin’ in a Winter Wonderland”.
The collar
When Brutus got sprayed by a skunk recently, he was wearing a leather studded collar.
Well, the collar stunk of skunk. No way it could be reused. So he has been without for a while. When we walk him, he gets his harness, so it’s not been too much of a problem, but I still wanted him to have his tags on.
So when I was in stop and shop, I picked up a Hartz nylon collar for him. I made sure I got the smallest size, which is recommended for pugs (12” - 14”).
When we got home and put it on him, it turns out it was a little big ...
So, he has a new chew toy Fortunately, it was on half price sale, and only cost us $1.74
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Thursday, December 02, 2004
Crating your dog could be dangerous ...
Warning, the above link is *very* sad. It makes me very glad we don’t crate Brutus. He has the run of the whole apartment.
Wednesday, December 01, 2004
Brutus vs The Skunk
ARGH!!!! Silly dog!!
I went to take him outside to do his business. I know there’s been a bit of rustling on the side of our house, but I haven’t really worried about it, figuring it was a neighborhood cat.
Brutus started getting a bit agitated as soon as he was by the door. I figured he just had to go really badly. But no. He runs to the side of the house, and starts woofing at something. I look around and see the skunk. I’m trying to go after him and call him back, but to no avail. He charged it. It ran behind some crates that are over there, but it didn’t matter. It shot him. The scary thing was, all it did was make Brutus annoyed and want to go after it again. I go and call and try to herd him back. The scary thing for me was seeing the skunk come back out from behind the boxes right away. I finally get him back in the house ad into the tub he went. Fortunately I had some V8 around, so I bathed him with that. (I’ve heard of the peroxide trick, but since he got shot in the face by the skunk, I didn’t think that was a good idea.) It’s also midnight, so there’s no way a pet shop would be open to get some skunk deodorizer. He never did wee.
He still wants to do another round, you can see it. I think we’ll be walking around the front from now on. Tomorrow we get the Nature’s miracle stuff and a new collar. Just thought I’d share our latest adventure!
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