Sunday, June 10, 2007
Long time no post
It’s been some time since we last posted here - blogging is less of a priority.
I wanted to give an update on how the guys are doing - This morning, I took them out to do their business, which they did. Then they came in and head their morning kibble.
Then we went out shopping, and ended up going to some see some friends, and we didn’t make it home until 11:30pm. I was fully expecting mess in the house.
Nothing. Of course, when I ran them outside they went right away, but they didn’t do anytthing in the house. They did scoff their evening kibble down though! Buddy is now sitting in my lap while I type, as Mommy is in bed sleeping already, so they are being quiet, like good little puggies.
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Friday, May 19, 2006
Dog Mail?
Brutus just got mail. Physical mail, through our letter box…
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Walking the muppetts
Nephew Reggie is staying with us for a few days while Mike moves house ... We like Reggie staying with us, he pesters Buddy constantly, and Buddy comes out of it a little more mature than he did before, as if to say “You mean when I play, I’m *that* annoying?”. It’s rather amusing.
I’m also walking them. All three. Together. This is more fun than you think, as Brutus and Buddy have this “lets go! lets go!” attitude. Reggie has a slightly different attitude, best summed up as “I don’t *wanna*”
But he is anyway. I have a complex arrangement right now involving an extending leash and two, two dog couplers. While they get tangled up pretty quickly, it’s easy enough to untangle.
The fun part of walking three pugs, is that they are three times cuter than just one pug. This means I get constant comments from people as I walk. I walk a good distance, in some high traffic areas, so we get a lot of comments.
One little old lady who walks the similar route, at the similar time, has named the dogs “Trouble, Trouble and Trouble” as they keep trying to trip her up. Some hispanic guys in a truck wound their windows down and gave me a rather bad rendition of “Who let the dogs out” this morning, which was one of the more original reactions to the three pugs.
The normal reaction is “Are they brothers?” ... I’m not sure why they ask. Brutus is noticable bigger than Reggie and Buddy, and they all have noticably different markings ...
Still, its fun when they aren’t trying to trip me up in the middle of a road. With a truck coming.
Sunday, April 02, 2006
Heres Buddy!
This blog was built way back before we got Buddy, and the picture never got updated.
So now it has. The template now has a picture of Brutus on the left, and Buddy on the right. Say hi!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
New site!
The content hasn’t updated in a while, but now I think it’s time to blog more here about the life of owning a pug or two!
So, “puggy blog” which was way too generic, and frankly uncool is gone, and North Shore Pugs is here!
Change your links, http://www.northshorepugs.com is now live!
I’ve updated some of the links, as Buddy and Brutus’ bestest friends ever, Reggie and Murphy weren’t even linked, which is a shocking turn of events.
Welcome!
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
Long time!
It’s been a long ass time since I posted here!
Buddy and Brutus are doing great still! Winter is here, and Buddy hates the cold, so he tends to not pee or poop outside. We’ve also recently got a new, bigger bed so they love sleeping in the middle now, they get to snuggle up to us both and each other, it’s kind of cute, if occasionally annoying!
It’s their first christmas together. Last year we only had Brutus. Should be fun watching them play in the wrapping papers 
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Brutus
Today marks the one year birthday of Brutus as a member of our family. We picked up him a year ago today!
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Thursday, September 15, 2005
Pineapple
This morning, Buddy was woofing at a pineapple.
We weren’t chasing him with it, or playing a game, it was sitting on the counter.
I think our dog is a bit wrong in the head 
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Tuesday, August 16, 2005
remiss
I’ve been remiss posting here ... the guys are totally fine 
Either way, I wanted to post that I’m handing the blog over to our pal Mike for a couple of weeks. Diosa is in England, and I’m going over there too for two weeks. Mike will be looking after both the guys and the buns while we’re gone, and we’re hugely greatfull to him for it!
Over to you Mike
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Update
The guys went to the groomers on the weekend, they both were getting a little stinky, and Buddy’s nails were getting particularly long. I dropped them off and came home. When I picked them up later, they were so happy it was silly! Big smiles from both of them, tongue hanging out, soft and shiny coats, nice non sharp nails. Even their breath smelt good. Well worth the $30!
Of course, as soon as I got home Buddy jumped in the paddling pool we’ve put out for them (A small kiddies one with a shallow pool in it, no chance of drowning in this!) to keep them cool, but at least he’s stayed nice and soft coated
We’re going on a couple of vacations later this year, and for a while I was freaking out trying to figure out what we were going to do with them. While I’m in England, a friend of a friend (we’ve met him and trust him) is going to house and pug sit for us for two weeks, so that will be nice. When we go on our honeymoon to Mexico, my parents are staying over for a two week vacation and will look after them.
I’m very relieved thats sorted!
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Wednesday, May 18, 2005
Aint dead!
We’re not dead, honest!
Life has been busy recently, but I got to spend some great quality time with the guys while I was off sick. I was at home for almost two weeks, and they loved the attention!
Buddy is getting much better at pooping and peeing than he has been. Now we’ve moved to the ground floor apartment, he is about 90% better at letting us know when he needs to go out! We still have accidents, but not too many.
Something really drove me nutty recently, and I wanted to share.
Someone we know from another community recently got a 12 week old pug. Fine. He made a plea for help post, because even though he was trying all the things the book was telling him, she was still peeing and pooping in the house.
NO shit! She’s 12 weeks old! Buddy is 8 months, and he *still* pees and poops in the house! 12 weeks?!
I sent him a friendly message, I hope he realises that it’s going to take *much* longer than a few days to toilet train a pug.
Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Pug pics
Just when I think I can take good pictures and have a half decent digital camera, “Jennygolightly” of Pugvillage posts pictures of her dog, Pixel
http://www.pugvillage.com/forum/showthread.php?t=16413
and I’m put to shame again. Isn’t Pixel great?
Wednesday, February 09, 2005
My lovely puppy
On Monday night, as usual I took both dogs out for their nightly pilgrimage before bedtime.
I’m standing on the back deck, and they are busy snuffling around in the dark.
Then Buddy dissapears. As in, totally gone. Now, our back yard it *completely* enclosed, there is no possible way for him to get out, so I knew he hadn’t done a runner, and after a minute or two, I could hear snuffling.
He’d gotten under the deck!
On the far corner of the deck, the ground dips away, leaving a gap big enough for him to crawl through. He then crawled all the way to the other side of the deck (remember, totally enclosed, he can’t get out that side), and he ended up under the steps. The steps had a small enough gap for him to look out and put his head out, but way to small to crawl through.
So, it’s midnight. I’m laying on my belly in the snow and ice. My jeans have gotten soaked, then frozen, and I have a claw hammer, trying to dig enough frozen mud away to give him a big enough gap for him to crawl out of. He’s getting panicked, and whimpering and woofing for me, but refuses to go the way he came in.
30 minutes later. I’m cold, fed up, I’m seriously thinking of ripping up the deck. He turns around, wriggles the way he went in and pops out!
So now, there is a very large brick, blocking that entry.
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005
Experiment
We’re trying an experiment today ... we normally have Buddy in his crate in the day time, and let Brutus have the run of the house, but today we’ve let Buddy have free run. He showed us this weekend that he knows how to use pee pee pads, if he has too, so we’ve left one or two down for him, and his crate is open, if he needs time out.
According to webcam watchers, Brutus is chasing him around right now I expect they will chase till they are tired, then pass out on the sofa. I’m heading home at lunch, so if there is a problem, I’ll put him back in the crate ...
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Sunday, January 16, 2005
What a learning curve!
We thought Brutus’ first week was hard work 
Buddy has had a very interesting first week in this house hold ... every one has had to learn a whole bunch of stuff, a whole lot quicker than we’d have liked, but I guess thats the way these things go in general 
Introducing Buddy to Brutus wasn’t a problem at all. They both get on with each other great. They play constantly. Unfortunately for Brutus, Buddy has razer sharp puppy teeth, and likes to bite on Brutus’ jowls. Over the course of the week, he’s done a bit of damage to Brutus, who now has scratches and a small section where he’s lost some skin to the pups teeth. I can assure you, this has freaked *us* out a lot more than it does Brutus! We called the vet who just assured us it’s a normal injury when you have a pup around, keep it clean and smother it in antibiotic cream.
We really didn’t want Buddy to make it worse, but when they play thats the area they always go for. To prevent it, we’re trying a couple of approaches.
Firstly, we’re trying lots of positive training ... whenever he does something good, he gets a treat and lots of cuddles (this is great for when he poops outside instead of inside).
Secondly, negative training. Specifically for when he gets too rough around Brutus’ face, we have some water spray bottles that he gets a face full of, along with a loud “STOP”
Thirdly is DAP. Dog Appeasing Pheromone. We had this recommended by a friend who has a particularly skittish greyhound, it mimcs the pheremone of a mother dog, and is very effective at calming them down. We plugged it in last night, and the difference has been amazing. Much calmer puppy, much less fighting with Brutus, a lot more affectionate. It’s been great. They aren’t cheap, buying it is about $50, with $15 - $25 a month afterwards, but well worth it for the difference it makes!
We’ve also signed him up for puppy classes to socialize him a little more, they start a week today. It’s also going to help train us on what to expect from him, which should be nice.
Last night, for the first time, we had Buddy in bed with the rest of us instead of in his carrier. It went *really* well and he settled down very quickly, and joined us in the land of nod all night. I woke up with him curled up around Diosa’s head, it was very cute (oh for a camera!).
Let me leave you with a few pics 
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