Happy puggy
I forgot to write about some great news. He is heartworm free and was able to start the heartworm preventative. This was a huge relief for me, since I know how nasty heartworm can be for a dog. He’s also trimming down a bit. When we took him to the vet, he was 22lbs, which is a bit big, even for him. He’ll never be really small, but around 18-20lbs would be perfect. We switched him from his puppy kibble to a lo-cal dog food that he absolutely hoovers. He *loves* the stuff. And it’s starting to show results. You can see more definition in him already and it’s only been a week or so.
We officially lost the bed war. He sleeps with us now. I was the one who didn’t want him in the bed, Paul didn’t care one way or the other. But I got thinking about it from his side. Why was it ok to cuddle and sleep with his pack on the couch but not in the bed. It made no sense to me, so I relented and he started sleeping with us. Now he’s discovered the joys of being under the duvet. It’s getting cooler in the evenings, and we tend to sleep with the window open a bit, so it’s honestly a bit chilly in the room at night. One night a corner of the duvet was lifted up a bit and he crawled in and fell right asleep. He does it now whenever he can. Last night was even funnier. He started off under the covers at my feet and on my left. For most of the night he would do these cute stretches and scoot up a bit so by this morning he was up on my pillow. It was so cute I couldn’t scold him, but he did get moved down again. 
Today is a local Pug social. I’m really looking forward to taking him to socialize with other dogs. There’s a group on-line who organize monthly meetings. October has two of these meetups. The first we missed, but I really wanted to go to this one. It’s also really close, it’s a beautiful day, so I can’t see why this won’t be fantastic. Besides, he needs the socialization. Brutus loves to play with dogs, and is really outgoing, but he does need to learn *how* to play with them. He tends to bark and while with smaller dogs that means play, to a bigger dog, that seems more like aggression. We’ll let everyone know how it goes.
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