Monday, June 29, 2009

New Indy Pug Blogger!!!

Hey everyone! Exciting news...Annie, the Vice President of Kentuckiana Pug Rescue, has started a blog!!! She has titled it Welcome to the Pug Circus because, believe it or not, there are more pugs in her house than in ours!!! Annie has 8 of her own and fosters too. Please everyone go visit her blog and add her to the blogs you follow. She will be featuring her fosters and hopefully give us stories about past foster success stories. Ok, everyone go visit her right now!!!

Pug hugs and kisses!
The Pug Posse

Sunday, June 28, 2009

Yesterday was busy!

Hey everyone! Big Ern here. Today is Sunday and we are just relaxing after our busy Saturday! First Mommy got us up and made us go outside. It was already pretty warm outside. But Jasmine and Eddie still enjoyed the sun beam coming through the window. Jasmine was trying to enjoy a peaceful moment before Mommy dragged her off to see the vet again. This time was just her annual appointment. She had to get shots and stuff. The vet said Jasmine is all healthy!
Eddie showed off his best Bill the Cat pose...
Pippin was really excited about breakfast!
Eli almost looks guilty about eating. It's ok buddy, you can eat...
Neecy and her primadonna pose...
Well, after Jasmine's appointment and our breakfast, Lilo and her parents, Jess and Ryan, came over to our house and we all went down to the Petco in Speedway for the KPR meet 'n greet. There were only 3 other pugs there, but we got to see a bunch of other kinds of dogs, including a really big dog that looked like a giant pug! Yes, even more gargantuan than Eddie! Mommy called it a Mastiff.
Obviously after we got there the store was packed with pugs ;-) Besides the 8 of us (the Posse plus Lilo), KPR volunteer Candy had 3 of her foster pugs there, Midnight, Milton, and Chewbacca.
We were confused by being at Petco on a Saturday...we usually go on Sunday!
Lilo is such a social little girl that she didn't care what day it was, she was just happy to be meetin' n greetin'!
Eddie seemed to enjoy himself despite the heat...
This is Milton...he is available for adoption. He sure is a good looking pug...
This is Chewbacca, aka Chewy. He reminded us a lot of Gus...
See...he has very similar coloring to Gus...
And this is Midnight, aka Mischief! Midnight is a kisser! Lilo got a little jealous when her mommy was getting Midnight love ;-)
Isn't that a sweet face? I'm sure it won't take long for him to find his forever home...
Chewy was a very friendly boy too. He really enjoyed the attention. ..
Eddie is hoping Mommy and Daddy don't decide to take any more pugs home because the big bed is running out of room, especially since Ed likes to stretch out that Gigantor (Daddy's new nickname for him) body of his...
Of course we kept Mommy and Daddy busy by the usual tangling of the leashes. What fun would it be if they didn't have to keep untangling us? Jasmine was happy just to be feeling better. See the sore on her leg? Doesn't it look much better now? And there is no more swelling! Also notice Uncle Ryan in the background there (with the white hat on). He is such an instigator! He bought Gus a doggy tennis ball since Gus really seems to like them!
Well, while Gus was playing with his tennis ball, Chewy decided that looked like a lot of fun! So Daddy bought one for him!
After all that excitement, we went back home and Mommy, Daddy, Sam, Ryan, and Jess all left. They said they went to eat lunch, shop at Costco (which is ok because they came home with more pug food), then they went to see a movie. It was something about some robots that change into cars or something like that. It sounded totally silly to me. But when they got home they were all talking about how much they enjoyed it! Of course they wondered what we did while they were gone, but we'll never tell ;-)
Time to rest up now! Have a wonderful Sunday everyone!
Pug hugs and kisses!
Ernie and the Pug Posse

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Thursday Three...sad week

Wow...what a sad week it has been. We lost 3 prominent icons of my youth. I grew up in the 70's which is when these people gained their fame. Earlier this week we lost Ed McMahon who I watched as Johnny Carson's sidekick on The Tonight Show. Then this morning, Farrah Fawcett passed away after a nasty battle with cancer. I knew this was iminent from the news I had been hearing. Although she was not my favorite angel, I loved watching Charlie's Angels when I was a kid. My best friend and her sister and I would play Charlie's Angels and act out our own adventures.
Then this evening we heard Michael Jackson was rushed to the hospital after suffering a heart attack and he wasn't breathing nor did he have a pulse when the EMT's arrived at his house. He was finally pronounced dead at 6:15 Eastern time. Who doesn't remember being a kid dancing around to his music? He was a strange person, but an incredibly talented individual. I feel like part of my youth has been ripped away today...a bitter reminder of getting older. I wish I had something incredibly poignant to say, but all I can say is rest in peace.


Vikki and the Pug Posse

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Monday, June 22, 2009

Jasmine got a boo-boo

Hello friends! Big Ern here. We had a busy weekend. Ok, Mommy and Daddy had a busy weekend. It started on Friday when Lilo and her parents came over for dinner. We just love pug company! Then on Saturday Mommy went to meet some girlfriends for lunch. They are all pug mamas, but no pugs went with them! Can you believe that??? The mamas were Kelly (Dixie, Sophie, and Harley), Jessica (Lilo), Laura (Salinger), and Sarah (Hank and Molly). I just don't understand why none of us got to go. Well, I can understand why Bernice didn't get to go...
We're not sure when exactly this happened, but Jasmine got gang tackled. Now, I was just giving her some love and some of the others may have gotten a little jealous, especially Neecy. Mommy saw this happen Thursday when we went outside after she got home from work. She saw Neecy, aka the psycho alien, with Jasmine's leg in her mouth. These scuffles happen from time to time but no blood is ever shed, except when Mommy gets in the way of a mouth trying to break it up. Mommy has much more fragile skin than us tough pugs!
Well, Mommy checked Jasmine over real good and didn't see any injuries or any blood or anything. So everything seemed to be fine...until Saturday afternoon when Daddy noticed Jasmine limping a little. He looked her over and noticed that her right front leg was a little swollen.
I, of course, did my best to protect my beloved Jasmine. Eli acted innocent. Eddie also tried to act innocent...
Gus, who wasn't involved in the fracas because he was busy in his own little world, found his squeaky hamburger...
Mmmmmm...hamburger...
Mommy's right, he's so special...
Here comes the little alien now...
I'll protect you, my darling Jasmine...
That's right, I'm taking Jasmine's side over my crazy sister's...
Seriously, doesn't she just look crazy?
Well, when Mommy and Daddy got up Sunday morning, they noticed that Jasmine's leg was even more swollen and there was a crusty area on her leg just below her shoulder. They decided that they probably needed to talk to a vet. But they said the regular vet doesn't work on Sundays and the emergency vet charges an arm and a leg just for going there besides any tests or medicines. So Mommy looked up PetSmart on the internet and saw that the in-store vet had Sunday hours. So they took Jasmine over there and saw this thing in the sky...
They don't know what it was doing there, but Mommy said it made her think of Salinger's blog from Saturday. If you haven't seen it yet, make sure you check it out! So anyway, they got there and the vet was closed. The people at the store said the vet is always closed on Sundays. Well, that's not what the internet said! They said they would look into that...whatever!
So they bought some treats since they were there and MarrowBones were on sale. Those are the best treats EVER!!! Then they came back home. A little bit later they noticed poor Jas's leg was about double its normal size! So Daddy said they should get her in the bath with some warm water to draw out the infection. They got her in there and the crustiness washed away and pus started oozing out. Yes, I know, that's really gross, but it's an important part of the story.
While Jas was in the tub, Daddy called the emergency vet place to see if they had any suggestions to help. They said to take her temperature and if it was 103 or higher to get her in right away. So Daddy went back to PetSmart to buy a doggy thermometer. When they took her temperature, it was 101.2 which is in the normal range for dogs. By this time the swelling has started to go down since they got a lot of the pus out, so they decided to wait until today to take her to see the regular vet.
Daddy left Jasmine in the big bed this morning and put the gate up so none of us could get to her. Let me tell you, that was really difficult being on the other side of the gate from her ALL DAY!!! And I think she was upset about being away from me too! When Mommy got home from work, she grabbed Jas and took her to the vet. The vet shaved the hair away from the wound area, cleaned it out real good, and gave her a shot. She also gave Mommy some pills to give her which means that Jas will get marshmallows twice a day now! Lucky girl! And the vet weighed Jas and found that she has lost 2 pounds since last year! She is now a slim 20.6 pounds! I guess having all these other pugs around and going to meetup once a month has been good for her!
Ok, I have to warn you, the next couple of pictures are kind of gross. Mommy took pictures of Jasmine's leg. If you get grossed out easliy, please refrain from looking at the next 2 pictures. Everyone else feel free to look...
Do you see the red spot at the top of her right leg? That's where the vet shaved the fur away and the wound is visible. Also notice how the right leg is a bit thicker than the left leg...
Now here's the really gross close-up of the wound...
She sure is glad that's all over now! Now bring on the marshmallows!!!

One last picture Mommy wanted to share...it has nothing to do with pugs, but Mommy thought it was interesting. On her way home from work on Friday she saw this really big plane flying really low...
It's some sort of military plane and was really, really big, although it's hard to tell from this picture just how big it was!
Well, I hope everyone else had a less stressful weekend than we did! And I hope you all have a wonderful week!
Pug hugs and kisses!
Big Ern and the Pug Posse