Holy shit. Good news and bad.

[kdrake8]

Good news:
Some of you will recall me talking about this before.

I just put Mila to bed. In her crib. With NO sleep suit!!!!! She's sleeping right now! Will see how long it lasts.

Bad news: I made it downstairs to 2 very quiet, very suspicious looking pugs. Stepped in the living room... It smells like piss.

I discover that they have found and eaten a half a sleeve of Ritz crackers. Then, in her engorged glee, cheddar pissed on my new throw blanket... And subsequently on the couch.

I know it was her bc as I scrubbed out the couch, she laid down flat on the floor with her eyes averted. Guilty.

Ugh. This is so nasty.
Also I hope my baby stays asleep.

[kdrake8]

And how do I stay mad at this sad face?!?!

[TrudyCampbell]

Yayyyy Mila!!!!!!

And Boo dogs. My dog has decided to become a total PITA. We are basically letting him CIO in his cage every night because he's such a jerk.

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Look at that "don't hate me" face!

[ruby412]

Bad Cheddar! Next time we shame her by making her wear one of her little sister Mila's diapers.

[kandrze1]

Sorry about the dogs! It is so hard to stay mad at them when they act so sad and guilty.
That's exciting about the sleep suit though! I hope she stays asleep all night!

[kdrake8]

Trudy what is your dog doing?? I'm seriously wondering if Cheddar is craving attention.

The sleeve of Ritz.... Well that was my fault. If there's food down, she'll eat it.

[kdrake8]

Jan 11, 2013 21:16:26 GMT -5 ruby412 said:

Bad Cheddar! Next time we shame her by making her wear one of her little sister Mila's diapers.

This is an excellent idea actually. I'm strapping one on to her

[TrudyCampbell]

Jan 11, 2013 21:17:01 GMT -5 kdrake8 said:

Trudy what is your dog doing?? I'm seriously wondering if Cheddar is craving attention.

The sleeve of Ritz.... Well that was my fault. If there's food down, she'll eat it.

Oh my gosh, he's sooo craving attention. Out of nowhere he is peeing on the floor, stealing V's toys and making my life miserable in general. It's sad but I now lock the two dogs up in their own room all day (even though the other dog is behaving). It's not cruel or anything since they have a whole (tiny) room to themselves but I feel bad keeping them away from me.

He also cries at night now so much. It's so annoying!

[mikehoncho]

I hope Mila makes it through the night! She can do it! I'm sorry but I cracked up at them eating all the crackers, that is a total Taco move. He has been acting needier lately as well. He peed through the house one time and felt so guilty he wouldn't come out of his crate the rest of the night. I even tried to coax him out with hot dogs, nope. Lately he has just been having more anxiety than usual.

[kdrake8]

Poor taco

I do feel bad. She was panting bc she finished all the water after her cracker buffet and she must have been very thirsty bc of all the salt.

Now that she got fresh water she is passed out near me. DH is gonna be PISSSSSSED about the couch when he gets home.

[lolaburns]

OMG I die when a pug does that ears down eyes all sad look. My family is a PUG family.

I like to share this with all fellow pug lovers....warning it is sad so skip if you are sensitive.

My brother had the first pug in our family. She was our everything. One day he left for class and left his bottom dresser drawer ajar. His pug got into it and ate an entire roll of pennies.The vet tried to get them out naturally but they didn't pass so she went through surgery. My brother went to see her that afternoon and again the next morning. She was up and playing with him and everything. Later in the afternoon, the vet called and she passed away presumably from a blood clot.

Apparently, pugs have an affinity for metal things. Once I found this out I started noticing it more. I've seen a pug in a [pet store window relentlessly licking a metal window frame. Keep pennies and metal stuff away from the pug babies.

[bebeetmoi]

Go Mila!! Good girl!
But boooooo to naughty dogs :@

[kdrake8]

Omg Lola. That's heartbreaking. I will watch them always around metal!!!

I am a worrier so of course I'm worried about all the crackers. I keep trying to tell myself shell be fine... I'm sure Macaroni helped her eat them, so they can't have each had THAT many.

[rxbeth]

Yay, Mila! I hope she sleeps well for you tonight.

[carawestt]

Hope Mila sleeps well tonight! And your pug almost looks identical to mine!!! Same pathetic face and everything! Haha

[thedahliharpa]

Jan 11, 2013 21:15:15 GMT -5 TrudyCampbell said:

Yayyyy Mila!!!!!!

And Boo dogs. My dog has decided to become a total PITA. We are basically letting him CIO in his cage every night because he's such a jerk.

Oh yeah there was that bonus chapter on dogs added to the latest edition of Ferber

Naughty pups! How old are your flat faced friends kdrake?

[charlielove]

I hope she is still snoozing away! Seriously those guilty eyes are just so sad!

[kdrake8]

Jan 11, 2013 22:28:23 GMT -5 carawestt said:

Hope Mila sleeps well tonight! And your pug almost looks identical to mine!!! Same pathetic face and everything! Haha

Please PIP your pug for me!!!!

[kdrake8]

Dahli - Cheddar is going to be 3 next month!

Macaroni will be 4 in a few days - on the 15th!

Attached a pic of him

[thedahliharpa]

Jan 11, 2013 22:38:59 GMT -5 kdrake8 said:

Dahli - Cheddar is going to be 3 next month!

Macaroni will be 4 in a few days - on the 15th!

Attached a pic of him

Well if pugs are like toddlers, 3 is a tough age!

We love flat faced dogs. Growing up, my grandmother had a black pug and a fawn pug. We have a Boston but I'd love to have a Pug and Frenchie too.

[carawestt]

Here's mine!!!! Her name is Tahoe and she turned 10 in November.

ETA: At one time my family had 3 pugs; a fawn, a black and an apricot. The fawn and black had 6 puppies and we kept 2 of them. It was insane!

[kdrake8]

Bostons and Frenchies are our other two favorites - I would love to have both of those breeds! Flat faced puppies are the best

Have I seen your puppy before??

[kdrake8]

(PS - we are at 2 hours in the crib for M and she's out. We only got 45 min in the last time we tried. We are headed to bed with fingers crossed!)

[bean47]

Way to go Mila!

[pugz]

My pugs are such trouble makers, moreso now with the baby since we get preoccupied. Boopers ate my $$$ glasses. She also steals toys from the baby. We put up baby gates when she was only 2 months old because the pugs were sneaking off to pee. But i love them.

Check out the bah humpug blog, she does hilarious pug illustrations

[kdrake8]

Jan 11, 2013 22:44:00 GMT -5 carawestt said:

Here's mine!!!! Her name is Tahoe and she turned 10 in November.

ETA: At one time my family had 3 pugs; a fawn, a black and an apricot. The fawn and black had 6 puppies and we kept 2 of them. It was insane!

Carawestt!!! I love Tahoe! She's beautiful and she looks so young! She has aged well - I'm impressed!

And I can totally understand why you had so many - pugs are collectible!

[kdrake8]

Pugz - thanks for the site rec! I'll go check it out!! If you come back, tell me about your pugs

[ruby412]

K, how'd she end up doing? Did she make it through the night without the suit?

[pugz]

I've got two, Boopers (Betty) is 5 and Chubbs (Toby) is 4. Both rescues. We got Toby as a tiny puppy and were able to train (most of) the bad pug behavior out of him but Boop was 2 when we got her and training is a joke with her. She does what she likes. They don't like electronics as they divert our attention away from them and have destroyed: 2 laptop power cords, 2 printers, and a dvd player.

They are like typical brother and sister, they'll play together and then fight. They very very very rarely snuggle one another but demand snuggles from us constantly. They are good with the baby for the most part but still learning to be gentle and to not lick her face. She loves them and watches them all the time and will stroke their fur if they come close.

here's the blog: www.bahhumpug.com/

On the right side you can see some of her most popular illustrations.