Flashback Friday

Today, I will reflect back on the time when Sluggo came to join the pack.

One of the first things for me to do, was to immediately take possession of his bed. Let him know who's boss.

Brigitte wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation.

There is Sluggo's first Piggo

The attraction was there from the beginning.

The rest, my friends, as they say, is history.

Profiling

Over the years, I have heard humans  liken us pugs to a few different things.

One of the first things I remember was one of Mom's friends saying that my head reminded him of a rolled up sock.

Do you see it?

Then there is Brigitte. Dad thinks she has a profile like a Dodge Ram truck.

Do you agree?

Lastly, we have Sluggo.

One year, after we marched in the Park Rd Parade, with all our friends from The Corner Pug,

we passed a little girl who squealed " Look Mommy! A palomino pug!"

What do you think?

Has anyone ever told you that you look like or remind them of anything? If so, what was it?

How did you feel about it.

Wilma's Wednesday Words of Wisdom ~ Kickin' it Old School Edition

"It's always good to remember from where you came"

I decided to keep this weeks wisdom on the simple tip. Go back to my roots so to speak.

 Where might that be you may ask?

Well, royalty,of course.

The thing is, I want you to know, that sometimes it's OK to be by yourself. 

I mean, look at me here.

I ask, why would I need to go lay with some human or some other dog?

I'm good.

Hanging out in a pile can work for you sometimes.

And I'm not saying you can't hang with the crew when you feel like it,

but, being able to be by yourself can be very empowering.

So, if  you are one of  those pugs who constantly needs to be with someone...

I'm not naming names.(Sluggo)

Try it.

(Start small, you don't want to freak out those co-dependant humans)

( Sluggo)

You might find out, it's not so bad.

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Ever Wonder What 42 Pounds of Grapes Looks Like?*

Wonder no more.

That's a lot of jelly!

* grapes are poisonous to dogs, so don't go eating any of these things.

Sunflower Birthday Girl

There was a birthday in the Sunflower Sisters organization yesterday.

It was our girl Petunia's Birthday!

So, if you haven't already, go on over and give the lovely young lady a belated birthday wish.

She won't mind that it's late.

It's a guestamated date due to the fact that she was rescues and an actual birth date was not known,

So I say celebrate all month long!

So, I got to thinkin', I ought to give a Birthday shout out for all my Sista's on their special days.

I try to do this, but I may miss some of you, and I don't want to do that.

So, if you please, have your peeps let me know when your Birthdays are and we will keep a record, as to not leave anybody out.

I am trying to get my Mom to make us a whole  Sunflower page here on the blog, but as you may know, getting stuff out of her hasn't been too easy these days.

Keep checking though, she must follow my commands, she has no choice.

Finally.... Good Hiking Weather!!!

Disclaimer: prepare for a gratuitous amount of cute pug pictures in this post.

It's one of the reasons you come here for  anyway, right?!

So, even though Hurricane Earl was a bust, it did manage to sweep out all that nasty, thick hot stinky weather.

We had a beautiful sunny, breezy clear day today.

Mom and Dad decided to take us to our favorite place for hiking,  White Memorial Conservation Center.

We were very happy to get in the car and go on an adventure.

However, I decided it would not be as easy as that.

Mom and Dad had to pay a small price for letting so much time pass between hikes.

And no, having the hottest Summer on record is not a legit excuse.

So I planned a little breakout attempt for the trip up.

It was brilliant.

First, I had Brigitte back out of her harness and walk right into the front seat onto Dad's lap.

This was just a diversion though. In the meantime, I was in the back seat writhing around like Chris Angel escaping from one of his locked straight jackets, under water , in a trunk.

So when Mom pulled over to re-secure Brigitte, I barreled right into the front for myself.

You can just call me Wilma Devil!

I jumped down onto the floor...

climbed back out

and proceeded to mock the Mom.

I was so proud of myself!

Dad was in the store when I pulled all this, leaving Mom to corral me and Brigitte by herself.

She took these pictures as proof to Dad of what I did.

Doesn't matter, I did it in such a cute way, there was no punishment.

Dad thinks everything I do is cute

Off we went to the park!

There are 4,000 acres within White Memorial, so we almost always choose a different path.

Sluggo was a little moody, I don't know if he was upset because we didn't include him in our plan, but almost all the pictures of him show him looking sulky.

I don't know if he really likes hiking, Do you like to hike Salinger?

Just asking.

Here's Brigitte, half in the bag.

Sluggo poses on a rock.

I think I would like to come back on Monday.

Brigitte too, we'll have to check back with Slugs.

We hope you are all having a fun time this weekend!

Meet Rudy ~

OK, here is my dilemma. Not only is my Mom leaving us to fend for ourselves for hours on end, but now she expects me to blog about some dog I have never even met.

I mean, is she trying to get me to poop on the bed?

This guy really is pretty cute, and he smelled like a friendly when I sniffed Mom as she walked in.

Plus, he goes to work with his Mom at a nursing home and makes a lot of people really happy.

Mom has known Rudy the puggle for quite some time now. His Mom is a Nurse Practitioner at a place where Mom has taken her students for their clinical rotation for  years.

Rudy comes in and pretty much has the run of the place. He hangs out with his favorite nurse Jack, and visits with patients.

Mom says he is the sweetest boy, all squishy and lovey.

He has a bed at the nurses station, but one of his favorite places to hang is right up on the desk

So, I cut Mom a deal

I told her I'll need the fancy treat of my choice from our favorite store, and I want one of those sock monkey beds.

Clearly, she complied.

There's only one problem...

Brigitte tried it out~

I think we are going to need another one.

Any other random unknown dogs want to be a  guest on my blog?