Picture of the Day

Where did Ethan GO???

Peanut Butter

One word in this house has to be said very quietly or in code....Peanut Butter. Because if the pugs hear or smell that peanut butter is out, they better have some of it. They will do anything to get some including becoming 2 legged!

Take Me Out, Please?

This weather has the pugs really confused! Since we don't have a fenced yard, they go to the door and sit, hit their bell, and whine to go out and play. The problem is they are not yet a year so they still have occasional accidents so we can't ignore a bell call, even if they were just out.
But how do you say no to this face?
Thank goodness for the dog park, where they run farther than they ever could even if they had a fenced yard!

Please?

I know I was just out but I really need to go back out!

Our 1st Halloween

Quincy and Oliver were really good sports about their Halloween sweaters. They really don't mind wearing them especially when its chilly out!  Quincy has to have the manly, preppy styles and Oliver has the more cutesy wardrobe. You can tell who their "owners" are!

I belong to a boy!

 I belong to girls!

It's so exhausting getting dressed up!

Dog Days...

Sunny Days

This is what happens when it finally stops raining and the boys get to play outside! Bill and I took them for walks down the street and then they played in the yard with the kids. They were so exhausted they collapsed onto each other for an hour. They were very sweet and then up running around like crazy again!

Meet Quincy

Ethan will be 12 in 11 days. He is such a great boy who has really shown us his strength in the last 2 years. He has an amazing spirit and ability to overcome anything. He has wanted a dog for years and specifically a Pug. He doesn't nag or beg but he definitely wants one.

Bill and I talked about getting one last spring for him and decided not to, it just wasn't the right time. But this year I started looking and found one Pug puppy. It was challenging to find, none were close, no one called me back etc. But one lady did. She lived in Aurora near Cleveland and had one boy left in her litter. They were born March 11th. March 11th was my Grandpa's birthday and it was also the day I had my surgery. It seemed meant to be.

We didn't tell anyone except our family (aunts and grandparents) we wanted it to be a surprise. So when Ethan asked where we were going when we were not heading home the usual way from downtown I explained.

"Open the glove compartment," there was a gift bag hidden with a collar and leash. "What is this?" I gave him a gift to open, a book on how to care for your Pug. "Am I getting a dog?" I gave him a note that Bill wrote to him from both of us telling him we loved him very much and were very proud of what a great boy he is. We hoped he would enjoy his new friend.

He was SO excited. I gave him a list of 100 top Pug names to help him start thinking of a name. He found a couple right away and decided on both for the first and middle name.

He wanted to surprise his sisters so we didn't tell them before we got home. They were so excited! Lindy almost cried she couldn't believe it.

So Quincy Paxton joined our family and is already very loved!