So one of my very favorite things in the world is watching a pug have puppy dreams. They make that cute little sound and baby snorts as they mimic running through the yard after the neighbors cat. Our oldest fawn pug, Indiana was having one of these puppy dreams this weekend. As he slumbered on the couch his puppy dreams grew more and more intense. As he lept through tall wildflowers and approached the kitty in his dreams he rolled his round little self off the couch making a loud thump. This loud thump inspired the others (Griffon, Moab, Cooper and Kramer) to start a full on pug barkfest.
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| Cooper, Moab, Griffon and Indy |
In order to thwart the barking we have reduced ourselves to one of two solutions; 1. Waterboarding. This consists of squirt bottle full of water to the barking suspect, or 2. Nerf Gun Semi-Automatic Assult -multiple rounds of nerf darts. Neither really works when you have a house full of pugs, but it is a good time when Cooper eats the darts.
Although our boys are generally good and only bark at the door (and the garage, and the neighbors, and the garbage truck....) I feel it is self expresion. Indy loves the sound of his senior voice, and deaf Griffon has no idea he sounds like a cat in heat. Moab sounds strangely similar to a beagle, and Cooper can not participate in barking for two long because his memory span is that of a goldfish and he is easily distracted. I like them to let all the other dogs in the neighborhood know the 411. Pugs are so social they need thier voice. :)
