Parsley Turkey Meatloaf For Poochies

Aunt V and Cooper

1/2 LB Ground Turkey
1 Egg
1/2 C. Fresh Chopped Parsley
1 TBS. Olive Oil

In large bowl combine all ingredients and form into 4 patties. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes, cool and serve.

Angel or Satan's Spawn?

Some days my pugs are bad, bad boys.  It is like they get together as soon as I leave and decide to have a pug party. They pull out every toy out of their toy bin and pull their beds out of their pens.  The stuffing out of the couch is pulled out and there are paw prints all over my suede furniture.

Cooper likes to eat my plants.  I used to have a jade plant that seemed to be missing leaves every day.  One day it had only one little jade leaf on it.  Out of the corner of my eye I see Coop nibble up the last leaf.  He is like a vacuum that is on all the time, he eats everything and anything.

Even though my pugs are bad, bad boys it is so hard to be mad.   I come home and there are signs of pug-a-palooza all over but there they are, big eyes, curly tail and funny face so happy to see me. How can I be mad at such angelic little faces, even if they snort like dragons.

Tube Top, Skirt or off the Shoulder Top?

Kramer, Cooper and Griffon

 So all of us who have ever gotten the itch to buy clothes for our pugs know one thing.  Pugs have no neck and no shoulders so clothes don't stay up.
The first day of wear it slowly slides down, by the second day it is an off the shoulder or shoulders top.  By the third day you are looking at at pug tube top, and by day four it is a full on pug skirt.  I am thinking adding an extra elastic around the next so Cooper does not become a cross dresser.  :)

Cooper stuck in his tube top and the gate

A Birds Eye View

Sometimes Coop likes to have a better view.  Especially when he is tired.  It gives him the chance to take in the world and the smells.

All you need is love

Cooper has got to be the craziest, sweetest most playful pug around.  He is game for anything and is so social.  Sometimes I fear his tail may wag right off.  He smells the air with such force he goes on overload.  It explains why he sleeps so soundly.  Adding Cooper to the clan was the best thing, he is pug through and through.  A lover for sure.

Let It Snow



Kramer the Yorkshire Terrier in his snow glory

 

It cracks me up that our dogs go crazy over one or two snow storms.  They get all peppered up and gallop through the snow to their hearts content.  Kramer (the 4lb Yorkie) also takes part in this ritual.  So if you know anything about pugs you know they are in no way, shape or form outside dogs.  But for some reason the youngest fawn pug Cooper smells like a hunting dog.  He has this strange odor that resembles a pre-teen male who realizes he needs to add deodorant to his regiment of primping for his day.  Cooper is frequently blasted with coconut puppy body spray to help with his strange odors. 

The other day after a big day of snow pug wrestles took place (approx. 8.5 minutes worth), the pugs scratched at the door to come in and rest.  Covered in snow and tracking in paw prints from the furniture to the kitchen there was puddles everywhere.  Kramer ran in with little ice balls on his fur as Cooper tried to eat them.  Pugs will never be sled dogs but their one big day in the snow a year is always a fun time.


Indiana and Cooper having full on snow sprints



Barking Solutions

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. 

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.  :)

Cooper's Big Day

So our 18 month old pug, Cooper headed to doggy day camp this morning.  We tell him the night before that he gets a "Big Day Tomorrow".  He stays by the back door and wags his tail to the point of exhaustion in anticipation of his big day. 

Cooper The Pug

When Cooper arrived at Doggy Day Camp today he kissed everyone he saw and jumped into the arms of his camp director.  He believes he is the most special boy around. :)  Cooper loves big dogs and small dogs and thinks that they all love him too!

When he comes home following doggy day camp he finds his bed and his eyes go droopy, then his eyes get heavy.... he drifts off to puppy dream land and dreams about his next adventure.  Full of trouble, treats, friends and open spaces Cooper dreams...