I'm a Velcro Pug and I'm Stickin' With It

Hi Mommy

I am CLOSE to my Mommys. Sometimes REALLY REALLY close. As a rule, if they are sitting, I am on their laps. If they are standing, I am clinging to their ankles. And if they are sitting at the desk, I am snuggled at (and sometimes ON) their feet. It is comforting to me; AND I LIKE TO THINK it is comforting to them as well.

This is particularly an important feature of this PUG because by ALWAYS being underfoot I gain a lot of extra foodables in the form of dropped morsels and spontaneous treats. And what P.U.G. would NOT want to have that as part of their dietary routine?

When we go ANYWHERE I am likely to do the same thing - hug my Mommy's ankle. If I venture away from her, it is usually no more than 4 feet. When she goes walking around, I am right there, in her shadow, just out of sight. She often thinks she loses me only to find that I am so close to her she cannot readily spot me.

This is me and I like it. VELCRO PUG should be embroidered on my leash.

HAPPY THING #61: Ankles and sticking right by them

Happy Thing Number Sixty

Can you believe I am at Happy Thing NUMBER SIXTY? This calls for a celebration.

Do I have something stuck in my TEETH?

YAY!

HAPPY THING #60: Nice Crispy Lettuce

Time To Think

Sometimes I just need to get away and think. It isn't that I am upset or that any of my family has displeased me in any way. No, it is completely the need for ME time.

When this happens, I feign the need to do bidness outside and then I find a nice spot and just sit. I sit and think. I sit and smell the crisp flower scented air. I savor the soft morning breeze or the cool afternoon wind. I just BE.

HAPPY THING #59: Me Time

I FORGOT to Put a TITLE on THIS Here Post. . . Monday Space-out

The weather returned to perfect yesterday. So while Mommy #2 and Auntie B were at Nikkei Matsuri in Japantown, Mommy #1 was left to entertain me. What better way than to take a walk to a park. We live near several parks, the smaller neighborhood ones allow dogs. 

Here Molly and I are enjoying the warm sun with a cooling breeze from the playground of a nearby park. Notice how shaggy Molly is in the photo? Shortly after this adventure she went to the groomers and came back A CHANGED DOG!

It's true. I growled at her because I did not recognize her.

HAPPY THING #58: Sunny days with cool breezes

TEE GEE EYE EFF!!!!

I am so happy FRIDAY is here. I don't have a lot of plans over the weekend - other than enjoy what should be a quiet house. Maybe I will wander to Japantown for the Nikkei Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival). Lots of people bring their dogs to it and I hear the weather should be PUG-friendly.

This time of year is so full of activities. It almost seems like we actually had a Winter - we didn't :-(_  - because suddenly everyone is out and about.

What kind of weekend plans do you have?

Whatever you do, have a wonderful time doing it.

HAPPY THING #57: The Weekend

Anatomy of a TREAT . . . and Other Observations

What makes a good TREAT?

Well, for starters, it should be made of good stuff inside and out -

Chicken (Including Ground Chicken Bone), Turkey, Turkey Liver, Turkey Heart, Pumpkinseeds, Apples, Carrots, Butternut Squash, Ground Flaxseed, Montmorillonite Clay, Broccoli, Lettuce, Spinach, Dried Kelp, Apple Cider Vinegar, Parsley, Honey, Salmon Oil, Mixed Tocopherols, Olive Oil, Rosemary Extract, Blueberries, Alfalfa Sprouts, Persimmons, Inulin, Rosemary, Sage, Clove

THAT'S a lot of really really good stuff. Notice no preservatives or ingredients that cannot be pronounced!

Second, they should be portable so your human can take them EVERYWHERE because you never know when a TREAT OPPORTUNITY may arise.

Although they LOOK huge in this photo, they are small. Very small. Like ONE GULP small. But that is ONE MIGHTY TASTY gulp, I can tell you that. I figure if I look pathetic enough that I might get more than one per trick because they are gone in a flash. It normally wouldn't work because, as you know, my Mommy keeps me on a strict low cal diet so I can maintain my puggy waist. But here is the good news - these nuggets of tastiness are only 2 calories each! Is that perfect or what?

Finally, they should be TRICKWORTHY. Are these trickworthy? Y-E-S they are! Very very trickworthy. I call them 3 TRICKS worthy. That is almost the highest award I have ever given.

Okay, I admit I have something particular in mind - Nature's Variety Instinct RAWBOOST Minis.

Check them out next time you are at the PET FOOD store or, better yet, on CHEWY.COM. These are treats you feel good doing tricks for AND your human feels good about giving to you for said tricks . . . or good behavior. . . or looking cute. . . or just because.*

Which brings me to my thoughts for the day. Have you ever noticed how wonderful the wind smells? Sometimes I forget and go about my day in a routine haze. BUT yesterday it was quite breezy in our town and when my Mommy let me out to do my bidness, I could not HELP but notice just how delicious the air smelled. Not food delish - but LIFE delish. It was a cacophony of wonderful smells and I was outside a long long time just taking it all in. I saw Mommy look out the window and smile at me as I lay in a sunny spot with my demi-snout pointed up. It was so wonderful. Next time it is windy at your place, take the time to smell the wind. I am sure you will not be disappointed.

HAPPY THING #56: The Wind and all of its delicious smells

*NOTE: I was provided the treats free of charge from Chewy.com in return for an honest opinion. I tried the treats over the course of a week. I was not paid for the review, other than a sample of treats on which to base my opinion.

Pug Mug Fun

Found at Marshalls 

HAPPY THING #55: A FUN Mug









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