The New Mellow Molly

I'm CHILL. How About YOU?

Molly is a worry wort. Truly. She worries about every little sound and light change. She worries when everyone is home and worries when they are away. In fact, one of the reasons she found her forever home with us was her worrying. But the worst is when I am away. She cannot handle that at all. She whines. She barks. She yips. In other words, she FLIPS OUT. Short of me always being by her side (this is just not possible although I am mostly with her), Mommy knew she needed a solution.

She was perusing the latest Modern Dog Magazine (I let her borrow it) and came across something she never really considered before - CBD (cannabidiol). Have you heard of it? It is something that I know a lot of my older FURiends use for a variety of reasons. Anxiety is not one of the reasons, that I know of. But according to this thingy Mommy read, it was highly recommended for ANXIETY.

I borrowed this pic from the INTERNET. I noticed
a lot of CBD related memes using PUGS.
WHY?

So she followed the suggestions and went online to Honest Paws, a CBD distributor. She looked it over, read the reviews and finally decided to give it a try. BUT it was quite difficult to decide which product to use! There are oil, treats, supplements, and so on. A whole bunch of products using CBD. The reviews of the products and the retail site were all good so she TOOK THE CHANCE and ordered the CBD oil for Molly. She wanted to be able to control the dosage more than a treat would allow. I lobbied BIG for the treats; but Mommy pointed out they WERE NOT for me so, no.

It took JUST DAYS for the package to arrive. The oil was prettily packaged and all of the instructions were included. It was so easy. The first test was on the next Monday when Molly's Mommy was taking her on a car ride. Molly does NOT do well on car rides. So she tried a HALF dosage (she didn't know how Molly would react) just before she left. That was NOT the best thing to do. It did not have time to really get into her system and Molly's anxiety skyrocketed. Then she got all pant-y and pace-y and wouldn't settle down. Then, all of a sudden (after they stopped), she calmed down and settled into her car-spot. JUST LIKE THAT. The return trip was without the erratic behavior.

I wasn't there so I can't say for sure how extreme Molly's behavior was. But I think her first reaction was more because she couldn't figure out how she was feeling. Then she just gave into it. My point is, it appears to have worked.

We have only tried it one other time and that was when everyone in the house left for the day and we were home alone. Molly was FREAKING OUT, as usual so Mommy DOSED her up. She calmed down the rest of the day.

So it appears that Mommy has stumbled across something that really does the job AND is completely  safe and natural. I think we are in the CBD club to stay. I don't know if we will be loyal to Honest Paws as there are many places to get pet products with CBD in them. We'll see. For now it is just good that Molly has a way to calm her Anxieties.

** This is not really a review. We are not paid by Honest Paws or Modern Dog Magazine to write this post. We paid for the product and liked it. So we are sharing only.

April Fools Smell My Shoes and Other Silly Stuff

                                       

I woke up this morning and I felt like a CAT. I think I am turning into a CAT. Sunshine thinks she is the ONLY feline in the casa but I have news for her

• I like CAT food. Every time she "shares" her crunchy food by tossing it over the edge, who is at ground central? Yours Truly
• I am comfortable in CAT environs. I like sleeping in a BOX! I love climbing up on her CAT TREE or snoozing in her CAT CONDO
• I make a MAD DASH for the kitchen when Mommy opens a CAT FOOD container
• I could use a CAT BOX. Other than being inside, how does it differ from the pebbles and dirt I use daily?

It just seems to me the transition to CAT would be pretty simple. Of course, there are drawbacks. Like, due to my shape, I cannot fully lick my body. But to be truthful, the older SUNSHINE the CAT gets, the harder it is for her to reach her mid-back. And - to be honest - I am not much of a leaper. I cannot even leap on the stool so FORGET about the kitchen chairs and table. I get in the cat tree by climbing INTO my toy bin and lifting my body up from there. The toy box is more than halfway to the bottom of the CAT TREE. I have not figured out how to safely get down. 

Usually whining works.

And I have been working on my EARS - making them stand straight up rather than hang adorably down. I think I have mastered it - well one side at a time, anyhow.

So there you have it. I am pretty confident that I can master this new life. What do you think? Is catdom in my future?

Friday is Get Up and GO, Day!

Actually, no it isn't.  This is where you can find me.Snuggled up right next to Mom. Even ol' Mister Sun is taking his sweet ol' time rising. It isn't gloomy like rainy yesterday, but it sure is NOT bright and sunny, either. So I am happy sitting right here and reading, watching tv, or whatever.

Molly is so "tired" she buried her hear in blankets and I can't tell which is her front and which is her backside. Can you?

All in all, I fully expect all of my adventuring to happen tomorrow when the SUN comes out and I convince Mommy to take me on a looooooooog walk.

Happy Friday EveryPuggy!

Mom's in a Hurry SO I am Wordless for Once

It's So Taxing

DEAR MR IRS (I am sure IT is a HE)

DO not do this again

Mommy SPENT all day doing taxes

That means she CANNOT play

or snuggle

or anything ME-centric

DO not do this again

I, Noodles the pug

DO

NOT

LIKE

IT

A.Ham Pug

My two Mommys saw Hamilton, the musical. over the weekend. They loved it and as a result I have been inundated with HAMILTON. I don't mind a lot. It is good stuff. If you have a chance to see it then by all means do so.

There is a running joke in my family re a line from the play. You see, our last name is HAMILTON. No relation to Alexander or his descendants, though. It is almost always the first question anyone asks us upon hearing our last name.

But to add to the story, my Mommy #1's given name begins with an A - as in A. Hamilton. It makes the line in the play all that much funnier. I don't want to give anything away from the one or two persons in the world who know nothing about the play - but at one point Hamilton signs his name A. Ham.

So now Mommy #1 does the same. It is kinda funny.

Adventuregate

I was thinking of something to do the other day. It was a nice-ish day. Mostly cloudy with occasional SUN SHOWERS. Toward the afternoon it got a bit nicer, but not much. So as a result, I was not inclined to go outside a lot. In fact, it was well into the afternoon that I actually ASKED to go explore the yard.

Molly and I almost always go outside in pairs. I am not sure why this is. Maybe it is a GIRL thing. Anyways, we both went outside to pee, chat with the neighbors, and bark at an occasional bird. I think Molly lasted 2 minutes and then she was asking (i.e. barking) to return to the comforts of her inside bed. ME? I was still adventuring.

So I went here and there around the yard, smelling all of the flowers and looking for eatables (after some winter strawberries, there have not been anymore. . . but I look) AND THEN I spotted something different.

It looked like the YARD got bigger! So I had to go check it out. Lo and Behold, there was a whole 'nother part of the yard that I did not know about! All I had to do was wander out the OPEN GATE.

Mommy note: The gate is normally closed and I still don't know who left it open. Yes, when Noodles did not come back after 3 separate yells from the door, I went to investigate. My heart stopped when I saw the gate wide open and my little pug nowhere to be found.

First I sniffed around the garbage cans and the compost bins - you never know what treasures you will find there. Then I sniffed the air at the gate and decided it was safe to explore - so I trotted right out the gate and into the NEW WORLD.

Mommy note #2: I have no idea how long she was out there (there was about 30 minutes between Molly coming in and me discovering the gate. I consider myself extremely lucky that she was not run over by a car (we live on a busy street), or taken by a stranger wandering by, or worse, left the neighborhood).

I admit. I got a little bored with the new YARD. There was a lot of noise and nothing good to eat. So I went to the front porch and "KNOCKED" on the door. Molly heard me and started yelling to Mommy that I was at the front door. But Mommy didn't get it at all and kept telling Molly there was no one outside and to quit yelling. That's because when Mommy looked OUT the side window she couldn't see me. I was right in the middle of the door. She normally opens the front door to PROVE no one is there, but this time she did not.

Finally, Mommy went outside the BACK door to see if I was sunning myself or gorging on apples leftover from the Fall. I could hear her calling me but she could not hear me saying "I'm over here." Next thing I know, I hear Mommy panicking and yelling and then I heard a funny LUMBERING sound (she was running) coming down the side yard. I considered running to it but didn't because I didn't know what it was.

I told Molly to be patient, Mommy would find me. And just as I said that, I looked over my shoulder to see Mommy run out onto the driveway YELLING my name in a most disquieting way. Then she spotted me and ran over to me. I could tell she was relieved. But she didn't pick me up and hug me like I thought she would. She said "Noodles that was sooooooo naughty but I am so relieved to find you."

I am glad too. Even the thought that I could be lost or taken away from my WONDERFUL family really breaks my heart. From now on, I will try to be a little less curious about the OUTSIDE world.