and they say pugs cant swim.....pfffffffft

So everyone kept telling my people that pugs cant swim.. we are so muscular that we just sink like rocks....... that they went out and bought me this stupid life jacket......way to make me feel like a mummified child with 6 scarves wrapped around his neck... to go build a snowman outside for 20 minutes.....(well.. this has never happened with me but you get the picture ).....so....as compliant as I always am.... i let them put it on......so... just despite them... I decided i was not going to swim at all in it... serves them right for spending their money on something so ridiculous.....note the back legs.......thats right... they are doing NOTHING.....i also proceeded to let my head down... so the water was just at nose level.. this is another version of the "freak out the parents" game










So..... after this horrible event of embarrassment (there were two dogs swimming all on their own a few docks down.... i was like the kid on his bike for the first time with a helmut, wrist pads, knee pads, elbow pads, bum pad, saftey goggles.....you know) I decided to show off... and swim ALL ON MY OWN

I'm tired of my fancy meals of elk, bison, lamb and duck.... i'd rather eat..... SAND!!!!!!!

So I know that my people spend lots of money on fancy schmancy food for me.. and that I should be appreciative.....and I am.. usually......but sometimes it just doesnt cut it.....fruit and veggie patties are NOT what I call ruffage.....and whats with the little mini toothbrush with beef paste...... i need something alot more gritty to clean my teeth... something like.......sand.....yes...it goes down kinda like a liquid.....and the grit... OH the grit.....I like to take BIG mouthfuls.. the drier the better... and then shake it around my mouth.....then of course... as if this wasnt too much fun...i do what i like to call...."freak out the parents".....it kinda involves a hacking, sneezing, coughing noise....like i'm choking maybe......i spray sand everywhere.. then look at them with my poor sad eyes until they feel so bad that i covered my pretty little face and mouth in sand... that they CLEAN IT FOR ME!!!!! what could be better.....mmm.... i know.. MORE SAND!!!!!!!

Portraits

Looking through my portfolio.....I realize that I've missed some of my best shots on this blog. So I've decided to display them in this post. It was a wonderful day these frames were shot, and I was of course most co-operative (my people tell me that we were lucky we got any pics that turned out well......but as always.. I know they are wrong.... because I am a perfect little model for their "nature shoot")

ice cream is not just for humans!

After so many tempting ice cream trips, where only humans get ice cream, and I'm dragged along to make people think that I enjoy their company..ice-cream-less......I got a doggie sundae. I have never even heard of these before, but they are made specially for me... (and i suppose other dogs as well) with a dog cookie on top!.... I know that ice cream isnt the greatest for me.. .but I didnt care.......it was so good. You can see what was left from the treat on my face...however I tell my people that I did it as another impersonation of a mean doggie....It's kinda the same look that I give if I am getting a talking to when I was bad. Squinty eyes, I try to look away, and theres always something on my face or sticking out of my mouth (usually cat hair tufts, or a tiny bit of my cute little pink tongue) to make my mommy think I am too cute to be told not to bite, or tackle the cats, or play "catch me if you can... and you wont" with underwear, cutlery, socks, books, contact cases, cat food, etc in my mouth. I usually finish it off with a sneeze when my mommy is about a centimeter away from my face... she loves it....I held back this time, because I didnt want them to never feed me ice cream again because I was acting up. I'll save the acting up for at home... what are they gonna do then?......nothing!... I win again! (and they say to never let the dog win.... HA!)

lets take this out back!!

I am so tough... and to prove it, my mommy and daddy got me this collar. I love it, and it matches my cute little pink tag as well. I am not allowed to wear it to daycare though (my parents dont want it to poke other dogs.....and because nice collars will get ruined during playtimes) but i think its because they dont want me to intimidate the other doggies because I'm a mean tough little pug (don't I look like it?)..either way I love this collar....

puppy popsicles!!

It's been really hot here lately, and when I came home from a day of running thru spinklers, playing in pools, and chasing other dogs at daycare one day, I was surprised with a popsicle!.....It was chicken broth, with carrots and peas.....mmmmmmmmmmyum. Since then I've had one with shrimp, and beef as well.......however I am NOT spoiled... at all... actually i think im the opposite of spoiled, and that I should get popsicles more often.

noodle pug

This is me pretending to be a cooked noodle.........I am long skinny, and floppy. I like to do this occasionally, because it makes me look extra lean, and non stalky (like a pug should be), so that I can make my parents think that I am underfed, and that I should be given more a breakfast and dinner. Sometimes it works......but until it always works, I plan to be a noodle.