Puggy poop

I came home from work today and immediately let the dogs out to take care of nature’s business. Brutus had to pee, but Buddy didn’t do anything. It turns out that Buddy pooped on the floor while I was at work.  We’ll go for a walk a little later and make sure they fully relieve themselves.

They both kept looking at me like I had forgotten something. So I gave them each a scoop of food, which has been promptly ignored. But they kept following me, acting like I had neglected to do something. So we went back outside and ran around the yard some. When we came back in, they both did nothing but nibble at the kibble—nothing substantial. Maybe it’s just too early. I’m home from work way earlier than Paul and Beth come home. I just happened to have an afternoon off because of a doctor’s appointment.  I bet they’ll eat if we go visit the chicken lady.

When I came home, I gave each of the bunnies a yogurt treat. I’ll feed them momentarily.

As I started typing this, Brutus started whining at the back door. I thought he just wanted to bark at Fluffy next door. It turns out he had to poop too. Not to be outdone by Brutus, Buddy decided he had to poop too. After the first piece dropped down, he spun around to see what had just happened before dropping the next one.

We’ll get this figured out.

First morning

I woke up at 4:30 with kisses from Buddy. This is going to be a fun two weeks.

These pictures are from last night.

Warming up

When I started spending time with the pugs, I was a little worried about Brutus. He’s Beth’s dog. Brutus never had time for me.  Buddy, on the other hand, is an attention whore, and we get along just great.

Tonight, Brutus started to show me some love.

Pugsitter

Dear Beth,

Your pugsitter has arrived. Brutus has warmed up to me finally. As soon as I walked in the door, they greeted me warmly.  I got all kinds of love.

Love,

Mike

Pug Patrol

It won’t be too long before I start Pug Patrol. I’m pretty excited about this. As you can probably tell, I’ve grown rather attached to Buddy and Brutus. I thought this would be a good way for me to keep the parents informed that all four animals are doing fine. I’m not worried about the bunnies. They’re fairly low maintenance. It’s the pugs that are going to be more work.

remiss

I’ve been remiss posting here ... the guys are totally fine

Either way, I wanted to post that I’m handing the blog over to our pal Mike for a couple of weeks. Diosa is in England, and I’m going over there too for two weeks. Mike will be looking after both the guys and the buns while we’re gone, and we’re hugely greatfull to him for it!

Over to you Mike

Update

The guys went to the groomers on the weekend, they both were getting a little stinky, and Buddy’s nails were getting particularly long. I dropped them off and came home. When I picked them up later, they were so happy it was silly! Big smiles from both of them, tongue hanging out, soft and shiny coats, nice non sharp nails. Even their breath smelt good. Well worth the $30!

Of course, as soon as I got home Buddy jumped in the paddling pool we’ve put out for them (A small kiddies one with a shallow pool in it, no chance of drowning in this!) to keep them cool, but at least he’s stayed nice and soft coated

We’re going on a couple of vacations later this year, and for a while I was freaking out trying to figure out what we were going to do with them. While I’m in England, a friend of a friend (we’ve met him and trust him) is going to house and pug sit for us for two weeks, so that will be nice. When we go on our honeymoon to Mexico, my parents are staying over for a two week vacation and will look after them.

I’m very relieved thats sorted!