Happy New Year from Urban Pug. One of these pictures is of Oopsy dressed in her “Chrismas Elf” costume on Chrismas Day. The other two are really close-up shots of Gizmo and Oopsy I took with the new lens I got for my camera. It’s a Canon 100mm F/2.8 Macro Lens. It’s not cheap, but it’s worth it.
Speaking of New Year’s, our pug-related resolution is to be better about walking the pugs. Sometimes, we get lazy and let them go out in the yard instead of walking them. We’d like to make sure they get real walks every day.
December 11, 2008 at 10:29 am · Show more about: Pug, gadget, gizmo, snow
We live in New Orleans. Not to say that New Orleans is hell, but when it snows here, well, it’s about as likely as hell freezing over. Oopsy didn’t want to go outside, but she did go out later, and I snapped a few pictures.
Notice how Gizmo sees the snow, and runs back inside, into Oopsy’s crate. Poor Gizmo! (but, you still have to go out to do your business)
December 7, 2008 at 3:00 pm · Show more about: Pug
Oopsy is back, and we’re happy to have her here. Her surgery went well, but unfortunately, she needs to go back to the vet to have a few teeth pulled and have her other teeth cleaned up.
These pictures are of Oopsy relaxing in bed after coming home, wearing one of Martine’s winter hats.
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December 4, 2008 at 9:52 pm · Show more about: Pug
We recently got a webcam for our computer so Tricia’s parents can do video chat to see Martine, since they live in South Carolina. However, Oopsy is in on the chatting too, talking to her mother, Ipsy (and Tricia’s mother). Actually, Oopsy’s not all that into chatting on the webcam, but Martine is. She can recognize faces and hands on the screen, and sometimes she will even wave to the person on the other side, which is really cute!
Also, Oopsy’s at the vet today! She’s getting spayed right now so we make sure we don’t have a little Oopsigadg or a Gizmoops running around.
We miss you Oops! Get healed soon so you can come back home and run around and nibble our fingers and get in our faces again.
December 1, 2008 at 5:47 pm · Show more about: Pug
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November 30, 2008 at 10:24 pm · Show more about: gizmo, martine
Meet Martine’s new Pug! We found this stuffed pug at Target, and we had to get it for her. Actually, at first, both Oopsy and Martine were scared of it, each in their own different way. It didn’t take Oops that long to realize that there was nothing to be afraid of, but it took Martine a few days. Eventually she figured it out, and now she LOVES it. I am pretty sure she realizes it is not just any stuffed animal, but a PUG.
Tricia named the stuffed Pug after our favorite household gadget. She named the stuffed pug TIVO.
I’m sure we’ll accumulate lots of stuffed pugs, and I’m sure they’ll all get named. She’s going to have a very pug-filled childhood…
Also, now that Martine is crawling around more, she can do what amounts to one of the cutest things possible. She crawls over to her pug brothers and hugs them! This is very fleeting, and both Pug and Baby are moving quickly in poor indoor lighting, which makes it very difficult to photograph. I think this one is one of the best.
November 23, 2008 at 10:57 am · Show more about: Pug
I just found out about this movie via LJCFYI, and I love that there is a Pug in the movie. His character’s name is Frick. Gizmo is jealous! He wants to act!
It’s called Hotel for Dogs, and their website has lots of fun stuff to download — screen savers, backgrounds, aim icons, email signatures, etc. Check it out.
November 21, 2008 at 9:43 pm · Show more about: Pug
Tricia just found a canine cooler in a catalog. It would be perfect for gadget, because he is always getting out of bed to go lie down on the tiles, where it’s cool.
November 21, 2008 at 1:58 pm · Show more about: Pug
In your opinion and experience, what do you think the most common pug behavior problems are? I’m talking correctable behavior problems, not health problems.
What behavior problems have you had? How did you fix it?
Martine is the size of a pug… and she begs like one too! She now is able to recognize that we’re eating food, reach out for that food, and make a fuss until she gets what she wants. These are some pictures of her doing just that.
Notice that she is just about the size of a pug, and she’s about the same weight, too. Last doctor’s visit (2 weeks ago) she was about 22 pounds, which is just slightly less than what Gizmo weighs.
November 18, 2008 at 9:20 pm · Show more about: Pug
There is a local cupcake bakery called the Kupcake Factory that makes dog cupcakes on Saturdays.
We really like their cupcakes, and our pugs LOVE the Pupcakes!! They are bananna bread-like with peanut butter frosting, and the pugs devour them!
Also, if you’re on Facebook, please become a FAN of Urban Pug - click here to visit our page on facebook. You will be able to see pictures and videos there that might not always make it onto Urban Pug. Right now, there is one video of Gizmo in a Baby Swing that I’m not sure if I posted to here or not. So, please join and tell others to do the same!
Tricia bought Martine a monkey costume this year, and we took pictures out in the front yard with the pugs and our pumpkins.
After we did that, though, my dad somehow found out about a “special” costume for sale at K-Mart, and he got this “special” costume for us. It was so perfect for us, that we had to take another set of pictures.
I don’t think this requires any extra explanation. Happy Halloween!
October 28, 2008 at 11:37 pm · Show more about: martine, oopsy
So, as this picture shows, Martine is now capable of standing. However, she’s still a ways from doing it without holding on to anything or actually going somewhere once she stands up! I thought this picture was good because it shows Gizmo and Gadget doing what they always do — Gizmo is sitting on the chair, and Gadget is sitting underneath — except that now they’re doing it with Martine in the picture, too!
Oh, and I have a funny story about Oopsy. So, for some reason, and only at certain times, Oopsy acts afraid of me, and this only happens when it’s time to eat. She won’t take treats from me, and she won’t eat her food right in front of me. She’s also a little bit the same way around Gizmo or Gadget, only eating after they’ve left.
Anyway, whenever we leave the house, we put all the pugs in the kitchen, which has two exits. We close the door at one exit, and we have a dog gate on the other exit. So, usually, we just give G and G a chicken jerky each, and we’re on our way. Well, with Oopsy, I can’t do that, because she won’t get it — she’ll let Gizmo or Gadget have it (and they WILL take it if she doesnt!!).
I didn’t want her to be the only one not getting any chicken jerkies, so I had to do something about it! Well, the dog gate on one of the exits to the kitchen only goes down so close to the ground because of the molding at the bottom of the walls. Basically, there’s about 8-12 inches of molding from the floor up, and the dog gate can’t expand to fit properly in the whole space. This leaves that 8-12 inch space below the gate. Also, Oopsy is smaller than both G&G, and one day I realized (when we got home and she wasn’t in the kitchen) that Oopsy was capable of shimmying underneath the dog gate!
Once I realized this, it became clear that the easiest way to give her the chicken jerkies (and her food generally) was to put it on the other side of the gate! She can get it whenever she wants, and she’ll be protected from either Gizmo or Gadget’s taking it.
And, yes! It works just fine. However, it’s worked SO WELL that there’s an unintended consequence! Normal pug behavior when chicken jerkies are about to be dispensed is to BEG. Well, Oopsy’s behavior is now to run into the kitchen, past Gizmo and Gadget begging, and to shimmy under the gate as fast as she can!
