Gizmo and Gadget recently got their first bath in a real tub, and here’s a picture of Gadget in there. I find that they shed A LOT right after I give them a bath, but it dies down. I think that it’s because the bath loosens a lot of their hair and removes a lot of the natural oil from their coats.
Anyway, I was at Sam’s and I found this stuff called “Minute Groom” — It supposedly has some natural oils in it that will help. We’ll see if it works or not, because man, after bathtime, pugs shed like crazy. If you have any solutions for shedding, go make a post in the forums, let us all know what you do. I’ll get one started.
In other news, they boys are settling into their new house. Gizmo is finding more places to hop up onto (the window sill, anywhere where there’s a bunch of pillows) and gadget’s getting sneaky.
Today, Gadget sneaked into the cabinet and pulled down the bag of chicken jerky (we’re talking a huge bag of it), and was about to start chowing down, right when tricia caught him.
During the day, the boys are staying in the kitchen, which is completely closed off, with no corners or tree-like objects for them to have the urge to mark, so they’ve been doing relatively well during the days while we’re out. Other times, though, we’re having a bit of trouble. We’re not sure if they’re getting mad at us or what. I think it’s time to start getting them some more walking time (just for the exercise and mental health aspects, not the actual need for them to relieve themselves. They get plenty of “outside” time now, so much to the point where they don’t really wanna go half the time, cause that would mean that they’re not sleeping on your head, at your feet, or otherwise right next to you.