Yellow Ribbon

While packing for my Christmas trip, I really started to worry... would Santa find me? Minnie Moo reassured me he would.

Then I got to thinking... there are lot of humans deployed away from home, family and friends. How will Santa know how to find them? The Google Machine says, Santa has a twinkle in his eye and he knows. Thank goodness!

In honor of all U.S. Branches of the Military, near and far, past and present, I am proudly wearing a yellow ribbon in Honor of your service.

Merry Christmas! Thank you and your family for an unselfish sacrifice.

Pack? What's that?

Today, Mom said we were going on an exciting adventure... somewhere I have never been before. Where could it be? I go on adventures all the time, thought I have been almost everywhere... Hmmm...

Mom said for me to pick out some toys to pack... Pack? What's that? So I dove straight into my toy basket and came up with a few toys, including my favorite snake.

Apparently, packing is putting my favorite stuff into a fabric box with wheels, a handle and zippers. Before I knew it, my coats, sweaters, poop bags, potty pads, food, were in the wheely box. Hmmm. There's a clue here, coats & sweaters... must be going some place cold.

Then came another surprise... a new carrier.

Woohoo! I'm going to see Neena & my brother Pooh Bear as well as two legged & four legged family! This will be an awesome adventure, my very first plane ride. Wonder if the Aircraft Captain will give me wings to wear on my harness or coat.

Ok, now there maybe two major problems... First one... Will Santa know where to deliver my presents & stocking stuffers? Neena doesn't have a fireplace, how will Santa put the presents under the tree? Second... security screening at the airport... Really, I could be screened by some machine that makes dogs & humans appear in their naked-ness? Then there could be the pat down.

Does anyone have flying words of wisdom for a first time flier?

Christmas Lights and Dudley

Last night, was the 2nd annual Christmas Light Viewing Adventure with two legged and four legged best friends. What a great surprise!... Camp Director and Aunt Wilde went with us. Its the one time of the year I get to ride in a vehicle not in my carrier. Wow, to be able to see out the windows. (Side note... Mom makes me ride in a carrier after we were rear ended two years ago on a busy highway downtown Austin. Proud to say, I even buckle up my carrier.)

Today, I went to volunteer at Pug Rescue of Austin Gift Wrapping Fund Raiser. This is so exciting! I get to pick out my treat and have it wrapped? Bee-line for the yummy, apparently, help your self section of Lofty Dog.


I met the cheese dog, "Gouda" (an Italian Grey Hound) who's human resembled Danny DeVito, but taller. Shhh, don't tell, it looks like Gouda helped herself to the treat section of the store.

Cue the music... when the door opened, I saw him...sigh... Dudley. Don't know what it is, but some just click at first site... it happened today.

Couture

Hmmm, not sure what's going on...Mom was dancing around the house last night, all excited. She can be so goofy. Thank goodness it didn't happen in public... how embarrassing.

Today's new word is *Couture*. Not sure what that means, but I caught a glimps of an email with the word Pink (my favorite color). Hmmm.?

After Mom came back from the groomer, she insisted that we had to get my measurements for the Couture (what ever that is, will have to check with the Google machine on that one). Still puzzled on what's up...

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Usually I hear "Rise and Shine" when I wake up... this morning was different... "Happy Birthday!" Whoo hoo! 3 years old.

The morning adventure was the State Capitol with my best friend. Brandy is camera shy, I was lucky to be in this picture with her. Plus she doesn't like my treats....SCORE! More for me! Think she knows about pugs and their treats.

This tree reminded my Mom of the "Big Tree" at the farm. She said this tree is minuscule in comparison. to the grand old oak tree.

The Capitol has a rolling lawn, perfect spot to activate bionic powers... ears up, here I go...

Leaves & a Cold Front

Mom got home early, flew in the back door, with excitement in her voice said "HURRY, Chop-Chop"! I knew this was going to be an adventure, but what could it be? In two shakes of a lambs tail, my harness was on, and we were headed out the door, down the hill towards the Park.

I'm always up for an adventure, but what's the hurry? And there it was!... The biggest pile of leaves I've ever seen! Mom knows leaves are my favorite ruffage delicacy. The crisp sound of the leaves crunching under my toes, Yes, this was worth the hurry!

As the saying goes, "Wait 15 minutes, the weather can change". I was basking in the sun enjoying the 80 degree weather, when Mother Nature had a change of plans.

Before I knew it, it was really cold. Where's my sweater? When the wind started howling, Mom whisked me up and we headed off to the couch to watch Nat-Geo.


Oh! Only 9 more days... only 9 days left to go!! I can't wait!

Pennybacker...A What...?

Pennybacker... A what?... never heard of one. What could it be? Yes, I knew it! A new adventure! But what is a Pennybacker?

Once we arrived at the penny-something trail head, we looked almost straight up.

The goat instinct in me wanted to scale the boulders, but Mom insisted an alternate path. Darn.

Side note... Neena, once you recover from your bionic knee surgery, we can scale boulders together!

Still looking for the elusive Pennybacker... no where to be found... humans were saying "look at the view!, this is awesome! Don't get to close to the edge!" Could it have been I was distracted by posing for treats and didn't notice the Pennybacker? Hmmm...

Two slices of Bread, Sand, Mayo & Ketchup

Morning adventure was the park where rocks are supposedly round... Brandy and I put our heads together and began to search, again...

Well, the goat part of me found this rock, but its not round. Oh well, maybe next time.

Then I discovered Cha-Cha (a recycled-rescue-shelter terrier mix that has found a forever home... being green is good). She was up for a game of chase. Bionic-spring-loaded knees kicked into high gear and left her in two shakes of a lambs tail. I heard her human little sister say "Look...Suki's winning".

It was fun to be on adventure with Brandy. People laugh and smile that such a big dog and little dog are best friends. I was worried about today's adventure... Brandy had a really bad experience yesterday. She put her big girl panties on and didn't mind socializing with strange dogs. I was really proud of her and Aunt Toad.

Bellatrix highly recommended going to a beach... well.. not sure if this qualifies as a beach since there is no surf or Golden Gate Bridge, but a volley ball court should do. Holy Smokes!... surprised Mom could take a picture of me posing. Running on the beach is great... feeling the sand between my toes... as if I was walking on a cloud. Yes!

My Human Grandpa is very wise, great intuition, very humorous, practical joker.... He didn't know that I would be at the "beach". This evening, when Mom was talking to Grandpa on the phone, he asked in response to "Guess what I'm having for dinner... his reply ..."did you have two slices of bread, sand, mayonnaise and ketchup?" Grandpa is awesome! He knows....

It's a bird, It's a plane... It's a flying Pug

With cooler, non-pug melting weather finally arriving, I have been one mighty, bright eyed and bushy tailed 12 pound pug.

Mom was trying to take a nap, so I grabbed the noisiest-most-annoying toy from my stash and squeaked it and squeaked it, while running to the back door. I insisted that we play fetch outside. Yes, it worked!

Tail, ears and whole body do really funky things while running fast, even the wrinkles on my face disappear (almost).

Besides being part goat, Mom says I may be part Yellow Labrador, since I retrieve so well.

Round Rocks?

Morning adventure was delayed by extra hour of sleep due to time change. Yes, I got to sleep in... no complaints here.

Round Rock Dog Depot Dog Park was the destination for new adventure, apparently the rocks are round. Brandy and I searched... smelled... despite the wet grass, no round rocks to be found.

Besides no round rocks, Mom's camera can't focus... think its user error, but will let her believe its because I run so fast and the camera can't focus....

Could I be Part Goat?

Woke from a blissful sleep to the magical words... "Rise & Shine"! I quickly turned from a snugglie, sleepy self to bright eyed & bushy tailed "Wirey Cookie". The weather was nice & crisp this morning and we were off to an adventure at the Garden.


While working the camera, a man told my Mom, "if she can stay there & pose, she's really good". Silly man, he obviously doesn't know that camera posing equals treats. I showed him how it was done! Hehee.

There were a lot of people shooting their cameras at the Garden, everyone was very serious & quiet as if we were in a library. Until they saw me! Just standing around posing, they started smiling & laughing. Its nice to make people smile.

Ok, now for the goat part... The Garden has tons of boulders to explore. One of the "shooters" said she must be part Goat. Really? I've never heard or even seen one. So I checked with my friend, Mr. Google. Goats are cute (just like me), they will explore anything new or unfamiliar in their surroundings, including boulders (just like me)... maybe I am part goat?

Hopefully not to jinx anything... to my surprise, bionic ability is awesome! Even Mom's new lens can't focus fast enough to capture running faster than the speed of light. Ears pointing to the sky, one paw on the path... bionic-ness ability... Yes!

Does anyone else run with their ears up?

Happy Howl-O-Ween!

Halloween is great! I spaz and can hardly contain the excitement when I see my costume. Posing for the picture, the dramatic expression appeared, its a combination of the milk-it-technique and feeling the stupid spider web stuff between my tootsies. Either way, score on the extra treats.

Kudos to Pug Rescue of Austin for the photo op. They are awesome at finding forever homes for pugs.

Hope you have a fantastic Howl-O-Ween!

The Loofah

Today's weather is starting to feel like fall. Finally a day without Pug-melting temperatures. Since its so nice out, thought I would help Mom with her flowers.

But first, have to pose by all the little faces. Call me crazy, but these little flowers look like they have sweet faces. Plus they taste yummy too. But today, I decided to leave them alone, I had other plans... The Loofah...

On the Sledding Adventure, I discovered my new favorite plant, the "Loofah". Aka, the mini-spa experience plant. Proud to say, Mom surprised me with one of my very own! Every time I go outside, I have to discretely take a bite and then exfoliate my sides by rubbing against the loofah. It makes my Mom bust out laughing.

Can You Do This...?

Can you do this?... jump from the creek onto a boulder, land on two legs, hold ears straight up, and lick nose at the same time?...

This weekend was awesome! Finally an adventure after healing from bionic and extra toe removal surgery. Destination was Walnut Creek.

Brandy claims to be a Golden Retriever, but I'm here to say she's actually an otter with red hair. (she swims just like the one I saw on Discovery Channel).

Not being in the mood to swim, instead decided to try out my bionic knees and race across and launch myself off the dam.

When we got home, Mom told me, you make me smile...

Pumpkins

Yesterday was *Sledding*, today we headed to the Barn. No horses, cows or cow pies to be found, instead there were tons of pumpkins, lots of them, way bigger than me. MK, I looked for Linus, but couldn't find him.
I'm looking a little sad in this photo, the orange things are interrupting my sleeping in. *Rise and Shine* are not my favorite words.
But I did discover the....Great Pumpkin.
Since Mom was really inspired her visit to Missouri Botanical Garden and new patio is finally finished, it was time to spiffy-fy the terra-cotta pots with new plants.
Spiffy-fy-ing patio is work. Unload new treasures, scrub pots... wait time for a break ... get the camera... photo op....

Sledding Adventure

Since Zilker Botanical Garden is closed due to Austin City Limits Festival, talked Mom into going *Sledding*. Now that work is finally done on patio its time to get my green thumbs into action and spiffy-fy the patio.

My apologies for the rear end view. Mom couldn't stop laughing and take a butt-less picture at the same time. I totally body slammed a new discovery... I had to rub my whole body over the shrub. It felt like a loofah with special aromatics...a mini spa experience.
Check out the upside-down-souvenir Mom brought back from the Gate Way to the West. Why is the motif upside down.. what the heck? I think my friend Dutch would like the color.

Check...two bags of organic potting soil, one bag of mulch... we should be good to go...