tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34485883590134863142024-02-20T14:14:41.775-08:00Frank The One Eyed PugFrank's Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903437356253803788noreply@blogger.comBlogger311125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448588359013486314.post-33268903977096597652016-05-07T12:52:00.001-07:002016-05-07T12:52:36.208-07:00Frank's New Halo!<div style="text-align: center;">
Sigh. So, despite MUCH fantastic care, the inevitable has occurred: Frank the One Eyed Pug is now also Frank the One Eyed Mostly Blind (though obviously still just as handsome, perhaps more so with his debonair grey "hairs of experience") Pug.</div>
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It may surprise some of you that Frank, as angelic as he is, does not walk around with his very own halo! </div>
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In an effort to keep him from bonking over enthusiastically into walls (eeep! Have we all been keeping up with the NFL and head injuries?!?) when excited, poking his eyeball on sharp objects which he does not see coming, and to give him a wee bit more confidence in moving about, I have purchased him a delightful <a href="http://muffinshalo.com/">Muffin's Halo Guide for Blind Dogs</a>!</div>
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Oh Frank! Delightful!</div>
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(That charming long nosed creature pictured with Frank and Bean is Scout! Frank is VERY smitten with her, and yet can rarely find or catch the dashing lady.)</div>
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He can both eat and drink with the halo on, as pictured here responsibly drinking his pug appropriate water...</div>
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...being lured by an overly enthusiastic friend towards an inappropriate pug drink...</div>
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Fear not! He did not get any wine (though it was delicious, thank you Lucy Weber)! </div>
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OH Frank! Who is so fashionable and safe!!!</div>
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(Please note - if you are a pug owner needing a halo, you may want to order a size up - we tried a small but Frank's chest was just to burley! We ended up with a medium which is great!)</div>
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Now, some of you may remember this picture of a dismayed Bean showing off a turkey farm picture from The New York times...</div>
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We, on the other hand, feel fortunate to have a friend who is raising very happy turkeys at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CastleberryTurkeys">Castleberry Heritage Turkeys</a>!</div>
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So! Last Saturday we packed up the car and headed on a mini road trip to retrieve Giblet (we do not really like to think so much about the part where he had been butchered the day before, EEP!).</div>
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However, his dismay turned to jollity when we arrived at the farm! </div>
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(Oh Frank, but you are not a turkey! What if someone took you home and roasted you!?!)</div>
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The pugs met a new friend, Donna (the shih tzu, the human is Ginger Castleberry herself, who raised our delicious dinner AND is one of the more delightful, sassy, and smart people one might be fortunate to call a friend... but the pugs already knew her). </div>
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AND it was so very beautiful! </div>
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Frank and Bean (<em>naughty</em> Bean, who I am <em>rather </em>dismayed to say is perched up there proudly after having sniffed out something less than savory, at least to humans, from the previous day's butchering activities... his inner wolf came out and tracked it!) are posing here in front of Whitehorse Mountain, which has the lowest elevation year-round glacier in the lower 48. </div>
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Happy belated Thanksgiving from Frank & Bean!</div>
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Tragedy has struck.</div>
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I can't find the cow costume. </div>
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I CANT FIND THE COW COSTUME! </div>
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Even here in the Pacific Northwest where the leaves can be a little soggy, we have started to wake up to that crispy smell in the air. And what better way to celebrate than to go for a delightful morning stroll?!</div>
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Frank does not enjoy a cool morning, but Frank! There is no need to fear the brisk morning air! The trick, of course, is to appropriately prepare and accessorize!</div>
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(Frank only walks half way due do a bit of arthritis in his mature and well used elbow.)</div>
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A fine recipe for a perfect fall stroll!</div>
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Frank's Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903437356253803788noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448588359013486314.post-58855232394484524982015-07-10T07:27:00.002-07:002015-07-10T23:13:40.227-07:00Road Trip, Day #2<div style="text-align: center;">
Day #2 at the Westport Whale! Delightful.</div>
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In the morning we wandered out to find beach #2, we were going to try one that apparently has fascination tide pools, but found this was the path:</div>
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It was rather steep and there were quite a lot of blackberry bushes crossing the path, so we vetoed that in favor for one another block or so down. </div>
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This path was much better!</div>
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Go Bean, go!</div>
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Frank got a ride in his sling (it's not coddling if there is a steep drop below the stairs!),</div>
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Happy Bean #1 - Fetching</div>
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Happy Bean #2 - Digging</div>
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Happy Bean #3 - Being delighted and adorable</div>
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Upon arrival home, Bean boldly dissected his new favorite ball in order to remove the squeaker, and Frank strove, nobly but in vain, to keep his one eye open.</div>
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The day concluded with some fresh fish (sold to stores right off of the boat down the road it Ft. Bragg). </div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">6 seconds for Bean.</div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> 7 seconds for Frank.</span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: start;"><span style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Oh Frank! If only every day could be a vacation with you and your happy helper!</span></div>
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Well, the time has come to pack up our bags in the Bay Area and head up north, where we are dismayed that people are arriving in DROVES and fear it is turning into the new Bay Area. Frank & Bean are <em>dis</em>pleased by this turn of events.</div>
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As it has been a while since the pugs and I have had much of a break, we decided to wind our way up the Pacific Coast. Delightful! Our first stop was in at the Anderson Valley Brewery which makes the most delicious Boon't Amber Ale as well as Summer and Winter Solstice. Frank and I have enjoyed these beers for years and so were delighted to find that the brewery was right on the road to our first night's stop!</div>
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A new reason to like Anderson Valley Brewery? The ENTIRE facility is dog friendly. Well, maybe not the tours, I didn't ask, but the rest of it! Including the Tap Room and the Beer Garden!</div>
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Sadly I did not enjoy any sampling from the tap room as drinking and driving is not acceptable and I had precious pug cargo in the car to boot!</div>
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After the brewery, we headed to our first (and second actually) night's lodging in Westport, at an Airbnb that marketed itself as "Artists Oceanside House with Whale."</div>
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We were skeptical to say the least. Turns out there was no need! It is so very delightful; beautiful, quirky, clean, and comfortable! </div>
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Now, to be fair, it may not look like much now, but from what I understand the ENTIRE thing is going to be mosaicked and I think quite fantastic. I would like to return to see it, and I think we will!</div>
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In addition, there are rather a lot of whales inside...</div>
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But! All of those small pictures that you see? Those are pieces of art made by guests! The owner leaves art supplies and paper and then frames them for the wall! </div>
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Delightful! </div>
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We wonder if ours will make the cut....</div>
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And within about 6 blocks, 3, yes 3! dog friendly beaches. We tried this one:</div>
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Frank was a bit dismayed about the copious amount of stairs, but I have been told not to coddle him so he boldly traversed the terrain on his own (I mean, with many verbal cues, but still!)</div>
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Oh BEAN! How picturesque you are there on that logt!</div>
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There was <strong>so</strong> much frolicking that we tuckered ourselves out and into a needed restful cuddle on the porch, watching the ocean and feeling RATHER content.</div>
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Oh what's that Frank & Bean? </div>
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You are ever so exhausted from your day of travels that you can't possibly give up even one of those 7 pillows?</div>
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Yep, it is a rough life indeed for Frank & Bean.</div>
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Day 1 down!</div>
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Well, we have been a BIT delinquent on our San Francisco the Good & Bad posts because it turns out this little summer time stint was actually pretty delightful! And really, it just isn't as fun when there isn't something to fume about a bit! </div>
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So here we go with the Good:</div>
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Our dog walker in the East Bay. Penny. </div>
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We love her, and by love I mean the pugs go berserk when she arrives and then hide in her car when she drops them off so that they don't have to leave her. My sister and Penny literally had to corner Bean in the car one day to capture him. She has been taking the boys since 2011 and here is a snippet of the kind of delight they find in a day with her...</div>
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First there is the pick up, and I know you all might be concerned that Frank & Bean could suffer from having to be caged in the back of a doggie day care van...</div>
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And where might our handsome friends be going? For a simple walk around the park?</div>
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Heavens NO! Point Isabel Dog Park? Yes please! </div>
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While here the pack not only gets to swim but also usually gets to split a hot dog (all cut up for pups) from the dog/human snack stand. </div>
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Oh boys, delicious!</div>
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And of course I am certain that everyone is worried about wee Frank keeping up with the pack with his limited eye sight and arthritis... </div>
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What's that Frank? </div>
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Indeed! You are a very lucky pup. </div>
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Thank you Penny for all of your love and care!</div>
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Now, for the bad (which also has a good silver lining, but that lining actually comes from Seattle)...</div>
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What you may not be able to see here is a wee bit of grey area on Frank's eye. Frank CAN NOT seem to come to SF and not poke his eye. I feel it is in protest. I watch him like a hawk, and I literally can never figure out how. It's hard having an eyeball that sticks out and can't really see so well!</div>
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At any rate, he poked his eye and we do not have his eye angel, Dr. Sullivan here to see him. So, we went to the emergency vet in Berkeley, and then we went back to their ophthalmologist, who we did NOT enjoy or trust. (We seem to have had NOT great luck with specialists here, but we do enjoy Dr. Hollenback at Broadway Pet Hospital for every day!) </div>
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This was followed by frantic communication and picture sending with Dr. Sullivan at the Animal Eye Clinic in Seattle, who literally swooped in and called in and saved the day, and the eye. Yet again. Twice, he called in two different prescriptions on two different days to two different pharmacies in SF/Oakland, while also saving the eyes of the pets of Seattle as well as their friends at the zoo and the aquarium and who even knows where else. </div>
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Oh Frank!! Who is so very lucky to have such wonderful humans in their life!!</div>
Frank's Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903437356253803788noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448588359013486314.post-25019263612611889392015-05-26T20:05:00.003-07:002015-05-26T20:07:30.296-07:00San Francisco, The Good & the Bad Summer Time Edition!<div class="mobile-photo" style="text-align: center;">
Yep! That's right Frank & Bean fans! We are back in SF for a couple of months! It must be said that staying for 2 months is far less daunting than last fall's 5 month stint, and because we are staying with the pugs cousin Gussie for free during June, we were able to find some delightful accommodations in the city for the rest of the time which we otherwise may not have been able to afford! </div>
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We are 1, 1! block away from the delightful Duboce Triangle Off Leash Area. Oh BEAN!!! The open field! The frisking and frolicking with your frisbee! And unlike the closest park last year, this one is MOSTLY beer cap, cigarette butt, joint butt free! Even after a weekend of sun. We aren't saying that folks should not have fun and fill themselves with delight, but, well, this is a bit more to our taste - bottle caps do not feel good on a sensitive pug paw!</div>
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Yes Frank and Bean, you should look perplexed. And yes you did hear me correctly when I revealed that this teeny, tiny, luke warm orange juice purchased from the café across the street from your lovely dog park was INDEED $6.50. Totally reasonable to the humans here it would appear...</div>
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Frank's Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903437356253803788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448588359013486314.post-59929877728808171322015-04-25T08:53:00.002-07:002015-04-25T09:21:29.296-07:00Sniff N' Slurp<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Bean! You are so very loud when enjoying a delicious treat!<br />
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Frank's Peoplehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14903437356253803788noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448588359013486314.post-83221321485335209692015-04-16T17:51:00.004-07:002015-04-16T17:51:55.099-07:00Definined by Frank!<div align="center" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So! In the spirit of being helpful Frank likes to, every so often, pictorially assist in defining a word! <br />
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Today's word is: <strong>coordinate</strong> (in regards to articles of clothing, furniture and the like...):</div>
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Here we see Frank ever so stylishly leaving his tongue out in order to <strong>coordinate</strong> the design of the bedroom. Note how it matches the comforter and pillowcases almost perfectly while ALSO tying together the furry black accents. We also feel that the jaunty angle of the tongue pictured here gives a lovely nod to <strong>nonconformity</strong>... which we will have to define in another post.<br />
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Every so often in life, two of the best things EVER combine and you can barely believe your great fortune at being alive to experience such rapturous delight... allow me to paint the scene:</div>
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Imagine that you are returning from a long day at work where you have been missing your pugs. After greeting your small furry beasts you proceed to the mail box to see if anything delightful may have arrived, and in fact you DO discover a rather unadorned package from an address which you do not immediately recognize. For a brief moment you wonder if perhaps it is from the unabomber before remembering that A) he is locked up in supermax somewhere in Colorado and B) it is MUCH more pleasant to think about someone sending you something lovely rather than imagining that someone sent you a bomb. Or anthrax. </div>
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So, with the reasoning behind letter B) in mind, I ripped that package right open! There could have been NO preparation for what I found...</div>
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NOOOOOOOO WAAAAYYYY!!! WHAT?!!!!</div>
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HARIBO GUMMYS + PUGS!?!?!!!!!</div>
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PEOPLE!!! These are actually real!!! </div>
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Move over PB&J, ice cream & pie, Sex and the City & wine! The planet has a NEW best combination ever!!! (after Frank & Bean of course).</div>
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Ever so many thanks to our amazing friend Daphne who could not possibly have anticipated (actually she probably could) the extreme amount of joy that was felt in our hearts. I did promise one <span style="color: black;">M</span><span style="color: #6a6a6a;"><span style="color: black;">öpse</span> </span>each to F&B who are <em>quite</em> fond of a gummy IF I can ever bring myself to open them.</div>
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Indeed Frank, it IS absolutely and unbelievably delightful!</div>
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We would like to give whomever brought this combination together a lick and a wag.</div>
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Over the last year there has been a wee cloud of loss descending on the adventures of Frank and Bean. You see, as Frank approaches his older more debonair years, he seems to have acquired a slight bit of arthritis. While it is most possible to bring our sling or backpack along for walks and to scoop him up when he starts limping, 20 pounds of pug when you are a rather small human gets to be a lot after about 15 minutes or so. Delightful long walks up the hill and through the neighborhood and running local errands on foot where the pugs were greeted with delight and a biscuit seemed sadly to be a thing of the past. </div>
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And poor wee Bean, who is still young and needs some longer walks... just look at how dismayed he is!</div>
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Never the less! A solution had to be found! </div>
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(Much to the dismay of a few fickle naysayers who may have quite rudely used the term ridiculous. <em>Clearly </em>they have never had the distinct pleasure of being charmed by a pug).</div>
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Now, it must be said that I have a suspicion that this may have been a somewhat poorly made reject from the world of human strollers... it perhaps would not live up to our rigorous safety standards, but we care not! We LOOOOOOOOOOVE it!</div>
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It is also a <em>wee bit </em>bigger than I had imagined, a detail that bothered me at first until I realized that there is room for groceries (though Frank then pokes his head immediately into those bags), beer, and/or any number of things too large or heavy to carry all the way home! </div>
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Holders for human water, canine treats, tennis balls, and poop bags... all highly accessible!</div>
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On the way UP the hill, when Frank is getting his exercise, it seems that Frank can use it as a guide! It rolls along right in his very small field of vision! OH Frank! It has been so long since you pranced proudly out in front of us rather than on my heels!</div>
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No friends, this is not another post involving Frank & Bean eating pickles, though that is for sure adorable and blog worthy and was in fact featured here a year or two back. (click below to enjoy)...</div>
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No, in this case is it a mixture of two seemingly opposite words, pugs & fickle.</div>
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You see, every morning the pugs and I delight in the ritual of getting up, being let out (the pugs, not me), and being fed a delicious breakfast (again, the pugs... I eat much later while the pugs sit at my feet and look up rather pathetically as if they are starving). While they are eating I brew my coffee and frolic out to retrieve my paper. I then clamor back into bed to enjoy my coffee and the rarely uplifting news. As soon as their breakfast has been wolfed down, the pugs leap enthusiastically back on the bed and snuggle up to me, as close as possible, with much love swelling in their teeny little walnut sized hearts.... or so I believed.</div>
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The moment that the sun comes out it seems I am quite deserted!</div>
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Whew. Well, it turns out that staging a pug photo shoot takes a <i>rather</i> lot of time... even when the subjects are so very naturally handsome.</div>
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Pugs and Kisses started out as a plan to send some smooches via Frank and Bean! </div>
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We tried several pairs of lips and, well, we were advised against this design choice...</div>
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Oh Bean! Your eyes look <i>quite</i> wide in that wee kiss!</div>
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An appropriate backdrop then had to be arranged....</div>
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Oh, Frank & Bean! Pink may just very well be your color!</div>
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Followed by the adjusting and re-cutting of head holes...</div>
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(I am sad to report that tiny kiss made a rapid decline during the head hole process and had to be replaced by a new and improved larger kiss.)</div>
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Positioning on the head came next <i>which</i>, with the significant amount of skin given to a pug wrinkle, is NO easy feat ... to far forward and they would fall off... to far back and, well:</div>
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Oh Frank! Let's try not to pop out your only remaining eyeball!<br />
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Positioning and trying to face the camera had to be practiced (with the help of many, many treats)...<br />
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Frank! Look up! UP! Look at Bean, he is doing an exceptional job... except that he has knocked his new giant kiss askew... <i>sigh.</i><br />
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Bean, what are your thoughts?</div>
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Well, the good news is that win or lose, pugs still get warm laps and many snacks during Super Bowl!!</div>
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Delightful! </div>
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Oh Frank! Why are you looking so very proud there in the sunshine? Is it possible that your heart is swollen with delight due to a recent feature appearing in our niece's homework?</div>
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Friends. We have an announcement. Frank has joined Facebook. I have no idea what this means or how it will work but we are ever so eager (we think) to find out!</div>
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As many in the country may have noticed, there is a cold snap in the air! Frank and Bean do NOT enjoy being cold, as most of their friends and fans know, so we were DELIGHTED when one of our favorite friends presented us with a gift!!!</div>
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Big thank you to our favorite turkey farmer!! (Literally, she is raising happy healthy turkeys for Thanksgiving... oh Frank & Bean... Delicious!)</div>
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