Frank's B-Day Finally!

Ok! The USB port is up and running! Therefore, I now present a pictorial procession of Frank's big day.

First, there was bacon. Frank's favorite, though he and Bean only got a half piece each so I felt obliged to enjoy the rest.


Bacon was followed by a morning lounge in the sunshine - the lackluster sunshine, but sun never the less...


... and the presentation of Birthday Turtle!


Which Bean quickly attempted appropriate as his own.

The evening ended with a delightful barbecue at the house of K and T where Frank was joined by his new favorite pack of friends!


Here we see him standing on the top step in an attempt to be as tall as Simon (who's handsome head is sadly cut off), May, and Bill bringing up the rear!

Oh Frank, what a happy birthday indeed!

Fear Not!

Fear not faithful readers! Frank's blog has not gone by the wayside! My USB port has been acting up meaning that the pictures meant for Monday "Frank's Birthday" and today "Dear Bean, please stop scratching Frank's eyeball" (which resulted in Frank getting to take a solo trip to the vet - he was so elated to be out of the house without the whipper snapper of a puppy that you would have thought that he was 2 again!) would not download! We will try to find a solution for Monday!

Happy B-Day!

Guess which stately gent is turning 5 tomorrow? Oh what a lucky day for us all!

Look at all that grey! No worries Frank, it only serves to make you even more debonair!
Celebration details to follow...

Bed Part 2

You may be thinking to yourself, "Gee, I wonder how Frank and Bean are warming up to their plush new bed?"

Excellent question.

They enjoy it very much...

...as a step for getting up into our bed.

This is what we refer to as a double spoon in our household. The pug's father was not amused as there is, in fact, little space left for him.

Lime...

I hope you all did well in "Find Frank". You want to look very closely at the pillar for an ear just peeking out from behind it...

Last night at a birthday party (which the boys were able to attend), Frank had what I believe was his very first taste of lime! I had to change angles so as to get the repeated reaction:

Oh Frank! So sour indeed!

Where's Frank?

Oh so sorry this is late! I seem to have fallen asleep at 8:00 last night!

However, this morning I am pleased to present that latest installment of Where's Frank?

Good luck, this is a tricky one!

New Bed

I was trying to write an articulate post about the arrival of the new fancy dog bed, with which I was hoping to coax the pugs out of MY bed, however, I pretty much think the pictures sum up the events of the day.

(I would like to say however, really??? Assembly required on a DOG bed??? Yes indeed, the pugs were super helpful with that part too....)

Finally, the new bed was ready to go, and MY, how DO you think the boys took to it....

Not so much. Maybe on the couch?

and....

There you have it.
Yet another sound investment.
Oh Frank.

The Trouble with Two...

...is figuring out who gets to lick the delicious remnants of a Fage yogurt cup... fortunately for Frank, it would seem that Bean has not quite figured how to get to the treat. Therefore, while Frank cleans the yogurt cup...

... Bean graciously cleans Frank's eyeball.

Oh Frank, how fortuitous for you that Bean may just not be the sharpest tool in the shed...

Pug Maintenance

As you may have discovered through the enjoyment of Frank's adventures, maintaining a pug is in itself a full time job. Since I have been spending a rather lot of time at my other full time job (where I make the money to pay for the pugs) yesterday was high time for some routine pug maintenance.

First, one must gather the necessary tools:

For Frank, this means wet wipes for his nose roll, two different eye drops, a toothbrush and toothpaste (which we need not focus on as oral hygiene was covered several posts ago), nail clippers, easy cheese, and, of course, a jerky treat.

For Bean we exchange the eye drops for Gentaspray... used a deterrent for puppy acne...

Oh poor Bean, might you have a pimple or so?

How VERY unbecoming! Good thing you throw the focus off with those giant eyeballs!

By far the most trying part of this process is the clipping of Frank's nails - he hates hates hates it. Seeing as how nobody likes to traumatize their one eyed pug, we came up with a plan known as the cheezy smear...

Oh FRANK, yum yum!

After smearing easy cheese along the table (an act which drives Frank's father a little bit insane, though I like to think the table comes away looking quite buffed and clean from the pug tongue polish!) Frank is positioned so that he can not possibly focus on the delight of his palate and the anguish of a having his feet touched; seeing as how he is a pug, the palate usually wins out.

Voilá! The Frank toenail trim!

All in all, it is best to leave oneself a very patient half hour or so to thoroughly complete a full round of pug maintenance.
Quite exhausting indeed.

Summer Philanthropy

Helping those in need should be an important part of every pugs life. In the case of Frank and Bean, those in need refers to any canine or feline who is not currently in possession of a warm cover underneath which they may be spooned by their favorite human before waking up to be fed, walked, and presented with a choice of 30 or so toys from which to choose.
Keeping this in mind, a few rainy Saturdays ago we headed out for the furry 5K, a delightful race to benefit the Animal Shelter (and co-directed VERY admirably by Snackler's mother).

And don't these racers look handsome in their sporty kerchiefs?!

Now, in the spirit of full disclosure, it must be said that Frank, Bean, and I did not actually run the race. Shortly after this picture was taken it began to POUR and, being that pugs are less than savvy water dogs, I am sad to say that we headed back to the car and home for a nap.

HOWEVER, the donation was made and I do hope that some pugly support was shown!