pug shots

last days of winter

You wouldn't believe it's still winter around here with our temps. We enjoyed a nice evening outside recently so everyone got to air out.

Todd hanging in the stroller.

Mops loves to explore this area of campus.

Elle and Chris played hide-and-seek in the trees.

mops' 5th birthday

Mops turned 5 on Sunday. We gave her a small party and had dog cupcakes with some of her dog friends from OSSM. You can find the recipe for the dog cupcakes here. It made 9 cupcakes and I only baked them for 30 minutes. We gave Mops a new chew toy and the dogs all devoured their cupcakes. Some dog neighbors couldn't join us because they don't all get along, but we delivered their cupcakes to them.



Duncan

Nick

mops hates oklahoma

Okay, just her skin. Mops is dealing with a skin allergy. It happened last year about this time, but coincided with the fire alarm going off so we thought it was stress related. However, it came back and we headed to the vet. Turns out she also has an ear infection in both ears. Now Mops has to endured two pills a day, which are usually shoved down her throat since she gets them out of the treat. If someone gets eggs in the morning she can have some and her pill can be hidden in those since she inhales them. She also has to have ear drops once a day and a bath twice a week. The bath consists of a special shampoo that has to stay on for 15 minutes. Do you know how hard it is to keep a dog in the bathtub for 15 minutes? Needless to say there are bribes involved. But, Elle enjoys the wet puggy-pug madness that ensues afterwards and Mops is not as itchy, oily, or bumpy.


Here's a book about pugs that Elle loves.
It's about a pug who is called Unlovable. But he learns to ignore what the cat says after finding friendship with another pug on the other side of the fence.