Reggie and Friends

Reggie cracks me up sometimes. Tonight, I was getting into bed, and Reggie jumped up on the bed, only to jump down and run under the bed. He never goes under the bed. Then he jumped up on the bed again and then started walking around the room. The whole time he was whimpering and whining. He was obviously looking for something.  I looked at him and said “Where’s Purple?” I swear, if he were a kid, he would have started crying on the spot.

I opened the door and he went running into the living room, only to find no more “Purples” in the toybox. I’m sure they’re under the couch or something, but in the interest of time, I went to the cupboard, pulled out one of the spares, and he went trotting into the bedroom with it. He’s now perfectly content. 

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Buddy and Brutus have been staying with us for a few days. Today, Paul was coming to get them. I starting going through the process of collecting their stuff and putting it all in the same place.

Brutus didn’t like the fact that I took his nylabone, so he helped himself to it. It was the cutest thing, and I couldn’t help but snap a picture.

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Buddy and Brutus went home today. I enjoyed having them, and it was equally good sending them home. When you’re used to taking care of one Pug, three of them can be a bit overwhelming.

For a good part of the afternoon, Reggie sat on the back of the sofa looking out the window. I think he was looking for Buddy to come back.

I gave him a flossie and all was right in the universe again.

We had our first accident in the new place this morning. At 6:20, the boys woke me up to potty/eat. We immediately went outside. Everybody peed except Buddy, who pooped. I’ve learned that Buddy only does one bodily function per trip outside. Poop was the priority this time.

After the trip outside, the boys had breakfast. Buddy finished eating first while I was sitting on the couch.  I was checking my e-mail when I realized that I couldn’t see nor hear Buddy. With Reggie and Buddy both, the rule is that if you can’t see nor hear them, there will be a mess to clean up. You know what? There was.

He peed on my 24” suitcase that was in the kitchen waiting to go down to the basement. The suitcase and the floor were clearned up, and it underscored the fact that the floor is pretty dirty. Still, it was the first accident in the house. I’m just surprised it took this long to happen.

Incidentally, all three boys are snoring away on the bed with me again. 

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It didn’t take too long for Brutus to stake his claim on the big bed.

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Reggie and I have house guests right now. Buddy and Brutus are visiting for the weekend.  Having all three of them around is such an adventure.

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Today is Reggie’s fourth birthday. He got extra cuddles and cookies this morning.

I may have to run out at lunch time to get him a little gift.

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When Reggie is content, he’ll put “Purple” in his mouth and breathe through it. Then he’ll rock back and forth, left to right. That’s when you know he’s doing okay. My mom said he acts like “Purple” is his pacifier.

I was getting worried about Reggie. He hadn’t pooped since yesterday. Reggie is incredibly consistent when it comes to his bowel movements, and it threw me off when he pooped on our walk yesterday at lunch to get his new harness. He didn’t poop last night, and he didn’t poop this morning. Finally, he pooped this evening, and man, did he poop! 

I realize that I haven’t blogged about Reggie in a while. He’s doing fine. We’re getting ready to move into our new place in Salem, which has a fenced in back yard for him.

Healthwise, Reggie is going great, too. I weighed him at PetSmart last weekend, and he’s at 18.2 pounds. That’s just about perfect.

Today, I have Reggie at work with me, and he does well here. We went to the PolkaDog Bakery and bought him a new Puppia harness. This one is purple. It’s a great color on his fur.

Reggie got pugnapped today at work. I was sitting with him talking to my boss, and a coworker (who has two pugs of her own) came by and took Reggie for a walk around the office. She didn’t realize that his leash was as long as it is, and he got wrapped up in a meeting that was in progress. Oops.

Anyway, I’m going back to work, and Reggie is working on a flossie.

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Reggie and I are back from our trip to western PA for Christmas.

As you can see here, Reggie had a really rough trip.

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Winter has arrived for Reggie. He’s getting a little better about going outside in the snow. He still doesn’t want to poop outside, though. Since it’s getting cold, I did break out his sweater. He’s not very pleased about this.

Here are a few more pictures.

Reggie and I went for a walk after work today, just to the end of the block and back. By the time we got to the end of the block, poor Reggie was starting to walk funny, like his hind legs had something wrong with them. I picked him up, and the little guy was just shivering and shaking like you can’t believe. He was so cold. I carried him the rest of the way home. Now he seems to be fine.

Poor little guy…

Now we’re off to Petsmart for a spa treatment. 

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Reggie and Buddy were playing today. This was a hard shot to capture, but I finally got it.

Reggie is being awfully cute right now. He has Purple in his mouth, breathing through it like a pacifier.

I came home from work today to find my trash can toppled and several places where he marked my bathroom.

It’s a good thing he’s cute.