Sad BUT TRUE

So...today I realized that many people who SAY they have the best interests of the PUGS at heart...well, they really don't. Ok, the truth is I have known that for a long time. The evolution of being a Volunteer in a Rescue teaches you alot. You begin to differentiate between the people who are truly grief stricken when surrendering their Pug vs those who just want you to THINK they are sad and upset..but jump in the car and drive away laughing at something the radio DJ is saying or picking up their cell phone to make plans for the night. Additionally so many people are not really volunteering..they want to SAY they volunteer....that they belong to an organization..but they are there only on paper..and never step when it counts. Then there is the catagory that don't really play fair. That group...well, they operate differently. They want things, their way..when they want it..how they want it.. etc..regardless of if it is the RIGHT time/place/way to do things the way they want. It it absolutely exhausting to be honest with you. When you have so many "TYPES" to deal with...you just get worn out from it all some days. But ironically ...each and every person in each and every "type" says the exact same thing:
" I DO THIS FOR THE GOOD OF THE PUGS".....yeah...No, they don't ....at least not too many of them.

So I challenge anyone who reads this to be a REAL volunteer. Be a person who signs up AND steps up!!!!! Just a thought...really...just a thought. How about that old expression "talk the talk..walk the walk"....so PLEASE if you do indeed volunteer for some group...really try to make a difference. DON'T let personality conflicts prevent you from doing a good job for a cause you believe in. It doesn't have to be PUGS...though that works for me!!!! ....whatever you have a true passion for..get out there, make a difference...and do something to make a difference...

sorry for the rant...I just wish more people truly cared...oh post script...for those of you who DO get up and get out for the cause you believe in..then I SALUTE YOU!!!! keep up the good work!

REALLY!!!????

ok...so the bottom line is WHO HAS TIME???!!! clearly not me or my insane PUG CIRCUS!!! things have been nuts for MONTHS around here!! you may or may not know we had a litter of Pups...a Mama Pug was turned into a shelter in KY fully preggers and ready to burst at the seams!!! poor baby!!! 1 week after she arrived to become part of the Circus..she added 7 little Monkey Pugs to the fold!! ADORABLE!!! So, the last 10 weeks have been active, busy, crazy and did I mention insane around here??? All the puppies are now (as of yesterday) in their Forever Homes! WOOT!!!!!

Of course notwithstanding.. I also had to organize the 500 Festival of PUGS! ok..time to CLONE me or I am going to lose my mind!!!!

Sadly though..we came to a screeching halt in our Puppy Madness around here when it was determined our 2nd Pregnant Pug surrendered just after Sassy's babies were born...had actually lost her pups. They were resorbed into her body...so there was no physical stress or strain her the Mama Pug. She came into KPR having been seen by 2 different Vets in KY..and misdiagnosed BOTH TIMES!!! she was on meds that she should NOT have taken while pregnant..AND she had to have emergency Palate Surgery the night she arrived to become part of the Circus. The Dr is not able to say WHAT made this happen...for all we know, there were issues with the Pups and Mother Nature took her course...or could have been the Meds...or the stress from surgery..or the stress from her palate issue. It of course does not help that her original owners kept her outside in 100 degree heat...WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE????

But as they say..this too shall pass. The upside...and it is a biggie..is that she will not have to go thru the ordeal of whelping a litter.

On a brighter note!!! Since my last post..and honestly...it has been a long time!!! we now have a 10 pack of our own!!! We have added Bobby Boucher ...yes...the Waterboy!!! and Polly Pocket Pug!! or Triple P BadAss (Princess Polly Pocket BadAss) as her Daddy calls her...what can I say.."he ain't right"!!!!!!! Our current Fosters are Good Golly Miss Holly...she is an adorable sweetie with heart/hip issues, Chyna Doll (the mama who lost her babies) and just picked up Miss Sweet Pea!!! she is "stank cute"!!!!! has the craziest underbite!!!!

ok..guess that is it for the moment. I really am going to try to keep posting...but who has the time??!!!!!!

So many things to say...so little time to post

Ok, so here's the thing. I am overwhlemed some days and while I would adore to continue...or restart blogging from the pug perspective...well, I can't!!! I am just not that talented with translating Pugspeak to Humanspeak! it just takes too many of my brain cells!! so hopefully you will all forgive my transgressions if you will and allow me to post as myself ...and just rant and rave about pugs and our Pug Circus!!!

I have not posted lately because I have been busy...and frankly, if I even allowed it to cross my mind, I made excuses not to post!!! I am disheartened of late with the lack of volunteerism in people...the lack of caring and follow thru. It makes it tough to do my "jobs" in the Rescue with the right attitude...Don't get me wrong, there is NOTHING I would not do for Kentuckiana Pug Rescue. However, I get inspired when new people come on board and jump in. I am fed up with people who just want to SAY "I volunteer for _(fill in the blank_)". So what's the deal??? anyone? anyone at all? I am so willing/able to hear the answer to WHY DON'T MORE PEOPLE WANT TO HELP???????? I mean really is it so tough to spend some time on a Sat or Sun at a Petco? to transport? to contribute a raffle item? to work an event? I know I sound like a whiner...and I do apologize. I am certainly NOT pointing at specific people I know..but rather at people in general. ok..enough...SOOOOOOORRRRRYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

on a happy note...for anyone who does not know...we are now up to ownership of 10 pugs. Amazing!!! never thought my hubby would go for THAT!!! LOL! She is an amazing little lovey pug who is still learning what living inside is all about. I can't imagine our herd without her. We only had her in the house about 2 days before we knew we could not let her go. She is 6, lived outdoors, has only 2 teeth left (after 2 dental surgeries), one valve does not work in her heart and she has some eye issues. In other words...she is PERFECT!

Right now the weather is perfect for some serious pug play in the newly cut back yard...thank you yard guys!!! so off we go to Romp and Stomp!!!!!

ps thanks for letting me vent!!!

Mommy has been MIA!!! sorry!!!

Well, Mom has just had her hands full lately!! work has been nuts, the rescue has another fund raiser coming up..Pugtoberfest...on Oct 10 in Shepherdsville KY from 9-4. That has kept her very busy! But she also has not been feeling super happy lately due to some issues with a friend...boo!

The good news is that Rocket Pug..(above) is now medically cleared from Demodex!! yea!!! whoo hooo!!! he had his neuter done today and is going to meet a family this weekend that is very interested in him!!!

on a very sad note though..it was a tough time in rescue recently when we took in little Thea. Badly neglected and abused, she came to us with 3 legs (one she had tried to gnaw off because of a horrific skin allergy that was clearly driving her nuts....and it got so bad it had to be amputated), she had major skin infections, numerous breast tumors, alot of cancer in and around her lungs and heart, an enlarged heart...and on and on. Mom went to the vet to meet up with a KPR volunteer who had taken her for the appt so that she could get some pics. Well, in talking to the vet, and seeing the xrays...it was decided there was no hope for Miss Thea...so with the loving hands of our Mommy...and Candy( a wonderful loving KPR Foster Mom)....tiny, helpless little Thea went to the Rainbow Bridge. Mom did not want to post the photos of Thea..they are very hard to take...especially when we have no recourse legally against the previous owners. Unfortunately the county she came from does not prosecute for animal cruelty.

So you know, things are rough all over..the economy...the wars...the cruelty to animals...we all know how many things are negative out there. So Mom says..let's all focus on being nice, helpful and get as much Puglove as possible...oh and a few extra treats to your Pugs never hurts...oh..uhmmm...well, ok...MOM did NOT say that...the Pug Circus thought we would put our stamp on this post too!!!!

on a personal note...we sure hope the Posse's Daddy gets better very soon!!!!

We gave Mommy an OUCHIE!!!!! whoops!!!!

so what can we say? it was the saturday before the race...we had been cooped up all day!! we were bored and restless when it was time to eat dinner!!! we inhaled our food like we always do...geeeee what a shock....and then it was time to go outside!! Mommy, Rachel and Kristen were all in the kitchen and dining room when Mommy went to open the back door to let the first group of Pugs outside.......

well, have we EVER mentioned we don't have much in the way of house manners???!!! 3 of us rushed the door and one of us( we WON'T mention any names) got a bit snappy with the other two...Mommy did not think we were too serious so she reached down to scoop Ringo up out of harms way....and BAM it happened..she got punctured by an impatient Pug TOOTH!!! YIKES!!!!! well, human reflex kicked in...so of course Mommy jerked her hand away...Rachel picked up one pug...Kristen picked up another..and the others went outside..... Mom was running her hand under cold water trying to stop the bleeding! and there was alot of blood..:(

Rachel picked up the phone and started calling to see about getting someone to come and help out! see...we had campers in the front yard , out of town company coming in from KY, and well..just the whole race hoopla happeing! We had a paramedic out front..but he had indulged in alot of Whapatooey.....but was sober enough to say Mommy needed stitches! our Sister Katie who is a Nurse..came by on her way to work and said STITCHES!!! so off to the Immediate Care we went....home about an hour later..Mommy came in the door with 6 stitches in her finger. We all felt so badly that this happened! nobody meant to get snappy ...we were just wound up.. We are sorry Mommy!!!!!

On a LIGHTER note...Mr Dino the Wonder Pug went to his new Forever Home on Saturday too!!! what a big day it was! he is doing very well and fitting in nicely with his new family!! in fact...they are thinking about getting another Pug to be his sibling!!!! shhhh

don't tell...that might jinx it!!! keep your fingers and paws crossed!!!

Race time and Dino the Wonder PUG!!!

GENTLEMAN, START YOUR ENGINES!!!
well, it is race time in Speedway IN...we like it and hate it all at the same time!!! It is tough being a herd of lovable, yappy, fully
decked out PUGS when a troop of strangers that we see once a year..are in and out of our house all day!! How IS a Pug to get his or her's Beauty Sleep???!!!

We do realize, even though the humans won't admit it, they are here each year to see US not the cars that make all that noise a couple of blocks from our house!!!! we actually enjoy all the attention, but it stinks that we can't go in and out all day like we are used to!

Mommy and Daddy have to be very sure to ck our yard out after all the parking people leave though. A few years ago, PJ (RIP at the Bridge) got into some pre-soaked charcoal someone left behind our shed. He almost died from the toxic lighter fluid on the charcoal...he shed his entire Gastrointestinal lining...the vets did not think he would make it. They called Mommy at 3 in the morning and told her she needed to make a choice...let him suffer...or do the "right thing". well , it was hard and it took her about 3 hrs to pull herself together, call Daddy (he was working out of state) and to wake up our human sister and brothers. She drove to the ER vet crying all the way.... when she got there, they took her in a room, and the Vet walked in saying "we may have been a bit premature"...and the Tech walked in with PJ...he took one look at Mommy and KISSES KISSES KISSES and a WAGGING TAIL!!!! whoo hoo!!! He came home much later that night, and lived another 8 years!! Mommy and Daddy did not let people cook out for a long time! now everyone gets told...you leave something that hurts the PUGS...we will find you and hurt YOU!!! ok, they don't really mean they would hurt someone...but they do talk to everyone who parks to remind them to be clean and tidy! and they do a great job of policing the yard before we ever get to go out when the "party" is over!!! AND ..we have another new addition at our house...his pic is up in the right hand corner...sorry! Mommy is still learning the blogging process!!! anyway!!! his name is DINO the WONDER PUG!

He has been so good and is so cute! We got him yesterday and we already have people interested in adopting him...how cool is that???!!!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!!!!!

Foster Friday...a day late!! whoooops!!!

Well, in all the excitement with our bee sting here at the Circus last night, I completely forgot to do a Foster Friday Story!!! Meet Ollie now known as Frank!!!
Ollie was our first foster Pug!!

Brought home from my 1st Board meeting, we were to have him for a day or two. However, the battered emotional state he was in changed those plans. He was so damaged it was unreal.

In the parking lot, after the meeting, we tried to get him to come out of his crate for a potty break. He finally did, and when he actually went to the bathroom, he cowered like we were going to beat him...shaking and quaking, we got him into the crate, and into the car to head home. We gave him the name Ollie on the drive from Lville to Indy. Well, Mr Ollie within about 2 weeks was a completely different little pug! Everyday we showed him unending love and attention, what it was like to play with other pugs, and toys...well, clearly he had NO idea what those were to start out with! But he was a smart boy and caught onto the good life very quickly. Once he went for his neuter and vaccines, I took him to a home that had just been approved for adoption. I told them NO PRESSURE..but I think he would be great for you guys!!! They have an exisiting Pug in the househould...Annabelle AKA Nana Pug. Well, Ollie and I arrived and from the minute he went thru the door, it was as if he had lived there all his life!!! running around inside and out with Nana Pug...swiping her favorite toy from her!! !and then settling in on the top couch cushions behind his new Mom!!! I looked at her and said "the paperwork is in the car, should I go get it??!!" and the answer was a resounding YES!!!! Ollie will have been in his home now for 2 years...he is fat and sassy, loves his humans, and Nana Pug is his best buddy!!!! Sometimes the Fosters Pick their own families...that is certainly the case for Mr Ollie now known as Frank!!! and ps...the Frank name is from the Cars movie..NOT Men in Black!!!! The household has a little boy who loves the Cars characters!!! Frank (Ollie) is a true testament to how resilient a Pug is! He had without a doubt been beaten for potty accidents, did not know human love and touch, and did have a clue about toys! Now, he is livin LARGE!!!!!!!!