KPR NEEDS FOSTER HOMES

The picture to the right is a BEFORE shot

The picture up top...AFTER...all they needed was some

good meds, and TLC!!!

ok, so this is Mom..aka Annie!!! I wanted to take a moment to post about Fostering. Currently, Kentuckiana Pug Rescue is just like every other rescue out there. We are struggling to keep up with the overwhelming surrenders on a weekly basis. Recently, we had to turn to a fellow rescue to take 7 Pugs as our Foster Homes are Full!! If you know of a Puglover...or if you are one yourself, please consider filling out a Foster Application on our website. We are working in the states of IN and KY, so you must be a resident in one or the other. The process is simple, you fill out the application, we send a volunteer to do a home visit and then you are contacted by the Foster Coordinator in your state. If approved, KPR will cover the cost of all medical expenses with the proviso that you utilize a KPR approved Vet in your area. All we ask of our Foster Homes is to provide: Love, Compassion, and trips to the Vet. How much better does it get???!!!

Currently, due to such a shortage of Foster Homes, KPR has been unable to accept any surrenders for a few weeks now. We really want to see the "doors open" again to Pugs in need very soon.

Fostering is rewarding. We took in Penelope and Petunia on Feb 28, 2009. They were in a home that had over 174 animals in it..deplorable conditions. Both babies (6 mos old at the time) were "ate up" with Demodex, had an upper respiratory infection, and a topical yeast infection. They were on several medications and are battling yet another mild outbreak of the demodex . They are by far, 2 of the happiest little Pugglets we have ever seen. NOTHING has kept them down once they started feeling better! Bonded like no other pair I have seen...and well, we have Kirby and Colby and they are pretty bonded....these two are joined at the hip! Hilarious to watch, they love their wading pool and enjoy running and barking at NOTHING!!! geeee...sounds like a Pug to me!!! They will be going to their Forever Home in a few days. While bittersweet..because we love them so, it will be a rewarding moment to see their new Mama hold them and drive them off to a wonderful future full of all the love and attention they could ever imagine. So think about giving Fostering a chance...it is such a selfless thing to do for such defenseless little animals!! the smile on the new family's face will be all the reward you could ever hope for!!!!

Toilet Paper...yes, I said Toilet Paper

Frankly I am not sure why Mom even buys us toys. We are basically little Billy Goats that would far prefer to eat paper products then chew on toys. Ok, some days we are like that!!! My favorite thing to do in the whole wide world...besides lick everyone's ears to the point of annoying the crap not only out of the other Pugs but my parents too...is to eat Toilet Paper. I have overheard Mom say on more then one occasion that she and Daddy should pick ONE brand of TP and buy ALOT of stock in it!!!! I don't know why she says that!! I guess it COULD have a little something to do with my bad habit. OH, by the way , it's me...you know...Millie Pooh Bean!!! I love to sneak down the Hallway in Pug Ninja Mode...round the corner...cocking my head to each side to be certain I have not been detected...grab the end of the TP and take off...hell bent for leather just as fast as I can down the hall, into the living room, and up on the couch!!! The TP is wafting and billowing behind me all the way. It is quite pretty actually. .... I think so anyway!! then I proceed to eat as much as I can before Mom or Dad jumps up to take it away from me!!!! I know it is such a waste of TP ..but I sure have fun doing it!!!

Chillaxin!

Lots of fun today just hanging out this afternoon! Mom got home from work about noon, so we have been in and out and all about the backyard till we landed on the couch!!! Maggie is licking Mom's leg. She is crazy our Maggie Monkey Moo!! Mom has been working on some stuff for KPR the Pug Rescue! There is a great Fund Raiser in just a few weeks called The 500 Festival of PUGS! Mom is very busy getting the details put together.

We just got our dinner and YUUUUMMMY!!! we got Bananas with our kibble tonight! It is always a surprise between Bananas and Apples in our dinner bowls!! The Dr told Mommy to get some weight off of Queen Coco when she was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure (CHF). Dr Lesh said if Coco lost 2 lbs it would prolong her life!! Now, Mommy had been told many many times that most of us needed to lose a few LBS!!! BUT Mommy always had our back!!!! In the Winter Time if she took one of us to the Dr and was told to put us on a diet...she would tell the Dr that we were suffering from that Seasonal Affective Disorder and we overate to compensate!! In the Summer she would say we were working off the Winter Weight!!! But with Coco sick, Mom had to get serious so she cut back our kibble and added fruit and veggies to our dinner bowls!!!

Now we have all lost alot of weight and look really trim and fit. Ok, so Ringo Bingerton is still a bit portly, but nothing like what he used to be...shhhhh don't tell him I said that!!!!

This is our Houseguest Pug Noe!! her real name is Noelani!! she lived in Hawaii at one time!!! She is a cutie!!!

That mean motorcycle next door!

Here I (Levi) was, just sleeping on Mommy and Daddy's bed when all this rumbly noise came from outside the window waking me up!!! We like our next door neighbor, but he rides this very noisy motorcycle!!!! and it scares us sometimes when he starts it up.

It has already been a typical active morning today! Maggie Monkey woke up first today, but she settled back down next to Mom within a few minutes, so we all got about 10 extra minutes of sleep!!!

so that was pretty nice! then everyone started bolting off the bed (though Daddy helps Maggie since she is blind) and trotting..ok, we admit it...RUNNING to the kitchen for breakfast because well, we have NO manners and always behave like we haven't eaten in 10 days! But Mom fed us, then we started the Pug Shuffle...this group in, this group out...you know the drill. Well, maybe you do. See, I (Levi) I can be a butthead! there...I said it. Isn't that half the battle? that is what I hear HUMANS say!!! Hi, I am Levi and I am an Alpha! So when I get my boxers in a bunch, I act out on my Pug family sometimes. I can be a devil. I don't MEAN to be one, but I am!!! ANYWAY...once the Pug Shuffle is over, Mom brings out Noe...our HouseGuestPug. Noe has been with us since the middle of May. Her Mom is in Europe but is due back this week. She has been hangin out with P and P, Mug n Buns, Ringo , Kirby and Colby and having so much fun!!! Hopefully she won't be too lonely when she goes back to her home though I guess I overheard my Mom say she was going to suggest a companion Pug for Noe!!! Good Thinkin Mom!!!! see...Mom is the Vice President of Kentuckiana Pug Rescue and her BFF is the Pres! so I bet they know where Noe's Mom could adopt a Pug!!!!!

Well...ta-ta for now...Mom has to get a project done at one of her stores today!

some fun pictures from our house

A Virgin Blogger

Greetings from the PUG CIRCUS!!! We are Virgin Bloggers and are doing this because a Pug Friend suggested it would be fun!!! We are :

Queen Coco Puff, Prince Leviticus aka Levi, Princess Millenium aka Millie Pooh Bean, Ringo Bingerton, Maggie Monkey Moofassa Passa, Kirby and Colby!!! Also known as the Crazy 8 Pug Pack!!! Our Mommy is the Vice President of Kentuckiana Pug Rescue (www.kentuckianapugs.com) so lots of times we have visiting Pugs in and out of our home! These Pugs are not as lucky as we are. They don't have a big king sized bed to sleep in, or nice bowls of food in the morning and at night, and they generally have not been to see a Dr for a long time...if ever. We love helping out the other Pugs. Ok, well ...most of us do...but not Prince Levi!
Levi is a bit of an alpha. When he gets devilish Mommy calls him a Booger Butt...sometimes worse!!! When we all act out , she calls us The Children of the Corn! We usually ignore her though and keep right on being little stinkers!!!