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!!!!!!!!

helloo helloooo hellooooo!!!!! what's puggin????

Hi everyone!! well we have had quite a couple of days!!! as you know some of us were selected to be on new Magnets KPR is selling!!! Mommy has posted picture!!! BUT..that is not the HALF of it!!! Last night...Mug n Buns got stung by a bee on his foot...it was TERRIBLE!!!! he was perfectly fine, running around like a PUG DOG should...ran up to Mommy goofing around with his Pug Butt in the Air Pose...and suddenly as he spun around to run to Daddy...BAM...his right rear foot drew up and that was all she wrote!!! Daddy picked him up, Mommy looked him over and could not find anything...at first!! so into the house we all went...Mugs for Benadryl Wrapped in Cheese and the rest of us to Supervise....yeah...that's it...we went to Supervise...NOT to get any cheese ourselves of course!! Because you know, it was ALL about Mugs at this point...errrrrr uuuuugggh...well, anyway!!! Mommy went ahead and called the Vet and thankfully, Dr V said NO you don't have to bring him in unless he breaks out in hives, starts to swell or has trouble breathing!!!! Dr V said Mommy is pretty good egg to go ahead and start the Benadryl!!! We know Mommy always has our backs!!!!! Mugs was pretty restless for about an hour, but finally settled down and went to sleep with Daddy in the chair. Daddy told us all this morning...ok...really he told Mommy and we were all evesdropping!! Shhh don't tell on us!!! ....anyway, Daddy told Mommy after Buns slept about 2 hrs, he hopped down off the chair and trotted back to the bedroom....looking back as if to say "ok, we are WAY past bedtime here...let's get to it!!!!" so Daddy turned off the lights and tv, and he and Mugs got into bed with the rest of us!!! This morning, Buns was a bit sluggish but fine...he is still a little timid on the one foot in terms of bearing full weight...but wow...soooooooo much better then last night!!!!! Never a Dull Moment with the PUG CIRCUS!!!!

Good Morning!!! Mom hasn't been feeling too well the last few days so it has been tough to convince her to blog for us!!! she has barely been on the computer at all!!! But today, we were all so excited that it was not too hard to convince her to share our big news! There is this awesome company here in Indy that makes the magnets that KPR sells online and in the PUGzone at our events!!! every so often, the company asks for pictures...they have phrases they are working on and like lots of picture options to try and create new magnets from!!! well, THIS time...we had 2 photos chosen!!!! the one above!!!! and the wording under it will say PUGaholic!!!!
and then a separate shot of Kirby and Colby in sweaters and the caption says" I work hard so my Pug can have nice things!" !!! How cool is that??
Well, Mom has lots of work to catch up on ...but we wanted to share the news!!!!!