Annie's Busy Mornin' Checklist

Annie's Busy Morning Checklist

1 - Wake up early
2 - Lay on mommy's pillow
3 - Poke feetsies straight up in air
4 - Nibble fingers that poke AnnieTummy
5 - Race to kitchen at 340 pug miles per hour
6 - Eat brekkie faster than both brothers combined
7 - Select Toy Du Jour and give it a spankin

8 - Power nap!

We Interrupt Howie's Blog Fur This Important Message!

The 2010 Pug Rescue Calendar Voting Is Open!

The nation's largest pug rescue has launched its annual Calendar Contest to choose Ameria's Top Pug! Vote for your favorite pug for our the Dallas Fort Worth Pug calendar contest by August 1 at our contest site. Each vote is a $1 donation to DFW Pug Rescue, so use your paws and vote multiple times! The Top 13 pugs will be featured in our fabulous calendar and the grand prize pug who receives the most votes will be featured on the cover.

Official rules and important stuff:
Each photo submitted becomes the property of DFWPRC. Photos that are submitted cannot be professionally produced. Photos with people in them will not be considered and two photo entries are allowed per family. Pictures must be light enough, of good quality and not blurry. Pugs with less than 10 votes by July 1st, will be removed from the competition.

Happy Fourth of July Howliday!

Annie and Dad

This here is Anniebelly!!!

Happy Fourth of July howliday to all my peeps! Mommy finally wised up and put Howie behind bars. He's been living in a crate ever since he got back from visiting Dr. Radish Friday. So while Howie is getting ALL the attention and extra treats, I am posting my picture on HIS blog. Cuz I am so darned cute, don't you agree? *bats eyelashes* I'm sending howliday greetings to all my pals and most especially to my manhound, Bajas puggy. Have a wonderful Fourth everypuggy!

Howie's Knee Surgery - Send Food Pronto

From Howard Pee Pugpants:

Maw says in two days I'm getting extra treats cuz Dr. Radish is going to be operating on my knee tomorrow morning. Now I don't know much about surgery, but any doctor whose name is food is alright in my book. I have been getting all sorts of awards from my pals lately. I want to say thanks to all my pals cuz when I added it all up, I had twenty dozen and Annie only had three. So that means I am more popular and Annie is a L-O-S-E-R *Howie makes an L sign with his toes over his forehead* and mouths the word. Congrats to everypuggy who stole awards from this blog lately. I am proud of yew.

If you all don't hear from me fur a few days, it's because of the happy pills I will be takin.
Maw sez my blog posts are bad enough when I am not under the influence of narcotics. Please be thinking about me, k? Send me food, k? Good stuff. In case you don't got my address here it is:

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Joshua the Pug - A Miracle Rescue Story

Joshua -- May 2009

Joshua -- June 2009

Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue takes in all pugs regardless of age or medical condition. DFW Pug Rescue volunteers work tirelessly to save every little pug we can. Here is the story of Joshua in the words of his foster mom, Joann. Joshua won her heart and Joann eventually adopted Joshua into her own family.

From Joann

In May I received a call to foster a pug in need. He had demodectic mange, hookworms, roundworms, tapeworms ~ the poor little guy. His name was Joshua and he looked awful. He had no hair, he had scabs everywhere, and he smelled really bad.

When I went to Westcreek and they brought him out, he was so sad looking. All I really saw was the most amazing, beautiful amber eyes asking for love! I took Joshua home and started making him welcome there. He was just a little shy at first, I think he knew how bad he looked and smelled. We did not not care, we started him on his meds and then baths.

He was not making a whole lot of improvement at first and then I thought, because he had developed some secondary infections on his skin, maybe I should just scrub him like a burn patient, so I did. After several scrubbings, the yeast and staph were gone. It left his skin really dry, so we started to bathe him with baby shampoo mixed with olive oil scalp treatment. We were amazed that after two shampoos his hair just started sprouting in so fast that in less than a week he was solid black again. He now has the softest skin and the shiniest coat.

Joshua has turned out to be the most beautiful black boy we had ever seen. He never once fussed about any treatment. He was always laid back and I think almost enjoying the baths and being showered with constant love. Of course, during all this treatment, we fell in love with little Joshua and chose to adopt him and make him a huge part of our family. He will be loved and taken care of like he deserves and will never have to go through all that again.

After many trips to the vet he is the best pug ever! We want to thank DFW Pug Rescue for saving Joshua and so many other poor pugs. If it were not for them many, many pugs would not be saved.

Larry & Joann Meriwether