Pug Life

My favorite thing to do after a long day of work/classes is to walk my little pig dog, Finnegan. He is already so accustomed to me photographing him that he knows to sit still and look at me when I have my phone out. Every first Sunday of the month, Alta Plaza park in San Francisco has a "Pug Sunday". All the little pig pugs in the city make the journey over to Pacific Heights to romp around pugnaciously. While there, a woman took out her camera and Finnegan stopped what he was doing to pose for her. She laughed since Mr. Pig was such a good sport and model for her.  I know it's probably weird to other people, but I really look forward to Pug Sundays and having these snorting pigs running around. Being a crazy pug lady, it is my dream one day to have a pug farm. I'm sorry if this seems a bit borderline hoarder-ish, but I am sure Z will stop me before I ever reach that point... (Hopefully)

Here's to many more pictures of my spoiled pig pug, Finnegan.

Pugnacious Portrait

This is going to be a crazy pug lady post. Sorry guys! I found this amazing etsy shop (HOOPLA) that will create a custom portrait of your pet through embroidery. I've been getting into arts and crafts...well basically anything DIY right now...and thought this might be right up my alley to try and recreate. With my new found interest in the arts, this might be a huge signal that I am turning into a grandma who would rather hang out with her plethora of pugs instead of human beings. Oh no! 

I found some portraits that I took with Finnegan back when he was a little pugnacious puppy. He was fascinated with his image on my laptop's screen, so I decided to snap some shots of him and his funny little facial expressions. I never expected a pug's face to convey so many emotions, but it seems to me that he does! Well...actually I'm hoping that he really does so I am not crazy. Do Owners really start to look like the pets they keep? I guess you can be the judge.

Go Pugs Go!

Please excuse my crazy-pug ladyness, but when I am bored I google videos of pugs to past the time. I am in love with these pug videos by Matt Wiebe:




GoPro-GoPug from Matt Wiebe on Vimeo.


tired from Matt Wiebe on Vimeo.


Black vs Fawn from Matt Wiebe on Vimeo.


Pugs and Kisses,

Pugnacious Pugs

Above is a picture of Finnegan in his Holiday jumper as he sunbathed at my Mom's home this past Thanksgiving. Three years ago, Z and I bought Finnegan from a family in San Diego whose pugs had puppies and the family could not take care of the extra pups in the house hold. Finnegan is probably not a "pure bred" or "pedigree pug", but that will probably help him live longer since he does not have such the pronounced embedded nose, soft palate, crooked spine, and short stubby legs that are dominate in his breed today. (He is much taller that other pugs) He does however have patellar luxation in his left hind leg, which is common to pugs and it will have to be corrected one day with surgery.

After baking some fresh cranberry and candied ginger scones this morning for breakfast, I watched this interesting documentary on the devastating inbreeding that occurs in with Breeders and the Kennel Club association.There was a time when breeding dogs was not about looks but about talent. Man needed dogs that could perform a certain task better than any other animal on earth. The original philosophy of dog breeding was "form follows function".  If beauty pageant breeding produces sad cripples just so people can marvel at their own "creations" regardless of what level of suffering this causes the dog, then it needs to stop.




Here is a picture of what a black pug looked like in the past:

Here are more pictures of pugs from the past:

Pugificent Party Hats

Etsy Sellers Julie and Bernadette are a daughter and mother team that have a love for the whimsical side of life. Their three pugs are their inspiration behind all of their creations at their etsy shop Sweet Hoots. They crochets hats for dogs, including ones that transform it into Shrek, a Purple People Eater, a Viking warrior, and a lop-eared bunny. Now your pooch can impress all the other dogs at the dogpark.