Hi fellow pugs, other dogs, cats and of course greetings to all you humans!

Today didn’t start out as well as it could have. I woke my humans up at 3am because, hmmm because, I don’t really know.
I didn’t have to go outside…
I wasn’t thirsty…
I wasn’t hungry…
I wasn’t even really in the mood to play.
So they got up tried all the above and then I just went back to bed.
Thinking that was fun …I did it again at 5:30, oops. That time boy human just decided to go make coffee and start the day. I again, then went back to sleep.
As the morning progressed, I got bored and decided to pee on my red blanket. So outside we went to finish the job. Instead I thought it would be fun to forage through the woods for a healthy snack. Well I thought I found it! All the flies were having a feast and invited me to join them. Boy human once again found this unacceptable and took me inside to wash out my mouth. I guess the term Reduce Reuse Recycle does not apply to doggie poop.
So there we have it our first new thing of the day: don’t eat poop if your human hasn’t had enough morning coffee :-)

Today being the first of the month held yet another milestone: heartworm pill and flea drops. Well the drops didn’t prove to be so bad ,I couldn’t see them or taste them so that was a no-brainer. The pill however… yuck. It didn’t taste good and I navigated it back up around my tongue, through my teeth just like a well trained Navy SEAL and spit it out clear across the room. I know my humans didn’t expect me to know that trick. Girl human tried again, way back in the throat, rubbing my neck for “swallows”, but she still failed the mighty Petty Officer Finnegan. Enter stage left: boy human. Oh no I guess he out ranks me and down it went. Gulp, sigh….
Feeling sorry for me (because I really know how to use my “sad-eyes” and pouty bottom lip)

girl human decided we would bake "Finnegan cookies" today. Since I have been here I have been such a good boy eating my food. I get almost 3 cups of dry food everyday with some sprinkles of Viocase mixed in to help my digestion, but have not had any treats. My girl and boy find that a bit difficult, since I hear the lucky pug and husky who lived here before me, and their friends, got treats everyday and extra-special homemade baked goodies for holidays too.
So today I learned how to “bake”.
Okay move over Emeril and Bobby Flay here comes Chef Finnegan!
Guy Fieri I invite you to stop by anytime and add me to your show, maybe we can do a special on Doggie Diners, Drive-ins and Dives ???
Gordon Ramsey dude I respect you too much and know what you might do to those Turkeys (who are far bigger than me) to lodge any complaints.
Here I am with my simple ingredients: one can of my special food, a cookie sheet, a spatula and a knife. Girl didn’t want me to cut myself so she opened the can, sliced the food,

cut little wedges (my idea). She also didn’t want me to burn myself so she preheated the oven to 200°f, loaded the cookie sheet, and even adjusted the temp to 300°f after 30 minutes for another 20 minutes of cooking. She was so concerned that I not burn my self that she flipped them half way through cooking to make sure they were not too soggy, not too crispy, just right.
Then she even took them out to cool so I wouldn’t burn my paws and mouth.

And there we have our second new thing of the day: don’t let your humans cook snacks for you – it takes too long. Just make them give it to you right out of the can; Cookie dough for dogs!!!!!

I am sure there will be more “new things” later today, but for now I am going to go reap the rewards of my patience…yummm.

Have a great day!
~Finnegan