If Webster's had a pug...

I trained them as well as I could and happily their first few words included some of our combined favorites;
1. toes (noun plural) the very first word out of the darker furred one... and boy I love licking me some good baby toes
2. dog (noun.) because that's what I am and Finnegan is way too big for those little human mouths to say right now
3. go (noun.) the long curved yellow fruit you peel . Derived from the song "GoBanana, GoGoBanana, Peel Banana, Peel Peel Banana, Lean to the Left, Lean to the Right, Peel that Banana, and yumm, take a bite!"
4.go go (verb.) the phrase spoken when I am supposed to go outside and actually off the deck and do my business. Although I much prefer the 1960's term to move about in a frenzied dance manner -I do that much better, and it's similar to the term
5. Zippies (adv.) ultimate funtime. the step just beyond normal play run where my backend lowers the tail straightens out and a non pug owner might think a mean person placed a rocket in my butt.
Oh how I could go on about the English language, but now back to some sweet tasty baby toes...

pesky little humans....

Well I shouldn't say that, exactly. They are not as much pesky as they are time-consuming of my girl human. Most days now I am lucky to get in more than just some post-ice-cream-snuggle-time with her before bed. And playtime....?... you know, "that-good-45-minute-tease-me-with-my-Yankee-doodle" or the ever popular "let-me-do-lightning-fast-circles-around-your-body-while-you-masterfully-keep-my-armadillo-spiraling-just-millimeters-from-my-mouth" type game, yup... that's a thing of the past.
Don't get me wrong, the little humans are coming into their own nicely, and when they are not practicing their latest activity of screaming up into the pitch only us dogs can hear, they sometimes get it right and try to play tug-of-war with me. I am really so good at remembering to be nice and gentle and happy to play but every once in a while they just don't seem to understand that smacking me is not part of the game. And when they don't get their way ...that one with the short legs and darker fur really knows how to bite. What's with that ???? If I ever did that I would have to sleep on the top of the comforter or something worse like... on the floor! But maybe it's because they haven't learned to speak all their words yet. And did I tell you about the disproportionate amount of toys we have in the house now?.... I should save that for another day....It's HUGE!
Oh and just 10 days until Pug Picnic!!!!! Can't wait to see all my pals and meet some new friends too! check it out www.pugresucenc.org/picnic.html
And yes....I'm taking the two little humans with me :-)
~Finnegan