Archive for February, 2011

And then this happened…

It’s been a long, cold winter here in Brooklyn, and I think Sid is starting to get a little restless.  In an effort to make life more exciting, he’s begun performing death-defying feats of balance and skill…on the furniture*.

See here as Sid balances on a pillow that’s balanced on the arm of the couch!  No need to worry, folks; he’s wearing his safety harness.

The faint of heart may now want to cover their eyes as Sid executes a full head tilt, sans harness, while balancing on a pillow that’s balanced on the arm of the couch!

Oh, and what is this!?  It looks like he’s entered into peanut-mode, still sans harness, still while balancing on a pillow that’s balanced on the arm of the couch!  Inconceivable!

Let’s see that from the side:

Amazing!  This pug has no fear, people!

And he finishes it all off with his patented “balancing-on-double-pillows-that-are-balanced-on-the-arm-of-the-couch curl of cuteness.”

Next stop, Cirque du Soleil!

*Note – No furniture was harmed in the making of this blog post.

Let Me Clear My Throat

Sid serves as a great heating pad

I’ve been sick all weekend and luckily I had Jenn and Sid around to help nurse me back to health. They made sure I got plenty of rest, plenty of soup, and plenty of face-licking. I’m almost back on my feet but my normal voice has been replaced with a very deep, raspy whisper. I sound similar to a washed-up chain-smoking Hollywood starlet well past her prime. I apologise to anyone who tried to call me and thought they had mis-dialed.

Even though we all live in close quarters here, surprisingly no one else in the the house got sick. Hopefully by tomorrow PugSlope HQ will be up and running at 100%.

P.S. This photo also shows Sid’s recent foray into uncharted territories – under the covers. More on that to follow!

Your Daily Siddhartha (Days 12 and 13)

Here, for your viewing pleasure, are the next two installments of Your Daily Siddhartha, the daily video diary that our friend Adam made while Jenn and I were on a European vacation back in April of 2010 (For more backstory, please check out the post for Days 1 and 2).

For Day 12, Adam told us that as he was spelling out Happy Easter in dog food, Sid almost scratched a hole in the door that was keeping him at bay.

Day 12: Sid sends out a special holiday greeting.

Day 13: Sid takes a stand against leashes.

File Under: Delicious?

Earbuds, Sid?  Really?  Is there nothing that you won’t attempt to eat?

Bath Time With Sid

Sid loves baths. I mean really loves baths. Once he gets soaped up he seems to enter some zen state of mind. I don’t know if it’s the soap suds or the chest rubs, but his usual pug purring becomes amplified and he is barely be able to hold his head up. Even though we have to leave his special medicated allergy shampoo on him for 10 minutes, he doesn’t seem to mind. It just gives him more time to meditate.

Witness Sid’s entrance into bath zen:

Behind the Scenes at Pug Slope Studios

Brian and Sid, hard at work on a new Pug Slope “Sid Vid.”

Stay tuned for the world premiere of “Bath Time with Sid!”