Our thoughts are with the people in Japan who experienced a devastating earthquake today.
We are so glad to hear that Jason and Chiho (Sid’s uncle and aunt in Tokyo) made it back to their home safely.
Love,
Sid, Jenn, and Brian
P.S. Making a donation to the Red Cross to help in the relief efforts is as easy as texting REDCROSS to 90999 (for a $10 donation) or visiting their website: www.redcross.org.
Well, as you may be able to tell from the majority of the posts this winter, Sid, like us, is a homebody. Not content with just being inside the home, he must at all times be stretched out horizontally with his head propped up on something or someone (see The World is Sid’s Bolster). However, the slight elevation of outside temperatures and the anticipation of Spring has made the notion of going outside for daily walks slightly more bearable for the little dude (and for us as well).
Since we live so close to Prospect Park, we take Sid there at least once a day – usually in the mornings. We have a few set routes that we follow which Sid seemed pretty happy with. But, this past week, all that changed when Sid found his new favorite spot.
Throughout the fall, leaves were Sid’s obsession. A pile of fallen leaves beckoned to him like the Sirens did to Odysseus. But after a few months, the leaves had become old hat and he moved on to a new passion: MULCH! This explains why Sid’s new favorite spot is the landscaped area around the Harmony Playground which recently received a fresh dousing of the woody goodness.
He loves trolling the entire area with his head mere millimeters away from the mulchy surface. After much deliberation and back-and-forth, he’ll determine the ideal place to do his business.
Sid has always done a celebratory set of little “kicks” when he finishes doing his business – similar to the way a bull does before it charges the matador. However the mulch has brought out the little beast in him and he has a whole show that he does now. After a few sneezes and head-shakes he starts the kicking portion. Sometimes he’ll kick so much that he actually starts moonwalking. It’s really hard not to laugh.
All in all though, we’re really happy to be able to spend some more time in the park with our favorite little high-kicking pug.
Did you know that pugs can purr? It’s true! I swear!
Don’t believe me? Well, check this out:
Who needs a cat, when you’ve got a Sid?
Sid has finally outsmarted us: “If I don’t let them have my collar, then they can’t put it on me, which means I’ll never have to go for a walk again!”
Well played, Sid. Well played.
If there’s one thing that a pug knows, it’s that life is hard.
Sometimes life is so hard you want to just flop halfway out of your bed onto the cold, unyielding floor, just so you can feel something, you know?
Like, when your favorite treat bone has been empty for two whole hours, and it’s just sitting right there! Right there on the floor! Taunting you, reminding you of the good times you once had, when treats were bursting from each of its chewy ends, peanut butter, apples, and venison jerky spilling in every direction, a bounty so plentiful you could hardly keep up…
And now? Nothing.
Just an empty bone…
and nothin’ but the cold, hard floor to make you feel alive.
The End.
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