Archive for December, 2011

The Bolster Sandwich

Thank you all so much for all of the amazingly helpful tips on flying with pugs!  We’ve got some smart readers, huh?  I think Brian and I are both starting to feel a little less anxious about this endeavor, thanks to you guys.

As a token of our appreciation, we present to you this newly discovered photograph of a rare and mysterious pug phenomenon – the Bolster Sandwich:

 

Dreams DO Come True!

Sid’s dreams of aviation are about to come true!

That’s right!  The Pug Slope team will be putting on their brave faces this holiday season as they zip Sid into a bag, head to a jam-packed airport, remove him from a bag, walk him through security, zip him back into a bag, carry him aboard a plane, and then stow him under the seat in front of them for the duration of a two-hour flight to beautiful Chicago where they’ll be spending the Christmas holiday with Brian’s family!

This is our first time flying with Sid, and we’re pretty sure it’s his first time flying EVER, so we’re trying really hard to not be neurotic about the whole fiasco.  Really hard.  That being said, the brand new Sherpa bag that we ordered from Amazon already came in the mail – we wanted to make sure Sid had enough time to get accustomed to being inside it before taking off.

Sid’s taking his travel-bag training VERY seriously:

Any advice for staying calm while flying with a pug?  We’re kinda freaking out… Tell us it’s all going to be okay!