This is NOT GOOD.

Okay, class, let’s look at all of the ways in which this video is terrifying:

A) Brian and I are RIGHT THERE!  We’re both in the room!  For part of the video, I’m 18 inches away from him on the couch!  In fact, Sid turns around and LOOKS RIGHT AT US multiple times throughout!  At least when he was stealing our Tupperware, he respected us enough to wait until we left the apartment!

B) The apples are a whole shelf HIGHER than the shelf from which he retrieved the ginger cookies!  We keep everything breakable and edible on those two shelves specifically because we thought they were not on his radar!  Now we have to worry about our dishes?!

C) Again, we are RIGHT THERE!  Have you no shame, pug?!

(Okay, in Sid’s defense, we aren’t exactly telling him to NOT climb onto the back of the couch.  But, in our defense, can you blame us?  We need to get this ridiculousness on film, people!  If this isn’t a blog-worthy moment, I’m not sure what is!  And, to our credit, all subsequent attempts by Sid to scale the couch and/or shelves have been swiftly cut short by the proper authorities.)

On Sunday, Lola hosted a brunch for some of the neighborhood pugs. As an added bonus, the parents of said pugs were allowed to tag along.

There was an amazing spread of food for the humans. Much to Sid’s dismay, the bagels and lox were all kept well above pug-level, but there were plenty of dog toys to go around.

Lola was there, of course, along with Timothy Buttons (Sid’s girlfriend), Eddie, and Charlie. Lola got dressed up for the occasion in her bright yellow tee.

Eddie hopped up into his dad’s arms in order to work his way closer to the out-of-pug-reach quiche.

Sid latched on to Lola’s pink plush bee toy and basically spent 80% of the party with it in his mouth like a doofus. I guess it gave him an excuse to avoid any small-talk.

Lola and Timothy got the party started by breaking out the nyla-bone and battling each other for it.

…And all the while Sid kept relocating himself, with plush bee in tow, in order to avoid the action.

After a while, the pugs caught on that they were not going to be feasting on all the brunch goodies that the humans were eating so they started to raise a stink. However, a mutiny was avoided by Lola’s mom, who had the foresight to plan ahead with – get this – SMOOTHIES FOR DOGS!

Charlie: “Smoothies?! For Dogs?! Me want-ee!”

All the ears perked up when the box was brought out the freezer, even though none of the pugs had ever eaten one before. How is it that they know food from non-food (or maybe they just assume everything is food).

Sid sat like a good boy and waited as patiently as a pug can before he was given his Smoothie.

Time to Dig In!

Timothy had a better method for eating her Smoothie.

We can’t wait for the next pug brunch!!! Thank you to Lola and her parents for putting on such a great party for human and pug alike!

We had a really fun weekend, including a special Prospect Park Pug Pack Brunch at Lola’s house.  We have a ton photos to sort though from the fancy pug-brunch, so you’ll have to wait until tomorrow to read about that pug-tastic event.

For now, though, let’s talk about Saturday.  On our way back from the park on Saturday morning, Sid came across a small finger puppet toy on the street. As with most items he comes across, it immediately went into his mouth. Perhaps we could’ve let Sid go to town on the toy, but this puppet was really small, to the point where it seemed like he could easily slide the street-plushie right  down the ol’ gullet. We quickly swooped in to prevent this potential calmity and placed the puppet high up on a stoop so he couldn’t get to it, but, as many of you know by now, Sid’s a determined little dude…

“Oooh, what is that!”

“It’s that thing I was trying to eat – time to extend my reachers!”

“Just…a little…(gasp)…further!”

“Ngyuhhhhhhh!”

Of course, he did end up getting the puppet into his clutches, but we were able to bargain with him, and a handful of treats later, the puppet was ours again.
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CALENDAR UPDATE! Sid’s doing really well in the Curly Tail Pug Rescue 2012 Calendar competition thanks to your support! We’re hoping he at least makes it into the finals. There’s still time to vote, and the money goes to a great cause, so if you haven’t voted already please go to Curly Tail’s website and vote for Sid (August and October).

Curly Tail Pug Rescue has just posted the entries for their 2012 Pug-a-Month Calendar. Now the voting process begins.

Each vote costs $1 and of course the money goes to the rescue to benefit pugs in need.

Let’s try to get Sid on one of the months!

They split up all the entries into individual months and Sid’s been nominated for August and October (which is actually the month in which Sid and I both celebrate our birthdays!).

Some of our regular commenters – Mochi, Macho, and Mashmallow – are also in the competition (see February and May) so please cast some votes for them as well!

There’s been a lot of excitement on the blog lately what with the blossoming of Sid’s love life and  the blossoming of his foot warts, so with today’s post we’re going to take a more quiet approach to the hilarity that is Sid.

You all might think that Sid is just a natural in front of the camera, but as today’s video proves, even Sid is sometimes not quite ready for his close-up.  Consider this a quiet and contemplative cinematic exploration of what makes Sid angry (the soft sounds of planes flying overhead or dogs barking in the distance), what makes Sid happy (the quieting of the plane’s engines as it flies out of ear-shot), and what makes Sid slightly uncomfortable (having a camera shoved in his face for an extended period of time).  It’s as though the joys and pains and annoyances that haunt all of humanity are written on his little pug face.

Bravo, Sid.  Bravo.

Sid and Timothy had another “date” last night, this time at Timothy’s pad.

Sid wanted to look “sensitive yet tough” for his motorcycle mama, so he channeled The Boss:

Eat your heart out, Bruce Springsteen.

When we arrived, Timothy was dressed like so:

The complimentary outfits were not planned. I swear. But they were ADORABLE.

Things immediately took an unexpected Shakespearean turn when Timothy and Sid set out to reenact the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet.

It was quite moving, which made Sid’s insistence at cleaning out poor Timothy’s already-clean ears afterwards a little more…palatable.

Note to Sid – Obsessive focus on the cleanliness of her ears is not the way to a lady’s heart. And, no, the fact that you find her ear wax to be delicious does not help your case.

So, yeah, most of the photos from the rest of the night involve Sid shoving his tongue in Timothy’s ear canals. A good time was had by all!

“That which we call ear wax by any other name would taste as sweet.” – Sid Shakespug

“I think my ears are stuck this way.” – Timothy Buttons

We have two news items to bring you up to speed on today – and we’re glad to say the news is good. The photo below should give you a clue.

GOOD NEWS #1:
The results of the biopsy on Sid’s “mutant toe” came back and it turns out that the small growth is in fact just a viral papilloma as Dr. Quim had originally thought and will go away on its own in a few weeks. That was a relief, especially after we read about Suki’s extra toe and the mention of the dreaded “c” word (thank you for the link, Suki – we’re so glad everything turned out well for you).

GOOD NEWS #2:
Sid’s little pal, Winston, is doing well and is over his bout of pneumonia. Here’s a little message from his parents:

Winston surely felt all the good juju out there. He breathed in steamy showers, got lots of rest, and figured out that he didn’t mind taking his medicine too much if it came disguised in peanut butter. He coughed a lot while we were on vacation, but that was good, and he is doing great now. Took him to the park for his first off-leash fun in weeks. I think he was happy to be back home, and not being chased around by a crabby, territorial 11-year-old Cairn Terrier who is his dog-in-law.

Thank you again for all the positive thoughts and “good juju” you sent. These sure are two lucky pugs to have so many people caring about them. It was good to see all the pug pack back together again this weekend in Prospect Park!