A day in the life of Jesse the pug

Jesse goes camping

2007-08-10T12:50:00.000+10:00

I love to go camping. Can you find me in this picture?

Here I am doing my morning yoga stretches.

Take you driving in my car

2007-08-10T12:14:00.000+10:00

When my mum was in New York City recently, she picked up this cool pink convertible bed for me. Note the leopard print and headlights. The bed was so big, mum had to buy a new suitcase to bring it home! I love to sit in the sun and sleep.

Feeling festive

2006-12-28T20:29:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas...

and a Happy New Year to pugs, and the humans that love them, everywhere.

Another dog's day out

2006-12-10T00:00:00.000+11:00

Leichhardt Council SUCKS, and this year's Dog's Day Out was rubbish. Still, I went along. Ho hum.

Pick the pug

2006-12-09T23:05:00.000+11:00

Here I am with three of my friends. Pick the pug!

Squishy-faced pug

2006-12-08T10:47:00.000+11:00

My face looks so squishy when I sleep.

Silly billy

2006-12-08T10:42:00.000+11:00

This used to be a black ball.

Until I got my teeth into it.

Pretty funny stuff.

Straight to the top

2006-12-08T10:33:00.000+11:00

I've climbed to the top of the stairs and now I can't get down.

I think I'll do some doga. This is the dog stretch position.

OK, I'm done, come and get me down from here.

Wake up, o world

2006-12-08T10:25:00.000+11:00

I'd really like to get some sleep, but this kid keeps distracting me.

It's OK, I'm happy to share my couch.

Happy 2nd Birthday to me!

2006-09-04T15:20:00.000+10:00

Today is my 2nd birthday!

Happy birthday to me and my fellow party pugs!

Bone lickin' good

2006-08-23T21:00:00.000+10:00

It's been ages since I had a bone as good as this.

YUMMO!

Don't mind me

2006-08-22T10:00:00.000+10:00

Don't mind me - I'm just licking the back of your head.

Spontaneous hail storm

2006-08-16T18:32:00.000+10:00

Yesterday afternoon was terrifying. There was a hail storm in Sydney.
It looked like it had snowed.

It sounded like there was a riot on the roof. I ran and hid - I was nowhere to be found.

Sleeping with Doggy

2006-08-08T11:00:00.000+10:00

This is Doggy, he is my little friend. Sometimes I take him to bed.

Commandeering the coach

2006-08-07T12:00:00.000+10:00

Even though I have about five beds around the house, I often commandeer the couch.

Hey, it's comfy up here!

I'm back!

2006-08-06T17:00:00.000+10:00

Greetings all! Thank you so much for all of your emails. Sorry I haven't written in so long. I've been busy and have neglected my pug blog (plog). But I'm back with lots to tell!

Yesterday was our monthly pug meet-up and this is what happened:

I stared at newcomer Darcy.

We both stared at mummy.

I played chasings with Darcy.

It was fun! Here's a picture of the group (which was about a third of its regular size because of the inclement weather):

And here's a picture of me leading the pack!

My friend Bindi

2006-05-29T14:00:00.000+10:00

Bindi is my staffie friend.

We like to play together.

We like to share a quiet moment together.

I love this photo (below). Look at my face. Look at Bindi's face. Look at where my right foot is!

Podcasting pug

2006-05-23T12:00:00.000+10:00

On Sunday night, I joined Australian tech journalists Roulla Yiacoumi, Angus Kidman and Nathan Taylor to record the first episode of BRAN (http://www.bran.com.au/).

I think I may well be the world's first podcasting pug.

When are the others going to stop talking so I can get a word in?

What am I supposed to do with i-Dog?

2006-05-12T10:00:00.000+10:00

There's a beeping new creature in the house. His name is i-Dog.

I don't know what I'm expected to do with him. He makes strange noises and flashes different colours.

We could just sit here staring at each other. Boring!

Only one thing left to do - destroy!

Munch, munch

2006-05-11T09:00:00.000+10:00

If you ever need to get me out of the way, just give me a bone, and I'm good.

For a little while, anyway.

I love the sun

2006-05-10T19:00:00.000+10:00

I spend all day moving around to follow the sun. I love sleeping in the warmth. In winter, there's less sun, so I have to be quick.

Sitting pretty

2006-05-09T19:00:00.000+10:00

This is me on my deck chair. Sitting pretty.

Frolicking fun

2006-05-08T09:00:00.000+10:00

I don't like water, so I don't know how Aunty Dora got me to go in this pool. *And* she got a photo of me with my tongue sticking out!

Kisses for Barry

2006-05-07T16:00:00.000+10:00

Barry is the biggest dog I have ever seen. He is a Saint Bernard and is the size of a pony. Yesterday at our monthly pug meet-up he sat down so a friend and I gave him lots of kisses. That's me with the rainbow collar.

Breaking mummy's back

2006-05-05T14:00:00.000+10:00

This is a picture of me relaxing on mummy's back. The photo was taken on a mobile phone, but don't ask which one. I have no idea.

ET

2006-05-04T11:00:00.000+10:00

ET, phone home.

Front and back

2006-05-03T15:00:00.000+10:00

This is the front of my head.

This is the back.

Sporty pug

2006-05-02T10:00:00.000+10:00

Under the stairs, there's a Swiss ball and a mini trampoline.

Somehow, I can squeeze into the small gap in between.

Where do you think you're going?

2006-05-01T10:00:00.000+10:00

I'm sick of mummy going away on conferences. I'm staying on this bag until she promises to never leave again.

Cut!

2006-04-28T10:00:00.000+10:00

This is my director's chair. Sometimes I sit on it.

Sometimes I sit next to it.

Snug as a pug in a rug

2006-04-27T10:00:00.000+10:00

I love to snuggle under a blanket on my bed!

Watcha doing?

2006-04-26T11:00:00.000+10:00

I'm at the park. Drop on by.

How I get to sit on mummy's lap

2006-04-25T09:00:00.000+10:00

Whenever mummy is working at the computer and I want to sit on her lap, this is what I do. First, I sit next to her staring up with my big adorable eyes.

When that doesn't work, I jump up on my back legs and give mummy my sad little face. "Please, please, pick me up mummy so that I can sit in your lap!"

But mummy can't really type when she's holding me, so she found this director's chair for me and placed it next to her chair.

Cool, I can sleep like a baby up here.

At the local

2006-04-24T19:00:00.000+10:00

One grey day, I went to the park. Mummy tooks these shots on a Nikon camera she was testing. I got to see my first double rainbow!

Big head

2006-04-21T13:30:00.000+10:00

Mummy loves taking these photos that make my head look really big.

Me and my steak

2006-04-21T13:00:00.000+10:00

I love my toy steak. I've had it for ages and never really got into it. Then I rediscovered it one day and chewed it non-stop until I wrecked the squeaky thing inside. Still like playing with it, though.

I'm just a little dog

2006-02-11T00:24:00.000+11:00

I sometimes forget that I'm just a little dog. I have some very big friends!

Come one, come all

2006-02-10T14:47:00.000+11:00

After an article about our monthly pug meet-up appeared in Sydney's Daily Telegraph newspaper, we had in an influx of new pugs at our most recent gathering in early February. Almost 30 pugs came along to join the madness.

I spent a lot of time jumping on this guy. He was very good-natured about it all, really.

I also had a bit of a play with Quincy, a four-month old black pug.

But the biggest hit of the day was Louis, a 7-week old pug. Everyone wanted to get their hands on the baby!

Year of the Dog

2006-02-01T19:51:00.000+11:00

Over the weekend, mummy and daddy had a big Chinese New Year party.
This year is the Year of the Dog, so really it was a party for me!

This is me in my little Chinese New Year outfit made for me by yiayia (grandma) but it's a bit big. Some adjustments will be necessary.

I later switched into my security uniform to stop riff-raff from entering the premises.

Happy New Year

2006-01-01T13:00:00.000+11:00

A happy new year to all pugs and their owners.

May the pug angel look over you all.

Christmas at Yiayia's

2005-12-30T13:00:00.000+11:00

I spent Christmas morning at Yiayia's (that's 'grandma' for all you non-Greek speaking types).

I unwrapped presents then rolled around in all the wrapping paper. Loads of fun!

Mummy and daddy bought me a huge red cushion for Christmas. I love to lie on it in the sun... or just stand next to it.

And so this is (my second) Christmas

2005-12-25T13:00:00.000+11:00

Merry Christmas, everyone!

Quick nap

2005-12-05T21:00:00.000+11:00

Christmas is coming....ho hum. All the excitement has left me exhausted. I need a nap.

Puggy Christmas party

2005-12-04T16:00:00.000+11:00

This is me sitting on Santa's knee at our December pug meet-up Christmas party. I told Santa I wanted a little brother or sister for Christmas, but daddy says Santa doesn't get a say in that. Here's a group shot of some of the pugs and their humans in attendance.

Star diamond

2005-12-02T06:15:00.000+11:00

I call this toy my 'star diamond'. It has six points and each contains a squeaky toy. It makes a noise when I bite it. It's soft and fluffy and I like to use it as a pillow sometimes.

Uncle Kon

2005-11-30T23:00:00.000+11:00

This is me with my Uncle Kon. I don't know why he's holding me like I'm a baby with a stinky nappy.

He taught me everything I know about stealing thongs. This is me in training.

I'm such a pro now, I run off with thongs all the time!

Sock thief

2005-11-29T23:00:00.000+11:00

I'm older and I should know better, but I've recently discovered that I can yank socks off people's feet. It takes me a while, but I keep tugging until it comes off. Then I run, of course!

The window sill

2005-11-28T21:30:00.000+11:00

When I was little, I could fall asleep on the window sill, but now I don't fit anymore.

Grown-ups party

2005-11-27T23:00:00.000+11:00

On the weekend, I went to a grown-ups party. I was the littlest one there so I had to keep looking up at everyone. There were lots of kids there that chased me around and kept calling my name. I had a bit of a headache by the end of night, but I slept like a baby when I got home.

Christmas collar

2005-11-25T11:00:00.000+11:00

This is my new Christmas collar. It features 62 silver-plated mini baubles on the edges, seven sterling silver stars, and eight sets of leaf and berry glass beads.

All beads were hand-stitched on by mummy in a 5-hour sewing marathon.

It looks so pretty, don't you think? I will have the prettiest collar on Christmas day!

Cheeky pugger

2005-11-25T10:30:00.000+11:00

This probably looks like a pretty strange picture. If you can't work out what it is, it's me jumping on mummy's back when she's lying down and ripping the elastic out of her ponytail.

Sometimes mummy laughs and pretends to get mad. Other times she screams because I'm probably pulling some of her hair out at the same time.

Once I get the elastic, I run for my life.

I take it to bed and chew on it.

Why are you looking at me?

Did I do something wrong?

Mummy calls me a cheeky little pugger!

Munching on thongs

2005-11-25T10:00:00.000+11:00

My Uncle Kon taught me a great trick. I steal thongs off people's feet!

I grab them, pull on them, and then run. I sit in a corner and munch on them until the owner comes looking for me. Then we play chasings, but I'm smaller and can move quicker, even with a big thong in my mouth!

Last Christmas

2005-11-19T09:00:00.000+11:00

This time last year, I was less than four months old. As you can imagine, I was mostly uncontrollable and over-excited - which made having a Christmas tree lots of fun!

When the tree first went up, I worked out that I could munch on the branches and run off with the decorations. So mum and dad got this fence to put around the tree. As if that was going to stop me! Through trial and error, I discovered that if I pushed hard enough, I could get UNDER the fence.

So mum and dad threw a couple of wooden stools in there to hold it up. Did it work? Of course not. I could still get under... only there was a problem. I couldn't work out how to get back out! I would jump up on the fence and make whiny noises until someone came and let me out.

I wonder what will happen this Christmas...

Best places to sleep

2005-11-18T17:00:00.000+11:00

These are the best places to sleep:

Next to daddy.

On daddy.

On daddy's head.

Baby and me

2005-11-15T23:30:00.000+11:00

Baby is the name of my friend. He's a big Alaskan-looking thing. He looks like he should be pulling a sled in a place where it snows. Here's a picture of me with Baby....well, actually, it's a picture of me walking away from Baby. I like him, but he's much bigger than me and I get a little scared sometimes.

This is me at my local park. It's a big park, especially when there are no other dogs around.

Group photo shoot

2005-11-15T23:00:00.000+11:00

On Monday afternoon at 2pm, a bunch of pugs gathered at Cafe Bones in Leichhardt for a photography session with the Daily Telegraph. The photo is to go with an article being written about our monthly pug meet-up group.

While good-natured, the photographer thought our mums and dads were a bunch of fruitcakes...Humans who treat their dogs like children? Madness.

None of us wanted to sit still for a photo... and the photographer tried everything to get a shot! After he left, we all had a good run around and then collapsed. He should have hung around until then.

Meet my friends. From left to right: Linus (black pug), Merlin, Pete, Minnie (head in water bowl), Edwina (in pink), and me up the front (leader of the pack).

Dogs' Day Out

2005-11-15T22:30:00.000+11:00

Apart from taking an extortionate $414 from mum and dad every quarter, Leichhardt Council does manage to put on one decent event each year: Dogs' Day Out. Held at Hawthorne Canal, home of Cafe Bones, the event basically features a bunch of dog-related stalls. I scored lots of free stuff, including lots of food samples. Yum! Here's a picture of me enjoying the day out.

One year today

2005-11-04T12:30:00.000+11:00

It's been one year since I was adopted by my mummy and daddy. I remember the first night they brought me into my new home, I was so scared by the giant warehouse and the unfamiliar surroundings. But I'm a big girl now, and I love living here! Thanks mum, thanks dad!

This is me on my first night at home:

I was such a tiny little thing!

Stuck at home

2005-11-04T12:00:00.000+11:00

Since I injured myself a week ago (see post below), I've been stuck at home on doctor's orders.

So how does a little pug pass the time away?

Playing in daddy's sports bag

Relaxing in a cardboard box mum brought home the shopping in

Playing hide-and-seek under the cushion in my bed

Taking the cushion out altogether and playing with Alien, my pink fluffy toy - it's my favourite!

Chewing on a jumbo bone

Hanging around the kitchen waiting for my next meal.

I still have another 3 weeks before I'm allowed off the leash to play with my friends in the park....But life at home isn't too bad!

Limping pug off to vet

2005-10-28T10:00:00.000+10:00

Message from my mum: Last night, Jesse developed a bit of a limp and was holding her back right leg a little off the ground as she walked. It later turned into more of a hobble, and this morning she was walking on only three legs. We couldn't attribute the pain to any particular incident.
Off to the Annandale Animal Hospital early this morning in the hope of getting in to see a vet first up. Close. We were second to some guy who also rocked up without an appointment to get his dog his annual injection.
The vet spent a decent amount of time going over Jesse and checking her foot pads, between her 'toes', knees, and hip. Jesse winced most when he flexed her foot, and poked into her knee.
The vet concluded it was likely a ligament sprain and that NO going out for 1 week, and NO off-leash for 1 MONTH. He gave her an injection for inflammation, and an oral version of the stuff to place on her food over the coming week.
No pug meet-up for Jesse next Saturday, no daily play times with her friends Ella, Charlie, and Bailey, and no more walks for a while. Just staying home with mum and dad. Booooring!

The Pug Show

2005-10-14T07:00:00.000+10:00

After I got blessed (see posting below, 'Blessed Pet'), I headed out with Mum and Dad to the Pug Show at Castle Hill, one of two annual events held by the Pug Dog Club of NSW. This is a dog show where my cousins are paraded around and given awards.

There were so many pugs there, even some baby ones in a cot.

I had an awesome day.

Blessed pet

2005-10-13T20:30:00.000+10:00

Now, I'm not a religious pug or anything, but last Sunday, my nanna invited me to her church for an outdoor pet blessing ceremony. All creatures great and small, and all that. I am now an officially blessed pug.

This is a picture of me sitting still and looking pretty at the ceremony.

Bling bling

2005-10-05T22:30:00.000+10:00

People often ask my mummy where my collar came from. You see, my collar is quite unique. My name is spelled out in silver-plated balls, surrounded by 24 bi-cone Swarovski crystals, all painstakingly triple hand-stitched onto the collar. In fact, I have quite a few custom-made pieces of bling bling. I wear them when I go out, especially to the monthly pug meet-up I attend. It helps mummy and daddy find me quicker when there's 20 or so pugs running around like mad. So where do my collars come from? Mummy makes them all for me!

My favourite spot

2005-09-30T17:45:00.000+10:00

There are lots of spots I like to sleep but this one's my favourite. When daddy's working on the computer, I like to climb in at the back and rest my head on his leg. It's nice and warm in here.

Go the Swans!

2005-09-27T13:00:00.000+10:00

One Saturday, my Aunty Dora came over to watch the AFL grand final. Naturally, we were supporting the Sydney Swans. Dora is my favourite aunty.

We watched the game on TV. Yay, the Swans were victorious!

Cow

2005-09-24T12:00:00.000+10:00

One of my favourite toys is Cow. I carry Cow around the house looking for someone to play with me. I like to bait Mummy and Daddy so that someone will chase me. It's really fun. Do you want to play with Cow?

Trouble dog

2005-09-22T17:00:00.000+10:00

I ran into this Dalmation in the park the other day. He was sitting there with his owners just relaxing, doing nothing, so I thought I'd cause a bit of mischief.

Mexican pug

2005-09-22T08:00:00.000+10:00

Mummy just got back from a conference where the dinner theme was Mexican. I scored this sombrero and maraca! I'm just glad mummy's back home to give me lots of cuddles.

Come home, mummy

2005-09-21T03:00:00.000+10:00

Mummy's away at a conference. When are you coming back?

Give a dog a bone

2005-09-20T02:20:00.000+10:00

I've recently discovered bones. I think mum gave them to me in desperation after I wouldn't stop gnawing on the stairs in the house. They're pretty yum. I can hold them in my paws and chew all day.

My birthday cake

2005-09-17T10:00:00.000+10:00

I had my birthday a couple of weeks ago on the 4th September. Well, actually, six of my pug friends and I celebrated birthdays. Here's our cake.

Hey, I still have my heart in the fridge! Anyway, the cake looked so yummy, we were all keen to have a piece.

Yummo!

Well, about two seconds after this photo was taken, a large dog came and grabbed my cake in his teeth, gobbled it instantly, and ran off.

It was good while it lasted.

Meet my friend

2005-09-16T03:30:00.000+10:00

Meet my friend, Custard. He's a Sony Aibo robot dog, probably modelled on a cute little pug like me. When I was little, Custard alarmed me with all his weird beeping and flashing lights, but we're pretty good friends now. He's cool.

We like to sit on the couch and watch TV together.

Pink balloon

2005-09-15T02:00:00.000+10:00

I like to play with balloons. I chase them around the house and wrestle them.

Even when they burst, they're still fun.

What?

My new bed

2005-09-14T03:30:00.000+10:00

Here is me in my new Honeypot bed. I love to run around the inside edge and bury my head under the cushion. When I'm being really naughty, I pull the cushion out and run off with it. This seems to amuse my owners.

What I did on the weekend

2005-09-13T12:00:00.000+10:00

Went to the Paws in the Park show at Castle Hill. My parents bought me a new bed and I ran around and got really tired. I met a little baby pug called Oscar. That's him at the back.

A day in the life of Jesse the pug

2005-09-13T11:00:00.000+10:00

A day in the life of Jesse the pug