Valerie's Divadoggy Bloggy - A Must Woof...

Valerie goes to the beauty shop

every week to perfect her diva-do!

Valerie is very famous and sought

after and important artists have

painted her! ooo la la!!!

Painting of Valerie by

Fifi Flowers Design

From Anniebelly

Calling all divadoggies! Valerie has launched her bloggy! Valerie is a 10 year old DivaDoggy princess who goes to the beauty shop with her mommy Amy once a week for pawdicures, brushies, and refreshing cucumber mist sprays. I have often mentioned to my mom that I need to be living the life of Valerie, but alas I am stuck here with the stinky boys. *stamps paw and steam comes out of Annie's little ears*

Use your thumbytoes and go visit Valerie's new blog and give her a woof and tell her Anniebelly Bossybritches sent you. When you get there you might just see somepuggy you recognize. I should warn you there is a picture of my brother Howie, too, but at least he is wearing a tie and doesn't have poop on his paws in that picture.

We love you Valerie! *blowing Valerie kisses*

Tomorrow we are getting a visit from Linus and his sister!

Tune in for some pictures of cute little fat puggy puppies....

Linus Training Program Payin' Off Big Time

From Howie:

Well everybuddy, Linus' trainin program is really payin off big time. You can see he is making lots of progress. His mama says he is almost ready to come meet me in person. Here is Linus progress report for his work this month in the Howard Pee Pugpants Program Fur Success.

This here is called the Tug Position. Linus

is doin' an excellent job of tuggin the hoomans

to the food bin. I give this one three goes up.

This here is Linus practicin' the I'm Gonna
Pounce on Yew position. It works real well
fur scarin off other puggies approachin
yer food bowl. As yew can imagine,
it is critical to puggy survival.
I give Linus four toes up fur this one.

And this here is the Make a Cute Puggey
Wuggey Face position. Now don't make fun,
even tough guys like me and Linus know
that the way to a mama's heart is with
the lovey dovey googley eyes. I give
Linus four toes up fur this one.

Heavenly Missive

Winnifred Wigglepants

The Jiggliest Angel in Heaven

16X20

Oil on Canvas

A year ago this morning my little velcro pug and constant companion Winnifred Wigglepants went to the rainbow bridge after a 3-month battle with GME encephalitis. I finished her portrait last night. It felt good to get my little angel onto canvas.

I've always had a superstition about pet portraits I do for the furbabies who have passed; the ones that jump onto the canvas quickly are anxious to get home to their families. Winnie was the fastest pet portait I've completed of its size.

There are so many dear friends who carried me through those dark days when Winnie was sick. And a compassionate friend at work who held me while I sobbed in her arms the day after Winnie passed. These are the ties that bind you to friends forever. And this is the kind of love Winnie brought into my life, and the lives of everyone she touched.

This painting is based on a photo that was taken of Winnie shortly after she won the Bluebonnet Pug Club Easter Hat contest in Dallas 3 years ago. She was a champion pug before she came to us, thanks to Louise Tran, who wanted her to live out her retirement with us in a pet home. I always felt I was in the presence of an older soul when I was with Winnie. There was a very strong love and presence that shown out of her. She was tiny, but feared nothing. I miss my angel and pray we will we meet again.

Heavenly Missive

My Ode To Wiggles

Whippy creme and scrambled eggs are

Way up here in Heaven

In case you too

See only blue and wonder what you're gettin

They're other things like angel wings

With fur that's never sheddin'.

There's no disease or achin knees

and wrinkles smooth and silken

I fall asleep and dream of you

and times when we were given

to sprint and run and tug on toys

and dash to mom for lovin.

Tonight no tears oh Howie dear

because I have been taken

I’ll kiss your cheek and whiskers sweet

And heal the ache within you.

The pain it fades and goes away

And even loss feels lighter

When time moves on then pushes back

All that separates us.

From Winnie's dogster diary, January 23, 2008

Winnie died this morning very early while she was in the care of the tech at the ICU. I think she was very tired. She was my brave girl and was such a big part of our lives. Please say a prayer that she is comforted now.

She loves breakfast-time so much. I hope that she is enjoying scrambley egg and a bowl of delicious kibble this morning and making the angels laugh with her roo roo roo morning song and breakfast time spinning.Who will wash Howie's face now? Who will sit on my feet when I am on the 'puter? Who will keep dad company in the kitchen when he is cooking? Our little one with such a big heart is gone, and it all happened so quickly and unexpectedly.

We were so blessed to have her with us for just 2 short years. What an extraordinary little dog she was.I told her last night it was okay to go - she was sitting up in her oxygen cage at the ICU for 2 days, waiting for me. She always sat and waited for me. The moment she laid down was when she passed. Please hug your babies for me today and say a prayer for angel Winnie. She was cherished.

For a Good Cause

Looking for Someone to Adore Me

8X10

Oil on Linen Board

Dallas Fort Worth

Pug Rescue Series

I've started a series of pug portraits for a new project that will be announced soon for Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue. Keep a googley eye on the pug blog for more details to come! This little guy was completed this morning, in appropriate fashion, to the tune of three pugs snoring at my feet in the studio.

Linus - The New Puggy Puppy on the Block

Linus the Pug Puppy

Has Signed up for the

Howard Pee Pugpants Plan Fur Success

Dear Linus:

This here is your uncle Howie. Mom said you came to your new home last week with her friend Susan and her hubby and their 2 little girls. We haven't met yet. Mama told Susan they should not expose you to me yet, because I am a bad influence. Have you ever heard such hooey in your life?? Well, mebbe not considering you jest fell off the turnip truck.

Now listen here, real closely, cuz there are important things you need to learn in order to be an upstanding puggy like me. Besides, Mama says I need to use my powers for good instead of evil, so here is my good deed of the day.

Eat as fast as yew can. Chewing is over-rated.

Snore loudly when you sleep. The peeps think it's cute

and it drives away bad influences like annoyin little sisters.

Wiggle your curley tailbun when the big peeps are eatin.

This is guaranteed to cause tablescraps to happen.

That's enough of the Plan for one day. I've been workin hard for the Snuggle Puggle lately so my thinker noggin is just plumb tuckered out. I'll be keepin toe tabs on yew so be sure to follow the Howard Pee Pugpants Plan Fur Success and you will go far.

Interview With Mister January - Oscar

When I got the call to pose for January for the Dallas Fort

Worth Pug Rescue calendar, of course I was flattered...

But let's face it - I'm one hunky, good lookin' pug!

Now the phone rings constantly with offers and

all my peeps wantin' auty-graphs. I hates to disappoint

anypuggy, but I'm busy supervising kitchen activities!

Howie Works Hard Fur the Puggle!

This is my entry fur the Workin With

the Snuggle Puggle Challenge. Check out the button over there

to Eduardo's page and you can get the four one one.

Please, don't try this at home. This is Perch-Nappin

and it's much more difficult than it looks. Just THINKIN

about this whole Eduardo Puggley Work Challenge

thing is wearin me out. I wonder what the prize will be....

Hmmm, mebbe it will be a big bag of juicy

crunchy bones with peanut butter fillin'.

...or mebbe it will be a bowl of goopy delicious

kibble with chunks of mystery chicken parts on top.

All work related activities in this post were done by

me, a professional perch-napper. You only THINK it looks

easy. This is actually multi-taskin' cuz I'm FARTIN too.

Pug Family Photos - Making a Collage in Photoshop Elements

Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue

Family Photos

Check out this cool montage - I made it tonight using Photoshop Elements. It was a little tricky to get the photos the right size, rotated correctly, and to get them to fill up the blank spaces. I wasn't able to figure out how to add additional photos "ad libitum" to a template, but I bet there is a way.

What a fun project.

This photo montage will appear on the Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue Blog in just a few days, but I'm posting it here first to give you a sneak preview!

Monday Pug Movies

Annie practices for the Winter Pug-Lympics

Anniebelly's Instructions for Sunday

Instructions for Sunday: Anniebelly's toy du jour is - the Brown Hairy Football. Please do NOT confuse the toy du jour, Brown Hairy Football, with the green egg toy, the orange bouncy ball, or the yellow hunk of fluff toy.

Mommy, please DO NOT attempt to furminate the Brown Hairy Football. We likes our footballs just exactly how they is. Thank you very much. It's 10 pm. Do you know where your pugs are???

Howie's Happy New Years' Hat

Howie is Overjoyed With His Fancy Happy New Years' Hat

Howie's Top Six New Year's Resolutions:

Fart More
Eat More Toilet Paper

Blame Annie for Illegal Household Activities

Catch One of Them Dang Birds in the Yard

Teach Java to Open the Refrigerator

Learn to Text Message Pizza Hut Online Delivery

Elvis and Dandy in Holiday Gear

Dandy-Pants and Elvis the Pug

Celebrate the Holiday Season

It may be perpetually sunny there, but puggies in California celebrate the holiday season, too! We got to visit with Dandy and Elvis earlier this year in Southern California. Dandy is the little fattygirl to the left and you may recognize her famous brother, Elvis. He is the famous pug from No Pug Left Behind Logo for Dallas Fort Worth Pug Rescue. If Elvis got his holiday wish, he had an In and Out Burger with extra cheese.

We adore these babies, and one of the funnest days I've ever spent was in San Diego pushing Elvis around in his carriage on the beach and taking this little fattygirl out to greet her peeps with their Mama Mindy. Dandy has blossomed into a real socialite since she moved out to California from Texas.

Happy holidays and happy Hanukkah to Mindy and her puggy babies!

Santa Gets Even With Howie

Howie's prezzie from Aunty Kelly and Uncle Rocky

(shhh....he thinks this was a gift from Pugmass Claus)

From HowiePants:
Ever since I asked Sandy Claws fur fat little french fried elves with ranchy dippin' sauce, he has obviously held a grudge. Yew would really think the fat guy would not be holdin grudges and such, bein as Christmas Karma can git yew and all. Well it sure got me this year. Holy cow, the hat even lights up and plays Jingle Bells.

Anypuggy out there with thumbies, I could use a little help right now. Dozer, CooperMan, rollin on the ground laffin is NOT the kinda help I'm needin. I need somepuggy to dial 9 One One!!! Cuz this outfit is a CRIME!!!

Happy Howlidays From Our Family to Yours...

Warm wishes for the best holiday ever

from the Pugpant Family

Howie's Shocking Surprise

To His Utmost Horror, Howard Pee Pugpants

Discovers the Big Guy Has Been Keeping a List

Java's New Pal Grinchy

Java Cheesy awakens from a nap

only to discover he has a new pal.

Anniebelly Watchin For the Big Guy

Anniebelly keeps a googley eye on the sky

waiting for the big guy with the prezzies.

Raiding the Fridge

Ma, where'd you put the pickles?

Howie Opens Holiday Prezzies

This here is my Mama huggin and smoochin on her
first foster pug, Mister Pug. Don't let the name fool ya,
he could pee on a formal dining room chair leg with the best of 'em.






Today the mama said we got a prezzie in the mail from Mister Pug.
Now, I didn't just fall off the turnip truck yesterday, I know he can't
go to the post office cuz of federal regulations about peein on mail
and important stuff like that, so I 'spect this wuz from his Mama, Auntie Julie.

Right away I seg-gested that mama consider the fact that Annie is
20% fur, 80% fat, and should get none of this delishush stuff Mister
Pug sent TO ME. Sharing is for the birds *makes rude spitting noise*.

C'mon Dad, how difficult can it be?
Three gi-normous cookies, three hungry puggies?

Then there was the whole SIT STAY stuff to go through.
I don't think Mister Pug wudda wanted us to work for these
yummies, he's jest like me and believes in instant gratty-fication.





As yew can see, we finished off the whole box. Mama hollered something
at Dad that sounded like HOLY COW YOU GAVE THEM THE WHOLE BOX
but I'm not sure, it cudda been something different since English is not my
first language. Just one more reason we enjoys havin' Daddy around.

Howie's Holiday Movie Classics - A Very Puggy Christmas

In this timeless holiday classic, A Very Puggy Christmas, Howie, Winnie and Java get to taste the season's first snowflakes.

Puggy Credits

Costume design by the Mama.

Snowflakes courtesy of the big guy upstairs.

Stuntpuggy taster doubles were not necessary for this movie,

as Howie insisted on doing all taste testing himself.

Cameo appearance by Java Cheesy.

Java Waitin for Sandy Claws

Mom, are you sure that round guy can fly? Isn't that

a violation of the laws of aerodynamics or something?

Pres. Bush Selects Cheese Security Team Leader Java the Pug

President Bush warmly embraces his new

cheese security advisor Java Cheesybritches.

He will undoubtedly have to wash his shirt

later lest he smell like ripe cornchips and cheese.

From the Java Cheese Blog:
By now you all have probably heard that President Bush is moving right here to Dallas. Well, it was no surprise to me, Java Cheese, that our new neighbor has asked me to come by from time to time to keep a googley eye on the cheese situation in Preston Hollow. After all, everypuggy knows I am a connoisseur of growing all forms of cheese, even five minutes after a good scrubbing in the bathtub.

I call him Bushy
I told Bushy (he likes me to call him Bushy cuz we are pals like that and he calls me Cheesy) that of course I would consider the position, but first I would have to consult with Annie Bossybritches, since she is the ruler of all she surveys around here. And I also told Bushy I had to make sure that these important Presidential Cheese Tasks do not interfere with my nap schedule, which takes precedence over everything except for eating.

Senate Hearing will be a piece of cake
I am quite confident I can pass the Senate Panel Hearing on Monday since the only skeletons in my closet involve the badness of my brother Howard, of which you all are very familiar. And those should jest be minor problems, since they haven't actually arrested him fur anything yet, cuz anytime he wants to evade the mama or daddy he just runs under the kitchen chair and POOF he is invisible.

I do pledge and promise to stay in touch with all of yew if I do take this important position in the administration de fromage.

Tips on Napping From a Sensei

Don't let the bright-eyed, bushy-tailed appearance

fool you. I'm a professional napper by trade.

I can hold this position for over 30 minutes

or at least until the cookie jar rattles.

Come back anytime fur more tips on nappin. This here

is the food coma position...zzzzzz....zzzzz....zzzzz...

Howie Eatin' Snowflakes

Howard Pee Pugpants discovers

snow is edible, and delishush, too!

From the Pugpant Archives

Christmas 2008

Baby Howard

Baby Howard With Dad

I was going to write about the busy, busy, busy day the puggies are having, as they all lay snoring in breakfast food comas around my feet, but ran across this cute picture of Baby Howard.

My baby boy is getting gray now, but he still looks like a puppy to me. He's been a lot happier since Annie came to live with us, though he would never admit it OUT LOUD or anything. His heart has healed from the loss of Winnie, who mothered him and washed his face and protected him from scary brothers.