Inaugural BBQ

Summer arrived for a few brief days last weekend so Chris and I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to, as I like to call it, “grill and chill”. Our new grill was just screaming to be fired up and just waiting for steaks to sizzle on its virgin grates. We also got to enjoy our new patio set with the company of great friends!! Thanks Ang, Jeff, Aimee and Sean for joining us for our inaugural BBQ. Hopefully we can do it again soon….with a patio umbrella the next time so we don’t sizzle.

Photo courtesy of Angela Malone

Puppy Video

Here is a little video I shot of the pups; the pup walking around the most in the female.

Meet the Pugs

Chris and I met the pug pups (or babies as the breeder likes to call them) yesterday and were amazed at how cute and tiny they were. They could fit in the palms of our hands. We tried to get some good shots of them but after many attempts we finally realized why the breeders pics weren't great; the little guys and girl are very squirmy and always moving.

Each of the pups had their own personality. The bigger boy was very aggressive and rambunctious, constantly biting at our shoe laces, pants and hands and pushing the other 2 smaller pups out of the way...clearly not submissive in anyway. The smaller boy was very needy, always trying to climb on us and eventually fell asleep in my lap while I was sitting cross-legged on the floor. The little girl was the independent one. Walking around us, smelling the floor and looking cute but when we would pick her up she would cuddle.

With our puppy analysis complete, we decided to make the little girl (picture to the left above) the new addition to our family. She is independent and loving but not too aggressive or shy. Our top name choice is Violet; cute and appropriate for a Spring pup...and will fit in nicely with the other flower dogs in the Fisher/Henderson family :-)

This is the big boy; big because he pushes the other 2 away from food constantly.

This is the little, needy boy asleep on my lap...so freakin' adorable.

Cute little girl, aka Violet; her head looks quite large in the picture but I think it was the angle.

Thursday Fun

Puppy Update 4/17/2009

The puppies are becoming very active and it is nice to see they are starting to get paper-trained and familar with the crate. In a little over a week we will be meeting them in person and making our selection. They are all so cute but as everyone knows, I am partial to the girl and Chris to the boys. I am barely going to be able to contain myself next week in anticipation of the meeting. In the pictures below, the female is by herself and the males are together. A little blurry but I guess nobody ever said breeders had to be good photographers.

Puppy Update 4/6/2009

Oooooo......the puppies are getting cuter by the day!! We can't wait to meet them on the 25th. I just want to pick 'em up and squeeze 'em. Teehee :-) One seems smaller but the breeder says they are all healthy.

These are the little boys The little girl

Scheduled Visit

Yay!! We get to meet the pups on April 25th at noon. Can't wait!!

And no, we still don't know if we are going to get a male or female. The breeder thinks that our future puppy will pick us :-)