Lifting Weights

At long last, Violet has exceeded the 5lb mark. She is now heavy enough for me to lift her as a free weight and also large enough to be spayed...which will most likely happen in September sometime. Congrats Violet :-p

Pug Model

Since before we even took Violet home, I had dreams of having professional photos taken of her. I had found this wonderful photographer's blog online and told myself that WE HAVE to come have her shoot our little girl. And, with Violet being so cute, we couldn't pass up the opportunity.

We had scheduled the shoot a few times but had to cancel due to all of Violet's "health" issues so when we thought she would be able to make it a couple of hours without spinning and most importantly, when we thought all of her shaved spots would be grown back, we scheduled again.

She did amazingly well during the shoot and was such a ham. We think her true calling is Pug Puppy Model. Li, from Fat Orange Cat Studio, was fabulous to work with and she loved Violet just as much as we do. She took some beautiful photographs which has made it tough to decide which ones we want to have printed. Decisions, decisions. Li posted some of her favorities on her blog. Check them out: Fat Orange Cat Studio

Pool Time with Violet

With Summer in full swing and access to multiple family pools, we decided to get Violet a life vest so we could teach her to swim. We tried without a vest and she just sunk like a stone since her legs don't move fast enough to keep her afloat. The vest was a success!! Here a couple of videos of her in action. We think she definately enjoyed it. After we took her out she would walk to the edge of the pool like she wanted to go back in :-)

Our Protector

A few weeks ago I was making dinner while Violet played with the free flip flops I got at the nail salon the day before. A couple of our neighbors dogs were barking and they caught Violet's attention. She must have been trying to protect her mom...although that didn't last long since flip flops are one of her favorite things.