Starting with Hurricane Irene and ending with Hurricane Timothy Buttons, we’ve had such an exciting week that we’re ready for a little relaxation this weekend.
Sid’s already started early.
Hope you all have a great Labor Day weekend! Extra treats for everyone!
Man, that Timothy is one sassy lady-pug.
Earlier we overheard her saying to Sid: “First we wrestle, then we practice our synchronized breathing, and then you get a kiss.”
Today is an exciting day at Pug Slope headquarters. Our pug count has doubled.
Timothy Buttons, Sid’s girlfriend, is spending the night. Yeah, I know this is a little controversial considering they’ve only been on one official date, but they have also hung out on numerous occasions at Prospect Park off-leash hours and who are we to stand in the way of love, right?
Timothy is a much younger pug than Sid, though, and he’s been having a hard time keeping up with her. His usual laid-back morning rest time has been replaced by hi-velocity madcap chase after hi-velocity madcap chase. This was his expression about 10 minutes into their 4th chase:
It’s been near-impossible to get any of our actual work work done today due to the compulsive need to grab our phones/cameras in order to document the hilarity that is ensuing around us.
More to follow…
Um, so, Sid read the blog yesterday, and now he’s all embarrassed. Apparently I wasn’t supposed to write about his new girlfriend and their big date and how IN LURV he is. Also, I’m supposed to tell you that we “made him” wear that bow-tie and then I’m supposed to post a photo of him dressed in his “cool” clothes.
Ta-da:
So, now, like any teenage pug who’s been mortified by their mother, Sid is acting out. I found him this morning trying to mail himself to Fresh Direct, our grocery delivery service, because we, apparently, don’t understand him the way Fresh Direct understands him and if he lived at Fresh Direct he could eat all the Ginger-O’s and apples in the warehouse whenever he wanted and Brian and I wouldn’t be there to say “Leave it!” or “Uh-oh!” and he probably wouldn’t even have to sit or stay or Jimmy or ANYTHING before eating ALL OF THE DELICIOUS FOOD HE COULD GET HIS PAWS ON.
Sigh.
Phew. Now that the “hurricane” is way far away from Pug Slope Headquarters, we can finally get back to business!
As some of you (Payton) may recall, last week Sid dusted off the ol’ black tie for a mystery date. We finally got a chance to develop the photos from his big night out, and it looks like the lucky lady was none other than the Prospect Park Pug Pack’s resident motorcycle mama, Timothy Buttons!
Sid and Timothy met for a drink at The Commonwealth, a local dog-friendly watering hole. Unfortunately, it was really dark there, so the photos are either grainy to the point of being impressionistic, or they employ the dreaded flash. But bear with us, I think we can still make out the events of the evening.
So, it looks as though wearing the bow-tie paid off handsomely for Sid. As you can see from the photo above, Miss Timothy couldn’t take her eyes off of him from the moment he arrived.
Sid then ordered a bowl of the finest water on the menu, and, ever the gentleman, allowed Timothy to drink first.
Then, in an attempt to mimic the only scene of successful dog dating he knows, Sid shared the water with Timothy. ‘Twas very romantic.
And then things, um, devolved a bit…
Once the water was consumed, it looks like Sid, well, he made his move.
Yeah, from this point on, most of the photos involve Sid licking Timothy’s face.
And Timothy licking Sid’s face.
I guess that’s what happens when you have your first date at a bar.
But, this was no one night stand. Regardless of how “handsy” they got on their first date, Sid is absolutely smitten with Miss Timothy Buttons.
“Mom and Dad, I think I’m in LOVE! Or, at least, I like her A LOT!”
(Thanks to Eddie’s mom Tricia for sharing some of her photos from Sid and Timothy’s big night out)
Irene came and went and we survived unscathed. Sid, who has a bladder of steel, didn’t even have to resort to using the wee-wee pads. I think he’s too proud.
Park Slope as a whole faired well, and there were only leaves and small branches on the ground. We actually had to hunt around a little to find the larger debris you see in the photo.
Hope all you other East Coast pugs and humans stayed safe!
I know we’re supposed to be posting the photos from Sid’s big night out, but mother nature has insisted that we hold off on that for now. Within a few hours, Sid’s about to experience his first hurricane!
As you can see, Sid is a very prepared pug. He’s already holed up in his hurricane shelter crate, his treat, water, and food supplies overfloweth, froggy’s nearby, and he has a package of wee-wee pads on hand so he can take care of business inside rather than becoming the umbrella to my Mary Poppins while Miss Irene passes through Park Slope. Hooray, weather!
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