My baby is sick

Ruby has been scratching her nose for two days now.  She just had her yearly checkup on Saturday and all was good but I had to take her back because of her obsessive licking and rubbing her face on things.  She kept me awake all last night licking her nose!  Turns out she has a skin infection common to pugs called Pyoderma.  Apparently it doesn't take long for these infections to crop up, which explains why she was fine on Saturday and by today she has a full blown infection.  Thankfully, Dr. North fixed us up with some antibiotics and anti inflammitories and sent us home to rest up.  Ruby is a little drowsy from the pain meds but otherwise she's doing well and looking for some cuddles.  Poor baby!

Pug Love

How could you not love a face like that?  Ruby gets away with murder because of those eyes.  I just can't say no.  I love my baby girl. 

In other news, I received a postcard from my other happy mail partner Tyler.  Thanks Tyler!  I love this happy mail thing.  I like meeting new people with shared intrests and as I've mentioned about a thousand times, I LOVE MAIL!!!!!!!!!!

Hope you're having a great Tuesday!

Jane

Valentine's Day - The Movie

My mom is the sweetest.  Today we went to see the movie Valentine's Day.  I thought it would be a mushy, goopy mess of love and bitterness but I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to have an actual plot and some unexpected twists.  I don't want to give away too much since it just came out but I think it's worth seeing.  It won't be the blockbuster movie of the year, however it was funny and sweet and an all around feel good movie.  I'm not usually one who gets into the whole Valentines Day hoopla and it's kind of cheesy to go to a movie named Valentines Day on Valentines Day but that's how I roll, total cheese meister and really what else has a single girl gotta do on Valentines Day.  Popcorn and peanut m&m's, holla!

Today was a rather perfect day for me.  Lunch at my favourite place with one of my favourite people, movies with mom and a heart shaped pizza to top it all off.  And they say Valentines Day is for lovers!

Oh and I finally got pictures of little Ruby in the hat I made her from Elsie's tutorial.  Here she is:

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!

Meet Ruby

This post is largely in reaction to a comment my friend made.  He joked that the reason to I started this blog was to post tons of pictures of my puppy in sweaters, like a shrine.  I have to admit that lately I've been obsessed with her because she's just a little pup and she's oh so sweet.  How could I not post a least one or two (or five) pics of her?

This is her whaddya lookin' at? face.

I got her on New Years Eve.  My friend Sam and I drove to Grande Prairie to pick her up.  I was super worried that something was wrong with her because she slept in Sam's arms the entire time we were at the breeders and then all the way home ( a two and a half hour drive).  Turns out that she and her brothers and sisters had been sleeping in the same cage but were about to be split up because they played all night!  So I guess she was just sleep deprived.  She was much more alert the next day but she still needs a lot of sleep because she's a puppy.  I'm so neurotic that when I was at the breeders, I was also worried that there was something wrong with her tail because it wasn't curly.  Her (eight year old) daughter pointed out that when pugs sleep, their tails relax and uncurl.  Who knew?

Recently, I've taken to calling her Ruby Pirhanna because all she does is attack my feet!  Puppy teeth are super sharp.  I bought her a teething ring and everything, just like Cesar said but to no avail, my feet are still her favourite thing to chew.

I love, love, love my puppy. She's 3 months old now.  Time flies. 

And Corey this ones for you:

And one more just because

I, Jane Cullen, do solemly swear, that I will not abuse this blog by hyper-posting pics of my dear Rubes.  (fingers crossed behind my back)