This and that .... with a Sick Pug

This post is not that great...Ive been sick, just found out today I have Kidney stones...( sorry Mom I forgot to tell you when I talked with you earlier...I was stressed out over Coal) so this Post is kinda boring and all over the place...I'm tired and not feeling that great but wanted to try to get back into my regular Blogging posts..seems as if Face-book pulled me away from my Pugposse Blog...anyway....


Well Im such a Ellen Degeneres fan I went and ordered these for the girls....

Ellen Sleep masks! Tori with her Brown eyes....

Whitney with her Big Blue eyes....Belle had a Birthday on Jan 3rd...she is Now a 4 year young Lady! HaPpY Birthday BelleBelle!

Coal has been not the same the last week, he has bee vomiting and diarrhea...today he wasn't any better so I took him to the vet for a check up...he is sick enough where they decided it was a good idea for him to stay through the night to be observed and have IV fluids, he had a fever and lethargic... this is the first time Coal has spent a night at the vet since we rescued him one year ago...I miss him bunches and hope when I call the vet in the morning they will have some positive news for me... Bugs ( whitney's Cat) seems to think the flower bed in the window is his perch...he drives me nuts when he sits there..if you look you can see Belle in the window right behind him...when he sits there the Pugs go crazy and bark and bark...thats when I know Bugs wants in...lol

Bull-Run Just had a Birthday On Jan first...his records say he is in his mid 20's,,he is doing awesome and loving being at the Barn with all his Horse friends, and Whitney goes 5 days a week to ride him.

Im going to miss my Monkey tonight...I hope he sleeps well and gets better. Poor Lil Man.

I married My Highschool sweetheart 14 years ago today..... so hard to believe!

updatessss

sorry for the delay in my updating....
Brad is doing well, a few things have popped up but nothing serious, just a few obstacles to get towards recovery, he is still in the hospital, they are going to try him on soft foods to see if his stomach can tolerate it, he passed the clear liquid diet with flying colors! He is a little scared to try soft foods...( I would be too) he is still being fed with his feeding tube to be sure he is getting enough nutrients.... if he can tolerate foods its possible he can have his feeding tube removed.
still a long long long way to go but so far so good and each day he surprises us with something!

Whitney had her first Horse riding accident but didn't get hurt, he horse got spooked and threw her of its back, Whitney fell flat on her back ( yes she had on a helmet ) and it stunned her for a minute but she jumped up, dusted her dirty bottom off and said! that was fun can I do it again and got right back on her horse and never was fearful of her being bucked off again....lets just hope the next fall will be just as safe! lol

ha vent updated much about Tori lately, she is a busy young lady working 20 hrs a week at one of our local grocery stores, this week she is training for a cashier position, she loves it and just opened her own bank account and she save it all, she has put her entire pay checks into the back for savings, she has more money in her account than i do!

Pugs are good, Turbo has a foot infection, just brought him to the vet to have his back feet checked ( punchy remember I noticed his feet at the social?)
he has a yeast infection on his feet and he is on MORE pills so this makes 8 pills a day....
coal, willow and Belle are all well, snoring, spraying noses all is good with them.
thats about it...Im tired, still running on nervous energy and spending most of my time up at the hospital. im really starting to not like that place! lol

catching up on this and that.......

I failed you all again....I thought I was going to get better with my postings... but I wanted to catch up a little. Now that my girls are on an airplane on their way to Florida to spend a week with their Grandmother I have a free few minutes to do a little post.

My girls left the house at 5am today to head to the airport to fly out to spend a week in Florida at their Grandmothers house along with their cousins Kendall and Kayleigh, they are all the same ages and are very close. My MIL is a brave woman to take on all 4 kids actually the older girls Tori and Kendall will have their own place. My MIL owns a few units at a senior park and the one next door is vacant so the older girls will have that one to themselves, they have big plans for the week one includes a boat taking them to a private island for a day of fun in the sun shopping and relaxing....and maybe to a theme park of their choice. Now that I have my horse at home it is hard for me to get away.....although we did make a week vacation reservations in Maine on the coast in July. I found Horse care for the week we are gone. so now that my girls are gone I'm going to do some spring cleaning toss things away with out them digging them out of the trash. getting some work done around the house and I think Bradley and I will take a day off and head to the ocean for the day to walk around. we love the ocean, way too cold to lay out but it is nice to walk on and enjoy the view. other than that we will be working and doing things around the house.......

Turbo is posing for the camera...it is rather blurry...I took this with my cell phone

sweet Coal... looking out the window

well this has been a interesting few weeks.... the other day when I dropped Whitney off at school another parent was not paying attention and she drove into me just as Whitney was shutting the door of the car! doesn't look bad but her license plate actually was stuck to the back of my bumper...she had to pull it off...so now the woman's place is visible on my back bumper! we didn't call anyone we just left and didn;t want to make anymore of a scene and hold the school buses up...

another accident caused my Mother nature.... we went to pull our camper out and clean up the site for the new family coming in to take our site...come to find out............

a tree fell into our camper and made a big old hole right through the roof!
see the big branch pierced into the camper roof?..........not good.! so we brought the camper home to clean out the camper to have it fixed..........sighhh

Bull~Run and Whitney's cat have become great friends...they play together all the time and when I bring a flake of Hay out for Bull to eat Whitney's cat will use the hay as a bed and Bull will eat the hay around the cat....they cat will just lay there wagging his tail as Bull nibbles away.


we set up Bull's playground up so he has access to Whitney's Bedroom window....sometimes he will sit at her window until she opens it and hands him treats, his favorite treats are...Carrots. Peppermints and Maple Frosted donuts.......... so whit will open her window as she sits on her bed and visit with Bull......

He is so special....... can't imagine not having him. not a very good pictures...as most of you know I have tattoos...most of them are for my pets in my life...paw prints on my feet and wrists... last month I got another one...this time I got a horse-shoe tattooed behind my ear. so when I'M not with bull I can always hear his gallop and clip clop of his shoes.... just like why I have Turbo's paw prints on my feet...when I not with him he is always there at my feet like he always is....

The tattoo did not come out how I wanted...I was rather bummed but I have to deal with it...it could be worse but.... I told him I wanted a horseshoe the size of my thumbprint...I think he went by his thumbprint and he gave me a DRAFT horseshoe...not the one I shoes him... and I wanted a few stars..he gave me more than I wanted....( UGH) oh well.... it is what it is...Im fine with it now...either way it is a symbol of my horse so It's all good....



I have been riding Bull here at home but just in his Paddock ( Playground) Im trying to get him used of the road and the cars that drive past....I have been walking him up the road a few nights a week to get him familiar and used to the cars...so far so good...we turn a few heads as passerby drive by...it is not like when we walk the pugs up the road.... either it is Bull they are looking at or it is me in my capris wearing my big rubber barn boots....( snicker)


I need a sign what hangs from his tail that says... Caution"WIDELOAD" lol

HaPpY Birthday Belle!

HaPpY 3rd Birthday Belle!

Well...since today is Belles Birthday I couldn't get angry with her for eating out of the Cats Kitty Food jar...

Oh Shoot! Momma Caught me!..........So much for my Birthday treats!

Maybe this is the reason Belle has packed on so much weight! ...to much kitty food on the side!

Coal and Turbo are doing well...Coal is such a Monkey..we call him Monkey he is such a Puppy still and is so active. it is funny to see these to together...because Coal is so busy and all OMT does is sleep and eat.. Coal knows that OMT is not doing well. Turbo is having more medical issues and has been at the vet more and more. he still has bad and sore ears and Coal licks them all the time and licks OMT's eye we have started to also call him Dr. Coal. he is always doctoring OMT. OMT is now completely blind and when we let him out to pee the snow disorients him and we have to go out and pick him up and Carry him back in...he has a hard time finding his way around in the deep snow. ( Poor Fella...makes me sad) we think his hearing is alot worse now too..he does not respond to us like he used to....well he will be 12 years old next month so it is to be expected I guess... all in all he is a pretty Happy senior Pug with so much Love. He will sit and lick you all over your face and want his 37lb. body on your lap! he is HUGE! But no matter how heavy he is always welcome on my lap.

Willow is doing Great...she is just a Mother Hen..She wants control of all the Pugs...we have had her the longest so I think she must think since she was the first Pug in the house she thinks she has all the Control over the Pugs.

Coal.....I swear he tels me every day THANK YOU for adopting him...he has a funny way of communicating with me...it is like he is really trying to say Thank you for giving him a Forever home.

we has a little more snow over night...I took these pictures on my way to work this morning....

I know..lots of posting tonight...

a few months ago I came across this young woman who owns a business and she makes jewelry out of your Horses tail.... so I contacted her and she told me what to do to get a good Clipping of BULL's tail for her. I mailed it to her and this is what she came up with..

a bracelet of Bull's tail clipping...with a Heart on it that says..Live to rideI got to play around with Bull for a little bit today after I finished up my chores at the barn...
he got a good grooming and brushing and alot of TLC.... we are getting closer to bringing him home soon...still getting all the supplies we need for him ...electric fence, order his barn, and all the accessories we need for him....even looking for a pasture mate for him...
speaking of Bull and my Pugs.......... this is one of my many favorite Gifts from my Mom and Dad for Christmas.... an old Vintage sign....

Old Horse.....( Check)

Blind Dog.....( Check)

Unruly kids!.( Check)

So very true on all three!

OUCH!

Coal is doing great...he is teaching us new things about him daily.... He has a side to him that is different than the Fawn Pugs...those of you who have a Black and fawn Pug is there a difference between the 2? I cant quite figure it out...but there seems to be a difference between the 2?
He is just a ball of fun and is such a joy to have. we are so happy to be his new forever family~

OUCH!!!!! My arm hurts.... any idea why tetanus shots make your arm ache so bad the day after?

so yesterday I had to get a tetanus shot.....not sure when my last one was but The Dr. really thought I needed it... Let me fill you in on my day after Thanksgiving...My Black Friday was Pretty Black! ( snicker )

Ok...the morning after Thanksgiving I woke up early and Whitney and I drove to the Barn to do a Morning Run feeding and turned out a handful of the horses that were in the barn all night... We have had a few very cold night and we have ice and frozen grounds here... as I was leading one of the horses out I had Whitney unhook one of the electric fences and to make sure the other horse wouldn't get loose... Whitney unhooked the fence and dropped the hard plastic handle and it hit the frozen ground and it made a loud noise and it spooked the horse I was leading out. I kept her under control with the lead shank I had ( this is attached tot he halter that has a Chain that wraps around the top of their nose to keep them contained) once I got her calm the other Horse got excited and got the horse I had in a panic and she went up on her back feet...all I saw was a BIG GIRTH and HOOFS! I turned my head with no time to run....and SLAM! JeanPool ( the Horse ) crashed down on my head with her hoof and winter-steal shoe....I felt my-head and knew I was in need of medical help but the Horse I was leading out is a World Champion Horse and she is worth lots of $$$ She was running on a icy area and the lead shank was still attached to her and getting all tangled around her legs...I was so frightened she was going to hurt herself so I was more worried for her than I was myself... as I am clucking for the horse to return to me I feel blood pouring out of my head and where I was bleeding my hair was frozen from it being so cold. Whitney is crying during this whole time apologizing for dropping th fence handle and thinking she caused this whole accident.....I reassured her I was ok and it was not her fault. Brad was just down the road and Whitney called him to come to the barn. Bradley and Whitney drove me tot he ER where Whitney was crying so hard when I went to the window to check in explaining my injury they took it as Whitney being the one injured and took us right in. The nurse went to to check Whitney and I said...it's not her it is me..( Ummmm couldn;t she see my bloody jacket and hood? and the cloth I was applying to my head?) They sent me right to Xray to make sure I had no skull or neck injury...they came back fine. They cleaned my head and shaved my hair in that area and scrubbed it with a wire bristle brush! ( the Dr was UGH...mot very pleasant..she said he needed to make sure there was no Fecal Matter in my wound! ewwweee! then he injected some lidacane and game me a zipper...( staples ) I was so high on Adrenalin and never was in any severe pain until my ride home...I cried like a baby. and slept all day....They put me on antiobiotics and pain meds...I think the pain med knocked me out all I did was sleep the first few days. Bradley took pictures of it but I don;t think you all want to see it...kinda gross..... So that was my BlackFriday!

so yesterday ..(11 days later) I got my zipper taken out! and I feel back to normal now...just a little sore still and a big scar on my head and really short hair in that area. so I have been wearing baseball hats off and on... so this is the reason why I had to have a tetanus shot yesterday....Now my arm is killing me....it feels so hot in the area where it was injected and it aches like mad!

Odd Ball

I think we need to find Bugs a Pug suit to wear so he can blend in with the Pug Posse!