Buster is Back!

Guess what? My cousin Buster is back in San Diego, this time for good.

I’m not sure how I feel about that.

My Santa Barbara Weekend

As you may know, the weekend before last I went on a little trip.  Liz kept telling me we were going somewhere fun. But when she bundled me in the car at 9 pm and then started driving for hours, I had no idea where it could be!

After about 4 hours and a couple of pit stops, we arrived and I realized where we were: Santa Barbara!  I have been there once before.  It was a few years ago but I have great memories of playing with my friend Chloe:

But this time we were in a different place and there was no Chloe to greet me.

Instead, Liz led me to a gate. It opened, and I rushed in, bypassing Liz’s friends Jenny and Ryan and their dog, Alfie, and running straight into the house to investigate. This caused some excitement on the part of Alfie, the resident Norwich Terrier, so we all had to go inside so we could meet properly.

I love going to visit people! Liz and I had our own room and she had brought my bed. Mostly, I did not sleep on it. This is how Liz found me at 6 am:

Ready for action! Liz did not want to get up yet. So I just sat there, looking pathetic:

This is my best “Please please can you just let me out of here??” look.

Finally, she did. Alfie and I went a little crazy for a while.

He is younger than me, but I try to keep up. I don’t think he knew what to make of me because of the funny noises I make. I don’t bark, but I make a lot of snorting and loud breathing noises! All that playing tires me out! And it was only 10 am…

Alfie had an appointment at the groomer’s, so we dropped him off and then Liz, her friends and I headed off for a few hours of wine-tasting.

It was a pretty hot day. I wasn’t allowed inside (even though I like wine very much!) so they took turns waiting with me outside.

I took the opportunity to have a quick snack and a roll around.

The grass was very cool and refreshing! When the humans were finished with their wine tastings, we got back in the nice air-conditioned car and drove to Los Olivos.

Liz, Jenny and Ryan sat down to a really nice meal (I did not get any, and had to just sit on the floor while they enjoyed everything!)

So unfair. But the people at the table next to us were great dog-lovers. They told us they have a pug named Scallywag so of course they liked me. You see, many people who like pugs also like frenchies, and vice-versa. So even though I was being basically ignored by my traveling companions, these nice people took the time to pet me and pay me lots of attention throughout the meal.

After lunch, we went back to the house for a nice long nap.

The next day, Liz left me with Alfie while she went out for a while. In fact she was up to no good. She ended up kidnapping an innocent dog (but more on that later)!

The house was set up very nicely for us. Alfie and I could play and go outside in the yard. I don’t get to do that at home because I have to go downstairs to go in the yard, or Liz has to open the door for me to go outside on the patio.

It was fun! When Liz and Jenny returned home, they found us resting peacefully.

Before we left, Liz took me downtown for a quick sightseeing trip. I met some of Santa Barbara’s citizens, who were very friendly to me, of course.

Then we went on a little walk before heading home!

I was very tired after that weekend of excitement and once we got home I passed out on the office rug for the rest of the day and then slept even more than usual for the next few days. I guess I’m not as young as I once was…but anyway, usually I sleep most of the day and night so what do you expect with all that activity? I had some serious catching up to do!

But in all I am a very good traveler and Liz says we may go back to Santa Barbara again soon!

San Diego Pug Party

I had such an exciting week last week, I didn’t know what to tell you about first. I know you are all waiting anxiously to hear about my time in Santa Barbara, but this past weekend I went to a pug party for Pug Rescue of San Diego where I got to meet the artist Melissa Langer of Pugnotes! It was so exciting and I know she is going to post about this too,so I thought the Santa Barbara trip could wait a few more days…

I really liked her, as you can see! I have mentioned her before. She is the one who made the crochet pug that I was not allowed to eat. Unfortunately her friend Emmitt could not attend this time. But I got to meet plenty of other pugs!

A pack of pugs.

A pug in a nice outfit. (Thank God I did not have to dress up for this event!)

This pug was named Elvis and he was very old. He was just enjoying the ride in his little stroller.

A prizewinning pug. She had on a ribbon, for what I’m not sure, but she had won “honorable mention”. That is Melissa’s art in the background.

Liz thought this pug was the cutest one ever! He was very sleepy and floppy and his mom was carrying him around like a little baby. His name was Cornwallis. His mom said he is blind so his first homes didn’t want him (can you imagine??) but now he has a forever home and it looks like the best place for him!

It was so fun to meet Melissa and her sister Melanie and see all the art. I made some new human friends too, like this one:

What can I say, the ladies love me!

All this attention and excitement made me very sleepy, though.

When we got home, I passed out for the rest of the day–I did not even eat my dinner!

My Overwhelming Cuteness

Sometimes, Liz can’t pass through the room without stopping to hug and pet me.

It’s pretty much a daily occurrence, but when you see this:

can you blame her?

It usually happens several times a day and sometimes she even threatens to eat me! I’m sure she doesn’t mean it though since it hasn’t happened yet. Do your humans do this to you too?

Dinner at Kristin & Henrik’s

Kristin and Henrik are some friends of ours. One night they invited us over for dinner. They don’t have any pets, so they like me to visit too.

Kristin has a special technique of massaging me. Liz always laughs at me because I get a very funny look on my face when Kristin does this and I start to fall over.

Unfortunately, on this evening I had also had a different food than usual, and I guess I was a little too relaxed because everyone kept exclaiming about my toxic smells. How embarrassing…I don’t usually have that problem at all!

After dinner, Kristin invited Jon and Liz to try out this machine her mom bought her. It is supposed to oxygenate your blood and energize you:

First Jon tried:

Then Liz:

I thought they looked very funny lying there on the floor! Afterwards they both said their knees hurt! Silly humans!

Soap for Dog Lovers

A few days ago Liz went to LA without me.

She said it was lots of fun anyway and wanted to share this photo with all you dog lovers:

Aren’t they cute? Apparently there are lots of fun things to see and do in LA! Unfortunately there wasn’t a frenchie soap. Perhaps I should let them know what they are missing…

New Etsy Banner

I wanted to tell you about a new banner that Liz made for my etsy shop.

Nice and summery, isn’t it?

And much nicer than the old one!

She’s just so into the seaside and all things nautical right now.

Anyway, hope you all have a good weekend, I’m off to Santa Barbara to visit my friends Alfie and Chloe:

(photo by jenredstar)

(photo by Ryan)

Can’t wait to share my adventures with you!

Another Day at Coronado

After Liz finished getting her hair cut last week, we went over to Parker’s house and then to get some lunch:

Well, I should say Liz and Frank got lunch; me and Parker got to sit under the table and wait for scraps. Luckily, a bag of SunChips flew off the table, so I got to have a few extras.

Also, the lady at the deli gave Parker and me a Milk Bone. We had to share it, so Liz & Frank had to separate us while we ate. We have been known to have a few incidents over food, which Liz says are my fault. Once we got into a fight over a wind-up piece of sushi because I mistakenly thought it was edible…

You could see how that could happen, right?

After lunch, we got back in the car and drove down to Coronado. It was a lovely day. Parker immediately went crazy and started running around, and I did my usual routine of strolling down the beach on my own, peeing on every visible piece of seaweed. But then we all went for a little walk:

Frank gave me tummy rubs in the sand:

Parker met some poodles who were very unfortunately dressed (well, one of them was!)

Liz says that is “wrong”. I say, what is wrong about it? She is already a poodle. It is to be expected.

Frank told Parker he was running too wild, and made him be carried for a while:

Parker did not like this very much. He does not really like to have his picture taken. I told him, you have to just roll with it because our humans are crazy for pictures!

I am used to it and I happily pose (as long as I am not dressed in some outfit, then I do not like it!)

(See, Parker still looks sad)! We were visited by some new friends:

Unfortunately, I stepped on something I shouldn’t have and my paw started hurting a lot. Usually I’m very brave and Liz has a hard time telling if something is wrong with me. But I was limping and then I just laid down in the sand:

Frank tried to make me feel better by brushing me and giving me cuddles:

But it was still hurting a lot! So we decided to go home. Liz washed my paw at the doggie faucet and then we were ready to get in the car. I just had to sit by Parker– I was already starting to forget about my paw! Don’t we look cute sitting together in the back seat?

I can’t wait to go to the beach again!

A New Haircut

Not for me, of course!  I have a look that works for me very well, thank you!

Liz went to get her hair cut at a new place (same stylist; the supertalented Katie) in Little Italy called Salon Tonic.

I came along because I was promised a trip to the beach afterwards.

I was very well-behaved and of course everyone loved me!  I’m not being conceited–people just gravitate towards me.  And I like people to like me.

Here is a picture of me with a new friend that I made:

He even shared a little cookie crumb with me!

You know, it’s good to be me…

Pixel Repeats

This is the latest in the repeats series- a commission for a dog named Pixel:

Isn’t she beautiful?

We heard that her owner enjoyed this very much and we hope you do too!