Mom to Miss Jelly Bean "Beanie" Licorice Pug and Noodles the Frenchie
Forever in our hearts: Miss Nilla Sassafras Pug August 17, 2002 to April 19, 2018
And my Heart-Dog... Wonka the Dancing Pug, CGC, W-FD, W-TFD.
Februrary 11, 2005 to May 10, 2020. Miss you, sweet boy!
I LOVE this thread so much. When I read it, I had to show my husband immediately after. I love all the pictures.
Here's our story. My husband (boyfriend at the time)and I had just moved in together. Growing up I never had any pets, so as soon as I moved out I knew I wanted me own dog. The first apartment we moved into did not allow pets, but I did a lot of research to find out which breed would suit us best. Of course, we determined that a pug would suit us best.
Once our lease was up we found a place that was pet friendly. Our hunt for a puggy was finally beginning. We were adamant that we wanted to rescue. For a while we were following the happenings of a local pug rescue. They require you to go to one of their adoption fairs, fill out an application, be interviewed, get a home inspection, etc...
So, we did all of that. It was frustrating because the process took months. They were not good about following up, returning calls or emails. Finally once we jumped through all of their hoops we were able to send them a list a couple choices we liked for adoption. They rejected our choices and told us since we could not have a puppy/younger dog because we didn't have another dog for it to play with. We were upset but then decided on another pug. Then they sent us the contract and it turned me off from the entire process. The contract said not to vaccinate, the pug's weight had to be faxed to them twice (from our vet to them) twice a year, the dog was microchipped but they were the contact--not us.
We decided not go through with this rescue. We knew we would be great pug parents and I did not want to feel like I am leasing a dog from someone. We did not go through this whole process to turn around and abuse a dog.
We ended up doing the complete opposite and buying Indy from a breeder. We had her for 7 amazing years before she passed away suddenly. We think it may have been a stroke. This little girl was so spoiled her whole life. Because of her, our hearts are dead set on the pug breed and we cannot imagine our lives without a pug in it.
After Indy died, we were heartbroken and depressed (to put it mildly). I missed work and would just sit around all day and do nothing. I couldn't turn on the TV or do anything. For some reason, it just felt like a huge dishonor to her by making noise. (I know---I'm weird). However, the silence was awful for me. We no longer had the pitter-patter of her little feet running around. No more jingling from her dog tags. No more whimpers and barking at the TV or neighbors. I could NOT stand the silence.
So, within weeks of Indy's passing we starting hunting for another pug. Again, we started with rescues. Several different rescues actually! We submitted so many applications and only got ONE response! The one response said that the dog was already in a foster to adopt. Again, we were frustrated by the process and bought Pepper from a breeder! Pepper was very different than Indy. Indy didn't care to play with other dogs much, but she loved people. Pepper loved to play her little heart out, so we knew we wanted to get a companion for her.
When Pepper was two my parents got us Lucy as a Christmas present! Lucy will be three this September.
I've known and loved three puggies so far. I am so grateful to have/had them in my life. I look forward to many more years together.
Hopefully later on today I can edit my post and add some pictures!