Parker The Pug’s Blog

We always planned on getting to puppies fairly close together but we had no idea we would be getting them within the same week! However, when I was checking through a website that lists puppies for sale in the UK and saw that a lady not too far from us had one female puppy left out of a litter of 8 and I figured I would give her a call. The very next day we were on our way to meet and pick up Parker’s new little sister.

Meet Maggie the 8 week old Cavalier King Charles Spaniel. When we first met her she was very nervous and was shaking like a leaf so we were a bit worried that maybe she was going to be too timid. I really don’t think we have much to worry about though because she has only been here a little over 24 hours and she is starting to romp around the house.

Here is cute picture of Maggie being cuddled by Anthony when she first came home. She is a lot better at sitting still than Parker but once she gets going getting her to stop is the challenge.

She is a Tri Colour Cavailer which means she is black and white with tan markings over her eyebrows and a little bit on her cheeks.

Parker was only here a week before Maggie but it is clear that Parker is certain in her mind that this house is her domain. She is fascinated by the new puppy but wants to play just a little bit too roughly at times. There is only two weeks between them but Parker is much more solidly built. So, even though in her mind she is just jumping on Maggie to play it can be a bit worrying that her weight is just a bit too much for Maggie. Plus Parker has developed an obsession for Maggie’s tail. She spent her life before us in house full of pugs. So, our theory us that she has never seen a long tail wagging before.

Here is a picture if us introducing Parker and Maggie to each other. You can tell Parker is already egar to get a closer look.

Maggie isn’t a total pushover though. Now that she is warming up she has been know to be the one on top in the puppuy wrestling matches.

Beyond the new arrival it has been  busy day for Parker.  She started out her day with a visit to our vets to get her microchip in while Maggie got her first round of shots.  Then she had her very first bath in the sink. She wasn’t too sure of what to make of it but her and Maggie were more than happy to run around shaking off around the house before having their first nap on the bed with me.

Here are two wet puppies who now smell a whole lot better.

I’ll leave you with a few more pictures of Maggie from her first day with us.  Some of them I took just now as I was typing this blog entry.  I had to put her down so I could type with two hands for a minute.

Sometimes it felt like the day would never come but on the evening of April 2nd, Parker finally came home to be with us.  I had a buisness trip to the States for the two weeks before picking her up but I couldn’t wait to get her so we got off the 10 hour flight from Arizona to London at 2pm our time and by 7:30 we were on our way to pick her up.  I figured that I would be jetlagged and awake if she needed me during the night.

However, I could have just slept all the way through because she slept through the night and didn’t cry once!  I was told by many people not to expect that for a while down the road.

My digital camera has been working overtime over the last couple of days so I have a ton of pictures but I will keep them down to a few here so that I don’t really slow down the blog.

This is a picture of Parker having her first meal at home.  I guess it is safe to say pugs aren’t picky eaters because she dived right in!

It feels like she has really taken to us.  I don’t know if the fact that we saw her and held her before she even opened her eyes would have made a difference (perhaps she remembers our smells?) but she hasn’t shown any nervousness with us. She took right away to her bed downstairs.  Even though she has filled it up with pleanty of her toys.  She likes rolling around on her back and trying to stretch out to take it over.

I love this pic of her hanging out of the bed because I caught her mid-play.

And I will leave you with two slightly less silly pictures.  It has been hard to get her to sit still long enough to take a face shot so when I managed to get these two I figured I would share them.

We are very glad to finally have her home.