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With a small sweater wrapped around his neck, Bandit the pug breathes heavily while he sleeps in the corner of a small couch.
The pug and his family have had a very trying week.
Bandit belongs to Tabitha and Vance Russell. The Niles couple, their daughter Precious, 9, and friends Kasey Neidlinger and John Matarazzo were awakened Christmas morning by the dog’s incessant barking – something he only does when someone is outside, Vance said.
When he went out into the living room and kitchen area of the home to find out what had caught Bandit’s attention, Russell said he saw flames outside the window.
“I heard something hit the house,” he said, banging his fist against a coffee table to illustrate.
Immediately Vance called out to his family, Matarazzo and Neidlinger who have been living with them for some time and told them to get out of the house.
“I said, ‘What? A fire?’” Tabitha recalled.
“We got up and went out the front door,” Neidlinger said. “And there was fire outside the front door.”
The family had to escape the house through the back door.
Posted by PugNews on Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:41 pm (165 reads)
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They've been dressed up as geisha girls, surfer girls and even pieces of sushi over the years. They may not understand the tradition, but "pugs understand positive energy," explains dog owner, partner and costume designer Lisa Woodruff of Huntington Beach.
Ten years ago, it was hard to find a Halloween costume for a cat, dog or duck. Today they are everywhere, from the dollar stores to Beverly Hills boutiques. Online or off, there are costumes galore.
A little bling or properly draped scrap of fabric can transform your pet into almost any animal, character or celebrity, says Steve Major of All the Same Wild and Tame, an animal sanctuary that sells pet accessories in Sherman Oaks.
The most popular ready-made pet costumes this year are Superdog, bee, jockey rider, hot dog, pirate, devil, prisoner, Yoda, cowboy rider, Batman and groom, according to public relations manager Lori Samsoucie of Wisconsin-based buyseasons.com, the largest online costume retailer in the country.
But the most unusual, most creative costumes -- the ones that will win contests -- are designed in the imaginations of pet owners, Woodruff says.
Olive and Mochi, stepsisters who are both 5, already have their outfits for the ninth annual Haute Dog Howl'oween Parade and Costume Contest on Oct. 31. The Long Beach event is the largest pet costume contest in the country, according to organizer Justin Rudd.
Posted by PugNews on Tue Oct 20, 2009 2:09 am (458 reads)
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Nearly four thousand fans turned out Sunday to watch the surf dogs of San Diego hit the beach for 'the world's largest dog surfing event'.
The shore was packed with a couple hundred dogs and a couple thousand people, said an event organizer from the Helen Woodward Animal Center, a local animal shelter. The dogs and their owners began surfing shortly after 9 a.m. at the 4th annual Surf Dog Surf-a-Thon. The surfers rode waves at North Beach, aka Dog Beach, in Del Mar.
It wasn't all about the waves, though. Some pets picked up "pointers from the pros on a beachside agility course," as organizers put it, while still other canines were dressed up for a costume contest.
Surfer, judge and animal centre board Chairman Bryce Rhodes said that while all the dogs have a great time, about 20 per cent fall into the upper echelon of athletes that the dog surfing community calls 'pros'.
Mr Rhodes, who is also the grandson of the late Helen Woodward, said the center's founder would have been delighted to see the Surf-A-Thon.
'Our long-term goal is to put ourselves out of business - to see an end to the euthanisation of animals,' he said.
Posted by PugNews on Fri Sep 18, 2009 10:28 am (616 reads)
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SANTA ANA, CA – Pearl the pug rolled and wiggled on the summer grass, her tongue hanging from her mouth like a giant wad of stretched-out bubble gum. Her owner, Richard Rodriguez, patted her stomach and cooed, "Buddha belly, Buddha belly," just like he used to.
He has no idea where Pearl has been for the past four years. All he knows is that she vanished from his yard about a month after he brought her home, in 2005. And that the phone call he received this week from a Riverside animal shelter was so surprising he couldn't even make sense of it at first.
"We found your pug."
Rodriguez, 56, is a long-haul driver for UPS who's been known to rescue stray kittens from the road and bring them home. But he has a soft spot for little dogs with flat faces: "A lot of people find them ugly," he says, "but they've got that kind of ugly-cute."
Posted by PugNews on Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:21 am (1065 reads)
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Pug Pushing Stroller Video a Hit
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A Pug in Oregon has become an Internet sensation after a video of her pushing a stroller hit the Web.
Jenny, a pug from Portland, is be seen standing on her hind legs pushing a stroller past city landmarks in Portland. Mark and Ellen Zessin, Jenny's owners, made the video for their son who's studying in Florida. It has ended up on the Internet and become a huge hit.
"People started saying, you know, this is a viral video, it's just gone viral. We weren't quite sure what that meant. Is that a bad thing?" said Ellen Zessin.
"Jenny is very rambunctious and I thought we needed to channel that energy,” she added. “[Jenny will] push [the stroller] anywhere. She loves to do it."
"We had a good time just watching some of the reactions of people,” said Mark Zessin.
"We've had people from all over the world that have sent us just absolutely wonderful messages," Ellen Zessin said.
As with most recent Internet fads, a talent scout has called the Zessins in hopes of finding a TV role for Jenny.
Posted by PugNews on Sat Aug 01, 2009 1:10 am (1115 reads)
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A formerly-engaged couple has spent $20,000 each in their custody battle over a pug dog. The court case may change N.J. law. This separation is no longer about homes, cars or cash. Instead, Eric Dare and Doreen Houseman want a judge to decide who gets Dexter, the beloved pug.
Doreen Houseman and Eric Dare raised their dog Dexter together. Breaking off their engagement three years ago and going their separate ways, Dexter remains in a tug-of-war resembling a child custody battle.
The two sides returned Wednesday for a trial before Superior Court Judge John Tomasello, who has determined that the pet is joint property and a suitable arrangement must now be determined. The judge has yet to make a decision on the matter. Various reports state that Houseman and Dare have collectively spent $40,000 in legal fees for a dog that cost $1,500.
Dare and Houseman, who spent 13 years together but never married, split up in 2006.
In the beginning, Houseman had sole custody of the pooch. After a few months, however, the two decided to share their time with Dexter. But when Houseman began dating one of Dare’s friends in February 2007, Dare, who purchased the dog with his own money, decided in March 2007 to end that agreement and has since had total custody of the pet.
Posted by PugNews on Fri Jul 31, 2009 8:30 pm (942 reads)
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Pug Health Survey
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The PugCentral web site -- PugCentral.com -- has recently been revised and updated. Now available on the site is a NEW Pug Health Survey. This follows up on their original survey from over ten years ago. Survey results are anonymous, and the results will eventually be posted for comparison.
If you are a pug owner and want to participate, visit PugCentral and add your information to the survey.
While you are there, look around the site and see all the new information that's been posted.
Posted by PugNews on Tue May 19, 2009 9:30 pm (1533 reads)
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Designer Valentino thought he was the star of the film about his work, "Valentino: The Last Emperor," playing at Kahala Theatres. That may be true among the fashion set, but ask a dog lover, and as far as they're concerned, his pugs stole the show.
At the Web site www.valentinomovie.com, there was even an associated Pug-O-Vision pug contest in which pug owners were asked to enter photos of their dogs, with winners to be selected by Valentino himself.
Out of 475 entries, Ito Montgomery Aldridge-Lungren of San Francisco was the grand prize winner, dressed in a wig and oversized sunglasses a la Anna Wintour. Jolly from New Hampshire finished second. And the third place winners were Blue, Bono and Roxy of Northern California, whose owners, Phillip and Susan Lauer, have Hawaii ties.
"We entered the contest because as a pug owner, Valentino is a kindred spirit. It's a pug thing, I guess; you just have to be owned by one and you would know," Phillip said via an e-mail interview. "And then there is the opportunity to have someone of such stature, an icon of fashion in the 20th century, to look at your work and acknowledge it. OMG, that was prize enough."
The actual prize is a collar from the House of Dog, so the three dogs will have to fight for it, though Susan said if they like it, they'll get matching collars for the other two.
That the couturier owns six pugs doesn't surprise the Lauers.
"We think pugs are better in groups, which might explain why we have three," Phillip said. "A lot of pug owners we know have more than one pug.
Posted by PugNews on Tue May 19, 2009 9:21 am (1332 reads)
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PLYMOUTH — A dog, possibly looking to avoid surgery, is being blamed for crashing a pickup truck through the wall of a veterinary clinic.
Kay Emond, who works at the Plymouth Veterinary Clinic, said the waiting room was empty about 7:40 a.m. Friday, when she heard a loud noise and looked up.
"I just saw this truck coming through the wall," Emond said.
Plymouth police officer Trent Shively said he arrived to find the 2004 four-door Ford F-150 completely inside the building’s waiting room, with the truck’s front bumper stopping against the clinic’s front desk.
"They’re lucky that nobody was in the waiting room," Shively said. "But they said somebody had been sitting there just 30 seconds earlier."
The truck’s owner, Kay Mutti, of Bremen, told police that she had pulled into a parking space when her dog, a pug, jumped off the seat and onto the gas pedal. Shively said Mutti was unable to step on the brake because the pug was in her way.
Posted by PugNews on Sun Mar 29, 2009 10:05 pm (1495 reads)
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Alex Cohen has a mission. The 11-year-old was troubled when he found out that people are giving up their dogs and other pets because of financial challenges. He says he cried the first time he visited the pound at 5 years old. And he has decided that he wants to do whatever he can to help animals stay in their homes and to make those that lose their homes and families more comfortable in shelters and rescues.
So for his 5th grade community service project, he is gathering supplies to help these animals.
Alex has been able to collect food, blankets and rugs, and other items, and his mom is helping out by making chew toys while his dad is gathering doghouse-building supplies. They have already donated items to Casa de Los Gatos and Cold Wet Noses. The family volunteers with Cold Wet Noses, helping to walk the rescued dogs. They are also planning a donation to Paws For The Cause, who will give some of the supplies to an Arizona Lethal White Aussies (Australian Shepherds) rescue.
Posted by PugNews on Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:26 pm (1445 reads)
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Olive and Mochi are pugs with a passion for fashion. No wonder Halloween is their favorite time of year.
Nearly four thousand fans turned out Sunday to watch the surf dogs of San Diego hit the beach for 'the world's largest dog surfing event'.
SANTA ANA, CA – Pearl the pug rolled and wiggled on the summer grass, her tongue hanging from her mouth like a giant wad of stretched-out bubble gum. Her owner, Richard Rodriguez, patted her stomach and cooed, "Buddha belly, Buddha belly," just like he used to.
Designer Valentino thought he was the star of the film about his work, "Valentino: The Last Emperor," playing at Kahala Theatres. That may be true among the fashion set, but ask a dog lover, and as far as they're concerned, his pugs stole the show.
Alex Cohen has a mission. The 11-year-old was troubled when he found out that people are giving up their dogs and other pets because of financial challenges. He says he cried the first time he visited the pound at 5 years old. And he has decided that he wants to do whatever he can to help animals stay in their homes and to make those that lose their homes and families more comfortable in shelters and rescues.
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