Look at little Winston's face when we took him for a very short car ride to take him to the vet.
Here's a video of him during this car ride. He really does not like car rides! He won't sit down and relax. He always insists on standing up, whether he's in the back seat or even if he's on my lap in the front. This is his nervous stance. You can hear him breathing heavily in the video. Poor little guy! Hopefully he'll get used to car rides soon so that we can actually take him places without him freaking out!
Our pug is scared of anything new. Since he's still a puppy, he reacts so funny to anything he's never seen, no matter how benign it is! He's startled by his own shadow in the oven, by a spotted concrete lamp post (half the paint had peeled off), and any unexpected noise from anywhere. This was a funny video we recorded when we showed him a mini orchid plant for the first time. I don't think he knows what plants are yet!
Winston loves kale stems! We weren't sure if he'd like it since kale is a bit bitter compared to other vegetables, but he devours them. How nice that if we decide not to eat the stems of veggies, he'll eat them!
So Winston turned 6 months old on March 7th. Some say that at 6 months, they are no longer considered puppies. Once they pass the puppy stage, feedings decrease from 3 to 2, they should be able to hold going to the bathroom for almost the full workday, and they should be able to master a number of easy commands such as "sit, stay, down, and come." So far we have sit and stay.
Well, we celebrated Winston's 6 month birthday by giving him a special meal of fresh green and yellow bell peppers, broccoli stalks, and romaine lettuce stalks. He just loves crunchy veggies! We bought him a new stuffed toy since he likes to chew them up and rip the inside stuff out of them. Check it out, the hunter standing over his killed prey. (you can see the stuffing coming out of its front leg)
The weird thing is that he likes to tear up his bed too and pull out the stuffing. He sometimes eats the stuffing, which I think is causing him to have the runs every now and then. Yuck! Try picking that stuff up from the sidewalks of New York! It's like trying to pick up warm melting ice cream with a plastic bag. :-(
So during his late night walk, Winston must have though he was getting to be a big boy, because instead of his normal squat down to pee, he tried to lift up his leg like the big dogs do. It was funny to watch because he was a bit unsteady and he couldn't hold up his leg the entire time. So the leg came down and he ended up peeing on his leg! Oh well! I wish I had it on video because he looked up at me with those big eyes like he was trying to say, "Now what?" Too funny! After that botched attempt, he has reverted back to the squat and hasn't tried lifting the leg again. Maybe next month!
