The "Christmas table"

Well.. It's time for the annual Christmas party where Mom works. Here in Norway these Christmas parties are called (word-by-word translation) "Christmas table". Sounds rather silly when you think about it, but then again so do many words you're used to if you think about them a bit. Anyways.. This is not the point, what we need your help with is what Mom's going to be wearing. You really need to look your best, and we've come up with a few suggestions.

Lovely, white hoodie with "Obey the Pug" print.
Nononononono... WE've decided? Oh come on.. You all know who made this suggestion!
Black "Black pugs rule" t-shirt. An obvious choice since it's Mom's own design.
Coco's favourite!

Classic neclace with running whippet dog and purple beads.


Now this is where our confusion starts... Mom don't seem to be satisfied with our choices. Even though we've been very reasonable and suggested she can wear jeans or even a skirt (it's a bit fancy, after all..) too, as the humans all seem a bit obsessed with wearing clothes all over!


So here's Mom's suggestion... Totally boring... No way, Hosé! Ain't happening!

So, friends - please let us know what you think is the best option!

Sniffs and sneezes,
the WriggleButts

Proof!

So.. Here's proof of the abuse! It's Wednesday morning, 4.45 am....See how tired I am? I can hardly lift my head, not to mention open my eyes!
Coco tried to hide in the far corner of the crate... Poor little old lady! Woken up by bright lights and loud noises in the middle of the night!!
See? Super sleepy!She carried me to the door.. Evil woman....
Out into the dark, wet horribleness... But at least she didn't force me to go too far.. See the door? BOL... Then I could just run as fast as my little black feet would allow and go back to sleep!

Bajas

Cold

It's most certainly fall in Norway. It's been really cold lately. Below zero (Celcius) at night so everything freezes.. Mom just love having to get all the ice off the car in the mornings.. Haha.. We thing she deserves that, leaving us to go to work? Nonsense.. She usually take the train, but if she starts work really early (like 5am) she have to take the car because the trains are all sleepy. So are we. We REALLY don't want to go outside to pee.. Mom can be SO stubborn! She'll actually carry us out of the warm, cozy crates and out into the freezing darkness. No good human!!


Here's Nimbus showing his strategy for really cold days..

If your jammies don't get you warm enough.. or your nose just get particularly cold, stick it into Mom's slipper! Perfect fit. We think the cold nose-thing is an inherited trait - Mom gets a really cold nose, too, when it's cold!

I'm Nimbus

So.. Finally time to properly introduce myself! My registred name is Marbleize Caesarean Marvel, but I'm usually refered to as "Nimbus".. Or stiLk (sort of resembling the noun "stalk" as I'm rather slender compared to the pugs).

This is me and my littermates - my brothers Zorro and Tim.
And these are the puppy eyes that completely wrapped my Mom around my tiny little paw. Cute, huh? I'm 5 weeks old.
It's not that I'm bragging about my medal or anything.. ROFL.. I went BOB and also had a couple of group placements as a puppy.
I love my brother.. He's good for wrestling and all sorts of stuff, but most importently is the curling up into one big furball on the couch. They are great heaters, pugs, I can recommend them to any Whippet out there! Rather.. ahem.. well padded, too.. so they're comfy to sleep on!

Here I'm having a bath. I'm not particulary fond of water, though. Mom have no idea why I decided that the one time to go swimming volountarly for the first time was January 15th.. It was a bit of snow and ice outside, but then the water didn't seem as cold as in summer. Really!!
I've never really figured out why Whippies aren't supposed to like the snow. I love snow.. You can run and be silly in snow. And short-legged pugs are even slower in snow. If it's really cold and I have to stand still Mom make me wear a coat. I hate coats.. They're horrible. I prefer to be naked.. I hate harnesses too.. Anything to wear isn't a good idea in my opinion. Blankets excluded, of course! I love blankets!!!
And I just wanted to point out that I'm fully capable of sticking my tongue out just like the pugs. Hah!
I've got my Lure Coursing lisence, but my no good human haven't taken me for any practices or trials for a long time.. Sniff...
I've just tried a tiny bit of agility. It's great fun, but there's always so many other dogs there. :( I don't like other dogs too much. I never have. But once I get to know everydoggie (and humans too) they generally turn out to be much nicer than expected!

I love to run.. Did I mention that? Mom love my flapping-in-the-wind ears.. Here I'm running on one of my favourite beaches. The very same where I went for the swim, actually!

Hope you've enjoyed my pictures. I might be the last one to get to write my presentation, but that's just because the pugs wanted to be first to avoid the embaressment of being so obviously less cute and funny than me!

Hugs (yes, I *do* give proper hugs!) and kisses, Nimbus.

I'm Bajas

Hi fans! I'm Bajas aka Baja Boy aka Bolla, but my registred name is Klehaugens Lille Lebowski. You've already met my mother, Coco! I started out looking like this; a tiny black blob.

I was born on the south west coast of Norway, April 2002. Then Mom came across the mountains and drove me back home. I was oh so cute, and I still am!

Living in cold Norway you've got to stay warm. My auntie Lene made this for me for my 6months "birthday". We even had a party - muffins and gifts and everything!
I'm a real sweetheart.. and perhaps they're right when they say I'm a mommy's boy.. But.. Uhm.. She's my mom, and I'm not sure what to do withouth her.
I'm a real working dog. In addition to several obedience classes and some basic obedience I'm also a hunting dog as you can see. This moose was caught a few years ago.
Apart from playing obedience with mom my favourite pasttime is playing with my stuffies. They say I prefer them on the large side.. I dunno.. Seems rather perfect size to me!!!
I'm totally cute! I'm rather confident I'm the best looking pug you've ever laid eyes on. I can be a bit overly eager when I meet new people. Dogs are ok too, especially pugs, but I prefer to meet their humans to be perfectly honest.

Great getting to know you! Kisses and snorts, Bajas!