Pugsley: aka, the Sausage.
Lori: Loves Pugs. Writing. Food and Fashion.
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Hands down Pug is my favorite smell in the world. That smooshy face odor that emanates from their mopy heads, waxy ears, and soppy wrinkles.
It smells better than sex and babies. Murphy's oil soap, eucalyptus, and chocolate chip cookies fresh from the oven.
My nose delights in the circus of their smells.
I am an addict; I confess that I'm hooked on "p".
Plum likes to fall asleep nuzzling me w/ her head directly under my nose so I get a good whiff of what I imagine heaven must smell like.
I woke up this morning with a floppy pug ear on my pillow, directly under my nose. Somehow she had wedged herself into that empty space between me and the other side of the bed that's been vacant for years.
And for some reason I got that John Denver song stuck in my head -
"Sunshine on my shoulder makes me happy. Sunshine almost always makes me high."
See I talk a tough game, but deep down in the stillness of dawn I'm all, "Take Me Home Country Road" and Thank God I'm a country boy girl.
All John Denver'isms aside - any discerning pug owner knows of what I speak. They understand a house just isn't a home without pug smells emanating from every room. And I think it means more after going without for a long period of time.
It must be the same feeling for rescues, how they must feel to have a warm human hand touch them kindly after years of neglect and abandonment.
I am realizing it's not just the delicious pug eau'dor that I have missed so much about having a pug around.
It's the way dogs live in the moment. With no thought of the scars from their past or worries for their future. They just exist totally in the here and now. They don't think much beyond their next meal, walk, or belly rub.....and on a daily basis they remind us to do the same.
Ah, Canis Lupus - my second favorite Latin term that starts with a c and ends in an s.
Think back to when you owned your first dog and all the life lessons they taught you. Things you experienced for the first time: responsibility, playfulness, unconditional love....things you still carry with you today.
In their company, your senses feel more alive. More acute. More aware.
Quite simply, I'm a better person with a dog in my life.
And having a pug in the house again reminds me that I am soft.
Neas Nuttiness commented July 16, 2009 4:28 PM
I went for soooooooo many years without a dog in my life. My husband doesn't like animals (or I should say - he doesn't like to be around animals).
Can you imagine that? Unbelievable to me, that any one can feel this way, but alas, he does.
He (bless his heart) now tolerates my dogs, because he loves me, and I love him all the more because of it. I can no longer imagine a life without 4 legged babies!!!
May you have many more Plum Plum's in your life.
Becky commented July 16, 2009 7:16 PM
I knew it, I just knew it. You are hooked on Plum the pug. Fuji is 10+ and is the sweetest. Now Gidget on the other hand is a handful. She is SOOOO possessive and jealous. I have to watch her all the time, she was ready to jump on Fuji last night. I was just lovin on Fuji and Gidget started a low growl. None of my other dogs are like that. Anyway there is nothing like a pug and those ears of velvet! Have you thought about an aloe plant for Plum's itchies? Pure aloe in a bottle with no alcohol or Aveeno oatmeal bath? I just want her to feel better.
Puglover commented July 16, 2009 10:39 PM
Beautifully stated and I couldn't agree more...once you have been owned by a pug your life is never the same!!
Lauren Gaught commented July 17, 2009 12:51 AM
Once again Lori, I completely agree with your every word... She is the luckiest little Plum Fairy in the world!!
2wildpugs commented July 17, 2009 8:32 AM
Every now and then, I wake up in the morning with my oldest pug's nose about 2 inches from mine. We are both a little woozy from the shared carbon dioxide and, for the rest of the day, I can't shake the feeling that I have pug breath.
Kelly commented July 17, 2009 10:41 AM
puggy smells are the best!!!
Lex commented July 17, 2009 11:39 AM
I totally agree with you. Indy smells like a pug puppy and I love it, i like how they smell on their neck/chest area right under their soft little chins. Gus though, he tends to smell more dog like which bothered me in the beginning but I don't notice it anymore.
I am glad that Plus is adjusting well (as you are) to being there and I hope she starts to get better again.