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  1. readerdiane
    August 30, 2011 @ 6:34 PM

    I have a Frenchie and he is much like your pug, allergic to any grain. Luckily he is content with chewing on bully sticks. He just thinks he should have them twice a day which I can’t afford and are not good for him.

    Remy is fascinated with slugs, but he got sick on one so I have to watch him carefully outside. He also likes to chomp at yellow jackets-yup allergic there too.

    Training him is like working with middle schoolers-takes a lot of patience-sometimes you can cajole them into doing what you want (30 yrs teaching middle school.)

    But he is my boy and I love him dearly-so does my hubby.

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  2. Tiffany
    August 30, 2011 @ 9:01 PM

    That’s like (not really) my sisters cat but instead of just eating everything in sight he’s just… messed up. He has allergies (yes, allergies) which makes him allergic to pretty much everything. He has to be given a steroid otherwise he gets really sick and well since he’s on this steroid he has no immune system. He has gotten so sick in the past that he has one collapsed lung. Every year, they have to renew his steroid, but to do that they have to get his liver tested since the steroid can cause liver damage.

    My cat has a problem with bugs in that he likes to eat them. He’s all cute doing gymnastics in the air clapping his paws together (he seriously does this), but as soon as he’s able he’ll eat it. Any bug… he doesn’t discriminate. He’ll even try to eat bumblee bee’s, yellow jackets, japanese beetles (you’d think he’d remember how bad they taste). Although, he does have a penchant for playing with and hiding all my hair banders.

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  3. Jenn Bennett
    August 31, 2011 @ 2:29 AM

    readerdiane: Oh, a Frenchie! I love Frenchies! My pugs both love bully sticks, too. And rawhide. I can’t say they’ve tried slugs or yellow-jackets (poor Remy!), but I wouldn’t put it past my oldest pug (the main trouble-maker). And if you taught middle-school for 30 years, then you, my dear, are a SAINT! Maybe my pugs could learn some manners from Remy. They could share a slug or two. 🙂

    Tiffany: Oh my goodness, your sister’s cat — poor thing! Steroids? Lung collapse? I can only imagine how stressful that is on cat and sister. But I would, however, really like to see *your* cat going after bugs, LOL! Maybe you should put that up on youtube, if you can ever catch it on video. And more yellow-jacket eating? I guess I should be thankful that we haven’t seen many of those evil things down here where we live in Atlanta. Yikes!!!

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  4. Cath
    August 31, 2011 @ 10:00 AM

    You all are far, far braver than I. My husband and I are crashing with a cousin until we get an apartment, and she runs a dog kennel. The sheer number of precautions she has to take for dogs with special diets, special treats, special toys and other assorted special needs is staggering. Good luck with your winsome little beasts:)

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  5. Jenn Bennett
    August 31, 2011 @ 5:16 PM

    Cath: Wow, I can’t even imagine how hard it would be to run a kennel. Tip of the hat to your cousin for patience! And my winsome little beasts need all the luck they can get, so thank you kindly for the well wishes! 😀

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  6. synde
    August 31, 2011 @ 8:32 PM

    dude I so feel you here.. Yama has eaten rubber bands ,makeup, scrunchies, feminine products(eww) and a stuffed octopus.. he is awful and doesn’t even think twice.. and then pukes all over my bed til I take him to the vet.. sigh..
    But I love the old guy

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  7. Jenn Bennett
    September 1, 2011 @ 12:36 AM

    Syn: OMG, hilarious! I mean, not the vomiting and vet bills part, but the mischief. Oh, Yama. Stop driving your mom insane!

    A family member once visited someone who had a frisky poodle. As she was unpacking, she saw the poodle happily running out of the room with one of her *ahem* feminine products clamped in his mouth.

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  8. Holly
    September 2, 2011 @ 3:48 PM

    Hi Jenn, I just bought your first Arcadia book and followed your author page on Amazon to this blog. Your pugs sound adorable and hilarious, and the “damn fine gum” caption just about KILLED me!

    It wasn’t all that long ago that my roommate got around 3lbs of chocolate as gifts for her college grad…and my dog ate ALL of it. Such an exciting evening. Fortunate she’s outgrown the stage where she would proudly gather undergarments for all to see.

    So glad your pug seems okay!

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  9. Jenn Bennett
    September 2, 2011 @ 4:40 PM

    Holly: Aww, thank you for buying my book, and I hope you enjoy it!

    3 lbs of chocolate? Your dog is WonderPup! She and my dogs would probably get on like a house on fire. Even as I type this, the pug who ate the gum just walked up to me with a piece of dental floss in his mouth, as if to say, “Look what I found! It’s a Friday surprise!!”

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