Here is a picture from the Midwest Pug group's website of Princess at the Pet Expo 2008 where she won 2nd place in the Best Costume contest. She was dressed as a princess, of course.
Princess' Story: I got a call from Animal
Ark that they needed a foster home for a pregnant pug. After having fostered several pregnant dogs for them, we jumped at the idea. As we walked up to where this adorably huge black pug was standing, she ran up to my 11 year old son and gave him a kiss. It was almost like she was welcoming a long lost friend.
On our way home, we were trying to figure out what to call her. When we mentioned 'Princess', she jumped up and gave me a kiss. I knew immediately that she must be called Princess. It wasn't long before she become queen of our house, too. She immediately began to rule over our other two dogs (a border collie and an aussie mix). Not to mention the cats.
It was about two weeks later that Princess gave birth to four adorable puggle puppies in my living room amongst a group of spectators (humans and animals). She took all the attention in stride and did wonderful despite my fears after doing research on pugs (I had never had a dog so small). She was a wonderful mother and enjoyed being a teaching tool about the miracle of birth to some young relatives.
As the puppies grew, we fell more and more in love with Princess. When it was time to bring the puppies to Animal Ark for adoption, we had already decided that we couldn't part with Princess. We were excited to see that her puppies were adopted out in record time (two within the first hour they were on the adoption floor and all four adopted out by the end of the first day). Having gone through this a few times with other litters we raised, we were very excited to learn they went so fast - it was always heartbreaking for us to worry about 'our babies' finding good homes.
Princess stayed the night getting spayed and I couldn't wait to pick her up. When she was placed in my arms, still a little sleepy from surgery, wrapped in a towel, and put her head on my shoulder and started her pug purr, I knew she knew she was going home.
A few weeks earlier, a cat we were fostering gave birth to her litter of kittens. I laughed hysterically when I would walk by their box and find Princess in the box with them - nursing them (or at least trying - she was dry). Not only is Princess the 'queen' of our home ruling over the dogs and cats but she is also the 'mother'. We love our Princess and cannot believe that someone would give her up.
She's such a great, intelligent dog. She does have one quirk that can be irritating, but mostly we just laugh about it. Princess hates television commercials. Being a family where the tv is constantly on, this can be a noisy problem. Princess sits quietly and watchs tv, until a commercial comes on. Then she rushes to the tv and barks. When the commercials are over, she returns to her spot on the couch and quietly watchs tv again. Everyone who has witnessed this is amazed over the fact that she can tell the difference.
We have done several experiments such as turning off the volume, etc. and yet she can always tell when its a commercial! Some day we'll have this video recorded. It is quite hysterical as she really gets angry at them as she barks, farts and kicks her back legs.
Thank you so much for finding our Princess for us. We are so blessed that we were able to give this incredible dog a home - and I wish we had more room to adopt more!
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