Hi, everybody! Here’s a picture of me taking a nap on my porch.
I know what you’re thinking: “Lightning, did you refinance to take advantage of the low interest rates?”
HAHA . . . I OWN THIS PLACE FREE AND CLEAR! IT’S PAID OFF!
— Lightning 
Hi Mom! It’s me, Lightning! Happy Mothers Day!
Sometimes I wonder if you’re still alive. I know you could be, even though I’m almost 70 years old myself.
Here’s a recent picture of me . . .
I’m taking a lot of naps now that I’m older. Although come to think of it, I took a lot of naps when I was younger too!
I can’t move my legs very well now — my back legs, mostly. They don’t hurt, but I can’t feel them very much and I can’t tell where they are. It’s funny that I used to be the fastest pug and now I’m the slowest.
I remember you told me that dogs teach people about two things:
If you don’t hear from me next Mothers Day, it’s not because I forgot. If I go to heaven first, I’ll wait for you and we’ll all be together again!
Love,
Lightning
It was hot here this week — in the 90s — so when my owner got home and gave me fresh water I was really thirsty!
— Lightning
In my younger and more vulnerable years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.
“If it’s not your tail,” he told me, “don’t wag it.”
I love to go to Starbucks! When we go to Starbucks, I get to have some whipped cream in a cup, which is called a pup cup. During the holidays, I get pup cups in the red holiday cups!
My last video got 32 views, which my owner says is the most ever on YouTube except for Gangnam Style, which I don’t understand because I’ve seen that video and it’s stupid.
— Lightning
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
I love listening to piano music! Whenever someone at my house tickles the ivories, I like to curl up next to the bench and listen!
I’ve got good news and bad news . . .
The good news is there’s a new TV network just for dogs called DOGTV!
The bad news is the only thing I like to watch on TV is hockey and DOGTV doesn’t have hockey. 
— Lightning
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
Happy Solstice!
Wait — what?! It was yesterday?
Well . . . Happy Belated Solstice!
— Lightning
Hi everybody! It’s me, Lightning!
It’s Memorial Day and I just wanted to say don’t forget dogs on Memorial Day because dogs also serve in the armed forces and sometimes they get killed but they also stop a lot of people from getting killed.
— Lightning
I’m taking a nap upstairs but I’m hearing noises from downstairs. When I hear a noise, I have to estimate how likely it is to be food-related, and how likely it is if I get up and go downstairs I’ll be able to get some of it.
I can stay right here and snooze. That’s a sure thing. Or I can go downstairs and try to get some food. But if I get up and go downstairs and I don’t get any food, then a good nap has been spoiled.
I have to do this estimation every time I hear a noise.
Being a dog is not as easy as people think.
— Lightning
The next one is a little hard to explain. For example . . . in the morning, when my owner lets me out of my enclosure, instead of running to my food dish, I run and sit in front of the cupboard to say, “This is where the dog food is kept. Can I have some please?”
So . . .
— Lightning
My owner and his wife both rubbed my tummy at the same time!
— Lightning
Ha ha, just kidding . . . it was a pit bull — again.
Reports: Pet pit bull mauls pregnant Calif. woman to death
Her dad said, “She lived her own life, no matter what anyone else said.”
Probably everyone said that pit bulls are dangerous so she decided to get one.
How’s that working out for you?
If you own a pit bull, you also need to have a pug to keep the pit bull in line.
— Lightning
My owner and I were out for a walk when we heard Charlie the Basset Hound behind us. He was howling and he was all by himself.
“Hey Charlie,” my owner said, “what are you doing out here by yourself?” Then he said to me, “We’ve got to take Charlie home.”
We don’t know where Charlie lives but we know what direction he lives in and it wasn’t the direction he was going, so my owner got him turned in the right direction and then said, “Come on Charlie, let’s go for a walk.”
At first, he walked behind us and kept howling but then he stopped howling and started walking faster and went ahead of us. After we went a couple of streets, he turned and walked up to a front porch and started howling again.
The lady who answered the door was sure surprised to see Charlie on the porch.
“Does he live here?” my owner asked.
“Yes,” she said. “Where was he?”
“He was up the street a bit. We started walking him in this direction and he came home. Was there a reward posted?”
Meanwhile, Charlie had gone inside and then came back out on the porch and started howling at us some more to tell us he was home . . .
— Lightning
There was a pug meetup at the Irvine dog park today. Here’s a picture of me with some of my pug friends.
The funny thing is we didn’t even know there was a pug meetup. We just showed up and there it was!
It’s a lucky day for me! I’m going to buy a lotto ticket LOL!
I saw this photo on the web today. Now I’m just a dog but I can’t understand why it took so long to find this guy when he has a big picture of himself right out in front of his house!
— Lightning
