Nothing is inevitable here. We’re pugs, and we never give up! We never quit! Pugs never hide from history. Pugs make history! Sarah Palin OMG hottest governor ever. Woof Woof! — Lightning Read more →
EppsNet Archive: Pugs
Kingston the Pug
My Dog Calls a Press Conference
I just want to say to the American people: I am not a vicious dog, but I don’t put up with a lot of nonsense either. — Lightning Read more →
Quality Time
My owner’s wife and son were gone for a week, so he and I got to spend a lot of quality time together. We are closer than ever! I even got to sleep on the bed at night, which is usually not allowed. Don’t tell anyone! — Lightning Read more →
Family Reunion
My family is back from Thailand . . . At 6:30 this morning, I’m awakened by the dog pawing on my bedroom door. I get up to see what’s going on and find my son — who is never up at 6:30 in the morning but is still operating on Thailand time — playing a video game in the family room. “Rise and shine, parental!” he says. “Shouldn’t you be getting ready for work?” “I was up till 1 a.m. getting you home from the airport so I was planning to sleep until 7.” Meanwhile, the dog is trying to get someone’s attention by jumping around next to his food bowl. “Why is he jumping around like that?” I ask. “I don’t know,” the boy says. “Has he eaten?” “No.” “Mystery solved, Encyclopedia Brown. I’m going back to bed.” A few minutes later, the boy inexplicably shows up in… Read more →
Picture Exchange
My wife and I went out for dinner . . . I took our picture with the cell phone and sent it to my son at home. In return, he sent a picture of the dog. Read more →
The Competition: A Sonnet
“Get off,” my wife says — but the pug Just looks at her and doesn’t move. He’s lying in his favorite spot Beside his master on the couch. “Off,” she says — the dog just stares; He could win a test of wills But when she moves to pick him up He concedes defeat and jumps. “I want to sit there,” she explains. He looks at her, he looks at me Then jumps up from the other side, Lying down across my lap Sideways, facing down his foe As if to say “Your move.” Read more →
Lightning on the Balcony
Happy New Year 2008
We toasted the new year with a $42 bottle of Moet et Chandon — marked down to $25 at Albertson’s! Lightning enjoyed gnawing on the cork . . . in fact, when anyone turned their attention away from their champagne glass, he’d stick his snout in and lap up some bubbly . . . Read more →
Pug and Chihuahua
Originally uploaded by Studio 950. Read more →
Lightning on the Balcony
Pricey Pet Photos
I’ll be the first to admit that these are cute pug photos, but are people really paying $1,100 to take photos of their pets?! Read more →
The Dog Ate My Homework
It’s an old joke but does it ever really happen? My son’s science homework for last night was to build some Lewis dots using Froot Loops. This morning, the dog ran out and managed to take a couple of bites of a Lewis dot before we were able to fend him off . . . Read more →
Greed
The dog is sitting attentively watching my son eat a chili dog. “You’re not going to get any of that,” I explain to the dog. “He’s greedy. He makes Jack Welch look like Good King Wenceslas.” “And you,” the boy says, “make Donnie ‘We Found Him’ look like one of the Three Wise Men.” The boy going deep in the archives to pull out a Wild Thornberrys reference, in which Donnie — seen here hanging from a tree limb — was a feral boy raised by orangutans. Read more →
A Lesson in Leadership
I took the dog for a walk this morning before dropping my son off at school . . . in theory, the dog is “his” dog, but in practice, I wind up doing most of the work. As we got back from the walk, the boy was standing outside yelling, “Let’s go! We’re late!” “Okay, Mr. Doesn’t-Do-Any-Work-While-Barking-Out-Orders-To-Others,” I said. “That’s what leadership’s all about,” he said. Read more →
Pug Photos from Pugtoberfest and Flickr
Pugs ‘N Pals holds an annual Pugtoberfest in Costa Mesa, a fun-filled day of costume contests and pug games. Here are some links to photos and a video from this year’s event: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14782153@N04 http://www.flickr.com/photos/joeesha/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/pandorasparlor http://cbs2.com/video/?id=49923@kcbs.dayport.com More recent pug photos from Flickr Originally uploaded by Up Late Cakes. Originally uploaded by ljc@flickr. And finally . . . A great Flickr set of pug photos. Read more →
Don’t Shoot Me, I’m Just the Translator
My son’s working on the computer when Lightning the pug jumps in his lap and lays down on his arm. “How am I supposed to type with a dog laying on my arm?” the boy asks either me or the dog, I’m not sure which. Lightning looks at me and pants a few times. “He says you need to start thinking outside the bun,” I tell the boy. “Ummmm . . .” “Yeah, I know, it doesn’t make sense to me either, but that’s what he said.” Read more →
Pug Photos from Flickr
Originally uploaded by Rocktopotomus. This next one is part of a set: Originally uploaded by * katie. Read more →
My Dog Explains His Name
Sometimes when my owner takes me to the dog park, people ask him what my name is. When he says “Lightning,” they laugh, like it’s a joke, a bit of irony, like naming a Great Dane “Tiny.” Look, people, I’m almost 4 years old now, but when I was a puppy, I was really fast — for a pug. That’s why my owners named me Lightning. I’m still fast when I go full speed. I just don’t do it that much anymore. Don’t underestimate the pug. — Lightning Read more →
My Dog Comments on the Local News
Cypress man rescued by pet pug — Orange County Register, July 26, 2007 I’m not surprised by this. Pugs are smart, brave, loving and loyal. Do not underestimate the pug. Your canine correspondent, Lightning Epps Read more →