Christmas 2006 update......

We're back.....man and beast, for a Christmas update. After Bob's disgraceful behaviour in the build up to Christmas, he was suprisingly well behaved over the holiday period and my fears of Bob being the anti-Christ pug have been somewhat alleviated. His disruptive influence was marked prior to Christmas (as you will see in previous posts), which led us all to fear the worst as far as his intentions went, but he has been quiet ever since.

You can see what he has been up to from the photos, but highlights included an eventful Christmas day where we managed to snap some choice pictures of Bobesh and also Boxing Day where he included himself in a lad's night game of pool. He enjoyed Christmas day and had some of his own pressies to open, as well as having his own festive dinner to tuck into. Bob also enjoyed the clear up from the human's meal by offering his services to help clean the dishes as you can see. He also replaced my hands-free kit that he had previously eaten, which was a nice touch!

His toy of choice at the moment is a new addition bought by his mistress, which has already had it's eyes forcefully removed (possibly a sickening sign of things to come by the one they call 'the beast'). He carries around his 'trophy kill' quite often and enjoys thrashing it around in his mouth. Any attempt to remove the item from his jaws merley results in a renewed attack of thrashing and biting. I value my fingers, so I'll leave you alone then Bob!

Keeping warm....

See pics for the beast keeping warm in these cold winter months. For an update re Christmas, we now have no presents under the tree for fear of attack. He has even started trying to open new packages that arrive at the front door! Greedy beast. He actually looks quite regal in that top picture, don't you think?!

And there's more....

Yet more evidence of the destructive pug. First Jelly Babies, now Smarties. Nothing is sacred in his presence.

Naughty Pug.....

The beast is doing his utmost to ruin Christmas and steel from his keepers. I now feel the need for 24 hour vigilance after his recent displays, but a lack of resources leaves me resigned to the fact that he will continue to go under the wire and commit various crimes.

Today I found the ravaged remains of a packet of chewing gum on my bed (see evidence attached). One single piece had been chewed and left for me to discover on the floor and the packet was attacked but not consumed. Maybe this was a message.....maybe he has no message and just likes destruction. My mind is going around in circles attempting to figure out if he is smarter than me and playing games, or simply a crazed beast. At the moment I am siding with the latter.

However, something then happened to make to reconsider. There are now a number of presents under the tree and surprise surprise Bob made his presence felt and left his calling card of destruction. Thankfully he was caught in the act, and this evidence will be entered into his portfolio of menace. He was seen tearing the wrapping off one of the presents, attempting to steal the booty. His item of choice, as it turned out, was a packet of Jelly Babies. Nothing is safe with the beast around. Even the innocence of Christmas is being destroyed.

Was he just hungry, or is he attempting to demoralise us? You decide......

What a strange creature....

Apparently Bob's online presence is building a small fan base, so I feel I must up my game to cater for the beasts new found groupies. Here is a short update on his movements, and trust me when I say he seems to be getting stranger and more cunning by the day!

If he's not been in his donut (as seen above), then he has been causing mayhem....simple as. He looks so cute when he just sitting there, like butter wouldn't melt. However, I know the truth and soon you will too.

Yesterday, Mum was taking care of some housework and hoovering the landing when I heard some scrabbling around and barking. Mum started to come into my room and I realised that Bob was angry with the hoover. As Mum thrust backwards and forwards with the hoover, Bob would scurry away and then chase forwards as if in sync. Back and forth....back and forth. He was too scared to face this strange machine head on, but could not help yelping and scrabbling to show his annoyance. That was very funny, and once again showed Bob's willingness to be brave, but also his complete lack of balls (no pun intended.....no really) when push comes to shove.

His antics today showed a much more sinister, thinking man's pug. After returning from the walk, Mum hung her jacket on the door handle to go and make a cuppa. The beast was obviously ravenous and the smell of biscuits in the pocket was too much to handle. He promptly dragged the jacket off the door handle into the hall and proceeded to pick-pocket Mum's jacket! The cheek! I could see him trampling all over it, looking for a way in and snuffling around the pockets. Although it took him a while he did manage to get to the treats! He is becoming bolshy I feel, and requires more intense minding (or spying as I like to call it).

We then decided to bring in the Christmas tree and the beast was fascinated by the white netting the tree was wrapped in. When it had been removed, he was biting it and running around in circles until he was a bit trapped. We freed him, but he simply went back for more. He managed to drag the netting down from the top of the sofa cushion to have another go, by standing on his hind legs! We again had to remove it before he did himself some more damage. He is both mischievous and sneaky these days as you can see. He did not express any remorse, and I feel that if given the chance, he would re-offend. Sterner punishments are needed to stop all out anarchy!

I think he has it in mind to one day rule this house. Much like the Baghdad militias, he is trying to undermine the occupiers, with a view to one day creating his own Puggy Sovereign State. He must be stopped but this beast is both unpredictable and cunning....a very tricky combination!

Oooooh fire....

Here he is caught in the act. A new obsession is born! He is now doing his perimeter run and barking like a crazed little monster. A strange beast indeed!

Hello puggy.....

It has been a quiet time for the beast lately. He saw his master on Thursday and as expected there was some frantic ear lobe nibbling witnessed. As I sit here now, he is looking at me...boggle eyed and suspicious, so I must not give anything away in case I anger him. I fear for my lobes.

He has enjoyed some more walks and continued to play with the washing machine ball as seen in the pics. He has also been chilling with me while I work (again see pic). He is emersing himself in technology and no doubt trying to learn about how we function....you could call it searching for weaknesses! Much of the day yesterday was spent in front of the heater. He seems to like keeping warm and establish himself a 'temporary nest' as even when ther warm air stopped, he still favoured lying there. I have also seen him sitting leaning on the radiator by the front door; the winter must be getting to him. He is obvioualy a fair weather pug! Bob is also developing a fascination with fire. He gazes into the fire for an age at a time. I am still not sure if this is an attempt to keep warm, or if he sees great destructive potential of this element. Note *He may use this against us one day*.

He has been given some ham rind which went down well, and has also been carrying around his chew all day. He cannot take it when Ollie has a chew and he doesn't. You can tell as he leaps up and tries to thief it. Bad puggy!