The Story of Wendel

Wendel's story is simple and I know anyone who has a pug will relate immediately.......the crux of it is, if you have one, you just have to go get another one.  And that's what happened here.

Cricket was almost a year old and hubby and I were in the middle of shift changes at work.  We had just moved to the country and were now further away from work.  This meant we were spending long days when you factor in the commute both ways.  Crick was home too long alone.  We decided we had to get her a buddy.  So, back I went to the breeder and Oh My God.  All I can say is, this little beggar completely melted my heart the minute I laid eyes on him.  Picture this.......Old farm house, one room at the front specifically set up to house puppies with little whelping style boxes all along one wall .  The floor out front of the boxes was old, antique pine that looked like it had seen a billion puppies and all the traffic that goes with it.  There was one large farmhouse window without trimming on it and the sun was beating in as brightly as if I was standing on the sun itself.  But the room was eeriily quiet for a puppy nursery.

Then I spotted him (which was hard because his blonde coat blended in with the floor), sitting, like pugs sit and like he would famously continue to sit to this day, with one little teeny leg splayed out to the right, perched on the haunch of the other, shoulders slumped, wrinkled forehead and wrists, belly and dink resting on the floor.  He was the only soul in the room and he looked up at me and made one teeny little yelp.  He was so friggin cute and pathetic all at the same time.  I was so glad it was I who walked in to that room and not someone else.  He was meant to be mine.  That's not him on the right, but that's exactly how he was sitting!  lol....

So, home I went with him and immediately plopped him on the floor in front of Cricket.  At first she thought he was a new chewy but in short order, she realized he was live and it was going to be her job to boss him around - something else that continuously occurs to this day.  They became fast friends immediately, Wendel learned from Cricket but he was/is a very different pug than she is.  He's not physical and he's all love and affection.  She;s a jack russell in a pug's body who is aloof.  When he can catch her, they wrestle, but for the most part, he just watches her torque around or sleeps while she does it.

Wendel now outweighs Cricket by 20 lbs!  He's 36 pounds and she's about 16.  They are quite the pair.  Kinda like Laurel and Hardy.....ha!