The parents took us away for a weekend to grampa's. He lives in a nice seaside town called West Kirby on the Wirral. It's got a great beach!
Maisie hadn't seen as much sand as that all in one place before. She ran and ran until she leapt into what she thought was a puddle and landed up to her ears in sea water. Didn't faze her one bit!! Well they say that where there is no sense there's no feeling, heh heh.
Good thing it was a hot day and she dried out fast!

Back at the homestead we are still trying to train the parents but boy are they thick sometimes.
They fail to grasp that a small extra walk during the morning (more for their benefit than ours) doesn't mean that the evening walk should be cancelled.
 A routine should be cast in stone, but they just don't 'get it'.

Can you see how depressed I am?

On a lighter note, Maisie says she heard we are going down to London soon to celebrate daddies 50th birthday. We get to stay at Grandmas in Romford and (hopefully get spoilt rotten by all the rellies there).


I hate it when she smiles in that horribly human way...gives me the creeps!
She gets extra cuddles from the parents too for trying to be cute ... girls huh!

Will you take a look at that hussy!





Bye for now,
love Chester xx

Phew, we are having a heatwave!

I hardly knew what to do with myself, it was even hot in the shade.

Maisie was all for going to the beach and all I wanted to do was chill, preferably in the fridge. Then the parents came up with a rather strange idea.
A large drinking trough maybe?













NO........ it turns out they thought we might like a paddling pool. Come on, get real, those things are for babies!

Get a load of the bathing beauty though (chortle, snuffle, gufaw)



We were very glad when the sun went down and the grass felt cool on our tummies.

Fatal Attraction

This is serious folks, I am the subject of a fatal attraction.

It's no joke being this handsome, it brings much responsibility. It happened that Maisie and I were taking daddy for his usual walk in the park about three weeks ago when what should appear but a vision of loveliness in the shape of a pug named Penny!

You know how it is guys, there she was looking all rounded and womanly, giving me the eye ....actually the eyes were looking in different directions.... but I digress, she was all pug!!

I swear she winked as we passed.

Well Maisie is pretty sharp and she spotted the rival straight off. She begand shrieking and making a big fuss, didn't let up for a week...... hussey this and tart that, she was after reminding me that one false move on my part and she'll find a use for the tree shaped squeaky toy we got for Christmas!

Anyway she finished off by telling me that Penny (she spat the name out) would not look as enticing with frayed ears and a wonky tail.

Gosh, the passions I evoke eh? Then she smiled.......it was scary, see for yourselves.

There has been a lot of panting in the house lately, not passion I hasten to add, just the weather being unkind to pugs...75 in the shade yesterday!

It takes style to look good in that heat but I pride myself that I manage adequately. See you soon x

Well here we are steaming towards summer and guess what....mummy and daddy have provided us with loungers in the sun room! I personally think that Maisie got the better deal because hers has a slope to climb whereas mine requires an uncharacteristic leap. I do have a fine rug to sleep on though as you can see.

This room doubles/trebles really, as a workroom and art studio for the parents. They claim it's also somewhere they can relax with a coffee but really, you tell me where they can sit?
They'll never both fit into that small floor space.


Thought you might like to see our ancient relative, Dolly the cat . She's not much to look at but boy is she a fiesty old madam. She has her living quarters in the brick outbuilding with the other cat, Sid. maisie and I think it's unfair that they have indoor toilet facilities while we have to go out in all weathers. I tend to keep my feelings about this bottled up but you know Maisie...she just has to make a point now and then (heh heh) they sure were mad when she dolloped on the kitchen floor three times the other night!!!! Come on then, where's the indoor dog loo?
Anyway the BIG news is that Mummy & Daddy are making soap, not that pansy melt & pour stuff either, no the real traditional stuff. The house smells interesting and they are taking baths a lot. maisie says she heard them talking about a soap bar for dogs :o(
Quite gave me a turn it did, lets hope it was just her imagination.
Talk to you pug lovin dudes again soon,
Chester xx

Snowy Easter

Since we last wrote here we've been rather busy. Particularly we have moved (again) and now reside in the small East Yorkshire town of Howden.

We are glad to report that the new house has a lovely pug friendly garden, walls on all sides and a cosy spot in the kitchen for our naps and frequent rests.

There ia a park right next door and we have already befriended the owners of important local businesses, the chinese restaurant and the fish and chip shop.

Yesterday it snowed and Maisie loved charging around in it, I preferred to proceed at a more leisurely pace and would have preferred my warm dry basket.

This is our new garden, in the snow and us 'enjoying' it!

We are hoping for a warmer April........Chester and Maisie