Christmas Presents!

A few days before Christmas 
a surprise package came from Noodles the Pug

Earlier in the year Greta had won a prize in 

Noodles Birthday Hat Contest

OMP! Treats and toys from

Pugs in the Kitchen!

And Two Cards!

It seemed that Sarge had also won a prize

 and wanted his prize to go to Greta.

Thank you Noodles & Sarge too!

We will surely enjoy the toys and the yummy treats in 

Angel Greta's honor!

It started snowing here in Idaho on Christmas Eve

This is what is looked like out our window 

Christmas morning!

And look!

something peeking out of Angel Greta's stocking!!

A new Pug in the house!

What do you make of that?

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel

It's Party Time at Dory's!

We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas!

We sure did!

Now today is our friend Dory's Birthday!

She is throwing a big Christmas/Birthday Bash

Bailey & I are ready for the pawty

dressed in our Christmas finery

He is hoping there will be some single ladies

 at the pawty willing to dance with an older gent

I am anxiously awaiting my date 

the very handsome Oreo

Oh how romantic!

Oreo  has come for me in a horse drawn carriage!

We were enjoying the carriage ride through town  

 seeing all the beautiful Christmas lights

When Oreo surprised me with a gift!

A beautiful bracelet to match my dress!

Oreo you are so sweet! I love it!

Now we are off to Dory's!

come join us and wish her 

a Happy Birthday!

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel

Merry Christmas from The PugRanch

Merry Christmas from all of us!

Stan, Linda

Bailey, Hazel and Angel Greta

FFHT Special Christmas Eve Edition with Angel Greta

Yes it is a special edition of 

Fractured Fryday Hairy Tails

hosted by

Murphy & Stanley

We had our choice of lines to use

"But I think you should know . . ." 

or a more seasonal inclusion

"And then the chubby elf says . . ."  

Well dear Friends

Mom has been so busy getting

things ready for the big family get together tonight
 she wanted me to tell you 
that we really don't have a story today 

But I think you should know...
HA HA! we still got the FFHT line in there!

I am the guest blogger today on 

The Daily Pip !

Yep you can see me!
Angel Greta 
over at The Daily Pip!

Wishing all of our Friends a most Merry Christmas

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta

There's a New Blog in Blogville

Hello Friends!

We have something very important to tell you

If you haven't already heard we have joined paws with

Murphy & Stanley, Easy, Madi & Sasha and now

 there is a new POTP Blog 

Here is the announcement from

Murphy & Stanley

We wanted to let everybody know something has changed!  We decided that our POTP tab was just NOT working out.  The comments were just bunched together and there was no real way to know if there was an addition or update since you couldn't "follow" it.  

So we, along with 4 other bloggers (Easy, Madi, Sasha & Idaho Pugs), have created a separate blog dedicated solely to POTP!!  How cool is that??  

Now you all can go over to the new POTP blog and follow it so that whenever someone needs thoughts, prayers, comfort, or support we can all know right away!  Or as our furiends Frankie and Ernie say, we can quickly "circle our wagons"!!

Now we really do hope

 that you will not ever need a post on the new POTP blog, 

but we also know first hand how much it means to have the support of your friends when you are in need

So we encourage you follow the new

Blogville POTP blog
so you can know right away when a friend needs some POTP

(you can click the badge on our sidebar to go there)

If you do find yourself or a friend is in need

just fill out the POTP request form on the blog

or you can contact us at

pugranch2 AT msn DOT com

And now for the latest card count at the Pug Ranch

Pugs - 61 cards and e-cards

Pugs & Peeps - 3

Peeps - 6

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel

Mom's Special Gift from Dad

 I promised you one more "special" post

 and I want to show you my 

Greta Memorial Bead

from 

Sisu Beads

Greta and I shared a very strong bond
After losing her, I was desperate for some way 
to feel like she was still with me 
and I remembered reading about
 Sisu Beads Memorial Jewelry

several months ago at our friends 
Pooches Smooches 

Sisu Beads uses a very tiny amount of your loved ones ashes
 and creates a beautiful piece of jewelry.

from their web site

Sisu Beads memorial jewelry as a tangible way to stay connected.  Every Sisu Bead is hand sculpted with love.   The cremation ashes are hand mixed with the glaze and fired into the bead 

I showed this to my husband and he agreed
I needed a Greta Memorial bead

the ordering was easy -  I picked out the style of bead 
and the color I wanted right there on the website. 

Within a few days a package arrived with a gift box inside

Don't know why blogger insists to put these sideways

Inside was a collection kit and instructions.

The kit contained a small plastic envelope

 and a small spoon.

Only a very small amount of ash was needed 

(about the size of a watermelon seed)

any unused ash would be returned.

Everything was sealed and put in the prepaid priority mail envelope that was provided

They also encourage sending along a picture and to tell them something about your loved one. 

Off in the mail it went

 and two days later we received a personal email 

letting us know that our special package had arrived and they would take the very best care of our Greta

Four weeks later another gift package arrived

Along with a hand written note card

And inside the package was my very special

Greta Memorial Bead

pink of course

And not only that

 but also a box of note cards 

with Greta's picture on them

 This was not the picture I had sent to them by the way

They had taken the time to visit our blog 

and choose a picture from there!

I was so impressed with the personal and caring service

If you are ever thinking about something like this

I would highly recommend contacting

Gina & Julie 

at Sisu Beads

It was while I was waiting for my Sisu Bead to arrive

that a very dear friend 

sent us the beautiful little Greta Star

Now I have two precious ways 

to keep my girl close to my heart

love

the PugRanch Mom

We are The PugRanch Kids

Mr Bailey & Hazel 

December Chewy Review

We were very excited to see a 

Chewy Box 

arrive for us last week

Inside the box was a bag of

Merrick Texas Toothpicks

Merrick Texas Toothpicks have one ingredient

Beef Tail

They are an all natural puffy textured treat 

no artificial colors, flavors or preservatives

high in protein and low in fat

And of course Made right here in the USA

These crunchy treats are to help keep your 

teeth and gums clean

Mom is always looking for something good for us 

to chew to help our teeth

Bailey likes almost any dental chew

 but I, Hazel can be very picky

So lets give it the smell test

smells good!

Now for the chew test

Bailey got chewing right away

after 15 minutes more than half was gone

And I got chewing too -sort of

Mom was encouraged that I was trying to chew on it

 but I don't have very strong chompers

(in fact I am scheduled for a dental to take care of some problem teeth)

but I did keep working at it 

and managed to soften it up some. 

Just the fact that I kept trying meant that I really liked it!

Overall we both liked these 

Mom wished they lasted a little longer for Bailey

We liked the crunchy texture and Mom liked 

that they did not get slimey like rawhide chews

Thanks Chewy for letting us try

Merrick Texas Toothpicks

Disclaimer: We were not compensated for this review, 

Chewy.com sent this bag of Merrick Texas Toothpicks to us in exchange for an honest review

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel

Flashback Friday Christmas 2013

Christmas 2013 Photo Shoot

The girls felt stylish in their winter scarves

Mr Bailey on the other hand

was not too happy 

with his Santa hat and beard

Card Count

Pugs - 35 (cards & ecards)

Peeps - 1 card 

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta

Mom's Great Plan

Cards, Cards, Cards

Mom had a plan -

If she printed her own Christmas cards, 

she could afford the stamps to send them all out

So she bought postcard paper - 4 cards to a sheet

and a box of envelopes

She spent Saturday morning getting the envelopes ready while we waited for Dad to come home so we could do our photo shoot for the cards.

I was so excited about my new Christmas dress

I just wanted to dance - not sit still for a picture!

And Bailey - well - 

Just take my picture and give me a treat already!

But a few good pictures were gotten

(and thank goodness for photoshop!)

Mom got busy designing the cards

there was to be print on both sides

 finally all was ready to start printing

One page

two pages

Then the printer started acting up

and would not pull the thicker paper through

No matter what Mom did it did not want to cooperate

after 2 hrs - 4 sheets printed on one side only

AAARRRGGGGGHHH!

What to do? - what to do?

Her great plan was falling apart.

Dad said give it rest and try again in the morning

So she did 

and Sunday the printer decided to be nice

and a stack of cards are going in the mail today!

(Note to Mom - let someone else print the cards next year)

And this is where we tell you our card count

Pugs -  21

Peeps - 1

thank you everyone!

 Now for Upcoming Events & Save The Dates!

December 24th - FFHT

December 26th - Dory's Birthday and Christmas Pawty (pics due Dec. 20th).

January 9th, 2015 - Inauguration & Swearing In forDoodz Mayorz

January 9th, 2015 - After the Inauguration, come to Dory's Pajama Pawty!

January 10th, 2015 - Madi's Farewell, hosted by Sarge

January 12, 2015 - Blogville Administration Blog Hop to acquaint all citizens with the new services available to them.

January 24, 2015 - Letter To My Paw Pal.

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey & Hazel

Flashback Friday - Greta's Pajamas

2012 was Greta's first Christmas

For our Christmas photo shoot

 I ordered jammies from

Pug Possessed

Of course Greta's were pink.

9 months old! 

such a pretty girl

they all looked so cute in their jammies

2012 Christmas Card picture

This year I ordered a Christmas dress for Hazel

and a matching bow tie for Bailey

once again from the Etsy shop of Pug Possessed

The dress is gorgeous!

We will do our photo shoot this weekend

and then get our cards ready to go out

speaking of cards

Pugs - 10

Peeps - 1

We are the PugRanch Kids

Bailey, Hazel & Angel Greta