Best Beloved Benson

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/benson.jpg

your warm chubby puppy belly
the way you crawl up my belly and sleep on my chest with your chin resting on my cheek while we both nap
you give good sleepy cuddles
your feet smell like popcorn
the way you like to sit/sleep/hang out on my shoulders
you are very soft
you look ridiculous when you run and it's awesome
you are pretty smart for a baby

OMG YESSSSS! <3 <3 <3

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/bensonlord.jpg

oh my

that is.. a special dog

kind of don't know what else to say other than "at least I was at work when I looked at that, argh"

is it okay that i thought this was gonna be about

http://i.ivillage.com/E/325/PowerfulWomen/E_OlivaBenson_325.jpg

that's better than what I was thinking

http://organpron.files.wordpress.com/2008/05/benson.jpg

1. that is quite something. i am sure E will be...delighted
2. ^he was named after this guy

3. http://i42.tinypic.com/2lm1nj4.jpg

wrt 3 am working on it

that's better than what I was thinking

That was the Benson I was thinking of. I didn't really understand the show as a kid, but I tried to incorporate the dialogue into my everyday conversations, ie, "I think I'll pass up this chance to insult you, Krauss".

Sweet jesus what have you done to my poor sweet dog!?

guys, i think its a shop :/

First thought was of the "Benson Arizona" song from the beginning of Dark Star

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbuQ5ZLB2ME

Hartigay better choice though

now in possession of (1) bulldog puppy

my roommates

I didn't really understand the show as a kid, but I tried to incorporate the dialogue into my everyday conversations, ie, "I think I'll pass up this chance to insult you, Krauss".

― black jeans stained by (snoball), Friday, March 19, 2010 8:21 PM

imagining a child snoball saying this and loling so hard

omg jordan! bulldog puppies are so great.

i'm tepidly excited

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab18/expatrica2/HIGH-5.jpghttp://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab18/expatrica2/LICK.jpg

IT MATCHES HIS EYES

Aw, so cute when he's playing with that cock ring

>:-O

That's either a tiny dog or...

<3 this dog

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/reckoning.jpg

WTF?!

I honestly don't even know what to say about that.

Haven't posted here in a while so here are some recent Bensons 4 u:

http://i845.photobucket.com/albums/ab18/expatrica2/BENNY-1.jpg

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/runic.jpg

^^^ would have as bedroom wall poster

Throw in some rave fractals and you'd make a fortune at Glastonbury.

^^^ would have as bedroom wall poster

― Check this, in fact. How exciting. He literally cuts the mustard. (snoball), Friday, April 30, 2010 6:54 AM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark

srsly. plz make available as a high-res img, thx

i have a friend who would be ~delighted~ by such a poster

lol i make these using something called "paintbrush" (like a less functional ms paint) and crop them on image preview. i dont know what a rave fractal is or how to make something hi res.

Just seeing this now. Probably going to try figure out a way to print and frame that.

the reckoning?

also, how will you explain that to ppl "oh its just by this guy i know on the internet who likes to do collages involving my dog w/ mystical/homoerotic overtones"

Would probably say just that. Well, might leave out the homoerotic overtones bit but you know.

Video is dark and sideways and I sound retarded for some reason so turn the sound off, turn your heads to the side and squint so that you can see that this dog is pretty odd.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPApe4FS58Q

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/lake.jpg

gahahaha

HOLY CRAP. THAT IS AMAZING. Forget about the other one. I need this one on my wall. How can we make this happen. Email me the file or something - pls???

Seriously would frame this.

omg

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/skybear.jpg

amazing

Hang on a second - you can't fool me. THAT IS NOT BENSON.

Too right, it's Ernest Borgnine.

alright alright

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/healingwind.jpg

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/gaymafia.jpg

HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHA

Would be 100% OK with B being the mascot for the gay mafia. omg.

:D

Hey Benson, doesn't this look like something you'd like to try around the house?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhuAbOAM_Q

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/lake.jpg

aaaaaahahaha this is so awesome, I just now saw it!

<3 skateboarding dog

OK teaching this dog to skateboard is now my new goal in life.

Awesome! Good luck :-)

oh s yall i met benson a couple weeks ago and he was hilarious

:D

As soon as you left I regretted not getting a picture of you and the B man together. :[

mypanini.com allows one to produce personalised football stickers. they want you to order them from tehm rather than print them off yourself, so no way of getting rid of hte irritating "preview" watermark. anyway: http://i248.photobucket.com/albums/gg187/nick-uptoeleven/bensonb.jpg

prob possible to make a more authentic one if one had time. hmm, use of "one" is prob my affectation.

Didn't know the Pug Head Tilt was an official thing!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uuqXXT7VYo

I love that video. There is also one on Youtube of those pugs watching that video on the computer and they're all doing the head tilt too.

whenever i do get a dog it is SO gonna be a pug

caveat: I didn't make this Flash game, and it might not work outside the UK...
Sniffy The Drugs Sniffing Police Dog

whats goin on w/ this little dude

Benson is now 8 months old. He enjoys tossing his toys in the air, taking naps with me and using my head as a place to rest his chin, stealing bits of paper and then making me chase him around the apt in order to retrieve them, eating, and cuddles. He can give paw now which is v v cute. So basically what is going on with him is that he's still awesome.

Bunch of recent pics:

http://i25.tinypic.com/npexw0.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/14oabmw.jpg
http://i29.tinypic.com/xm7ihi.jpg
http://i25.tinypic.com/icv33o.jpg
http://i28.tinypic.com/2u431oi.jpg
http://i26.tinypic.com/fc8bok.jpg
http://i32.tinypic.com/10x9ibs.jpg

just the best

lol from hipster puppies photo shoot

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/CDeat.jpg

OK one more - this is his fav toy which he carries around by the ear like so:

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/b.jpg

fitzgerald wreathed in imperial purple- A+

That bear looks thoroughly defeated.

best beloved fitzgerald does not work imo

i have some photos of gay '60s bike gangs im struggling not to photoshop these into

benson looks like a very nice dog

fitzgerald feist works imo

altho not strictly true, obv

He can give paw now which is v v cute.

Impressive! However, can he do it on video? :-)

He is snoozing now but I will see what I (he) can do later today.

<3

http://i25.tinypic.com/icv33o.jpg

such a great photo

what is he drinking?

drinking a berry smoothie imo

Looks like a hangover cure. Hair of the dog?

:D

View My Video

O
M
G
!!!!!

That "but I just did!" look when you say "one more time!" :-)))

just the best

― plax (ico), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:15 (11 hours ago)

:D He pretty much is. The best, I mean. Also, thank you.

The drink he was trying to get a taste of was, in fact, a berry smoothie. I turned my head for a couple mins and when I looked back he was desperately trying to get a lick.

<3<3<3

I love that he has a big fatty wrinkle that covers his nose a little!

I know - I love it too! The vet said they might want to reduce it a little if it ever causes him problems but it's so damn cute and so far it doesn't seem problematic at all.

aw i miss benson

aw! If you wind up in MA over the winter we will hang out and you'll get some quality Benson time in. Promise.

im planning a trip to show BF salem and boston and gloucester and all this fall tbh

YES!!!

<3

this photo is so disturbing btw, it looks like he is killing the pod-benson

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c287/expatrica/b.jpg

benson always has the best facial expressions

its hard to miss with a face like that

He does have a great mug. A friend who had never met him visited recently and like every 20 mins or so she'd just start laughing at one of his looks or be like "OMG he's SO CUTE". It made me happy to know that I'm not completely crazy and that he is really that ridiculous.

Plaxico ~ He lovingly carries around with him. Well, that is when he's not humping it. :( I think he thinks it's a real pug. May have to retire that one soon. He's a little too uhhh enamored with it lately. I guess it's better than my leg but still.

jealous eh? :-p

seriously that's so awesome that he has his own pug love doll!

Real Pug™

oh god you guys! lol

Here is a picture of B that I just took. He has figured out how to jump on top of the giant bean bag and it's now his fav spot.

http://i35.tinypic.com/2zr0yhk.jpg

<3 King of the Bag!

hahaha A++

'sup guys?

http://i51.tinypic.com/2mpwx2o.jpg

baller

omg

http://i56.tinypic.com/wisqpl.jpg

it's like a big leather tongue he's sticking out at ya!

never do this to benson, please

Oh don't worry - never gonna happen.

actual lol

looool

http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/5465/redrocket.png

Who would have thought that a thread about a dog would end up needing to be flagged NSFW? Also, that picture took ages to load here, and I was looking at it thinking "OK it's a dog... a piece of cardboard... and... oh dear"

not NSFW, he's just balancing a tulip bulb there. http://www97.intel.com/NR/rdonlyres/A7C6FFF9-827D-4A13-AB33-A66F367315DC/2401/tulip_bule_sketches1.jpg

Yes this thread was totally sfw up Til now

You all probably want to ban National Geographic from the libraries too.

Couple months ago a friend came over and we staged a bunch of pics for WGW's book only to realize later that he had a damn boner in every single pic.

story of my life

hahahahaha

saw this book in the bookstore, almost decided to buy

http://i975.photobucket.com/albums/ae232/daggerlee/IMG_00511.jpg

Wait for the sequel "Then I Shat A Pie All Over The Kitchen Floor".

http://s3.amazonaws.com/0SAJ7JN5VFAWT249NNR2.anigifdel/fd3cf4d194e5e0459d6f59df19ca9f7b

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone Pug

lol someone posted that on my wall yesterday <3

This isn't your wall?

'(All In All You're Just) Another Pug In The Wall'

Benson is currently sitting in front of the door to the room in which Plaxico is sleeping an waiting for him to wake up. He looks so sad - he wants his buddy back! It's pretty cute though. :)

plax and benson irl together

throughhhhh the looking glass shit

I know, right? (see what I did there? seeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?)

I have already informed him that pictures will be taken and posted and by "him" I mean the dog, of course.

http://s3.amazonaws.com/0SAJ7JN5VFAWT249NNR2.anigifdel/fd3cf4d194e5e0459d6f59df19ca9f7b

me irl

http://i56.tinypic.com/5chfgj.jpg

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/photo.jpg

Is that Benson's handwriting? :-)

T you look really good w/ the shaved head!

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/KidPaintPicture.jpg

ahaha awwwwwwwwww. He is! He's currently sleeping in his beddy and being mopey. Pretty sure it's u withdrawals.

should have taken benson to ptown to hang w the gay mafia btw. probably the real reason hes sulking

Happy birthday Benson!

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc4/hs244.snc4/39514_499387311067_727781067_7549396_72309_n.jpg

Smashing Pumpkins fan, eh?

And Happy Birthday, dude!

I thought of you when I watched John Carpenter's first movie a couple of days ago because of the theme song :-)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2F0dHVZAm8

:D

happy birthday little fella

omg happy belated birthday lil buddy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOwWCTZq2Wo

lol omg he's such a gremlin! <3

this is why the bed was so badly made btw haha

hahaha that's one of his favorite games

status update:

http://i52.tinypic.com/k0opl0.jpg

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/3d64c5f5.jpg

:D

Tiarnan and I were going to get it for you in Philly but they wanted us to pay for it :(

given that all pugs look pretty similar, that one really isn't a close resemblance to benson imo

yeah that dude look slike rowan atkinson playing fitzgerald imo, he doesn't have the personality of the ilx mascot

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/2b66e1d7.jpg

btw that is a jester playing a pug as a hurdy gurdy

see a lot of that round here.

http://americanepali.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/yama_tibet.jpg

l-r:

sunday afternoon snuggles

http://i51.tinypic.com/2ed7gux.jpg

:)

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/608d4613.jpg

NO JOKE MY MOTHER JUST ORDERED THAT THING FOR HER PUG AND BENSON TO SHARE COME CHRISTMAS EVE. THERE WILL BE PICTURES.

i cried w laughter when i saw this

I know. Me too. The dog in the catalog looked so amazingly ridiculous in it.

I am extremely excited about the tree hat. I can't front.

btw i am having a major crush on this guy sitting across from me

im thread derailling

Thats ok - awww where are you now?

im in asheville, i keep not leavin cos im tryna feel this guy out. but he keeps playing banjo and masturbating in his room

he looks like a hummel figurine of rat liotta

ray liotta

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

how do you know that he is masturbating in his room? I feel like maybe that's not a good sign tbh.

hummel figurine version of rat liotta is the best description ever although I gotta admit I'm having a tough time picturing what that would actually look like

btw - hung out with Dan P. and Joei last night and talked about how much she loved you and vice versa.

omg i fn <3 her.

also this guy just told me to come to the bar 4 music and hell buy me a beer

this is the dude btw

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/c9b93f20.jpg

woof

hah! srsly tho right? i mean

T, the pose that pug was caught in is slaying me. He looks so ridic. btw I get what you meant now - the guy looks like liotta but dresses like a hummel figurine. Pretty dapper imo.

that pug is a fancy dan

plus this guy is so dreamy

oh you are so doing it with him tonight btw

his friend was like "well hes like str8 but u could make it happen"

he must be a bit old for you, t, given he was that age when the quiet man was filmed :)

i go in for that

btw swim fan was on tv today and i thought of you

haha i srsli should acchully c that movie

also jeezus its swimf@n

we're gonna hang again sometime
right also me+u d-man (no homo)

i honestly don't know what i'd talk to most ilxors about irl, ye're all much more interesting and cultured and nice than i am imo

lol appresh the no-homo tho y'know how i worry about how irresistible i am to you degenerates

yes, we have to hang again

also lol @ f@n

lol im totes nice

its chronic

theyre gonna put " nice" on my gravestone

So Benson ran into some of his dog buds in the park today for a romp in the snow. Even though B looks p skeptical of him, this is T Boy and they are BFFs:

http://i51.tinypic.com/6ti8pk.jpg

http://i53.tinypic.com/2ezmgc8.jpg

awwww

They love each other!

NO JOKE MY MOTHER JUST ORDERED THAT THING FOR HER PUG AND BENSON TO SHARE COME CHRISTMAS EVE. THERE WILL BE PICTURES.

― ENBB, Sunday, December 5, 2010 4:23 PM

???

http://i56.tinypic.com/t8omtw.jpg

wow, what a great dog

probably best dog ever

That bear looks thoroughly defeated.

― ninjas and lasers and gold and (snoball), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 11:34 (5 months ago)

Bear looks even more defeated now.

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_en3tE7aKwk8/TO7haN5L7mI/AAAAAAAACeg/pLRgE6A1pgk/s400/funny+gangster+animals+3.jpg

;_;

poor poor drunk dog

Bear + benson = maybe the best picture I have seem in months

Benson and T Boy! wkiw!

xp it's like the bear is going cross-eyed looking at Benson's tail, frozen with fear thinking 'please don't poop on me... please don't poop on me...'

Obv I would like any pup that was mine no matter how busted looking but I gotta say that Benson is growing up to be one handsome pug:

http://i56.tinypic.com/xfbva1.jpg

Doesn't he get cold feet? There's this:

http://i54.tinypic.com/8wb9c1.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/S6cUA.jpg

:D

lol Stan a friend sent that to me yesterday. I love it. He needs shoes actually. The ones I got for him so that the salt on the road didn't hurt him are too big. Those are much cuter anyway.

lol markers just msgd me the pug in pug slippers pic on FB. I am so predictable.

benson needs bag balm for his paws.

hmmm maybe I will try that

put this on FB but putting here mainly for Nakh's benefit tbh

what a rascal

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/184820_10150147596606068_727781067_8486143_6226069_n.jpg

awwwwwww

hi benson

hope u r feeling better

n, london

really intrigued by the expressions and behaviour of pugs

most dogs are boring in that respect but pugs are intriguing

Oh his expressions are the best and they're total silly clowns. This morning while I was in the shower he took a brochure I had sitting on the table. When I came into the living room he was just holding it here in his chops waiting for me to emerge so that we could play chase me chase me. He was probably sitting there waiting for like 5 mins or something.

Maybe I will try to get another video of him this weekend. I should learn how to do vids on my phone anyway. I will get him to high five although I may have already done that ott - can't remember.

http://i52.tinypic.com/2i23r4m.jpg

<3

http://i52.tinypic.com/34gt3ig.jpg

SILLY DOG MY FACE IS NOT A PILLOW!

http://i53.tinypic.com/otj449.jpg

he is such a darling.

Someone wanted to get in on the new ipad action

http://i51.tinypic.com/2ntfse9.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/Eg34Q.png

these pugs are out of hand!

Dearest Plaxico,

This is still the best/saddest/cutest thing:

http://i386.photobucket.com/albums/oo305/lejospopo/KidPaintPicture.jpg

~ e

x-post - I know! Mostly they're just my one who is obv named Benson. He is a year and a half old and he is a monster.

He's been sick the last day but I think he's feeling a little better now which is good. I was worried.

many pugs roam my area. I think pugs are not rally dogs but a new species

You might be on to something there. Whatever they are it's entirely ridiculous.

:D

they can make a pathetic face

http://t.co/4xdFJ7G

lol

So the B-man went for a dip last weekend!!

http://tinypic.com/r/2m4zrj7/7

It was all very exciting and tiring and he was very sleepy after being toweled off.

http://i53.tinypic.com/fnswz.jpg

:D

oops

http://tinypic.com/r/2m4zrj7/7
http://i53.tinypic.com/fnswz.jpg

dammit!!!

http://i53.tinypic.com/2m4zrj7.jpg

Excellent!

So B had his first day out with a new walker who puts all the dogs in a bus and drives them out to a big yard where they hang out for a couple hours. He texted me this pic and it's cracking me up. Buddies!

http://i55.tinypic.com/24opmy8.jpg

I think he had fun.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wait, Benson can work a mobile phone? That's pretty impressive.

Yeah well, he's really pretty gifted.

Identity of 'a puppy' revealed at last...

lol

http://www.zimbio.com/Beanie+Sigel/articles/WJ_gpWuZWc7/Ty+Beanie+Baby+Pugsley+the+Dog

What do you think the only beanie baby I ever owned was?

(it was a gift)

omg that ghostface goldie in the back is what i want in life

Yeah, she/he is really beautiful.

how funny, my mom sent me pugsley in a college care package, only beanie baby i ever owned too

wait no, i also want this

http://www.richardshouse.net/gallery2/d/3914-2/zz12_week_old_Golden_Retriever_got_anxious.jpg

My mom gave me mine too and I'm pretty sure it was right before I went away to college because I remember having it in my dorm. ha!

OMG REMY

SO SOFT

AHHHHHH

omg @ benson & friends

next dog should be named hedges

You're famous buddy!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Love_Music

chien célèbre Benson!!!

also . . .

in his preferred sleeping position - flat on his back

http://i53.tinypic.com/24px6dz.jpg

and with his new bff - Benson and Alf or as I like to call them, Balf.

http://i52.tinypic.com/24figyv.jpg

What happened to the stuffed toy dog and the giant bear with the defeated expression?

ALF ate them

Must have got tired of the all cat diet.

http://i53.tinypic.com/fnswz.jpghttp://img2.timeinc.net/ew/dynamic/imgs/020828/123132__sopranos2.14_l.jpg

doesn't get close to benson's mordant intensity tho...the eyes!

lol

twins!

http://i.imgur.com/sOmHd.jpg

http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lu3eej2BEn1qk5yn3o1_400.jpg

hahaa

:)

http://i53.tinypic.com/rtgxag.jpg

His birthday signs are the cutest and best
A long and happy life to the wrinknose

aw happy birthday benson!!

I love him and his little argyle collar

e, that picture :D :D :D :D

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HOMIE!!!

:)

get another pup, name him hedges

Oh, wrinkleface... Happy birthday!

http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luhd9z081R1qzcv7no1_400.gif

star
wars
chick
.com

not as good as benson anyway

No, but that's ridic funny.

OK so this probably won't happen BUT there's this8 year old pug named Bandit who is blind and needs a home. If at the start of January he hasn't found one then Benson might be getting a buddy. Maybeeeeeeeeeee.

or maaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe, rather

omg

I know. I can't get too excited yet because it's still just a very slight chance but . . . :)

benson and the bandit

http://i44.tinypic.com/1977th.jpg

shhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

aw poor little guy!

we should introduce him to my mum's cat

http://i.minus.com/iVKKE6OKp58Xb.png

awww mollie!!!

Is it bad that I secretly hope nobody adopts him between now and then? I WANT HIM!

is it bad to say that he reminds me a little of quato?

>:O

(It's the milky white eye, I think)

He loves to cuddle - he needs a home!

Benson could be his seeing eye pug!

Benson, Miracle Worker

Best Beloved Bandit

Miss u boo

The boarder emailed me this pic earlier today of the little weirdo keeping watch:

http://i.imgur.com/opHe0l.jpg

this dude is the best dog

i met a pug last week who was pretty great

not as great, though

Nakh otm. I can't wait to see him!

Someone has a biscuit!

http://i54.tinypic.com/34i2tcz.jpg

I was going to make an ALF joek, but I see I already did upthread...

my dog died.

rip jessie you were a beautiful dog

oh no! i'm so sorry, plax. :(

good vibes dude

she was too big. she was a big dog. half newfoundlander. she was afraid of small dogs, puppies. i think bcos of how her previous owners abandoned her. left her to die in a shed. the postman found her. rip jessie. ive known you since i was twelve. ill miss you.

Awww, I'm sorry, T. <3

Benson does not feel well. I think he ate something that upset his stomach. He keeps burping and he looks very very sad:

http://i55.tinypic.com/28a3h28.jpg

oh no!

ENBB does one of your Bs stand for BENSON

lol no - those initials are all mine :)

benson tbh

OTM

Lil dude is beat this evening. He's been in the same spot/position for a couple hours now.

http://i40.tinypic.com/20gjw61.jpg
http://i43.tinypic.com/16gwn6x.jpg

omg that's why i make my dog wear pants

ha!

Oh God, how does one smallish woofer stink so much sometimes. This guy, he farts. ;_;

Benson's getting the big chop on Friday. Sorry about yr balls, bud.

Seriously tho I am a tiny bit nervous because the first pug my parents ever got died after getting anesthesia for a minor op and a small part of me is worried Benson's going to die too. ;_;

nooooo! he'll be fine. good luck little dude!

http://www.neuticles.com

you know, you don't necessarily have to anesthetize him for that operation. apparently it doesn't hurt that bad.

i mean if it were ME i would be like KNOCK ME THE FUCK OUT but my vet was telling me it was about 50/50 as far as customers deciding to go with anesthesia or not

Good luck, Benson!!

TR - he and I are in talks re: fav color. Will get back to you soon. ;)

i well know this fear about anaesthetics but he will be fine, the drugs are much better and safer than they used to be. harry's vet has finally managed to convince me not to worry so much. good luck benson<3

Good luck, pugfink!

(That is not mean to imply Benson is a fink, more that he is Batfink-like in things not hurting him. Maybe didn't work so well as a diminutive. Hm.)

*meant

Jesus.

my dog ruptured his cruciate ligament for the second time in six months (his other hind leg, the first one healed up very well) so he is back to living in a baby pen for the next six weeks after surgery last friday, so tell benson things could be worse.

i think benson probably is a fink which is fine by me.

bye bye best beloved balls

;_;

ENBB, cool!

Aww, estela, poor doggy.

Aw, thanks everyone. I know a little fink who appreciates it all very much.

Estela - your poor little guy! I hope he heals up quickly.

thanks tr and enbb.

sometimes we call harry a fink, so best fink wishes from harry to benson.

best wishes to all dogs of ilx

aw, thanks n.

He still has no idea, has he?

Today is the last chance for a long time you'll have at becoming a grandmother, ENBB... :-)

didn't know you were in boston these day stan

lol

Ball Chop 2012 is a no go!

Vet just called and I nearly had a heart attack. Everything is OK but it nearly wasn't.

I didn't really get all the details but they started with the anesthesia and then he started to cough and was having trouble breathing and then got so worked up that the vomited and while doing so inhaled some into his lungs at which point his tongue turned blue and the vet was like, yeah, we're not doing this today.

He's fine and resting there until later when we can pick him up.

Is this something well known with pugs and anesthesia?

(Good to hear he's OK, obv)

Stan -I don't know, really. I'm glad too. :)

well their noses are kinda short

Yeah I mean it probably does have something to do with that but I don't really know. I hadn't heard anything about pugs not being great with anesthesia in general. Except I guess for Ling Ling my parents' pug who died under it but that was a heart thing not a breathing thing. I just want it to be 4 so I can go get him. Someone's gonna get extra treats tonight. Not like he doesn't get extra treats every night but, you know.

poor bbb<3, so glad he is okay.

and i hope you are okay too, these little bandits are terrifying when they're not well.

what would happen if lil B kept his jewels? would he become incorrigible, a super fink?

a superfreak

Hugs to Benson, poor guy.

Fink? Please to define, since I assume you all aren't using it in the dictionary terms (fink/fiNGk/ Noun: An unpleasant or contemptible person, in particular. Verb: Inform on to the authorities).

Poor pup, I'd say he's a hero.

Woah, weird - that animal century artist friended me on instagram recently. Eerie.

Lil man has a urinary tract infection (he was peeing blood :/) AND an ear infection. He's got meds now so hopefully he'll start feeling better soon. I just feel bad that I can't explain it to him. It must be uncomfortable and confusing.

Hugs to Benson.

sorry about ur mendelian sinuses, stay noble bens

(rude, mea culpa. duder's ear tubes are probably p tight, the drops will probably work (abx i assume). serious q: was he scratching or jabbing at his ear? kids do that, and pups are basically children in the using-your-words sense (terrible), so i'd be interested to know)

IANAV-ian

Yep - he was scratching at it like crazy last night which is what made me ask the vet to check it. I have heard that about babies how they'll poke or pull at their ears and that's what made me wonder about his tbh. They did give him ABX (shot for the UTI and drops for the ear) so hopefully he'll be a lot better soon.

babies (and all lower animals) really are the worst at relating their problems. you can't just poop your pants every time something goes wrong, this isn't mars

(pooping when you didn't want to poop = denmark is rotten, you never wanted this)

what is the deal with his kidney stone?

er, uti, i didn't scroll

lol, right?!

Two nights ago I noticed a couple drops of blood but I wasn't sure exactly where they were, er, coming from. Since I couldn't just ask him I got all investigative discovery up in here and put down paper towels hoping he'd remember to go there from when he was paper trained. He did and it was v obvious that it was in his urine. Apparently UTIs are pretty common in small dogs. What's is that rather than do expensive testing (UA and or x-rays to rule out stones) they're treating first since in 85% of dogs it is just a UTI and ABX will solve it. So he got a shot and his urine will be retested in 2 weeks. If at that point there's still blood (which I don't think there will be since there isn't even any this morning) then we'd go to x-rays.

Anyway, maybe that's not interesting but I just thought there whole approach sort of was and appreciated them not sending me immediately for $$ tests esp since he's acting totally fine and doesn't appear to be in any discomfort at all in that are. lol I really should have gone into medicine somehow. I love this stuff.

He's doing much better. Prob due to the hugs I gave him from TR. So the vet sent me this pic today from a couple weeks ago when they didn't go through with the ball chop and omg. He's doped up in his cage and looks so sad and cute it's ridic:

http://i48.tinypic.com/5klf28.jpg

I died.

OK I will lay off the pics for a while but the dog sitter dude just sent these from today lol. Doggie pool partay!

http://i48.tinypic.com/21lsodf.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/347i9eg.jpg

Why lay off the pics for a while? Nobody's complaining!

judging from b's expression in the first picture that big dog's nose got a little too close to his butt

Pair of fun dogs prove kiddie pools aren't just for kiddies anymore! :-)

lol

My boss asked me "what's so funny?" when I laughed looking at these at work.

"Oh, a picture."

http://img1.artweb.com/users/3538/185918_benson-the-carp.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/IV7YY.jpg

so discreet

yeah well you really didn't wanna see what was going on down there but I couldn't pass up the ridiculousness of the rest of the pic.

poor benson

whadda rube

http://i.imgur.com/wb4hX.gif

Lol pp I posted that on fb earlier <3

best beloved boner

Lol otm

Lol pp I posted that on fb earlier <3

was it the fb post you made with the pug in it?

Hmpf.

prince of pugs
our lady of wrinkles, mother most scrunchy
your chubby puppy belly anoints the belly of telephone poles across the land
we are reminded of you
of your love
of your dignity and also that you are adorable
we paws for a moment of adoration as we reflect upon your divinity

our Benson

http://www.philebrity.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/480x640xonly-begotten-pug-480x640.jpg.pagespeed.ic.FEVDdz1Y86.jpg

O.m.g.

<3

http://i.imgur.com/Aok6R.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/ZHMNC.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/2vNiw.jpg

does benson vom in the car?

no, but he is not very well behaved.

i wish he could play table tennis.

you gonna drink that that orr guard it dogg

http://cdn.themetapicture.com/media/funny-pug-dog-party.jpg

well, this happened

http://i48.tinypic.com/auto4o.jpg

lol
pervy benson

THEY WERE CUDDLING

Pervy Lex.

;)

you knew this :) awwww, tender Benson

benson

i keep thinking of the name benson

such a perfect name for that dog!

right

it certainly suits him and, let's face it, was better than any of the top placers here: Puppy Name Game

and i say that as someone who's proud of dog/name fit

I don't think I know what yours is named. ?

SANTIAGO

Yeah, that's a good name/fit.

i call him "santi", i named him that because i found him in east LA, so i knew he was a mexican dachshund, and i knew i was taking him home to san diego

well it was a mexican-american neighborhood anyway i found him in

Well, obv. :)

I just typing - I would prob call him Santi if I were you. Wait - you found him? I know you've mentioned this before but can you explain exactly how? Was he just walking around lost? Poor Santi!

that reminds me of spanish football player santi cazorla who has a nice carlino

http://i35.tinypic.com/24v4km1.jpg

Carlino is Italian for pug!

and spanish too

yeah it's a weird story

i was in israel for a bahai trip, my parents suggested i pray. i was like fuck that, i'm not praying. and they were like come on, make a wish. and i was like, fine, i'll pray. god? i want a puppy, a pony, or a million bucks.

one week later, back in the USA, driving in east LA, i see this dude running across a five-lane road in an industrial neighborhood. i went around the block to make sure he made it safely, and he ran back across the other direction. so i went around one more time and he was just zigzagging IN THE STREET.

so i parked and went to grab him, he ran into some bushes and started growling. some people came out of a house with dog treats and we lured him out. no microchip, no tags, nobody called the pound looking for him, so a week later he was officially MINE MINE MINE FOREVER!!!

nice tale

this is my ex holding him literally 20 minutes after we got him out of the bushes ... look how long his nails had gotten from running loose

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4101/4928963888_de599d9d7b.jpg

he did this for about two weeks after he came home, he must've been so tired from his month or more on the streets

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4099/4928943154_6e2aaf1036_z.jpg

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!

divine puppy intervention

i like it

i know it sounds corny but its the sort of thing that keeps me from taking a hardline atheist stance

peace that passeth understanding and all that

little dude has changed my life in 10000 positive ways and he basically just stumbled into my lap

Yeah, no, I get that. I'm a soft atheist myself for somewhat similar reasons.

Santi is cute. I bed he and B would get up to some cute trouble together.

i will fedex him to you for fap w/ benson

it would be so great to see an ILX dogs FAP, especially if they were left to their own devices

aw, yeah that would be great :)

not left to their own devices in a lord of flies way tho

late great, I love that story <3 I found my cockatiel on the street, but he was not zig zagging anywhere. just sitting on a window ledge looking confused.

poor benson

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_t6rV3U9ZEHM/SkjDOHH24iI/AAAAAAAAY9I/8JldvwF26EU/s400/Bensonhurts.jpg

ENB B nice to B >:^(

awwwww and lol

btw

http://i49.tinypic.com/dvt34p.jpg

what a little gentleman

Ein Mops!

Ein sehr hübsch Mops!

ein mops wie ein kleiner bär

I still can't decide what name, between Pug, Mops, Carlino, and Doguile, is the most appropriate sounding name for "Pug" (which itself feels very appropriate. I mean... "pug" what's that even supposed to mean? yet it feels so correct).

Of course mops is great too because it just conjures the image of attaching a stick to the end of a pug and using it to mop up spills.

There are a bunch of ideas as to where the term came from though I think this one is quite nice:

Milo E. Denlinger, in his book The Complete Pug, writes: "A far better hypothesis, probably the correct one, is that Pug is a corruption of Puck the mischievous fairy of Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and other early romances. Puck was sometimes known as Robin Goodfellow or Friar Rush." This derivation is suggested by Century Dictionary, the ethnologies of which are usually trustworthy. The puckish disposition of the Pug is undeniable. Further evidence that this derivation is correct is offered by the employment of the term "picked up" by some of the nineteenth-century authorities to describe the Pug's wrinkled face.

mops

doguile just sounds like some horrible pidgin, pug is kind of an ugly word, carlino is alright but it could be a word for any number of other things

mops mops mops

medically unexplained physical symptoms

The Mongalla Free-tailed Bat (Mops demonstrator) is a species of bat in the family Molossidae.

moops

http://i.imgur.com/mvd6K.jpg

mops not 'llops

what a little gentleman

― the late great, Thursday, August 30, 2012 11:22 AM (3 days ago)

will always think of benson in this way

good juxtaposition of t shirts

LOL at the clever Urban Outfitters employee who put those together.

best beloved bandana

http://i.imgur.com/Wie4S.jpg

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/11/08/article-2059002-0EB579F300000578-426_634x442.jpg

awwwwww

XP

Best Beloved Benson's Badasssss Bandana.

http://i45.tinypic.com/309rfk8.jpg

Shut. up.

I <3 Benson

I will say here what I said on FB: Being cute - it's where Benson's a viking.

And MH, he loves you too. I can say that with confidence because he loves everyone.

Happy birhtday lil dude.

http://i.imgur.com/vXpvn.jpg

I like how he has the same head tilted expression as in his 2nd birthday picture.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2236179/Little-Mixs-Leigh-Anne-Pinnock-gets-socially-responsible-anti-narcotics-T-shirt.html

Yeah, that's a popular shirt. I love the lady that draws them - Gemma Correll. I have an awesome bag she did of a sad looking pug in big glasses. And another t shirt that has an awkward looking pug and cat that says "We met on the internet". What? Don't look at me like that.

lol this is the bag

http://modcloth.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/modcloth-wisdom-by-winston-tote.jpg?w=600

benson p much

Benson is being a total asshole lately. I am not happy about it. :(

I'd pretend that I would give him a stern talking-to if I was there, but I'd probably just look at those eyes and give up

did you change his food or what?

I keep telling him that I don't like him very much right now and that he's being a jerk but then, yeah, the eyes and the next thing I know I'm smooshing his face and rubbing his belly.

No, no food change.

He's never been fixed and I think that maybe that's just it? He's always had this thing where if he's tired and you try to move him he starts growling at you a little but lately he's doing it all the time! Then he catches himself and looks startled as if to say, "What am I doing growling at my human?" and the next thing you know he's kissing you cause he feels bad but the growling is really annoying and I don't know what to do about it.

i grab santi's nose when he does that and clamp his mouth shut until he stops

don't think that's possible with a pug

he doesn't growl at me, he growls at other dogs

HE DOESN'T HAVE A NOSE

:(

well there's the problem

stupid mean broken dog

stop trying to move him

But he keeps sitting in my spot!

Benson is... fertile? uh oh

Yeah but he's only ever shown interest in fucking stuffed pugs. I think he might be a furry. :/

Or a plushie? One of those things.

maybe when he growls you could tickle his nose with a feather

I got this at a thrift store today for $3.50

http://devimages.surftripper.com/products/000/056/807.jpg

I'm going to call him Pugstep.

http://www.metalsucks.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/pugdestroyershirt.jpg

Ha! Awesome!!

Well, the rawhide was obviously a hit.

http://i.imgur.com/BG5OULD.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/nast2dY.jpg

BBB Boners

ban E

looooool

HOLY SHIT I AM THIS CLOSE TO THROWING THE FUCKER OUT THE WINDOW

:(

Benson, you douchebag! You better come correct and straighten up.

RIP benson

debenestration

ok lol

WHY WON'T HE STOP BARKING?!

He did stop and now it's started again and then I think maybe I gave him too much xanax cause he puked literally 20 times last night of course maybe it wasn't the xanax but something he ate and I only got 4.5 hours of sleep because he was woofing until 2 am and AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Maybe he's just having an off week?

At one in the morning I was holding him with one arm cause it was the only thing that would quiet him and researching "how to stop dog barking in apartment" online with the other. This is like having a goddamn newborn though I doubt one of the popular answers on how to get a baby to stop crying is to spray it in the face with a water bottle.

He's probably thinking "I love barking, and those funny pill things make me not want to bark, so *bleeeeeech*"

i love to park and i am crazy

welp

lol

hahahaha

I feel like I'm going to collapse or just lose it. I've had < 5 hrs of sleep each night since Sat.

Is there a doggy daycare he could get dropped off at for a day or two?

He gets taken out 2x a week with other dogs and he runs around for a couple hours. I upped it to three this week to try to tire him out.

Or do you mean could I board him somewhere for a couple days so I can sleep?

I know it sounds like I'm bitching a lot but I'm still trying to get this anxiety/panic thing I've been dealing with under control and the stress of constant barking and worrying about the neighbors along with the lack of sleep really isn't helping that at all.

A little of column A, a little of column B. I have some friends who drop their dog off while they're at work a couple days a week, but if he was able to stay overnight just so you can catch up on sleep it might help.

I bought a spray bottle today at lunch. B's going down.

lol

I'm having visions of sitting there on the floor tonight just blasting him and watching him startle and look confused. I wanted to buy a water gun to make this more fun but the hardware store only had super soakers and that seemed a little cruel.

SUCCESS!! SUCCESS!!

He tried to woof a little around 7:00 p.m. and so I shot him in the butt with the spray bottle and he looked very confused and annoyed. After doing this about three times he stopped barking completely and SLEPT THE REST OF THE NIGHT.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!

Yayyyyyy, well done E & B.

be sure to reward/reinforce good behavior!!!

I am trying. I was so happy this morning I kept telling him what a good boy and an angel is was and kissed him and gave him about a zillion treats. Here's hoping that wasn't a one off thing and that tonight will be similarly peaceful.

:D

http://i.imgur.com/4XA5L21.jpg

omg

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8nf8ofLOf1rd1nzdo1_500.png

http://i55.tinypic.com/28a3h28.jpg

this photo

blaaaaaaazed