Cookie the Pug

Cookie is a 2.5 year old purebred Pug. She too is a misfit.

 Cookie has a tracheal tube that collapses into an asthmatic fit when she gets hyper-excited and her allergies are bad. We give her Bendaryl per the vet’s instructions when this happens. She also has an elongated upper palate that reaches down her throat and further complicates her breathing problems.

We bought Cookie at a pet store. My guess is that she was a puppy out of a mill. She is the most wonderful dog and we will never regret buying HER but I don’t advise buying puppies from a pet store, no matter how good the guarantee and how well you’ve checked them out.

Cookie became deathly ill within 24 hours of bringing her home. She had kennel cough, an e-coli infection and another bacterial infection. She had to be hospitalized. She was so tiny as a puppy that she slept next to me with her head and front paws upon the side of my neck. When she couldn’t breathe in the night, as she was recovering, I would rub her chest and back to help her. We are very attached to each other.

 Cookie hears for us who do not always hear so well. Pugs cannot smell very well and many times, Cookie does not recognize us from a distance. We have to talk to her and tell her who we are as we approach while she charges us, barking like mad. If she were a big dog, she’d be very frightening.

Cookie is a strong-willed little dog, but very loving. She loves to snuggle with us whenever someone sits down. She also sleeps in. This makes her a great vacation dog.

Since she is a Pug and has her breathing problems, she cannot spend much time outside in weather extremes. If it is raining or snowing, we have to drag her outside to go to the bathroom. Sometimes we have conflicts over coming back inside, especially on cool but sunny days as she likes to sit on the patio in the sunshine. If we know someone is coming over, she has to come inside because she thinks she can take on a motor vehicle.

She is very playful. She loves to play ball and she can hold her own when wrestling with much bigger dogs. When she gets very excited and is playing tag, she scoots around the house in mad circles, her bottom pressed flat against floor. She barks and barks and sticks her curly tail out straight behind her so that it drags across the floor. This is a stunning and amazing event to watch for the other dogs.

Cookie is very good with all of the other animals. She helps to herd the chickens, the turkeys and she visits the rabbit now and again to say hello. She is the best little dog in town.