CAUTION: The following post may scare you.

Boo!

Happy Halloween, everyone!

No, I do not have a drinking problem

I spend hours by the bar because a little someone likes to hide things in the wine rack. This time, it is a piece of cheese and I am gonna get it!

How To Train Your Human

A step by step guide for pugs:

1. Find yourself a human. The littlest, the better.

2. Stay close to your human at key hours: breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks.

3. Be aware of the menu. Snacks like cheerios are particularly easy to catch.

4. Do not pay any interest to comments such as: "how weird... the baby needs vitamines to supplement her diet. She seemed to be eating so well..."

5. Do not restrain yourself in any way: eat as much as you can. On your next vet visit you may be told that you are on a diet; thence, no more snacks for your little human.

6. Bon Apetit!

Hello... and welcome!

Dear dog, cat, human or reader in general,

I have noticed that this blog has more followers and I am very happy because I love making new friends. If you are new to our blog, you probably don't know that we can't comment on blogs because we use mom's almost-useless-cellphone to post and we keep up with other blogs using mobile blogger reader. Why don't we use a regular computer, you may ask?

Well, mom practices attachment parenting and that means that there's always a curious toddler and a hungry pug right by her side. She's pretty much very busy, tired and sleepy most of the time. And I can't reach the computer by myself!

Well, there's other things you may need to know. English is mom's second language. I am bilingual; I understand both english and spanish. But with mom typing for me... well, there's always mistakes and things that are supposed to be funny but really aren't. Forgive her, please.

Also, if you haven't read my story yet, there's a few links to my very first posts, MY LIFE.

Thank you all for reading us!

Mr. Coco,

Editor in Chief

Speechless Sunday: new family member

"Who's that?"

"I don't know, but he kind of looks like you."

"Oh. Mom?!"

Designer Skills

Hello friends,

Let me tell you all a short story. Before we moved into the house, dad told mom that the smallest bedroom should be for the baby. Mom agreed.

The day of the move, they realized that the crib didn't fit through the hallway. Two weeks later, mom decided to convert the crib into a toddler bed to finally move it into the bedroom. That sure was a wise desicion, not only because the baby almost never slept in the crib, but also because she was not going to sleep in the toddler bed either. She sleeps with mom and dad in the king sized bed and that's not about to change.

Therefore, I took over the toddler bed, against daddy's will. My mother and sister think it is cute that I sneak to sleep in there while daddy is not watching. For obvious reasons, I got to decorate the room as I pleased. Do you guys like it?

Human companions

I truly believe that our place is right by our humans, anytime, anywhere. What if they can't take us along? Well, then a cute pug - or dog - accessory in the handbag (or backpack, in my human's case) will do.

Barky Wednesday

"Drop the piece of bread, now!"

Mastering the Art

Dear Friend,

Have you ever wondered how I've prepared myself to be a such an excellent and successful writer? The answer is very simple: I read, or more specifically, I get someone to read to me. Storytime at home may be the most valuable instruction I will ever get.

40 pounds of cuteness

About two weeks ago I overheard this conversation between mom and dad:

"The doctor asked me to try to avoid giving snacks to baby Alfa while at home".

"What?" replied daddy. "Why would the pediatrician ask that?"

"Actually, it was the vet who suggested that, since Coco is overweight and that may be the reason he's been limping lately."

Daddy rolled his eyes, not amused.

Two days later, the vet called with some test results. "It came positive for a bacterial infeccion caused by a tick bite, which may be causing the limping. I will prescribe antibiotics for a month."

That throws overboard the idea of avoiding the pug to eat 3/4 of whatever baby is supposed to eat, since being overweight is not the issue, right mom?

"No, Coco. Sorry."

At the vet appointment today, the scale hit the record number of 40 pounds. Instead of the usual "he is too overweight", someone screamed: "those two are so cute together!". It turns out that baby Alfa's weight is the same as mine. And that I am not overweight anymore. Bring on the snacks!