Animal blessings

I've been meaning to post this one for awhile... My good friend converted to Catholicism this year and told me once a year Catholics have a special mass dedicated to blessing animals in which you can bring any breed of animal and have the priest bless them. It was so sweet, the music and sermon were tailored to animals and peoples relationships with animals. Here are some pictures of me and the pups and my friend and his family with his rat Che and their dog Sophie. We all decided in the end that Allie may benefit more from an exorcism than a blessing.

Allie! (the crazy one!)

Since I got Otis I'd always known that I wanted to get a 2nd pug. While Otis was naughty on occasion, he had always been pretty relaxed and was easy to train as a puppy. I went to the same breeder last summer and got Allie. He was sooo cute and had the funniest little walk I'd ever seen. I got him home and he was absolute trouble from day one!

He has been incredibly hard to potty train, he wants to eat everything and loves to bug Otis, and is the most jealous little animal you have ever seen! All of that is forgiven though with the million kisses he gives and the look of "I'm sorry" that flashes for 2 seconds between getting into more trouble.

All he wants is attention ALL THE TIME! He's always hungry and always wants to play and be the center of it all. He struggles a lot with allergies (which you will probably hear a lot about) but is so energetic its contagious even when he's not feeling well.