Weekend Portraits

Bath Time!

These boys are inseperable. If one goes somewhere the other must follow. Amazingly, they did very well in the bath together it was not a headache once so ever. Nobody tried jumping out or shook off the shampoo. Good boys!

Nap Time

with his favorite rubber chicken

Sonoma State Beach

We went on a road trip up the Pacific Coast Highway and played at one of the dog friendly beaches on a foggy day. The boys liked the pebbled beach and the different *new* smells that came along with that.


It was cool to see them interact with the sand and water. Surprisingly, they didnt try to eat anything. Miles learned the hard way about the ocean, he ran full force toward a wave and then ran full force the opposite way as the wave touched the pads of his paws.

Harley must mark his territory

Hot! After the Dog Park

These boys will do everything that they can to make their way to the front of the car. I wish I had a divider like a cop car so these guys can stay in the back. g-d forbid that I get into ANOTHER accident and these boys fly around like little torpedos.

Introducing Miles Davis

After we got settled in the new house, we decided to search for our new family member. I found a local classified ad [ not craigslist ] advertising for a small black pug puppy named “batman” who was three months old.

The next day we took a drive and met with the nice family who raised “batman”. We met mom – a fawn petite pug who was chasing her tail the whole time & dad – a black small pug who grunted and snorted. Batman was raised by a little boy, who picked him up by his front legs and he had the same type of raging male puppy like behavior. We were told to be sensitive to this little boy because he loved batman so we were prepared for alot of crying, ranting, and raving but as a matter of fact,it was a smooth exchange. The boy was happy because his dad was buying him legos. I offered to keep in touch, or even have a pug meetup so they know, we will be loving and caring parents to Batman.

Harley freaked out when he met these new dogs, there was so much commotion going on in that backyard. A female going around in circles, A male pig-like pug , and Batman who was pulling Harley’s curved tail all the way straight.. Andrew pet Harley to keep him calm while he was observing the madness.

For a second I wondered if this was going to be okay? but I knew batman would calm down after all the other commotion chilled out.We parted ways and decided we cannot keep the name batman so we decided he new name is Miles Davis.

Miles sat in the front with me all the way home, and he stuck his head out the window. Harley pushed his way to sit with Miles in the front, they were both quiet and tolerable of each other and we were on our way to Miles Davis’ new home.

Miles’ first picture

Oh, Diva

After dog sitting Diva the seven month old Yorkshire Terrier, we decided maybe Harley needed a best friend in the future. When I told my friend I would watch her dog… I knew Harley would get along with it, but I didnt think they would be cuddled together every night and walking right next to each other when they went outside.

When Diva was ready to go back to her home, Harley was so upset. He started humping my friend Priscilla, jumping to get Diva and then cried at the door when she left. Harley was heartbroken.

Diva went home the night before we moved to the Bay Area
So that next morning Harley was Andrew’s side kick in a big Uhaul on a journey to our new home.

Introducing Harley

Harley is a fawn male pug and he was raised in Orange County.
We adopted him June 20, 2010 a few days after we tragically lost our seven month old pug named Bronx. At that time Harley moved to San Diego to live with us.

Harleys first picture in the car

Harleys owners said he barked alot when he was left at home for too long.There wasnt any other issue except for the barking, we were also told that Harley has been attached to males .  When Harley met Andrew he quickly looked up to him and stood by his side. 

When he first got into our car he wanted to sit on my lap and stick his head [and whole body] out of the  front passenger window, it was something that Bronx loved to do so it was easy to start healing since we were starting to see a semi similar dog. This similar dog did look like Bronx but Harley was two years old, and weighed twenty-two pounds. 

His first evening with us, we took him to  a park in San Diego called Spanish Trails to see his leash and people habits.  Right before we left home,the leash came out and Harley sat down right away. We were so amazed that this dog actually sits still while getting harnessed. [bronx would attack his leash or act crazy so it was always difficult to get him to sit still] Andrew had this astonishing look on his face and thats when we realized Harley was meant to be our dog.

Harley is a great dog,he loves his parents, loves food, loves his belly rubbed, to sit on the couch. He is obedient, friendly, and with enough attention and treats he doesnt bark much.