| Casper is an AKC registered "brindle" pug. AKC performed DNA tests on both his parents and the results were 100% pug. I'm not inviting any arguments about the validity of brindle colored pugs. However, I have found quite a bit of information to support the existence of brindle pugs in history. If anyone is interested I would be happy to share what I've learned with you. Just send me an e-mail and I will oblige. Casper was the second pug puppy to arrive at our house. Actually, he is the pug puppy that was the source of Simon's woes (see Simon's page.) Casper is exactly 9 months younger than Simon. He has some silly characteristics like for one he has a permanent tickle in his left shoulder. It can be quite annoying and inconvenient if you try to take Casper for a walk. Throughout the walk he is constantly trying to itch his tickle. Of course the standard pug walking wear aka the harness, irritates his tickle so he basically walks on three legs or he is constantly trying to sit down so he can scratch his tickle. The whole tickle problem has earned him the nickname of "Tripod." I felt so sorry for my daughter when she decided to try an obedience class with Casper. She couldn't quite figure out how to make an itchy three legged dog heal. In the end she just gave up. Casper has a very unique scratchy/scraggely bark. His bark sounds like a hacking heavy chain smoker after 20 years of smoking. Casper loves being called "Booger Face", his second nickname. I have a third nickname that he equally enjoys, it is "Crap-ster." Silly I know. Casper is the official "pug face cleaner" of the house. He is so committed to his job and committed to doing the best that he can that he drives the rest of us crazy with the noise of smacking lips and tongue. I like to call Casper a "mouth breather". Whenever he runs around you can hear him breathing and snorting at the same time. He sounds like a heavy breathing crank caller who's holding a squealing pig. Another annoying thing that Casper likes to do is he is a total "clock watcher." Everyday at 4:00 pm he starts to stare at me intently. By 4:15 he takes it up a notch and adds a low whining noise. Dinner time is at 5:00 pm and Casper makes sure I never forget to put the food down. Like he couldn't do with a bit less food in his belly. Lastly, Casper is also what I like to call "aggressively stupid." What that means is Casper is basically a wimp. Basically, he's not the sharpest tack in the box. Unfortunately, every once in a while he likes to pick one of the pugs (usually Dash) and starts to stare at him. If they move away he follows continuing to stare. In the end he ends up making someone angry and a fight will break out. After I break up the fight Casper seems to have this "What, what'd I do?" look on his face. Casper sleeps with my daughter and we call him "her" dog. He is a typical teenager's pet. I do all the work and she slips him snacks at the dinner table. |
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