Original Pug Painting Give-A-Way and New Artwork

Greetings Pug Peeps,

I wanted to update you all on some of my creations. First off, I have some exciting news! I am giving away this original 12 x 12 mixed media painting! To enter all you have to do is go to my Facebook fan page here: https://www.facebook.com/PugArt , "Like" my page and then locate the post for the give-a-way of this painting and click the "Share" button to share the post on your wall. I will randomly pick a winner on January 2nd. If you do not have a Facebook account you can still enter by posting about this give-a-away on your blog (include a link to my blog: http://journeywithpugs.blogspot.com and a comment here with your blog link included. Good luck everyone!

I also have prints available of this painting over on my online shop here: http://www.arvaypugs.com and click on the SHOP link. Blogger doesn't seem to like the shop URL for some reason.

As well as these new mini prints. They are 5 x 5 (4 x 4 inch image with a 1 inch border for framing). All of these are done by a professional printer on Somerset Gilcee paper. The quality is fabulous! 

  1000 Reasons

Always a Gentleman

 Love

If you visit http://www.arvaypugs.com and click on the SHOP link. If you decide you want to order more than 1 print, email me at: kelle@twodancingcrows.com and I can send you an invoice. If you order 3 or more prints, shipping is FREE!

Meet Pinkk Snapdragon aka Mushu

We are the proud new co-owners of this beautiful little girl; Mushu. She's 3 months old and an absolute doll. I think she's going to do very well in the show ring! Her Dam is a full litter sister to BIS, BISS, Ch. Tupelo Sho Boat Tu China Tu (Boo). Her sire is GCh. Jasez Pinkk Vulcan God of Fire.

We recently took her to a local Pug gathering and she had the time of her life. We look forward to great things to come for this little girl!

New Puppy Pictures

Here are a few new puppy pictures. They are almost 5 weeks old. These puppies are out of Ch. Coryrex's Shooting Star x Arvay's Midnight Lullaby. 

Male. Got Wrinkles? He sure does! Can you see little Thumbelina sleeping in this picture?

This little girl doesn't have a name yet. She's middle as far as size. She'll be a small girl at maturity. Her dam is 13 pounds.

This is little Thumbelina. She had a early set back but she's doing better now after an episode with pneumonia.

Black Pug puppy available

This cute chubby goober will be looking for the perfect home. Isn't he ridiculously cute!? He's 11 days old in this photo and his eyes just recently opened so now he's checking out the world around him. 

He will be ready for a new home later in November. If interested, you can fill out are inquiry form here: http://www.arvaypugs.com/submissions.php?id=1

He is out of CH. Coryrex's Shooting Star x Arvay's Midnight Lullaby. 

 

Agility Pug Wanna-Be

I think in another life Cricket would of been in agility. She's so fast and boy this girl can jump like no ones business!

Here are a few shots I captured.

Pixie almost looks like she's thinking "INCOMING!"

Introducing Tupelo I'm Still Standing

I'm excited to introduce Oliver to all of you. His registered name is Tupelo I'm Still Standing and he comes to us from Patt Kolesar of Tupelo Pugs. He's just gorgeous! He's currently out being shown by our handler Judy Ellis and has his first show next weekend. He's 15 months old. I have longed for a nice fawn boy for some time now and I think we've found him!

The Pixinator

Pixie is growing up so fast. Oh why can't they stay puppies for longer? Well, of course she's still very much a puppy and will be for some time. She is just so cute and I enjoy her so much. Here are a few pictures to share with you.

Sexy Pug Draw me like one of your french girls

I just had to share this! Too funny! Notice this is actually a male?? LOL!

Pugs and the cold

Brrr! It's freezing out this morning. So much so that little Pixie could only go out to potty for a few minutes. I will be so glad when Spring arrives. This cold weather is for the birds.

The cutest Pug puppy in the world

Ok, well I'm partial but I think little Pixie is adorable! Don't you? She's 6 1/2 weeks old now and just as sweet as she can be.

Pixie Pug at 4 weeks old

Almost 4 weeks I should say. She just shy a couple days. She weighs a whopping 15 ounces so she's true to her name Pixie for sure. She so darn cute! She's eating solids now and does so with much enthusiasm. She's got quite an appetite for such a wee girl. Here are some pictures.

Pinkk Just One Look Major Wins

Merci did very well this past weekend in Marshall, MI taking back to back Majors. We are so proud of her! She is Co-owned with Karen Thompson and I can't thank Karen enough for sharing this beautiful girl with us.

We have big plans for her future and I am excited for things to come.

Pug photos

By now you all know how much I enjoy taking pictures. Ok, I admit that I tend to get pretty snap-happy but I can't help it. Who wouldn't want to take a gazillion photo's of Pugs? So anyway, the other day I was getting my camera out of the case it slipped from my hand. There I was stuck in this slow motion unreal state as I watched it fall and crash onto my hardwood floor. The worse part was hearing a crack and shattering sound. I swear that sound still gives me chills.

Fortunately, it was just the lense that broke and the camera itself survived. Just how I'm not sure. But thank the Lord for small favors. I know it's just a camera but it's an expensive one.

So today I dug out my other lense (thankfully, I had another). This one however is one of those long zoom lenses that makes the camera heavy, but I thought what the heck it's better than nothing. So off we went out into the yard to test it out. It was actually pretty neat to be able to take photo's from across the yard. Here are a few I snapped of Tiggy and Seven.

Introducing Pinkk Just One Look

Meet Merci (French pronunciation)! We are Co-owning her with Karen Thompson of Pinkk Pugs. We couldn't be more excited about this beautiful girl and honored to have this opportunity. She's 11 months old. Currently she is pointed and will probably head out at the end of the month to the shows. Merci is out of Ch. Sandcastle's Sarpendon X Ch. Pinkk Made U Look.

Here is a short video of her.

Ch. Coryrex's Shooting Star

Here's a picture of Gordy we took today. I just love his head!

Pug puppies almost 6 months old

I was working with the girls a bit on the table today. I think both are turning out very nice. Cricket was difficult to get pictures of as she is a little BEAST! She kept biting my fingers instead of the bait LOL! Next time I'll bait her with something on a spoon to save my digits.

Anyway, I'm very excited about both these girls and while they haven't quite reached 6 months old yet, I'm already laying out breeding plans for them in the future. It can take some planning and I know for sure I will likely breed Cricket to Gordy. Gordy is dominant black so we'll get all black puppies. But also some of the resulting puppies may also be dominant black. So that is exciting. Of course this is quite a ways down the road yet. But it doesn't hurt to plan ahead (:

Here is Cricket. She's out of Ch. Kirby and Arvay's Lonestar to Treasure.



Here is Seven below. She's out of Ch. Coryrex's Shooting Star x Ch. Moonstruck's Notorious. I haven't decided just yet who might end up being Seven's Beau. Although I have a couple options in mind and one of them is a fawn male that I have some frozen semen stored from. He's gorgeous and I'm going to look over their pedigrees a bit more and see if that would be a good match.

Pushy Pugs

Arvay's Seven Past Midnight

Ok, I took a few pictures today of Seven. Boy is she getting cute! She looks so much like her sire Gordy. Though I see Ingrid in her too. I love her head and she has nice bone. I also like how balanced she is. One of these days maybe I'll get a good profile or table shot of her. She's a sweetie. She's a bit more reserved than her sister Six, but she's coming around. I've been able to get her out more now the weather is warmer.

Black Pug puppies Seven and Cricket

We had the girls outside for just a bit to play today and I snapped a couple pictures of Seven and Cricket.

Here's Cricket - Arvay's Midnight Lullaby

Seven - Arvay's Seven Past Midnight

Black Female Pug puppy "Six"

I thought I'd share some updated pictures of little Six. She's so adorable and petite. She is now 13 weeks and looking for her forever home. Her requirements are to have a home where she will be relentlessly spoiled, pampered and doted upon. She in return will offer to snuggle in your lap and lavash you with kisses, of which she has an endless supply.

I consider Six somewhat of a "special needs" puppy. Mainly due to her small size. She has had her first shots and Vet check up and is doing great. You can find more information about Six on my site; http://www.arvaypugs.com/

Six and her sister. Gives you an idea of her petite size.