We are sad to announce that yesterday Walter lost his fight and passed away.

Walter came to us as a stray picked up in San Antonio and taken in by the San Antonio Pug Rescue. As they were overwhelmed we had offered to pick up some pugs for transfer to PugHearts of Houston. When we saw Walter we knew we had to be his foster home. We didn’t know his medical problems and as it turns out there was much more to overcome than anyone knew.

He had emergency surgery on Thursday to repair his collapsing trachea. Unfortunately he had complications and by Friday morning he had to have an emergency tracheotomy. We were able to visit him and stroke him that morning. Friday night we received the phone call that he had simply stopped breathing. They were unable to get him back.

This is how we choose to remember him, and want others to remember him as well. As the happy, loving guy who always seemed content just to be near us.

He will be missed by us as well as the whole gang. He wasn’t here very long but in the time he was he had blended in beautifully and made good friends with everyone.

We love you Walt! And we hope you enjoyed your time with us. We will always remember you and will be forever changed for having you in our lives.

-Robbi (mum), Richard (dad), Denny, Charlie, Phoebe, Maggie and Munchkin.

I certainly don’t want to encourage them to beg, but it’s awfully difficult to refuse them when they look this cute:

I mean, how can I resist those faces???? They’re just too darned cute!

Miss Maggie has appointed herself gatekeeper, disciplinarian and all-around ruler of all of the other pugs. She doesn’t really interact with Munchkin that much.

Every time there is any squabble amongst the kids, Maggie intervenes and tells everybody off. And if Phebes gets a bit too rambunctious playing with her toys, Maggs lets her know about it and puts a stop to it. Occasionally it gets out of hand and we need to step in but almost always they sort it out and Maggie has the last word. It’s funny to see Phoebe and Charlie’s little faces when she does this – it’s almost like little school kids who know they’ve been naughty.

Maggie has one habit we can’t quite understand. Every now and then, for some reason, she will sit in front of the doggie door which leads to our back patio. When she does this, none of the other dogs dare to try and go outside. She’s never acted aggressive towards anyone wanting to go out, but nobody even tries! I’ve even seen Denny sit down and wait for her to abandon her post before trying to venture out. Not sure what her motivation is, but she seems almost regal sitting there overlooking her court.

Perhaps she thinks she needs to earn her keep in order to stay here for good this time? Silly girl, we’re not letting you go anywhere ever again! Now just relax and cuddle with me on the sofa.

Life just doesn’t get any better than this.

We love you guys!