Stubborn and Crazy

Go ahead and go look up the word stubborn in the dictionary. I'll wait while you do that! Okay, I see your back, did you notice a picture of my Cody-man beside the word stubborn in your dictionary? Pugs are known to have a stubborn streak. As for Simon, the stubborn gene completely skipped him. Completely! I could get him to do ANYTHING. Then at the exact opposite end of the spectrum stands a little pug at 11 inches high named Cody. He defines stubborn. He defines control-freak too. As he's aged his stubborn streak has grown. Today Cody decided to put on a show as he was the world's most stubborn pug during the morning walk. There were movers outside moving some other residents and they enjoyed seeing the show Cody put on. At one point he dug his little heels in reminiscent of a mule, then started backing up. Continuing to back up and back up some more until I decided to drop the leash then reach out to physically stop him. It's like his back up gear was stuck and he couldn't get it back in neutral. Oh man, it was a sight. Slightly embarrassing for me. With each passing day he's more and more like walking a mule not a pug!

The other day Cody flipped out about the new toothpaste I got him. I don't know what it is about that particular brand but Cody is not having it! He'll raise quite the ruckus over toothpaste these days. Therefore we decided we definitely need to go get Cody something different. Later that day we return home with a more pleasing brand of toothpaste for Prince Cody. Upon arriving home I took the toothpaste out of it's packaging then set it on the counter. Next thing I know I look over and my husband has the lid off the toothpaste and is tasting it. I quickly exclaim, "Are you doing what I think you are doing?". His response, "I've seen the boys get their teeth brushed for years, I wanted to finally see what the toothpaste tasted like." My, oh my! Crazy husband! Still grosses me out to think about. Well if Brad starts developing canine fangs...I know why!

To my sweet Piper girl, you and I live with one crazy boy and one extremely stubborn one. We clearly have to stick together. You and I might not exactly be fully "normal" either as you have lots of quirks(wink-wink) but we aren't as stubborn and crazy as the boys in the house. LOL!