De-lurking to let you know I'm thinking of your two puglets, and am hopeful that Sophie and Tippi will heal and get the treatment they need. By the way, my Mom has a black pug and he has the scratched cornea/eye problem too, and her little guy has been helped a whole lot with some "tear gel" (just from the pharmacy section of the grocery store or a local drugstore) plus prescription eye drops. I don't know the name of the prescription eye drops, but the 'tear gel' is just that - you can find it at any drugstore or pharmacy section of the grocery store. The vet recommended the tear gel in addition to prescription eye drops. Mom's "Mickey" can't see all that well out of the one eye, but at least he's not in any eye pain and is much happier with the drops and tear gel.
Meanwhile, I am hoping there is something for Sophie too - something to make her feel more comfortable. Not sure if it helps, but my last doggie, "Beatrice" had osteosarcoma (pretty bad) and fish (leftover baked salmon and/or salmon skin that we didn't eat) as well as fish oil capsules actually helped to make her feel a bit more comfortable. Just piercing a regular fish oil capsule and putting it into her doggie dinner seemed to help a wee bit.
In terms of Sunny - I wanted to share that we adopted a totally wild and crazy, supposedly "un-adoptable" black lab ("Gus") from the pound a few years back, and he was quite a challenge. Puts Marley of "Marley and Me" to shame. The shelter was phoning me daily/weekly for awhile after we adopted him, asking how it was going, and they were so surprised and pleased that we were keeping him, despite his issues. Gus, the seemingly unwanted and un-adoptable black lab, is pictured in my avatar.
The thing that helped the most with Gus was tons of activity and socializing with other rambunctious/active doggies. I found a dog walker/hiker/trainer guy who turned out to be amazing, and Gus is so much better now with other dogs of all sizes/ages and temperaments. He seems to "get" that not every dog is as wild,crazy and rambunctious as he is. It seems like he's developed a sensitivity to other dogs and people now, and is able to adjust his behaviour accordingly.
I didn't take Gus to puppy training school since he was already two when we adopted him, and he actually "failed" at doggie daycare (half hour meet & greet/trial visit = total disaster). Yeah, he was that troublesome.:) Like I said, the dog walker/hiker person I hired was really good. Better than puppy school, and better than hoping Gus would learn how to behave at a dog daycare.
This is my very long-winded way of suggesting that a good dog walker/trainer type person might be much better than puppy training school for Sunny. The bonus would be that when Sunny returned home from a really long walk, she'd be tired and calm - ie. nice and relaxed around your puglets, instead of being all wound up.
Hang in there Janet - I'm sending all kinds of love and prayers for Sophie and Tippi, and a big "be nice to the pugs" boost for Sunny.
Including a photo (or three) of Gus and his rambunctious friends. Gus is so much calmer now because of these outings. I bet Sunny would do well to go off on some outings with other (active) doggies in the company of a good dog walker/trainer type person. We humans can try - but it's not quite the same as having the chance to unleash that puppy energy with other doggies who also want to play and run around like crazy.
Hugs, healing and tummy rubs for Sophie and Tippi, and a ridiculously long walk/hike with a bunch of other energetic doggies for Sunny. A giant dose of "it'll all work out" zen-like energy for you and a bunch of forgiveness for your DH. Here's hoping that Sunny soon figures out that Sophie and Tippi would love some puppy joy and maybe even some cuddles, but maybe not necessarily the rambunctious puppy energy all the time.
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