Monday, February 21, 2011

SCARY THINGS

Y'know, I was totally surprised to hear I'm not the only one afraid of tinfoil. Dutch always laughs at me about it and he's the wimpiest dog on earth, so I thought I was some kind of freak or something.

Knowing I'm not the only tinfoil-fearing freak out there made me feel better, so today I'm going to confess all my fears. OK, maybe just the top three ones. And Dutch's too.

Here goes...

My name is Puglet, and I'm afraid of:

1. Tinfoil
2. My human when she catches me eating poo.
3. Uhmmm... microwave popcorn?

Dutch is afraid of lots of stuff, but here's the top 3:

1. Cows
2. White-stuff-in-a-can (aka whipped cream)
3. His own farts

Sharing this stuff doesn't make anything less scary. But it makes you feel kinda good. What's on your Top 3 list of scary things?

43 comments:

Anonymous said...

Our pug Otto's number one fear: talking to him through a wrapping paper tube.

He also really hates his mom's vibrating house slippers.

Noodle said...

1. Waiting for my meals and thinking I might not get to eat them!
2. The huMAN when he's watching football.
3. Being left in the car.

Ashley said...

Hi My name is Emma and I am afraid of....

1). Ruby, the big mean dog next door.
2). A day without treats
3). Puddles!

Anonymous said...

My cat Lewis is also afraid of tinfoil! And the ironing board which I can totally understand.
-Kris in Oklahoma

Noodles said...

My name is Noodles the Pug and I am afraid of
1. Cars that roar (I can handle quiet cars like Prius and Mommy's Honda)
2. Sunshine the Cat when she hisses
3. Mommy's ROAR

Dexter said...

PeeWee is scared of Vaseline. What's up with that? Me? Stairs! EEEE!

Slobbers,
Mango

Ellie, Bogie and Gertie said...

1. Carpet sweeper
2. Broom
3. Small screaming children

Ernest Merriweather Picklebottom III said...

Hello, my name is Ernest and I am afraid of...

1. Plastic shopping bags
2. The vacuum
3. Garbage trucks

Your feline friend,
Ernest Merriweather Picklebottom III

Anonymous said...

Carlos, the Berlin pug is afraid of:

1. Berlin running out of dog food suddenly

2. a mean black shepard who in turn is afraid of Carlos

3. the scale (ooooops ..).

Phobic greetings from Germany

Carlos Santana

Minnie and Mack said...

Hi, my name is Mack the pug and I'm afraid of:

Storm Drains---I will not walk within 20 feet of any open storm drain. I make sure I go way around.


That's it.

Mack

Barbara said...

It must be a Dalmatian thing. My now-deceased Dal Buddy used to fart and run!!

Anonymous said...

Pearl is afraid of:

1. Grass (not really afraid, doesn't like to walk on it)
2. white stuff in the can (not afraid of it after you pull it out of the can
3. Vacuum

Tessa:

Not much of anything, except missing a meal. Doesn't like the groomers

Pearl and Tessa

MochiMachoMarshmallow said...

Hello my name is Mochi and I'm afraid of:

1. Jumping off of high place
2. Snow and Rain
3. Running out of food and snack

Hello my name is Macho and I'm afraid of:

1. Mochi
2. Mochi
3. Mochi

Hello my name is Marshmallow and I'm afraid of:

1. Mochi
2. Mochi
3. Mochi

As you can see Mochi rules the house.

Helio from Nebraska said...

My name is Helio and I am a pug and I am afraid of a Hallmark Valentine's card with a pug on it that when you open it, a voice sings Boom Boom. I am also afraid of Mommy talking through a paper towel tube. And the sound that rattled paper makes. My pug sister Raven is not afraid of much. She attacks the Dyson. She is afraid of a full page NYTimes Ralph Lauren Ad of a man wearing a dark suit. He has a mean look on his face so she barks at it. My pug Aunt Bing Bing thinks we are silly because Mommy and Daddy always protect us. Our Cat Cousin Cosmo is only afraid of the house cleaner.

Anonymous said...

I am afraid of:
1) Men - bad experience (puppy mill)
2) Tinfoil
3) Coffee bean grinder/food processor

Pugs and hugs
Sammy

Gabby "The Gabbinator" said...

My name is Gabby and I am a cat. I am afraid of:

1) The vacuum - I run and jump on top the fridge until it goes away.

2) The air freshner can..I hate the ssssssst sound it makes.

3)When the rolling suitcase comes out cause it means my human is going away and there will be no TREATS!

Gabby

Pearl and Tessa said...

OK, based on my efforts and a day off (and a self cleaning oven) we discovered one more for both Pearl and Tessa...smoke detectors. Probably a good one to be afraid of!

Pearl and Tessa's human

Mimi, Diva Dog extraordinare said...

I'm Mimi, and I'm not afraid of anything, but I very much dislike:
1. the vacuum. why is it messing with MY floor?
2. the dryers at the groomers. they are loud and obnoxious
3. when mom tries to do anything other than worshiping me (ear cleaning, eye gunk removal, etc) unless there are treats involved.

i get startled when i fart, but not afraid. i bark at my reflection in the tv...

and i guess if i have to choose a real 'fear' its being around too many unfamiliar dogs. then i stick close to mom so i can buy my face in her fat belly if i'm feeling overwhelmed

Barney the Pug said...

Hi my name is Barney the pug and I'm afraid of...

1. Going outside when it's below 20 degrees (I roll over on my belly, refuse to get up, and act like my mom is torturing me when she forces me to potty outside in the cold)
2. My booties and coat that my momma tries to use to make going outside in the cold less scary.
3. Thinking my momma might make me sleep on the floor.

Anonymous said...

My name is Reggie and I am afraid of:
1. Garbage Trucks, 'nuff said.
2. Nintendo Wii (Why does that little hand fly around on tv screen and why do humans jump all over playing this stupid thing?)
3. Golden Retrievers (Almost got bit by one while sniffing a fire hydrant. I'm sure there are some that are nice but I won't take my chances...)

House-O-Pugs said...

We are afraid of Mommy's printer when she decides to print something, it makes an awful noise! We have to bark and bark just to make it stop. It finally submits to us though.
Uff-Da, Pugsly, Angus and Rufus

Anonymous said...

My name is Cleo and I'm afraid of:
1. vacuums
2. getting a bath
3. going to the vet
4. farting (had to add that in!)

My name is Frodo and I'm afraid of:
1. Molly when she goes poodle
2. the vuvuzila (spelling? that annoying soccer horn)
3. hair dryer

My name is Molly and I'm afraid of:
1. mommy when she yells at me for going poodle on Frodo
2. my Tori (human sis) leaving me (I'm her stalker)
3. Frodo when he goes poodle on me at dinner time

Anonymous said...

Bouncer says, I'm afraid of:
1) the smoke mommy makes when she cooks,
2) running out of treats,
3) the mean schnauzer down the street...

Chaos says,
1) being alone,
2) feathers falling,
3) daddy farts

Anonymous said...

My name is Mariah and I'm afraid of:

1. The vacuum.

2. Mom's blowdryer (though I'm getting over this one a little bit).

3. The Gentle Leader (I'll skip a walk, my fav thing on the entire planet, if it involves one of these beasts!).

The vacuum is pure evil so I immediately throw my 95 lbs. of fur at it while growling and barking and I chase it all over the house until I've finally "killed" it, then mom gives me a treat :-)

Isabella the pug said...

My name is Isabella, and I'm afraid of,

1. My human's 2 scary goldfish, Leonard and Lenny.

2. The blowdryer. That thing gives me the creeps!

3. My human's friends Golden Retriever Sparky. He literally tries to eat me!

4. The vet. He once stuck a stick in my butt!

This list just goes on and on. I'm not even going to mention that EVIL vacuum cleaner.

Wilma said...

Hi, I'm Wilma the Positive Pug, and I'm afraid of: 1. Plastic Bags and Tin foil, scary noises
2. unknown dogs
3. no food
4. Snow: it's so fluffy!

Gracie the Agility Pug said...

1. Talking through the cardboard tube
2. The vacuum
3. The teeter totter

Luckily, mom knows the key to overcoming my fears is through my stomach. So I get lots of cookies around these things, and they're much less scary these days.
Gracie

Bella said...

Hi Puglet!

Well I didn't know what that tin foil stuff was so I asked my mom to show me to see if I was scared of it. NOT scared of it! But I think it's because you taught me how to fight off a mountain lion and I've been practicing with my sister Luna (THE world's biggest fraidy-cat) and I've got my growl down PERFECT! So that's prolly why I'm not afraid of tin foil. The only thing I'm afraid of is when my mom runs out of duck wrapped sweet potatoes. THAT really scares me! But Luna is scared of 1) anything loud 2) but especially thunder and 3) the kitchen floor.... I know, TOTALLY weird! These big dogs look all tough, but they're not really. So now I am waiting at the window for my first mountain lion.....

Snorts and snarfles,
Bella

Mr Puggles said...

Hi Puglet! I totally freak out when my mom sits down and I'm not able to get onto her lap! I look totally worried and stressed out and cry until she changes positions so I can sit in my "pug spot".. Her number one job is supposed to be snuggling with me!!

Pugs2Luv said...

We're only afraid of our human leaving and never coming back. She knows our food, favorite toys and treats and all the things that makes us happy pugs...oh scary
uv, Zoey &Phoebe

Peggy2957 said...

Hi Puglet,

I have to admit that Gracie and I do NOT like tin foil at all. When our human got new living room furniture she decided she didn't want us up on it doing our WWWF SMACK-DOWN thing. Her friend told her to put sheets of foil on the couch and chair and that would teach us to stay off. Well let me tell you that Gracie was the first one to jump on the chair. She was so scared by the foil that her feet were moving at like 100 mph just trying to get off. The foil got all ripped up and went flying every where. My human laughed so hard she cried. Then we jumped on the couch and there it was again making SCARY noises and freaking us out. So now Gracie and I are afraid of foil.

Gracie is like Dutch and scared of LOTS of things. I think the next scariest thing is the vent fan above the stove. She TOTALLY freaks and runs out of the kitchen. She also is TERRIFIED of water/swimming. She's so scared my human won't let anyone take her in the pool. She says it would be mean.

As far as I go I do NOT like it when things are someplace they shouldn't be, like a coat hanging on the doorknob, or a blanket draped over the computer chair. I get all freaky and bark. I try to be brave and get closer and take ONE. SLOW. STEP. at a time. The other day my human saw me doing this and said in a VERY quiet voice "boo". I jumped so high I had all four feet off the floor. My human looked at me and said "Benny you make me laugh EVERY single day!!!

The last thing we are afraid of, or should I say don't like is the vacuum. We attack it EVERY time.

And Puglet as far as poop goes......it doesn't bother me one darn bit that my human yells at me and lifts me up so my front feet don't even touch the ground when I eat it. She wishes I feared her but I don't. I just love poop too much.

Benny

Anonymous said...

Oh my god, what a riot! This blog is hilarious. Puglet, can't wait till you start commenting again!

Crabbie Chris said...

Scared of something....hmmm...
1. Mom/Dad running out of food
2. That all my treats will run away and never come back
3. That mom and dad will grow immune to the power of my orbs

Pearl and Tessa said...

Well, after reading that several pugs are afraid of their own farts...I have to say its a good thing Tessa isn't...don't need to tell you why, but she would be scared a lot!

Pearl and Tessa's human

Buddy said...

I'm afraid of...

1. Water puddles (do NOT like getting feet wet)
2. Balloons
3. Running out of food

Great topic today!

Anonymous said...

Hi Puglet
Ellie here:
1, the broom
2, the noise from the garbage truck
3, hmmm

Emmitt
1, being left alone, when mom leaves me
2, umbrellas
3, hmmm

Eli
Nothing.... I'm one crazy little guy.

Ellie, Emmitt and Eli from San Antonio

Holdin27 said...

For Lucy:
1. Not being fed
2. The vacuum
3. Having to sleep in her own bed.

pepper the pugalier said...

just three? oh man...

1) new people
2) the pink pig that makes this awful honking noise (mommy thought i would love it. no. i don't.)
3) darth vader

Massimo said...

1. Pedipaws
2. The Garbage Truck
3. Ice Cream Man

Coco said...

Dear Puglet,
My human just saw this (she spent the day at home and away from the computer with me and Chili yesterday), but she thought it was good therapy for us to confess our fears too, with everyone else, so here goes. I am Coco and I am afraid of the stove when it's on. My human always sets off the smoke alarm when she cooks, so as soon as she turns on the stove I start trembling in the corner. She never (rarely) burns anything, and she tells me we have a very sensitive smoke alarm, but it freaks me out! It's an OK fear though, because she feels so guilty about traumatizing me that she feeds me lots of yummy treats while the stove is on. I'm also afraid of our cellar. When the humans open the door to it and walk down the stairs, I peer cautiously down into the house pit from around the corner.
Chili doesn't seem to be afraid of anything. He even goes down in the cellar with the humans. One time Jersey Shore was on TV and he barked every time Sammie Sweetheart came on TV, so maybe he was afraid of her, or he just didn't like her. We haven't watched her since, so we don't know.
I hope everyone gets good therapy from confessing their fears.

Love,
Coco the pug (and Chili the pug).

Ollie said...

Hi Puglet,
I'm afraid of:
1. Cats - I've been mauled twice.
2. The Vet - Three words: anal gland extraction!
3. Flies - Especially fruit flies. The buzzing drives me crazy.

Celestial Creations said...

My name is Charlie (short for Charles Chewbecca Barkely) and I'm afraid of:
1. bubble gum popping
2. pedicures
3. my own farts noises (makes me jump up and run next to my mom)

Valerie said...

Remy (a non-pug) is afraid of:

1. Sizzling noise from frying pans
2. The stove's exhaust fan (when sizzling frying pan is on)
3. Frost 'smoke' when the freezer door opens
4. Any crackle sounds from our central a/c vents