aw jeez- well, today was my day off, which means its my day to run errands. steve ended up home today too, conveniently, and we pretty much planned on relaxing and getting errands done. so, in the morning, we were sitting, getting ready to get going with the day, when gertrude decided to scare the crap out of us and have this weird reverse sneezing bit. we had never experienced her having one of these attacks (i mean, she kinda snorts whenever she drinks her water, but really nothing prolonged like this was) so we were REALLY freaking out- which got gerti and muppy really freaked out, which probably made everything worse... so, being the concerned individuals that we are, steve got on the internet and found out that its completely normal for pugs to have this weird hacking every once in a while, for maybe a couple of minutes max- that didnt mean we stopped worrying, and did everything we could find on the internet to help the situation- rubbing her throat, briefly covering her nose, lemon juice to break up the phlegm- and it still kept happening. she started getting really tired, which scared us even more, so we decided to call up a vet we had never been to (since our existing ex-vet really sucks). i mean, she had been snorking for about half an hour now, so we were really upset. he talked to the vet and they suggested doing more of the nostril covering business off and on... which, long story short, ended up working. she really scared the crap out of us though. even muppy was relieved! toward the end of the day, we watched casino royale on blu-ray, and gerti really enjoyed it. steve and i theorize she has a crush on daniel craig, but she isn't admitting anything....