Sebastian, BGR, CGC, RN, RA, TKN, TKI, TKA and AKC Achiever dog. This amazingly brilliant rescue pug blessed us for close to 15 years. He was solely a pet, neutered, and not part of our breeding program, but he was a heart dog through and through. There will NEVER be another Sebastian. He was even featured on the Daytime Alabama tv show (playing his piano). In the rally ring, he would shock the judges with receiving the blue ribbons, beating out border collies and golden retrievers, and other breeds who typically excel at this sport. He loved to learn and entertain and was a master of tricks. The "BGR" stands for Booger. (When other serious dog owners who collect titles with AKC ask us what the "BGR" suffix stands for, we say ... alas, that's not a title you could ever earn. Only the Boog!) He eventually earned Because, as a puppy, he was so brilliant and full-on-energy. His 2nd puppy trainer said that he was the smartest dog she had ever trained. He is the reason we became so seriously involved in training ... just to stay a step ahead of him! Class after class, he soaked it up and we moved onto a new challenge. He wanted challenges! He continued learning new tricks until he could hardly breath or stand. He lost one of his front legs to cancer at an older age but still continued to live life fully as if nothing had changed. That's one thing we love about dogs .... they don't complain. They live in the moment and savor life. No one did this better than Sebastian. 

Sebastian was one of the smartest pugs we have ever owned, if not the smartest. He is the pug who got us involved in training and rally obedience competition ..... mainly since we were just trying to stay one step ahead of him. Here he is as a 1 year old showing off his amazing sit stay . . . .

https://youtu.be/V3s69oPpCFg?si=L4oW4D5e7XF80E9t
Sebastian's amazing stays:

https://youtube.com/shorts/ZilGfilCdrQ?si=VDOSGf_7TvsXV28m - Sebastian the piano prodigy: 
Sebastian and Charlie's Duet: https://youtube.com/shorts/Y4b1C5WKDrM?si=n7_r_gKqaPqoXDt_
Sebastian's favorite hiking game as a puppy (Monte Sano mountain) https://youtube.com/shorts/YLQkZ4tA8Qc?si=ilN4cGShzFjgAgvz
Sebastian's hike with doggles: https://youtube.com/shorts/6eTXzOXeTR8?si=c5Dnv-_KpcrK7sUw

Sebastian on Daytime Alabama TV show:

He is 10 years old now (Just turned 10 on October 29, 2021) and he is really having some hard issues health wise. He was bred by a backyard breeder (literally) and his legs simply aren't holding up. He is neutered of course, and not part of our breeding program, but he's 100% a part of our hearts.

Some books say that pugs live to around age 9, but so many these days live into their teens and I've met some who lived to age 16. Our oldest have been 13-14 but they really were so old and physically declining by that time. 

By age 10, Sebastian was sadly entering his 'borrowed time' phase. He had a malignant tumor on his leg which we removed on 11-17-21. The vet had to amputate his entire leg to give him the greatest chance of removing as much cancer as possible. Before his surgery, we made a video of some of his most favorite tricks ... "play the piano" as the top favorite for sure, but, honestly, this smart pug could do most anything. 

Sebastian sleeps with us

With KK at Air Bnb for her first show.

1 year old

With Randolph

Hiking at Moss Rock Preserve

Tug-a-war with Charlie

Nickname = Booger! as a puppy

Sebastian puppy ... gotcha day

Here's Sebastian watching himself on tv! They liked his piano playing so much they even used him for the closing credits on Daytime Alabama lol!

Asheville, NC

Sebastian's favorite .... ALL TIME favorite .... thing to do? Play the piano!

In fact, he's such a good piano player, he was featured on the tv show Daytime Alabama!

This was one of his earliest classes:

He totally rocked the ring winning all sorts of blue ribbons .... until he decided to do the Booger Boycott. He got ringwise and finally said "no treats, no tricks'! I'm done!

So we took a year off from competing and retrained. (He just needed one more qualifying score to get his Advanced title!) He passed in Tampa, but those were some of the slowest sits anyone has ever mastered. Bless his heart. We moved onto some fun freestyle classes at Huntsville Obedience Training Club after that and more tricks. 

And, he earned the privilege of sleeping with us at night :) .... and living the good life in the lap of luxury.

Although his hiking days are over (he has arthritis in his front right leg now), he used to love to hike and was fearless!

Sebastian is one of our best Painting Pugcassos. Here he is painting a pillow case!

And here's another one of his very productive painting sessions! He made a lot of money for animal rescue with these masterpieces!

Sebastian LOVED rally .... until he didn't. Here is his 1st Rally Trial where he even won a cash prize with his blue ribbon!

Sebastian was a little jealous sharing his class time with Charlie at Birmingham Obedience Training Club:

Sebastian learning to prance!

Sebastian knows so many tricks. One of his favorites his putting his toys up into his toybox!

Since Sebastian tended to "crab" when he walked we had a great doctor check out his hips when he was 4 years old:

Sebastian was our first pug to learn from the great book "When Pigs Fly". His sit stay is amazing while he oversees one of our foster pups, Cambridge, learn how to "load the clicker"!

Sebastian raps his sad story about how his master didn't fade lures and treats soon enough . . . . .

It was a crazy hot day, but Sebastian and the girls got to ride on a float in the Doo Da Day Parade!

Sebastian really loves camping in NC and swinging in hammocks with his mama:

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