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About six weeks ago, after a painstaking breed search that was well-chronicled (maybe a little too well-chronicled?) in this blog, I finally determined that Future Dog was going to be a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever. Next? The hunt for the right breeder. I looked into one kennel in New Jersey. And another kennel in […]
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Everyone, meet KEMBA!!! Kemba, meet everyone!!! LOOK FOR A NEW BEAGLE MAN POST EVERY THURSDAY. OR PRETTY CLOSE TO THURSDAY. COULD BE WEDNESDAY. OR FRIDAY. LET’S NOT GET TOO OBSESSIVE HERE . . . OH, AND BTW, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER
I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t ridiculously excited about going up to Nova Scotia this weekend. Matt and I are flying into Halifax Friday night. Saturday morning we’ll do a little get-acquainted-with-the-city tour, then grab some lunch. And then . . . The Main Event: We’ll take a 45-minute drive west of Halifax, […]
My mom’s name was Stella. She died in 1996, and I still miss her a lot. I’ve always loved the name Stella, and have hinted to all my sons that it would be nice if they named a girl after my mom — but based on the family track record, I’m not counting on too […]
So yes, as you’ve been hearing, it’s looking pretty solid that Future Dog is going to be a Toller. And yes, arrangements are starting to be made for its arrival — knock wood. The thing is, I’m pretty superstitious, and I don’t want to jinx anything by revealing too many details. As my son Matt […]
Yes, Beagle Man has gone dark for over a month now, as many of my friends and followers have observed. Intentionally so. I’d become abundantly aware that a lot of you out there felt I’d gotten well into the overkill stage in my research, my pros-and-cons lists, my live-dog interviews, my biding time, and my […]
Interviewed Chief, Scott’s husky, earlier this week at Acme headquarters in South Norwalk. I’d have to say it went quite well. I ate some chips in his presence, and the candidate, while interested, didn’t jump on the table for them; he actually claims not to be food-obsessed. He’s got a good, solid build — not […]
“Have I missed a blog?” asked Marcia in an e-mail. And from Bernice: “Didn’t get your blog this week?” The fact is, I haven’t posted since May 17th — and there’s a reason for it. In recent weeks I’ve sensed the patience of my friends and followers wearing thin as I continue to . . […]
I suppose I should have seen this coming — the wounded feelings, the fierce breed loyalty, the surprising (and, to my way of thinking, xenophobic, uninformed, and over-reactive) anti-German Shepherd sentiment — when I encouraged followers to “weigh in” last month in my Future Dog post: Hi Doodleman: OK, maybe the name is a little […]
