“Sorry, I had to give Robby a ride to practice.” How many times did I hear that line, or some variation of it, when Beagle Man would be running late for a doctor’s appointment or a dinner with friends? And when he really screwed up, he’d play the sympathy card. “Had to take Robby down to [...]
Last month, another of those “10 Smartest Dog Breeds” lists came out. This one had beagles at #4. Now let’s think about this. Dogs don’t take SATs or ACTs or Wonderlic tests, so what, exactly, are we going by? How easily we can be trained? Border collies and German Shepherds are ranked ahead of me [...]
Remember my friend Gustav? He’s a Norsk Buhund (yes, some of my best friends are Norsk), and I wrote about him last February. He belongs to Eric, who works with Mrs. Beagle Man. In a lot of ways, I look up to Gus. For one thing, he has an actual job at Mrs. B’s office. You Read More
Remember my friend Gustav? He’s a Norsk Buhund (yes, some of my best friends are Norsk), and I wrote about him last February. He belongs to Eric, who works with Mrs. Beagle Man. In a lot of ways, I look up to Gus. For one thing, he has an actual job at Mrs. B’s office. You [...]
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So it turns out we did hike the Lye Brook Trail after all, even though Beagle Man wrote in his last post that we couldn’t. About an hour-and-a-half before we were supposed to leave VT on Friday, the sun broke out — and you know what that means. If it’s a nice day . . [...]
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On Saturday I went to Hartford to see my real good friend Rob G. play football, Trinity against Bowdoin. Trinity won 40-21, but honestly? I wasn’t all that into the game (see photo, right). What was cool, though, is that there were dogs all over the place. In the parking lot, on the grounds near Read More
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On Saturday I went to Hartford to see my real good friend Rob G. play football, Trinity against Bowdoin. Trinity won 40-21, but honestly? I wasn’t all that into the game (see photo, right). What was cool, though, is that there were dogs all over the place. In the parking lot, on the grounds near [...]
Mary Oliver’s a famous poet, and she just came out with a book called Dog Songs. Here’s what she has to say about dogs, in general: “They are a kind of poetry themselves when they are devoted not only to us but to the wet night, to the moon and the rabbit-smell in the grass Read More
Finally, we got on a roll! After three-and-a-half weeks of visiting people, the last few days of our trip we visited not one, not two, not three, but four of my dog-friends. In Chapel Hill, I got to meet Bingo, and I have to admit, he’s way cooler than I thought. (I said he looked like Read More
All right, so where the heck is the Pathfinder??? I could swear we left Westport in it. And I’m positive we were still driving it when we reached L.A. But today I woke up from just a quickie little nap and saw GMC on the center of the steering wheel where NISSAN used to be! (Yes, Read More
