Blog Entries ( Beagle )

A sturdy hunting dog, the Beagle should look like a foxhound in miniature. His hunting ability, combined with a merry personality, has made the Beagle one of the most popular dogs in the United States according to AKC® Registration Statistics. The most famous Beagle of all is Snoopy from the comic strip “Peanuts.” Today’s Beagle comes in two height varieties (13 in. and 15 ...

Two months ago, my husband and I moved with our three dogs from Long Island to Brooklyn, New York. There's Emma, (our Beagle/Shepherd mix) age 13, Graham, age 12, and Beasley, age 9, (both Basset Hounds),  and  all three of them are beloved. At first, just before we moved, I felt apprehensive about so many of the details and the differences we would be encountering. We ...

I was lying on the floor of our home office, holding Sam’s paw while he slept in his crate.  I was sort of crying, sort of sleeping, and unbelievably comforted by a dog--a neurotic, enemy-to-all- paper-products, shy, and at the moment “warm-with-sleep” (my term for the warm and mooshy quality dogs harness during their deepest sleep) Beagle. I had just gotten home after a long ...

In July of 2006, I had my bags packed and a ticket around the world to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I'm a bit of a "planner," so for weeks before my flight, my passport, a copy of my passport, and $300 in cash were sitting on the console in our living room. These were things I could not leave (live?) without. On the day before my flight, ...

My Beagle/German Shepherd mix, Emma, is terribly spoiled. Or, shall I say, she is terribly used to sleeping on my bed whether or not I’m in it. I have had her since I lived in tiny apartments, where the bed was an oasis of calm, but even in spacious three-bedroom houses, it was the softest place to lie down. She still likes to lay across ...

About 10 years ago, I picked up a brand-new, “Cookie Monster” blue bathrobe at a garage sale, thinking I had found a great replacement for my tired, old, worn out one. My find turned out to be disappointing. It was way too hot to actually wear, and kind of scratchy on the inside (I hate that plastic thread that companies use now). I saved it, thinking that ...