Sparky takes a quiz
Beagles are smart, but would happily eat themselves stupid. I cut a couple of holes in a deli container and put some treats inside. The big treat doesn’t fit through the hole. Sparky took it into his crate and messed with it until he got to the payoff.
I remember the words, but I don’t understand.
Sparky and the Poop Fence
Not so much a war, but a frustrating negotiation.
Sparky is eating breakfast, otherwise, he’d be muscling in on this photo. His stuffed bunny, George, is barely visible under the t-shirts. Sparky doesn’t speak English, so I can only speculate. Sparky seems to be protective of the stuffed bunny, and is concerned that if I see it, I will take it away because I never let him do what he wants.
Sparky still hasn’t lost his wolfy roots. The neighbor’s dog, maybe a 1000 ft away, was barking, so Sparky had to set him straight. He was howling like a bad-ass.
It was good to see because Sparky hasn’t said much of anything in the three weeks I’ve had him. I was wondering if he had some kind of operation. When I brushed him or rubbed his belly, he’d occasionally make a low, contented sound, almost like purring. I sure wasn’t going to try to get him to bark.
Ten Natural Steps to Training the Family Dog by Matthew P. Duffy (2009)
In preparation for having a dog, I’ve been reading up on how to train them. I don’t want to just go by blog posts, webpages or casual suggestions. A book would explain the whole thing, and provide a coherent approach. Ten Natural Steps to Training the Family Dog by Matthew P. Duffy is the book I like the most. The other books assume that the dog will eventually be going to shows or be a fancy dog.
Young Master Tim mentioned that on Facebook, he read someone in his neighborhood had a litter of beagle puppies. I should have checked that out, but didn’t.
Puppy juggling in 1981 (that’s what the back of the photo said, but I’d guess 1975)
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