Beagle Blog

Hey all,

After many conversations in the break room about my unruly beagle, I think most of my colleagues think I’m mad for owning one. However I do think people realise the fondness we beagle owners have of these lovable creatures. I got an email from a lady who works on my floor, after all the tales I had told her of my beagle escaping, she saw this and thought I could appreciate it. Check out this video: Its funny, frustrating, and amazing. This beagle needs a good smack!

Please share any exciting stories of your beagle’s attempts at escaping.

Jono.

Beagle or Boxer?

Earlier today I was playing with Bosco a game I like to call “Kick your Bum”. I walk up to my beagle and say “Kick your Bum”, he begins to bark and tear around the room. I chase him and every now and then give him a soft tap on the back of his legs with my foot. He barks more and runs more, he loves it. Anyways after a short round of Kick Your Bum I bent over to give him a pat. Still hyper, Bosco leaped up towards my face, where my nose collided with the top of his skull. I immediately stood up and cupped my hands around my nose, the pain was severe. I have never been punched in the nose before so for a minute I actually thought it was broken. Maybe Bosco should have been a Boxer instead of a Beagle. Ever been accidentally injured by your pooch? Please comment.

This happened today when I was working on the allthingsbeagle.com design, so I thought I would tell you about it while my mind was on the job.

This afternoon, as I said, I was tapping away at my keyboard, working on the website, when I heard a noise coming from outside. Bosco in the garbage again, I thought to myself. I didn’t want to get up as I didn’t want to lose my concentration from what I was doing, but I did anyway. I walked out onto the balcony and sure enough, as expected, Bosco had got into the garbage. This time though, instead of growling and rattling cans and clapping my hands (techniques to break your dogs attention from doing naughty things), I just started to laugh. The silly beagle had got himself caught up. Here are a couple of photos i took from my phone:

I tried to get him to walk around for a bit so I could take a video but after a small awkward walk inside the milk bottle fell off his foot. Ah well at least I got the photos.

I was wandering around my house yesterday looking for my mischievous Beagle. I was calm at first, but became nervous as Bosco is an Olympic high jump gold medallist (or equivalent), and can jump my fence with ease. Wandering down the street, Bosco was nowhere to be found. Usually when he escapes he can be seen playing at the end of the driveway with the many children that live down my street. I became rather unsettled. I went back up the driveway and inside to get my car keys, to do a drive by hunt for him. As I walk past the kitchen, I hear plates rattle. I walk into the kitchen to find that Bosco was treasure hunting inside of the dishwasher! Not just standing on the door either, he was in behind the trays, looking extremely pleased with himself. I find it’s great when you can learn lessons from your mistakes, even if it’s as small as remembering to close the dishwasher completely after putting something in it.

Here you will find Beagle information, tips and advice. Walk with me as I go through training my own Beagle and techniques that work and don’t work.

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