Beagle Blog

It was Bosco’s first Birthday last Friday. I can’t that he enjoyed it though. The day before, my brother was driving down a street (quite a distance from my home) and thought to himself ‘that looks like Bosco’. Sure enough, it was. Hours later he disappeared again, this time we had to go out into the car and look for him. Even further away still, we found him at a park playing with some children. Poor Bosco spent the rest of the day and all of his birthday being watched like a hawk, or tied up if noone was there to watch him.

He did get some fancy gifts though.

The other week I bought him a “Furminator”, a grooming comb that set me back around NZ$90 (US $60). It is well worth the money though. He also chose himself a nice piece of beef jerky, conveniently placed unwrapped on the lower shelves of the pet store, right at nose height.

What did you do for your dogs birthday?

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.

Last Friday night, I could hear a noise, I went out to see what my beagle was up to, to find that he was convulsing. He was foaming at the mouth, and was unconcious. Luckily, I used to work with people with intellectual disabilities, and seen many epileptic seizures. I held him for the remaining minute that he convulsed, and then sat there petting him as he lay stil for a further two minutes before coming round. My very confused and frightened beagle then ran into my room, and barked for about 20 minutes, he would not let anyone near him, warning us with barks and growls. We left him in there with the door open until he decided to approach us. The after hours vet told me that it may be a one-off, but the vet I took him to the next day said he may have juvenile epilepsy. Does anyone else reading this have a pet with epilepsy? Please tell me your experiences.