Not having been in the military, my knowledge of “KP Duty” (kitchen patrol) comes from cartoons and sitcoms, where KP duty is always the punishment for bad behavior.
Yup, that’s a cone all right that you see Kemba wearing. “Cone of shame,” as some people call it. All of us have had to be subjected to this torture at one time or another. Like if you’ve bloodied your paw on a razor-sharp rock, for instance, as I did that time at Gale Meadows Pond in Vermont,…
Kemba’s a handsome dog. And it’s not just me saying this. He gets compliments on his looks from strangers all the time — often
[caption id="attachment_9411" align="alignright" width="248"] Kemba (not drooling)
several times in one day.
There’s one circumstance, however, that’s make hi…
You may be wondering why, in a post about me and my new pal Ralphie, the featured photo shows
Pickle (left) and Ralphie in Cranbury Park (before the squirrel)
Ralphie with Pickle, my nephew. I’ll get into that in just a litt…
Throughout the 21 years I’ve owned a dog (Ricky the Beagle, 2003-2014; Kemba the Duck Toller 2014-present),
He’s been giving me that cute, tilty-headed look since he was a pup. Still works
I’ve been repeatedly amused by, and …
Beagle Man and Mom got back last Sunday from a safari (whatever that is) to Kenya (wherever that is). B-Man showed me lots of photos, said he saw some “amazing” animals. Which begged the question, and I was quick to supply it: Aren’t I an animal? To which he answered, rather condescendingly, …
Humans have larger brains than dogs. According to humans, that is:
The brains of dogs are smaller than humans in relation to overall body size. In humans, the brain-to-body ratio is 1:40 while in dogs it’s 1:125.
The brains of humans have more folds, which means more surface area. The cortex of…
Yeah, so he can swim. Big whoop.
Still, what a fuss the crowd on the beach make about the revered Kemba! Stranger strolls by, and K-Dawg snaps to attention. “Can he swim?” bypasser asks Beagle Man. Without replying verbally, and without getting up from his sand chair, B-Man grabs a stick he’s…
The plan: Meet Greg and his boys — our son and grandsons — and take in an after-school Staples baseball
Never a happy sight
game on a sunny early-May afternoon. I drove in to the high school grounds the “back way” — the narr…
