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The Amazing, Miraculous “New Puppy” Weight-Loss Diet!

Kemba poses in a Portland, ME parking lot . . . This is incredible!  I’ve lost 4.6 pounds — I swear! — since bringing Kemba home with me last Saturday!  That’s even more impressive than the results of my inaugural LA/XC Diet™…

LA/XC-4: First Peek

Breeder Steve with Kemba in front of friend’s dog bakery in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia: Doesn’t that look like a pup who’s ready to travel 6,000+ miles? * * * COUNTDOWN:  169 DAYS TO LA/XC-4 * * * Jk about starting the countdown …

The Last Lonesome Hike

Selfie at the summit — and no, I didn’t take the chairlift On our way up to Vermont Thursday night (Yes, Beagle Man fans — MTK season is over; VT season has begun 🙂 ), I told Carol that since Friday was supposed to be a gorg…

What Do Kemba Walker, Stella Herman, Ricky the Beagle, and Kemba the Toller Have In Common?

Kemba the Toller Kemba Walker   Stella Herman (with a very young Beagle Man) &…

Where Would YOU Go To Get a Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever?

Beagle Man and Kemba select each other About six weeks ago, after a painstaking breed search that was well-chronicled (maybe a little too well-chronicled?) in this blog, I finally determined that Future Dog was going to be a …

And Now, Introducing . . . Puppy Herman!

 Everyone, meet KEMBA!!! Kemba, meet everyone!!! LOOK FOR A NEW BEAGLE MAN POST EVERY THURSDAY.  OR PRETTY CLOSE TO THURSDAY.  COULD BE WEDNESDAY.  OR FRIDAY.  LET’S NOT GET TOO OBSESSIVE HERE . . .  OH, AND BTW, YOU CAN ALSO FOLLOW ME ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER

The One With the Waggly Tail

Which one will be Puppy Herman? I’d by lying if I said I wasn’t ridiculously excited about going up to Nova Scotia this weekend. Matt and I are flying into Halifax Friday night.  Saturday morning we’ll do a little get-acquain…

Fay, Stella, and Belle

Stella! My mom’s name was Stella.  She died in 1996, and I still miss her a lot.  I’ve always loved the name Stella, and have hinted to all my sons that it would be nice if they named a girl after my mom — but based on the fa…

Future Dog: FAQs

Clover the Toller, from Ardoise, Nova Scotia So yes, as you’ve been hearing, it’s looking pretty solid that Future Dog is going to be a Toller.  And yes, arrangements are starting to be made for its arrival — knock wood.  The…

The Third 100

Yes, Beagle Man has gone dark for over a month now, as many of my friends and followers have observed.  Intentionally so.  I’d become abundantly aware that a lot of you out there felt I’d gotten well into the overkill stage in my research, my pros-and-cons lists, my live-dog interviews, my biding…

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