Posts by Ricky

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…

Glad to see the young fella is upholding a truly great tradition . . .    (Check out Beagle Man’s 2013 post on the subject.) Pickle, February 2022, at two months …

He waits. And waits. And waits. Come on, Kemba — you snooze, you lose! Yum. That was delicious! Punishment be damned. Conventional wisdom says I was the one who lived to eat, and Kemba’s the one who lives to fetch. That may have been true at one time, but I’ve …

I’ll admit it:  I’ve never totally understood my young friend Kemba.  First of all, what’s with this insane exercise fetish of his?  Beagle Man takes him out in the morning, they run, and they play fetch forever.  Then B-Man sits down at [caption id=”attachment_7697″ align=”alignright” width=”265…

He’s ba-a-a-ck!  That’s right, the Beagle Man has landed — right here in WePo after 21 days on the road.  Of course, first order of business was his mushy reunion with Kemba, who bowled B-Man over, slurped up his face, reached his paws onto Beagle Man’s shoulders in a doggy-style hug . . . yada-y…

***COUNTDOWN:  2 DAYS TO LA/XC-6*** Hmm . . . I don’t know about this one.  My own logo, for The Roof Rack Report (left), was designed by a pro back in 2012 — and it’s held up pretty good, if I do say so myself.  Matter of fact, just last week we got a big compliment on it from Elise, Kemba’s dog…

One of the first things you always hear about Duck Tollers is how intelligent they are.  After what I saw this past weekend, though, I’m really not so sure.  Ah, Kemba, Kemba, Kemba.  Okay, here’s the picture:  Beagle Man brings Kemba to stay with Elise, the dog-sitter, on [caption id=”attachment…

* * *COUNTDOWN: 58 DAYS TO LA/XC-6 * * * Hey, I know everyone’s all revved up about Beagle Man’s so-called “Epilogue Trip,” less than two months away.  But Kemba, my young Duck Dog friend, I haven’t heard much out of you . . . other than surprise.  Now I know this ain’t your first rodeo.  In fact…

Beagle Man and Kemba:  A grown man using a poor little dog as an excuse for his own outdoors/exercise fetish.  Why am I not surprised?  In my days with the B-Man, he used to drag me out all the time, too — whether I wanted to go or not.  Sure, I enjoyed chasing the odd squirrel on a sunny spring …