* * *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…
* * *COUNTDOWN: 77 DAYS TO LA/XC-6 * * *
You thought my days of cross-country-road-tripping-with-dog were finished, right?
Me too.
The fifth and final journey — or so I assumed at the time — was LA/XC-5, back in the fall of 2016. I figured it was a wrap after
It’s true: I’m about to turn 5.
with no party! All be…
I have to tell you about the new girl who moved in next door. Her name is Grace, and she’s really, really good looking. She’s a Vizsla. I’ve always liked Vizslas. She has a short, super-smooth coat,
Big dogs and little dogs.
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Black and white dogs.
Don’t get too wet,
black-and-white dog!
Four dogs down in the water.
One dog up on a paddle board.
Dogs at work.
“Your name is Kemba? My name is Kemba! You’re named after Kemba Walker? I’m named after Kemba Walker!” (Winslow Park, Westport CT; Vizsla “Kemba Walker” owner wearing UConn tee) 🙂
Beagle Man started making fun of me with his “duck” jokes back in April of 2015, when I was just an 8-month-old pup. It was during my first cross-country road trip, and we’d stopped for a walk through the grounds of the Marin County Civic Center. The park was kind of fancy, with DOGS MUST BE LE…
You all remember, Joe, right? Beagle Man’s friend who’s not, um, all that crazy about dogs? (You can take a look at what Ricky the Beagle wrote about him in “The Odd Couple.”) So what Joe’s been up to lately doesn’t really surprise me. But his wife, Pam —
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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 …
