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I’m gonna be perfectly honest with you:  I usually don’t give small dogs the time of day.  I’m not a huge fan of their yappy tough-guy act, and it’s easier to just ignore them.  Which is exactly what I’m thinking when Robby’s friends Rob and Charlotte show up at the Vermont house a week ago [capt…

“Unfortunately, it looks like your drooling, howling, underwear-sniffing, sock-eating angel of perfection is not, you know, especially smart.” — AJ Willingham, CNN Really?  This is the author’s take-away from a study published in the so-called “scholarly” journal Learning & Behavior?  I’d lik…

Beagle Man is an Instagram addict.  We all know this.  When he makes me pose for Recent Halloween Insta: 4th place all-time photos, at first I’m flattered.  Then it dawns on me:  He’s thinking post.  True fact:  After going t…

When you run off down the block, and I have to do The Walk of Shame after you — trying to look like it’s no big Kemba eschewed dressing up for Halloween last night . . . deal, while I’ve got a leash in my hand and no dog att…

Kemba, what the heck!!?? Me? Did I do something wrong? Last night around 10 I sent him out to the backyard for his goodnight pee.  Fairly normal stuff.  Sometimes he’ll prowl the property a bit, though there’s not a helluva l…

As of Monday (Oct. 1), dogs allowed on the beach again in WePo! YAY!

Beagle Man sent around a family text earlier this week with a link to a New York Times article.  It was called “Remembering the One and Only Uno” (Richard Sandomir).  Well, I sure do.  Remember him, that is.  Uno was one of my idols.  He was the first Beagle to ever win Best in Show at Westminste…

Yep, here I am, back home at the beach after my two weeks at “sleep-away camp.”  (Don’t worry, I never fell for that sleep-away camp story.  I’m not stupid. I just played along because I could tell how guilty Beagle Man felt about sending me.)  Actually, my “counselor” Marlon turned out to be a p…

Last first-thing-in-the-morning beach walk before camp . . . No paws up on my side of the bed this morning.  No licks and kisses to wake me up.  No fetch/walk along the beach before breakfast.  No watching my dog jump up on h…