Beagleman – Page 2

BIG GAME HUNTING

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, in…

THE K-DAWG HITS DOUBLE DIGITS!

HAPPY 10th, KEMBA!

BRAIN SIZE

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 d…

THE DOG PADDLER

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 s…

GOTCHA!

The plan: Meet Greg and his boys — our son and grandsons — and take in an after-school Staples baseball game on a sunny early-May afternoon. I drove in to the high school grounds the “back way” — the narrow road that allows you to circumvent the busy main entrance and head straight for the large…

AGING GRACEFULLY

I was walking with Dede, Mayor of the dog park (or so I’ve dubbed her) earlier this week, along with her Sadie, and, of course, Kemba. She was telling me about a health scare she’d recently been through with Sadie. (Thankfully, it turned out all right.) “How old is Sadie?” I asked. “Ten,” she…

MARCH MADNESS: HUSKIES VS. TOLLERS!

I’d like to point out that there’s an awful lot of Husky-mania going on around our house. Sure, I get it — I was named for the ultimate Husky hero, Kemba Walker. And we do live in Connecticut. And UConn is a damn good squad — there’s no doubt about that! But I find myself wondering if there mig…

WHAT KIND OF DOG OWNER ARE YOU?*

(* COME ON, NOW — BE HONEST!) When playing fetch with two or more dogs, do you cheat in favor of your own by signaling (a slight nod of the head; a subtle hand signal) in which direction you’ll be throwing? When another twosome (human/dog) approaches for a meet-and-greet, and the human asks, “Is…

KEMBA’S GOT A BRAND NEW TRAIL

Let me tell you something about cross-country skiing: I love it. You know what I mean. Like I don’t actually wear skis. I leave that part to Beagle Man. But there’s a heckuva lot of other things I can do . . . • I can trot through the snow alongside him, like a good little dog. • I can dash w…

SITTING PRETTY

Spent New Year’s in Vermont, as we pretty much always do. Because certain of the activities weren’t dog friendly, I got shipped over to my Manchester sitter for a couple of days. Don’t get me wrong: I actually love staying with Christine and her family, and her four dogs, and the other critters…