Marcia says Kemba’s “irresistable.”  Lang calls him “beyond cute,” and Anne-Lynn writes, “What a sweetie!  I want a hug.”  According to Bill, he’s a “stud muffin,” whatever the heck that is.  Polly writes:  “If I didn’t know he was real, I’d say this was a stuffed dog, the kind you win at a carni…

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 …

 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

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…

I don’t know quite what to make of this dog, Jeep.  He belongs to Kelly’s cousin Tommy, and he came Jeep (in neutral) to visit Beagle Man and the missus out at Montauk last week.  Quite honestly, he wasn’t exactly what I’d ca…

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…

There’s an awful lot of commotion down in the Beagle Man’s house these days about bringing home this My first month as a Westporter — with Robby and his friend Wes Toller.  E-mails back and forth to the breeder.  Plans for a …

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…

Yup, those rumors you’ve been hearing are true.  The very deliberate —sometimes agonizingly Some people call ’em Little Red Duck Dogs. I prefer “Toller” deliberate — Beagle Man is in line for a Toller.  A what?  A Nova Scotia…

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…