Beagleman

Destination Walks: Setting the Record Straight

Just what the world needed: Beagle Man’s ratings of my walks. I mean, really! How many times have I heard him tell people, “It’s his half hour (nodding at me), so we go wherever he wants. If he wants to just stand and sniff, then we stand and sniff.” Really? This morning, he’s all, let’s go…

Rating the “Destination Walks”

This morning at Greenfield Hill Church: Ricky was fine when I carried him

Last week I wrote about Winslow Park, and its place in the panoply of “destination walks” that Ricky and I take daily. Loyal followers know…

Old Dog Learns New Trick

Big dogs and little dogs play monkey in the middle. Ricky is monkey

The old dog, in this case, would be me. For years, Winslow Park, aka the dog park, has been in our rotation of “destination” walks, but, to be pe…

Anything for Animals

Ricky's new $896.96 blue bandage

This morning I took Ricky to the vet to have a lump on his haunch looked at, to have a cyst removed, and for some routine bloodwork. Two hours — and $896.96 later (!!!), I picke…

Ricky’s Coffee Break

A typical search and destroy mission

The pattern was established back in the winter of 2003, Ricky’s first Christmas. Matt, then 22, and Robby, 10, were locked in one of their weird competitions: Whose gift would …

Check It Out: Ricky’s Bar & Grill, Hank’s Fine Furniture!

Bet you didn’t know that Ricky’s Bar & Grill in Seattle has “nice healthy options” and “the staff is always very friendly and courteous”? (Insider Pages) Or that Hank’s Fine Furniture, with a whole bunch of locations in the South, has been repeatedly voted “the Best of the Best place to buy…

The Five Faces of Ricky

Expectant

Those of you who keep up with Beagle Man might recall a recent comment from Sarah, a loyal follower: “Have you ever taken pictures of Ricky’s face,” [caption id=”attachment_2842″ align=”alignleft” width=”…

Fan Mail

I’ve been writing the Roof Rack Report for over three months now, and I’ve gotta say, the feedback has been a-mazing. Listen to this comment: You should take part in a contest for one of the best blogs on the web. I will recommend this site. Sweet! That one comes from a follower called “Where…

Santa, You Listening?

This is not my first rodeo. I know what goes on in this house in December. Everyone’s sending e-mails to everyone else, complete with links, telling “Santa” what they want for Christmas. Yesterday I overheard Beagle Man telling Greg he’d like a Muhammad Wilkerson jersey. How pathetic is that?…

The Mysterious Shakety-Shake

All dogs do it. Ricky does it. But what I want to know is why does a dog shake his ears like that? Let’s be clear. When Ricky comes galloping at me from a distance, ears streaming behind him Dumbo-style — that’s not what I’m talking about. When he tries to “kill” one of his stuffed animals by…