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I'm a new mom again ~

weed30 St. Louis

16 years ago

I guess I'm just a two dog person....

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cynthia_gw
16 years ago
I know a beagle named Daisy and she is just the sweetest dog. It's a wonderful breed and your Daisy looks like a happy girl. Many years of health and happiness to her, and congratulations on your new family member :)
lynne_melb
16 years ago
Congratulations. They are adorable together.
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Nancy in Mich
16 years ago
I am so glad for you, weed! She is very pretty. Maggie does look like she enjoys her. There is something about the hound face that just tugs the heartstrings.
jcrowley99
16 years ago
She is really cute! Looks almost like Belle who lives next door. Make sure you keep a close eye on her! Belle is always chasing squirrels, rabbits and birds. They have a five foot wood fence with an electric fence running along it. This is what the shelter she came from recommended, unless they wanted to try to get permission from the city to put in a taller fence. Belle can leap the five foot fence like it is not even there. Here is a funny story:

I was eating breakfast with my family one Sunday morning and we could hear Belle barking at something in the yard (beagles have such a cute bark!). Suddenly the barking got louder and louder and I saw something race past the window! I asked my son if Belle was in our yard, he said yes and I got to the back door just in time to see her jump our back fence. I went running out chasing her, in my Sunday dress and garden clogs I grabbed on the way out. It took me ten minutes to catch her, her family was in various stages of getting ready for church and had not heard the phone ring when my husband called to tell them that Belle was out. As I was leading Belle back to her yard I heard their little boy come out to let her in and start screaming that she was gone. I yelled to let them know I had her, and to bring a leash for her. Turned out they forgot to put the collar for the electric fence on her before they let her out after her morning walk. I had no idea beagles could jump like that, she looked like she was flying!
quasifish
16 years ago
Congratulations, Weed :^) She is a beautiful pup, I am so happy for your family.
Meghane
16 years ago
She's beautiful! Congratulations on the new arrival. I'm glad Maggie and Daisy are getting along well. I like the way those 2 names sound together too.

I sympathize with your Houdini problems:)
weed30 St. Louis
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks, everyone. She is very lucky she is so cute, because her middle name is trouble. I was unsuccessful gating her into the kitchen....as jcrowley mentioned, beagles can go totally vertical from a standstill. I personally witnessed her sail effortlessly over the 26" gate between the kitchen and family room about 5 minutes after I installed it. She has toys, but some days prefers shoes, (only the newest and most expensive), and trash. And bras. Did I mention bras? My laundry is now teetering on a high shelf. (Yes, I'm getting a crate tomorrow.)

I fixed the fence today, much to Miss D's amusement. I swear, she was watching me and had a funny look on her face, as if she was thinking "nice try, lady". I used a staple gun to attach chicken wire to my neighbor's old stockade fence. (She found every loose board and pushed through.) I even folded it, so it lays along the ground for 6" before turning up. Surely I can outsmart a 17# dog. Maybe.

On the other hand, she is so funny and sweet. She is very good at night, and curls up at the foot of the bed. When the alarm goes off, she belly crawls up to me, gives me a few kisses, then rolls over for a good belly skritchin'. Then she stretches and yawns and stretches - looks just like a little baby :)
vacuumfreak
16 years ago
I'm so happy for you! Congrats!!!!
bessiedawg
16 years ago
Oh Weed, her eyes went straight to my heart. Of course I have a special place there for any beagle. I am so glad that Maggie has a new housemate. Good luck with the fence problem. Chicken wire never did work for us. We had to put cement pavers under the fence to prevent the escapes.

Daisy is a beauty!
susanjn
16 years ago
"And bras. Did I mention bras?"

LOL -- I used to have a cat that liked bras. I'd come home from work, and there would be a bra in the middle of the living room.

Daisy is awfully cute, and sounds like a real handful!
Gina_W
16 years ago
Awww, what a cutie!
sammy zone 7 Tulsa
16 years ago
Really cute dog! Congratulations!

Sammy
eandhl
16 years ago
Weed, I am so happy for you and I am LOL, --- "nice try, lady" -- I know that look and learned to keep all doors closed tight. Good luck with your new family member.
munkos
16 years ago
She's adorable!! Coda had a thing for underwear the first year we got her. I feel ya on the bra thing. It's only really horrible when you have guests and you have to tell them to make sure they really keep their personal underthings hidden well, or the dog will eat them, haha.

Congrats on the new baby. It's their mischevious ways that make them so loveable.
denise8101214
16 years ago
Congratulations!
kim_okla
16 years ago
You'll get into trouble thinking you can outsmart a dog. LOL I flooded my backyard that way.

She's a doll.
acorn
16 years ago
What a cutie, what a cute handful. Congratulations. Maggie will help train her. lol
weed30 St. Louis
Original Author
16 years ago
Thanks for all the congrats and commiseration.
She is really mad about the fixed fence, so that's a good sign ;)

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