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Showing posts with label Beagles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Beagles. Show all posts

Saturday, June 6, 2009

New Family Member

Greetings All,
This month has been extremely busy for us. Between work, Caroline, and the house, we have had barely any free time. But we do have some interesting news. Because of our loss of Alex, our other dog Tucker started to mope around. After a couple weeks for mulling it around, we decided to adopt another Beagle. This is not to replace Alex, but to give Tucker someone to play with. We were wanting to get a girl dog that was older than 1 year old. Well, the very next day we received the most random call from Lynn Haven Animal Shelter saying that they had a 2 year old female Beagle that they rescued from Bay County Animal Shelter. Apparently she was about to be put to sleep. Well, it took all of about 2 seconds to realize that God was putting her into our lives. We picked her up the Friday before Memorial Day. The family that gave her up called her "Blaze". I'm not a name expert, but what kind of name is that for a girl dog?? So we decided to call her Blair, since it's the closest female name to Blaze that she would easily recognize. She and Tucker are getting along about as well as expected. Tucker sniffed her hiney and I don't think he has looked her way again. We think he's still missing his buddy. Last weekend the Base Vet Clinic held a "Lunch On A Leash" so Dog and Cat owners can come out with their pets and get free food as well as raffle prizes. Tucker did just fine, but Blair was, as quoted by Tim, "a complete embarrassment!" She barked at every dog, cat, and human that she saw the entire time were there. I guess that's be expected from a dog that was locked up in two shelters over a week and a half. Well, that's about that. Enjoy the pictures and movie!






Here is Tim and Blair. She's not very photogenic.

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Alex Our Beloved Beagle

Today we had a tragedy in the family. Alex our beagle got out of the yard today and went to the nearest highway just a block away. He went into the road and got hit by a big truck. The worst part of it is it was a slow death. We are very sad about our loss. Alex was such a good dog and very well behaved. He was quirky and made us laugh. Every morning when we woke up in Oklahoma he would stretch and make the funniest sound. When we were in England this past summer we constantly talked about how we missed the dogs and made the same sound Alex made and laughed. This mishap was a bit of a wake up call to us always make time for ones you love for you never know when your last moment with them is.
I'm reminded of a quote from Nicholas Nickelby by Charles Dickens "In every life no matter how full or empty one's purse there is tragedy. It is the one promise life always fullfills. Thus, happiness is a gift. And the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes, and to add to other peoples store of it." We love you Alex! -Dad and Mom


In loving Memory of Alex
March 5, 2006 - May 5, 2009