If you stick a potato into the ground and leave it long enough, you’ll get more potatoes from it. I know this for a fact, because I’ve seen it happen in our garden. Beagles however are substantially different from potatoes, so Poppy doing this:
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should not normally result in this:
That however is exactly what’s happened. Poppy did a face plant in a tub, there was a new litter of pups, and now she’s got a little brother coming. We will – hopefully for some considerable time – soon be a four Beagle family!
Getting yet another Beagle may be the craziest thing we’ve ever done. Poppy has only recently discovered that pees and poos can be deposited in places outside of the kitchen. She’s still getting used to humping her squeaky duck, still learning how to woof from our resident masters of noise pollution, and still nibbling anything that’s nibblable along with some things that aren’t.
Perhaps the fact that Poppy has propagated a brother from her face planting indicates that she’s not a real Beagle, but actually an alien impersonating a Beagle. Come to think of it I do keep joking that’s she’s a Nibblosian from the planet Nibble. Maybe I’m right.
Nevertheless in just a few weeks we’ll have another little bundle of chaos. Are Beanie & Biggles prepared to deal with another new arrival? Are we?
Actually I think it could go surprisingly smoothly. Beanie & Biggles are already used to the changes in routine that coincided with Poppy; the new pup shouldn’t introduce any further changes for them. Poppy will gain a little playmate and they’ll be able to burn off some of their excess energy together. We’ll be run off our feet coping with the demands of an extra pup, but at least the little guy should be faster to house-train given that he’ll have a similarly aged peer to learn from.
Whether it goes smoothly or not, I’d much rather have my head filled with the kind of crazy that comes from having four Beagles than with the kind of crazy that’s sweeping the globe right now.
I’ve stumbled across your blog by chance, but we are getting a beagle puppy from what looks like the same breeder as yours! (I don’t want to name but due to their homes on 22nd December, right?). Well when we were visiting the pups, of which we’re getting a little boy from, the breeder mentioned someone with two older beagles and a beagle pup going to have another from this litter. What are the chances? :)
Hi Aymie & Mathew – brilliant to hear from you and yep we’re definitely talking about the same breeder and litter! So our pups will be brothers! I can tell you that little Poppy is shaping up to be a wonderfully affectionate and well balanced little girl and I would expect the boys to be much the same. Will this be your first Beaglet?
How sweet! We’re going to visit again in 3 weeks time, but we went up last Monday. I had a beagle with my dad, but this is Matthew and I’s first beagle. I’m very aware of all the challenges but I think I forget totally how difficult puppyhood was with dad’s dog Daisy – but am mentally prepared for a stark reminder. Are you in Irvine? We’re in Glasgow, but my dad is in Saltcoats so we often visit. Hopefully one day in the future we can unite the brothers for a little walk and aroo!
I’m sure you’ll cope well with your little boy and yep we’re in Irvine – so we we should be able to get the brothers together sometime on a walk!
That portrait of the three beagles is stunning!
Thanks Robin! I took the idea from a shot I saw of Whippets but I think it works well with Beaglets too.