Buddy the beagle is the newest addition to my son’s and daughter-in-law’s menagerie.
He came to them as a stray, eating out of their trash. They had to coax him into trusting them.
He’s now a proud member of the family, a wild ball of love and need, willfulness and contrition, and, above all, insatiable appetite.
He is learning to play.
Here’s a video of Buddy showing off his best howl, on command:
Gotta love him ❤
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with thanks to Two Writing Teachers for the March Slice of Life Story Challenge
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Oh my goodness! That video! Too funny! Also, I love this carefully worded description, “a wild ball of love and need, willfulness and contrition, and, above all, insatiable appetite.”
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Lucky dog! He picked garbage out of the right house! i’m going to come back when I don’t have a sleeping house to listen to the video. I know how loud beagles can be!
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Fran, it won’t surprise you to know that I once had a howling beagle named Willard. Buddy is adorable – – and what a lucky dog to have landed in the lap of a family who loves him and will spend time howling with him. I love the Yoda pants, too. Your daughter in law has good taste in sleepwear! She is precious.
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OK, he is so stinkin’ cute! The way he tilts his head all the way back is adorable!!
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Buddy is precious – so expressive! Maybe the other pets will join in the chorus! That would be interesting!
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Beagles are such characters! He’s obviously proud of his achievement and knows how much he’s loved!
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Buddy is definitely his own unique self! He apparently had a rough life before my son and his wife took him in. They are giving him so much love and care. We all love this rascal!
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That video is everything! So glad that Buddy is learning to play!
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Our Buddy seems to have had a hard life previously – and he is precious to all of us <3. Thank you for watching his performance!
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Buddy is adorable singing! Looks like he knows he is loved, now. It’s wonderful to rescue an animal. After our thirteen and half old cat, Little, died in February of 2024 we rescued two five-month-old kittens that are a sister and a brother. I could tell they had been through some trauma, but they have become affectionate, loveable, and follow me around like Little used to do. I still miss Little every day, as I miss our nineteen and half year-old cat, Lovee, who died before Little. Lovee would purr in my ear and loved to snuggle under the blankets with us.
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