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Dear Beagle Maryland;

I have been with my forever family for about five weeks now and we've all decided to make it permanent.  My mommy and daddy think I am just a love bug.  I sit in laps, next to laps, and behind laps.  (I like to be in contact with somebody!)  I sleep with my mom and sometimes I lie on my back and snore.

I was really, really shy to begin with and now I'm just really shy - PROGRESS!  I am not so afraid of noises in the house and can actually go in the kitchen to eat my food while someone is in there doing something not too terribly noisy.  My mom is a good cook, so I look forward to my meals a lot.  I also get treats when I'm good (i.e. do all my business outside) which is mostly all the time.

I share my yard with two big cats who live next door.  They sure don't give me any respect (of course, I'm pretty small and they are quite big).  One of them came right up on the porch the other day and sniffed me on the nose!  Sheesh!  I have a boyfriend next door named Mack.  He comes to the fence when I'm out and I do a little beagle girl flirting.  Mom says I look silly, but she doesn't really understand about attracting boy dogs.

Next week I am going on vacation to the beach.  I have no idea what that means, but Mommy is really excited about it!

I'm a pretty happy little beagle these days.  I run in crazy circles around the house and squeak when Mom comes home and then get to do it again when Dad comes home.

Love to everybody at BRSM,
Sammie

September 6, 2006 Update

Dear Everybody,

NOW I know what "vacation" is!!!  First, I have to go in a metal box on wheels that makes my tummy upset.  Then I get to ANOTHER new place.  What fun (NOT!).  I did enjoy being with my mom an ddad, though.  I got to learn how to go for walks on a leash (gotta watch out for those metal boxes on wheels!)  I met other pups going for walks, too.  Neat!

Our vacation house has couches and beds for me to climb up on and guess what???  I taught mom and dad a new game called "Crazy Beagle."  It involves me jumping off one bed and running like crazy into the other room and jumping on that bed and then turning around and running back.  I can do that forever and mom and dad just laugh at me.

Ernesto came through while we were on vacation in NC, but I was sleeping under the covers, so he didn't bother me at all.  Mom says there was lots of wind and rain, but I just slept right through all the noise.  Storms don't bother me at all.

I didn't actually go down to the beach because it scared me and Mom says beagles don't have to if they don't want to.  I'm back and well rested from my vacation, but really happy to be home.

Here are a couple more pictures from my vacation.

Sammie