Beach walks

We have been on the beach a lot lately, but it is so busy we are not quite sure what to make of it. Usually when we go on the beach it is fairly quiet, and we see 'regulars'. These last few days have been like a zoo! Too many loud dogs, too many loud (and fat) people, and too much ball throwing. We have been a little overwhelmed. We overheard our humans talking and they think it's because of the 'holidays' ..... lots of people who don't normally walk their dogs on the beach - but then they don't really keep an eye on their dogs - and there's nothing worse than a wandering dog being a pest for us regulars!! (sometimes these 'new' humans don't even clean up their dogs poo!!!)
We do like the beach but look forward to quieter times there.

Christmas day!

We are getting fed up of all this partying! What all the fuss is about we can't make out, but it involves lots of unwrapping of things and throwing coloured paper on the floor. Sometimes we are allowed to steal bits and rip it up, so that's okay. Today our male human unwrapped a parcel and then squeeled with delight ..... he then put on a shirt (obviously he liked it) and showed it to us (as if we cared!) but - it had pictures of us on it!!! Actually it was rather fetching, and the two guys on the picture were looking really cool!

Birthday!

Well, today is Tilly's first birthday and the humans are so excited. They sang a strange song and giggled and laughed, and then produced some "goodies" which they set fire to. It did smell nice though and poor Tilly was convinced she was about to get a real treat (which of course she would have to share with me, so I was excited too) In the end though it was a bit of ruse because all we got were some rather nice doggy treats - we did enjoy them though, and of course we loved all the attention. Sometimes it is great being a Beagle. I wonder when my birthday is??

What did we tell you !!

As we suspected there was indeed something going on ..... it turns out that Friday evening was party time again!!
This time the party was inside the house and at the front, and we were locked out at the back. We did get a juicy bone (trying to placate us 'cos they were feeling guilty) but come on, we live here!
We tried whining and barking, scratching and looking pathetic ... all to no avail. So eventually we just gave up and snoozed. At long last we were allowed in when most humans had gone - and what smells! Clearly some had spilled lovely food on the carpet - and boy was it exciting, we were salivating just at the smells of those cleared up delights. Everything was higaldy piggly, with all the furniture in different places, and glasses, plates and bottles everywhere, unfortunately all out of our reach. We planned to solve this little thing when the humans had gone to bed, but lo and behold when they went off to bed they took us with them!!
Now that was worth all the complaining and missing out - we slept like logs!!

Something's up!

Definitely something is going on. Now we have been banned from going into the front courtyard because the wheelbarrow has been filled with lots of boxes wrapped in paper with that funny bloke's picture on them - and some even have a funny dog with big horns and a red nose.
Then today someone arrived and deposited boxes of stuff which were chinking. Again, we are not allowed near so we can't give any more info - but we are pretty certain something is afoot. The female human is getting stressed out and keeps talking into a plastic thing with a curly string attached to the wall. She keeps saying things like "are you sure it will be here tomorrow?, we are having a party!"
The question is - what will happen to us? If the last party is anything to go by we could be pretty stressed out too!!

What's going on?

Things have been hectic of late. Funny trees with lights on have been appearing,furniture has been moved around, and last Friday masses of humans were here drinking and making such a din. It was very tiring for us, the only consolation was that we got masses of 'tit bits' which were probably not intended for us. Good at the time but it made us sick all night and into the next day. The other thing we have noticed is that human stress levels have been rising, and our usual cheeky pranks have not been greeted with the patience normally shown.
What is really baffling is - who is the funny bloke with the big white beard and the red suit???

As if by magic

We have noticed that things seem to arrive at our house - usually for the humans - which they tear open and read. Sometimes they get excited because the things are glossy with lots of pictures - they're the ones we like to steal the best because of the great tearing sound they make. They usually try to hide them though ........ but we always have our eyes open for mischief. However, there is one paper thingy which we don't destroy and it arrived today!! It is our (yes our) very own Beagle magazine! The humans steal that and read it from cover to cover, laughing and saying things like "ooo.. look at this", or "listen to this". They think we don't know what's going on but when they are not around we sneak looks at our Beagle buddies in the mag, and check out all the beagle news. We were even in it once. Being a beagle is such fun!!

What's going on?

Like all kids, we like to play, and more importantly we don't like to miss out on anything. So when we are outside we want to know what's happening inside - and when we are inside we are all ears for any thing which might need checking out outside. It makes sense doesn't it? Just have to keep checking!

What's the big deal?

We like to bring stuff in. Sometimes the stuff is regular stuff - like bits of plant, the odd snail, but sometimes it seems we make the wrong choices. It is hard work getting some of our stuff through that flap, and we feel pretty proud when we manage it. Can you imagine our disgust when we are told to take it back out again!! I mean, what's a girl to do for fun??

Big trouble

We love each other, there is no doubt about that. But - like all siblings we occasionally
have little disagreements. Well last evening we had one of our spats - can't even remember what it was about now, but we going hammer and tongs at each other and our humans got angry. They shouted at us and put us outside as a punishment..... they even closed the inner door so we could not even get back in through the flap! Of course as soon as we got outside we were buddies again, so we combined forces to look pathetic at the door. They took a while to relent (at least 2 minutes) but we got let back in with a stern warning!!! Serves us right. Today we have been very good, so we got taken to the beach again. It was fun except that this great big Irish wolfhound kept wanting to play with us - and we were rolled all over the place! We took a wide berth from him!!