As threatened promised, I will be updating our friends Seth and Dez about the happenings of our shared family members, Wally and Rilo.
Wally and Rilo have been getting lots of walks, even in the drizzle.
The harnesses have been a struggle for us, so for now we are using the standard collars and leashes. This will change as we become LESS LAME.
They got out for the first time Thursday evening when a door bounced back instead of latching. The girls were beside themselves. The dogs were elated. Grandma was enlisted to help corral the escape artists, and the whole operation took no more than ten minutes. WINNING.
Rilo proved to be the fastest dog at the dog park last Tuesday, for 25 minutes of extended chase. She was exuberant, at least until a big dog became annoyed at her trash talk, and got a little rough. Poor Wally ended up in the middle. Wally took a flop, no one was really hurt, and the other dog park patrons took it all in stride.
They got their first showers Saturday, after Wally managed to squeeze through the manger stanchions in hot pursuit of chickens to the left, cat to the right. His only success was in center-punching a large cow pie. Chase aborted, Wally was unceremoniously carried into the house and dumped into the shower. He liked it.
They had their first successful nose-to-nose meeting with a friendly (but wary) cat on Saturday. They sniffed and licked and sniffed some more, but lost interest when they found some stray cat food on the ground. The meeting ended abruptly.
All in all, these two beagles have become part of our schedule, part of our family, and have completely taken over both the La-Z-Boy and our hearts. We love Wally and Rilo.
All photos taken by Smedley and Sparky (mostly Sparky this time).
Love Fooleryland's new citizens!
Posted by: Cactus Petunia | March 10, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Thanks Jason! Yes, theyre adorable. Theyre so good at the sad eyes -- Rilo even cocks her head when she want something and youre just not getting her meaning. Theyve added a layer of STUFF to my day, for sure -- but worth it. : )
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 07:53 PM
I think you could, Marcy. Youre SuperWoman, after all!
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 07:48 PM
They're so cute! They look like a lot of work, too!
I had two beagles when I was a boy. Daisy and Duchess.
Posted by: Jason | March 08, 2011 at 07:21 PM
Very excellent photos. Love them!
And I see how cute they are....but no way would I be able to handle those two. (Not your kids, the dogs. Just in case I wasn't clear)
:)
Posted by: Marcy Massura | March 08, 2011 at 05:20 PM
YES! Up was WONDERFUL, Gramps. As was Wall-E, which is what I call the male dog. In *that* voice.
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 01:36 PM
SQUIRREL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Isn't "UP" just the greatest movie ever????????
Posted by: gramps | March 08, 2011 at 01:25 PM
Yeah, well, the poo-picking will commence when the rains stop long enough to dry those suckers out. Right now were just not walking on certain portions of the lawn. ; ) Thanks Meg!
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 01:23 PM
Oh, dogs, they are such a part of the family. They train us to feed them and pick up their poo and con us into giving them treats and make us take them for walks even when we don't feel like it. I'm glad you're enjoying them!
Posted by: Meg | March 08, 2011 at 01:13 PM
Welcome to Fooleryland, Leanne -- what kind of puppy are you getting? EXCITING!
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 01:10 PM
Yes, they have piercing barks, Debbie -- Wally is the loudest, but Rilos bark is more sudden and sharp. They dont bark as much now as they did the first few days, but barking is part of the package.
Life just gets bigger and bigger. ; ) Thanks for reading!
Posted by: foolery | March 08, 2011 at 01:08 PM
Lovely. Our puppy should arrive in June. I hope he likes the shower too. :)
Posted by: Leanne | March 08, 2011 at 08:16 AM
I adore beagles, but am terrified I'll choose a "barker". I mean a REAL barker. Howler. They are adorable.
That eating their own puke always had me stumped.
Your world is even more exciting now, huh? :)
Posted by: Debbie | March 08, 2011 at 03:30 AM
ha ha ha -- oh man, Ron, Im so glad I didnt read this BEFORE getting the dogs two weeks ago! I am overly familiar with cat puke but had pretty much forgotten the dog variety. Thanks for the laugh . . . and the tears . . .
Posted by: foolery | March 07, 2011 at 03:57 PM
Ditto on Diane. I saw my little dog roll in cow piss. She went straight to the tub. Feet never touched the floors in the house. She smelled like Pantene for awhile.
Hear that in the background? That would be the sound of my washing machine. I got a dog rug in it. Just now, I pulled a cushion back in the dog room and found a dog puke mix of dog food and cat food under the cushion hurled all over the rug underneath.
One of my lovelies went through the trouble of pulling the cushion back to hurl those beets. I was wondering what that smell was for the past couple of days. It wasn't until I saw one of the dogs try and re-eat that pile. I know what the puker was thinking. Shit, I better bury this so daddy doesn't see it or I'm in doggie doo-doo.
Nice, real nice. But, got to love 'em.
Posted by: Audubon Ron | March 07, 2011 at 03:52 PM
Thanks, Diane -- yes, its definitely a world I havent been a part of for years. And even then, the dogs were free-range and not nearly so olfactory-driven. : )
Posted by: foolery | March 07, 2011 at 12:19 PM
Welcome to the world of dog multi-tasking, where finding it, rolling in it, barking at it, chasing it and getting it washed off of you are shared experiences!
Posted by: Diane | March 07, 2011 at 12:12 PM