I am grateful for the couple of times a week that I spend part of my day babysitting my niece, Rosie. I think that she is 4, maybe 5 years old? I guess that a good uncle should know this! Honestly, most of the time she is a pain in my ass! She licks my face uncontrollably, jumps in my lap knocking everything on the floor, doesn't know how to behave on a leash, has way too much energy, and she howls at every single noise! But that's what you get from a beagle! She doesn't mean any harm.
She has her good qualities too. Unconditional love, loyalty, she eats any food that I drop on the floor (and I've been known to drop things...a lot!) She is cute, too! This morning she jumped on my bed as I had just opened my eyes. She used to jump on my bed, trample me, step on my bladder and everything else below the belt, and then lick, lick, lick my face. She has gotten better. This morning she crept up to my face and just stared at me for a bit. Then when I acknowledged her she licked my face...but only a little. She then went under the covers and slept on my arm for a bit. She came up for a breath, put her arms around my neck, and fell asleep again. Cute dog. I think she likes me.
Sounds like a sweet beagle! Mine was crazy, but lived an incredibly long 17 years.
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This is a beautiful story. I'm sucha sucker for anything with 4 legs and a tail! That's how I became a mother to my daughter's then 8 yr old lab (two years ago). Born in Anchorage, he gew up in Anchorage and Fairbanks, lived in Montana two years then was trumped by two babies in two years. Somehow g-ma and g-pa said YES, we'll adopt him but YOU (that would be my daughter Suzie) will pay for his plane ticket to NY. Done and Done....two years later we can't imagine life without his slobber and his fur.
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