Friday Dog Blogging

Here’s a really great story about Uno, the first beagle to win Best In Show at the Westminster dog show since 1939. He’s apparently quite the celebrity and also quite adorable with super-velvety ears:

I actually watched the Westminster with Former-Sweetie Bang when it was on and we commented that Uno was so cute, all kinds of stupid Americans would go get beagles without realizing how difficult and headstrong they can be — not to mention the fact that, because of their Super Houndiness, they can’t be let off-leash if you ever want to see them again.
Then, suckers that we were, we rescued Max from a local animal shelter a month later.
I took him for a long walk yesterday at the Norris Reservation where, as usual, he was stopped for petting by dozens of people (older men often get teary when they see him because he reminds them […]