A new addition to the family

April 14, 2021, 10:22 PM

In my never ending effort to complicate my life

, I recently opted to add another hound to the family. Everyone, please meet 'Bert' (as in Bert and Ernie), an adoption pup that's become a part of my life. He's about a year plus old, and around 25 pounds of pure piss and vinegar. He's very sweet but knows next to nothing of value. He and I are going to be spending a lot of time together over the coming months having a meeting of the minds.

A special thanks to our own Maestro and his wife for everything they do with Tampa Bay Beagle Rescue. I've dealt with several rescues over the past ten years or so, and this group really has its act together.

Now, let me go see if he's pee'd in my office again.

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April 14, 2021, 10:28 PM

1s1k

Great looking dog. Many fabulous years ahead. Congratulations to all of you!

April 14, 2021, 10:41 PM

P-220

Welcome to SIGforum Bert!

April 14, 2021, 11:08 PM

chellim1

So cute!

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April 14, 2021, 11:17 PM

SigFan

He looks like he’ll be great company for you! Congrats!

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April 15, 2021, 06:26 AM

whododat

Great name!
Congrats and best of luck.

April 15, 2021, 06:38 AM

19tass

Congrats!

April 15, 2021, 07:38 AM

Beancooker

What a beautiful little guy you have. Congratulations!

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April 15, 2021, 07:40 AM

valkyrie1

Congrats and good luck,good looking pupper

April 15, 2021, 07:43 AM

slabsides45

I started saying it years ago, and it still rings true... "There's nothing worse than a spoiled beagle." Love a good Beagle, congrats!!

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April 15, 2021, 08:33 AM

arfmel

When I was a little kid our family had a beagle. That SOB could climb a chain link fence just as easily as a monkey could.

April 15, 2021, 09:27 AM

V-Tail

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Originally posted by arfmel:

When I was a little kid our family had a beagle. That SOB could climb a chain link fence just as easily as a monkey could.

Yeah, I could not figure out how Woof was getting out of the fenced yard. A neighbor told me that she (Woof, not the neighbor) was climbing the fence. I did not believe that until one day I saw it for myself. She just scrambled up the fence and went about her visits to folks in the neighborhood.

April 15, 2021, 09:35 AM

h2oys

Ollie says; "Hi Bert, I've got a welcome flower for you. Unfortunately it's stuck on my nose!"

April 15, 2021, 09:51 AM

mcrimm

We've never owned a dog in the hound family, Bert looks like a winner. Best of luck with the training.

I took an Old English Sheepdog through obedience training years ago. It was the best thing I could do to both train the dog and train me as a handler. He became a AKC Companion Dog.

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April 15, 2021, 04:34 PM

NavyGuy

Looks like a great dog and should develop into a good companion. patience. We have a 11 week old puppy and I remind myself of this every day.

Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.

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