"Beagliers" by Chevromist Kennels

Beagliers suit owners who want a dog that:

• is robust and healthy ...

• is happy to go with the flow ... 

• has a height between 30-40 cm....

• that has a weight between 7-15 kgs ....

• that requires very little grooming…. 

• needs exercise as very much part of the daily routine.....

Mary and I can't disagree with any of that. In fact:

• Archie is very robust being possessed of a mythical zest for life and a totally unparalleled excitement for  adventures and possibilities ~ ever alert to the opportunities presented by stray shoes, unguarded pullovers, a gate that is not 150% secure, a bread crumb that might fall from the bird-feeder, an insect scrambling to safety...

• Achie passed 45cm in height at 8 months ~ giving him the carte-blanche access to anything and everything left on tables, benches, shoe shelves.... even height is no object where climbing is at all possible

• Archie weighed 15kg at 8 months ~ making it almost impossible to get him to do anything he is not inclined to do. He has mastered the four-legged prop where his body and legs incline at a 33.3 degree angle to the lead that is tethered to his neck....

• Archie is a climber ~ all tables, garden walls, brick fences are there to be mounted. I even saw him trying to climb a tree once....

• Archie is an explorer ~ he knows every nook and cranny in the back yard ~ where there were none, he has created them.... If it is possible (which it was at two months) he'll climb in behind the fridge; despite being unable to back out around corners... He has many times been locked in the garage, back hall, shed...

• Archie accepts pats (as a form of grooming), leaves his hair anywhere and everywhere. However, he responds to having his his toe-nails clipped as a battle scene from Game of Thrones

• Archie is very sensory ~ If his nose detects a new scent on our morning walkies (every 5 m) then it is a life or death tug-o-war to get him to move on ~ his hearing is such that he knows when the door bell is going to be rung with him beating us to the front door every time ~ his eyesight is such that when he looks at you with a fixed stare he could well be, in fact, watching a fly crawl up the wall behind you...

• Archie has a fetish for the innersoles of shoes ~ being able to furtively conceal them on his body with the first sign of them being taken is a scattering of pieces spread across the carpet.

• Archie absolutely loves us ~ smothering us with slobbering kisses if ever I kneel to do up a shoe-lace, bend to pick up something of the floor or we leave the bedroom door open while one of us is having a nap. Of course, he is ever on the lookout for visiting tradies who might need to go on hands-n-knees....

• Archie is ever on the lookout for an opportunity to sit on one's lap ~ it's just that he now extends over both knees and weighs half a ton...

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• Yes, Archie loves his morning walkies. If I try to type one word more than he thinks necessary he draws blood pawing at my arms or legs all the while saying "Daddy, it's walkies time...

• As a creature of habit-n-routine Archie is ever aware if anything is not as it should be. If I leave a tin on the ground, a cap on the third rung of the ladder, a banana peel drooping over the table.... Archie freezes, watches thinkingly for an inordinate amount of time and then erupts with growling or barking (If I put the cap on my head he acts like 'So! I knew it was your hat all along"...

• Archie is a frustrated vegetarian ever on the lookout for plums, apples or apricots that fall over the fence from next door. While Mary and I enjoy our nightly whickie-time, Archie goes rummaging neck-deep in foliage for ripe strawberries.