The Good, Mischievous Boy

  

     So, yesterday was our dog’s birthday, and we all forgot it. Boo! 

     It’s not that we’re going to throw a huge party for him. Last year, we just bought him a cake, which he didn’t eat, with a candle he didn’t blow. He’s a beagle, so he’s inherently stubborn, independent and had a mind of his own. Beagle owners have been one in saying that it’s hard to train beagles, the reason you rarely see beagles doing those cute, saccharine tricks on social media reels. They say that beagles prioritize their nose and following scents over obeying commands. Their extremely strong sense of smell is the reason they are easily distracted during training sessions.

     F*ck off! is what our beagle seems to say whenever we try to teach him a trick. 

     Try walking them, and you’d spend hours traversing a few meters because they’d stop and smell and investigate everything in their path. And it would be disastrous to let them outside off leash. Luckily, despite his nose, our beagle had learned a few tricks: he knows how to sit and stay/wait; tell him “No!” and he’d stop anything he plans on doing; when he’s inside the house, he’d often pee inside the bathroom, not on the bowl though, but on the floor; and you can leave him for hours alone, and he wouldn’t destroy anything—except food that he likes.

     Our boy can be sweet, yes, especially if you have treats with you. Lol. And he’s a nice guard dog; he’d go ballistic with his barking whenever a stranger shows their face outside our door or windows.

    Such a good, mischievous boy.

    Happy Birthday!