A friend of my niece got a new puppy and she brought the little guy over. Eight weeks old. A German short-haired pointer. Just about the cutest puppy you’d ever see. Floppy ears. Puppy breath. It was a great reminder that puppies can be so, so cute. And I had watched a video a whileContinue reading “I’m not getting a beagle, I’m not getting a beagle!”
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Howl Like It’s Your Birthday
Piper! It’s hard to believe we haven’t been together for almost a month and a half. I think about you every day, my sweet and persistent and feisty and fiery beagle. I hope you always knew that I loved you, that I’d always come back for you, and there wasn’t a day that went byContinue reading “Howl Like It’s Your Birthday”
Piper Part 3 – The Heat Is On
Snow. Sun. Cold. Hot. Seasons came and went but I learned one thing pretty quickly. Piper did not like being cold. This became evident the first winter we were together and every winter after that. You see, we had this little space heater and Piper and I both were pretty obsessed with it. Many a’nightContinue reading “Piper Part 3 – The Heat Is On”
Piper Part 2 – You Make Me Wanna Roll My Windows Down and Cruise
Hi there! Welcome to Out of the Wilderness. I’m posting 15 tributes to my best beagle who passed away last week. She was lovable. She was sneaky. She was Piper. At 15 years old, she had lived her best life whether it was getting a secret extra treat or wandering off the moment I turnedContinue reading “Piper Part 2 – You Make Me Wanna Roll My Windows Down and Cruise”
Piper Part 1 – The Beginning of An Era
I saw a picture of a bin of beagles and my schedule for the following day was immediately changed. I’d go visit Happy Tales Humane Society in Franklin, Tennessee and find the one puppy that already had all of my attention even just from that one picture. Somehow I knew that that one, not havingContinue reading “Piper Part 1 – The Beginning of An Era”
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