Piper – Out of the Wilderness

Piper and Being Happy to be Sad

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”

Do dogs know when they’re getting old?

I was petting and snuggling with my dogs the other day and thinking about when Piper the beagle was a puppy. This was before we got Asia the mix heeler beagle. So many afternoons Piper and I would run around the back yard chasing each other. Barking, tussling, play fighting. It’s been a few yearsContinue reading “Do dogs know when they’re getting old?”