Maximus the Beagle Blog

Well, it’s the 4th of July and we are celebrating our independence day here in the U.S. Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans.

It’s also the one year anniversary of bringing Max the Beagle into our home. I think I stated in an earlier post, that we were hesitant to take Max. He was my daughter’s dog and she was moving and could no longer keep him.

Thinking back, my wife was really against taking Max, but I talked her into giving him a try.

When I was younger there was a time I had to move and give up my dog. I was thankful that my parents took Sham in, and I know he would be well cared for. So, I felt some obligation to take Max in.

My wife was a little slow to warm up to Max. And, with all the chewing he did on furniture, toys, stuffed animals and…I can’t really remember what all he chewed up. Anyway, that did not help Max’s cause with my wife accepting him.

I don’t remember the exact turning point, but Max did something really goofy that brought a hysterical laugh from my wife. That was the beginning of the bonding period between the two of them.

In fact, a few weeks later Max did something that really made me mad - I’m sure it was related to something he chewed up (I think it was the rubber gas hose on my barbecue grill). I told my wife that I was getting tired of him chewing on everything, and told her maybe this was not going to work out. She said “we are going to keep him, the girls and I have become really attached to him”.

So, now I knew he was going to be our dog.

A few weeks later my wife asked me if our daughter happened to move again and wanted Max back, what would we do. I told her I didn’t think that would happen. Our daughter is 21 and she loved Max. But, I didn’t think she would want the responsibility of having to take care for him and the time to give Max the attention he needed.

So Max, the dog we really didn’t want, has now been with us a year and we are so happy to have him as part of our family!

Until later,
Mike

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Undercover Dog, sound like a childrens spy novel or something doesn’t it?

Actually, it’s our Beagle Max and how he just has to sleep under our bed covers.

I have never had a dog that wanted to sleep under the bed covers, or maybe it’s just that I never allowed it.

Now, some of you may be wondering why our dog would be sleeping with us. That’s what I would wonder since I have never allowed our dogs to sleep with us. Well, you can blame wife for allowing this undercover dog thing to get started.

Some of you are probably surprised that we have never had a dog sleep with us, and you think everyone should allow their dogs to sleep with them.

For me, a dog is a dog - yes they are part of the family and we love having them around, but they are still a dog and I didn’t want them on the bed.

Plus, it seems like it would be very uncomfortable, especially for a dog. It seems like it would be hot, especially during the summer, and it seems like it would be hard to breathe.

The only dog we ever let on our bed was our last dog Gracie. She was allowed on our bed, but she would go to her bed as soon as everyone was in bed.

Max started out sleeping in his crate when we got him, but my wife let him out of his crate, he jumped on the bed, went under the covers and has been sleeping with us ever since. So, my wife is to blame, never mind that I didn’t object very strongly :-).

During cooler weather I can see why Max would want to sleep under the covers and cuddle up to one of us. But during the heat of summer? I just don’t get it - If I’m hot, he has to really be hot, even if his fur is not very thick.

We are in a heat wave here in north central Colorado. It has been very warm at night, and you would think Max would be warm too, and would want to sleep on top of the covers. But, no - he wants to get under the cover, and cuddle right up next to one of us.

Max will wait for you to lift up a cover for him to get under. If you don’t lift it for him he will arrange the bed covers himself the way he wants them, which is not how I want them arranged.

So, when Max comes to bed, which is sometimes later than us, he will give you a little lick on the cheek and wait for you to lift the cover. He’ll then go under the cover, plop down right next to you and stay there for the night. Actually, for more than the night - he is usually the last one out of bed.

Since I have never had a Beagle before, I don’t know if this is normal behavior or not. Is this normal behavior for Beagles, since they are social dogs and are pack dogs? Or, do we have an insecure Beagle who feels he has to be close to use while we sleep?

Anyway, we now have a dog that sleeps in our bed, and under our covers. What about your dog? Beagle owners - is Max’s behavior normal?

Until next time,
Mike

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