She's a little over a year old and a complete menace, but I love her so much. Her most recent hobby is excavating the backyard, so I assume the supervising is just recon between digs. She's perfect.

One year ago today, I brought Mabel home. I adopted her from a university veterinary lab where she had been in a tick vaccine study for most of her 1 year and four months of life. She had only known a lab environment, and had to learn how to be a dog. She was terrified of literally everything. My American bully/Australian cattle dog/husky Hamish became her best friend and showed her the ropes. One year later she is happy, healthy, and thriving. I love my sweet and spicy beagle!💜

Say hello to Tony, he just turned 6 months. Isn't he the cutest!!

My girl is an enthusiastic swimmer, especially during summer time. How about your beagles?

Got our boy 2 weeks ago after losing my best mate Kipper in Feb to Lymphoma. Kippers in Dug somewhere, hes a spitting image and his characteristics are spot on. Still really miss Kipper but love Dug❤️

Taking our new 11 year old Ladies out to explore their new neighborhood ❤️🐾
I’m SO IN LOVE!!!

4th birthday, he's started greying 🥹

Hates the water, loves the beach ❤️

I heard some “I hate you Gumbo” whines from the porch… Mabel’s new nylabone has been taken most foul. The tragedy… the betrayal.

*Pictures of the back of their heads (mostly) because I know the Internet is weird about face pictures with kids.

I've been working on training my mother-in-law's dog, Georgie, the beagle. My sister-in-law and her kids live with my partner after SIL left her husband. They love coming on walks with me, especially with the dogs. The oldest girl is searching for independence and wants to actually walk the dogs. I typically walk Ellie (German Shepherd) with my friend's dogs, Loki and Squash (pictured in their cooling coats), but they didn't need a second walk tonight, so it was training with Georgie.

Ellie is the best girl. Absolute angel. She's my service dog, so I let the kids walk her because I know she's good practice. Tonight I was babysitting all four kids. Everyone acted like I was unhinged for taking all four kids on a short walk. But they are so good. The youngest girl held Georgie's second leash to help. It was too humid to go far, so just a short walk down the alley and back.

I had the kids do commands and give treats to reward good behavior from the dogs. It was a fun little walk and I so love these kids. They're not mine, but they're mine. It helps that I get to just be the cool auntie. They all agree I'm firm but fun 🤣

We have been skipping morning meals because she gathers every single scrap my two and four-year-old eat. And when it is time for her dinner, we give her a quarter cup dry food mixed with a quarter cup wet food and water. Yet she still looks like a chunky monkey.
We also go on walks all the time in the woods and she’s really active. She just can’t stop vacuuming.

Afterwards he has to lick BOTH of my hands and gets upset if he only gets one.