Beagle and Brittany News Blog

Quiet moments in the home of Annie, Rocky and Claire can at times be few and far between. Here are a few shots of a peaceful night relaxing on the sofa.

Cozy siblings!

Rocky wonders how he ended up like this!

Annie, also known at Queen Bee, doesn't share her end of the sofa!

A very sweet man named Mr. Percy N. gave me (Bobbi) a big surprise this weekend. I went down to see Charlie one evening at the turkey shoot. Charles and I attended a dinner and silent auction. One item being auctioned was a child's park bench that I thought would be a nice addition to my classroom. The iron back featured a mother turkey and her chicks. Anyhow, I placed a bid keeping my personal school spending limit in mind. Of course, I was outbid not too long into the evening.

Saturday morning, Mr. Percy N. found me and delivered the bench! He outbid the high bidder at the last moment and bought the bench for my classroom. This generous gift totally surprised me and was unexpected. Thank you, sir, for the special surprise. My students will enjoy the bench for years to come!

Izzy, the mascot from the 1996 Olympic Games, keeps the bench warm when the students are not using it.

The bench...ready to be packed in the camper and taken home to Newnan!

Charlie attended the National Federation Wildlife Turkey Shoot this past week. He had a terrific time. The dogs stayed home with Bobbi this time. Here are some of the pictures of the deluxe camping area in which he stayed.

Greetings!  Well, the summer has been a time of great adventure and fun for the critters...most of the time! Claire was spayed at the beginning of the month. She also had all her shots and was microchipped. She is doing great! We've discovered that she has 2 distinct personalities. The first is the one she came to us with and that is very cuddly, sweet, comes when called, and just simply precious. The second personality may be described as rambunctious, full of energy, very playful and always ready to eat!

Claire gives Rocky a run for his money!   It used to be Rocky always wanting to play with Annie a lot more than Annie wanting to play.  Claire wants to playfully attack Rocky any chance she gets. When Rocky wants to stop, Claire does NOT! She runs and chases with the best of them.

Annie and Rocky have shown Claire the lay of the land. She knows all the best digging spots, how to get as muddy as possible in the creek, and the locations of the best smelling deer scat to roll in!

Claire now sleeps in her crate in our bedroom. We are very proud of her! Here are some pictures of Rocky and Claire playing and then Claire exhausted.

Let the games begin!

What kind of game is this!!!

My sock!

Time to rest!

Sleepy!

I'm about to fall off the sofa but I'm too tired to care!

Sorry it has been some time since the last entry. We had a big
adventure last week. First, we went to a weekend shoot at Bird in Hand
in Plains, Georgia. We dry-camped in the middle of a field. This is
always a super fun trip for Rocky. There are fields to run in to his
heart's desire. Claire is not yet field trained and she remained on
leash along with Annie. Claire and Rocky's noses enjoyed every moment
of being outdoors. They sniffed out quite a few quail and a few other
unidentifiable birds in the fields. Annie's favorite pastime at Bird
in Hand is rolling in the tall field grasses.

Upon arriving at Bird in Hand, the best spot to park was next to a line of trees that would provide optimum shade. The only issue was a large and heavy
flatbed trailer was parked there. To our luck, Justin - the owner,
showed up just in time to move it with his 4WD mule. Here are a few
pictures from this part of our trip.

Claire is relaxing.

Annie and Rocky...staring at something!

Our shady camping spot!

All three cooperate for a picture...Thanks, Annie!

Howdy! Monday night the entire family slept in the RV.   Rocky and Annie are used to sleeping in the camper. For Claire it was a new experience. She was terrific! She briefly got up once in the night and then went right back to sleep. What a good girl!

Here is a picture of Rocky and Claire keeping watch over the driveway from the back deck. Is that UPS truck making another delivery? Who is placing all the orders? Save some money for our treats!

Claire is making herself comfortable in her new home. She has a favorite toy that she loves to carry around. She thinks the treats are great. Yesterday, she took her first walk with Bobbi down to the bridge over the creek. Today, she went on point and shortly thereafter, a small cat or rabbit took off out of the brush. The critter moved so quickly we couldn't tell what it was. We have read some articles on crate training and are moving forward patiently with that. All is happy and well as you can see in Claire's smile below!

Beautiful Smile!

Claire's checkup at the vet's office went pretty well. She is heartworm negative. Hooray! Claire is close to half the size of Rocky. She weighs in at 33.9 pounds. She is on an antibiotic for 10 days for all of the tick bites and the problems that can be associated with them. She does have worms in her stool which is no surprise and so that is being treated. She is also going to be taking a daily DermCare oil pill to help her coat come back to its full and beautiful condition. Last night was a bit of a struggle. Claire whined and barked continuously if one of us was not in sight. Today we will get her a crate of her own and we will begin the training with that.

Annie, Rocky and Claire all get along amazingly well. Claire is a mellow gal and Rocky desperately wants her to play and chase. We will see what happens as Claire adjusts more to her surroundings.

We rescued Claire from a shelter today with the assistance of the National
Brittany Rescue. The little girl is very sweet and loves people. Right now we
are keeping her separated from Rocky and Annie at least until after our vet
visit later today. She was covered with ticks when the shelter picked her up.
We believe most of them are gone; however, her skin is covered with scabs and
sores left behind from the ticks.

Here are some pictures. Stay tuned for more updates.

Claire - Just had a bath after coming home from the shelter.

I am cute as a button...don't you think? I'm a little tired and will probably take a nap soon.