A year ago, one of my beagle puppies resolved to walk away from home. . We had her for twelve years and she was best buddy with our other dog Muttley. Fortunately we possessed her for 15 years before she decided it was time to move on never to return.

Her name was Scoobie and she was a great beagle puppy.Muttley was treated like a little baby by Scoobie or maybe I should say like royalty, as far as she was concerned she was the salt of the earth.

I was so heart broken when Scoobie left and poor Muttley looked so lost.A friend of mine started telling me about beagle dogs and I devoured all the information I could on the internet .Muttley loved larger than average size dogs so we decided why break the habit of a lifetime and adhere to what we knew best. It was like looking for the holy grail trying to find out where we could get our hands on a wonderful dog.

To me the most important point was to be able to visit the breeder and ask him a few questions about the beagle spawn.All my friends at work were imparting a hand trying to track down the correct breeder .

My oldest and dearest friend imparted a hand as well, she passed ages going through the yellow pages hoping to track down breeders I am a city slicker and my mate Barbara lives in the countryside. Another close friend of Barbaras phoned her up as well to tell her that there were dog breeders in Long Island as well.

Well. Barbara found a breeders in her area and made a phone call to the field.The pups soon arrived in early 2004 and we were thrilled when we heard the news. Barbara gave me the information and I called and talked to the breeders and set up an appointment to go visit the Doberman puppys.

A week later we made the short trip to see the breeder and I just couldnt choose which one I wanted.It took four trips out down there to choose the dog that I wanted, it was one of the most difficult decisions of my life. Fortunately, I didnt have to make a determination as one of the dogs made it for me, this little fellow went straight for my shoes and started to mess with my shoelaces.

On May 10, 2004, Smurf came to his new home and has been such a delight for us and Muttley.

Smurf has made even the most unhappy person laugh and grin, how could you not like that face.Smurf has a lady friend and maybe with a little luck and a lot of love they will become parents.