Scooter strikes again.  He set his sights on the boy who wasn’t aware of his talents.  You see, we had a July 4th cookout and amongst the guest were children.  This makes for a happy beagle because he starts scoping out the prospects.  He watches and waits.  He narrows down his unassuming victims by the way they carelessly watch their food.  How they are sharing stories, laughing, playing and of course not focusing on their food!  He doesn’t approach right away…he stays far enough away where he isn’t noticed while everyone positions themselves around tables and the pool.  Then he sees his chance….the poor fool who has to leave his plate to get a drink!  He slowly approaches and before I make the connection between the empty chair and a missing body, it is too late.  He has struck.  My husband runs towards the beagle but the crying has started, kids are covering there plates and of course I am just laughing in the background.  I knew full well this would occur.  The beagle has a way of blending in to where you let your guard down.  He outsmarts us more than I would like to admit.   I know what you are thinking, why wasn’t he crated for a time.  Well, like I said, he is good at blending in.  He lays low, keeps his snout out of trouble and waits.  You get comfortable that it is going so smoothly.  Heck, I even moved inside chairs to a guest room so he couldn’t do a grab and run of the food that was displayed on the dining table.  But it doesn’t matter how clever I am.  He gets me every now and again.   Beagles are notorious garbage dogs.  He could eat himself to death.  He never knows when he has had enough.  I feed him what is recommended and a high premium food.  Why isn’t this dog satisfied??   When he does get his grubby paws on table food, he is sick to his stomach and gets runny stools.   But it doesn’t stop him the next time.  We often wonder why he would continue to do it if he gets sick…doesn’t he remember how it makes him feel, etc…  I think he just likes the challenge.  The next cookout he will size up his next victim.  He will make some unsuspecting kid cry and I will probably be in awe at how good his is.   Even though I think he is a block head, we love him dearly.  He is always giving us a story.  I am sure to have one soon.

Ciao.