Why I Love Beagles....

especially Dogzilla. They are just so damn comical! This past Sunday, after dinner, Dad and I were sitting in the living room. I was sitting in the recliner and Dad was sitting in the other chair that faces the TV. This is the chair that Dogzilla lies in when it is just the two of them. Dogzilla comes trotting in from the kitchen and just stares at Dad, who is sitting in the chair reading. Dogzilla circles around the coffee table, and comes back to stare at Dad some more. With an expression of exasperation. He finally hops up on the couch, where he proceeds to make quite a show of trying to get comfortable, complete with the beagle version of huffing and puffing. This is already getting hysterical to watch, especially since my father is just sitting there reading, paying no attention to this show. Dogzilla hops down off the couch, stares some more, and then proceeds to start pawing at Dad. This goes on for a couple minutes until Dogzilla finally hops right up on Dad's lap and proceeds to try to sit next to Dad in the chair. This was an easier prospect in the days when Dogzilla was a slim 25 lb. hound, but it's like watching sardines trying to fit into a can at the dog's current shipping weight of nearly 40 lbs. Anyhow, he flops around for a while, with Dad trying to help him get into a lying position. There is more huffing and puffing on Dogzilla's part. Finally, Dad decided to go watch the Browns on the TV in his bedroom and take an afternoon nap. At which point, Dogzilla hopped up into the chair and took a nap for a couple hours. Just to prove his point. This was all funny enough to watch, but after a couple hours, Dogzilla got up, hopped out of the chair and stretched, and then headed into Dad's bedroom. Any other afternoon, and the hound would have followed Dad into the bedroom for napping, but he'd had a point to make, I guess. Anyhow, having made his point, he was ready to kiss and make up with "Daddy" by snuggling up to him once I hoisted his furry little behind up on the bed.

It got better the next afternoon, though. Dad went directly to the couch to sit and read, having learned his lesson and leaving Dogzilla's chair wide open. Of course, Dogzilla proceeded to hop up on the couch right next to Dad, put his head on Dad's knee and took a nap. No interest in the chair whatsoever. This is some of the funniest behavior Dogzilla has engaged in for a while. How can you NOT anthropomorphize behavior like that!