Wednesday, December 24, 2008

An Early Christmas Surprise

Ever since Charity and I got married we have wanted a puppy. Me more than Charity. We were waiting for the best time, and since this of course never came we decided to just go for it. We wanted to get a dog that didn't shed and was good with kids. I also wanted a dog that wasn't worthless like a lapdog, but could hunt even if I never got around to using it. So we settled on the great scent hound, the Beagle. His registered name is Red Baron Darcy Compton and he was purchased from http://www.blackhawkbeagles.com/. He is a fully registered pure-bred beagle. The name comes from Charlie Brown. Snoopy, Charlie Brown's dog, is a beagle who is always flying and fighting the Red Baron, the greatest fighter pilot of world war I. Darcy is for nothing in particular. Just a name Charity found online for boy dogs that the kids liked. We had to give him to the kids on the 13th of December when he was 8 weeks old, and he has been a handful ever since. We love him though, and he is a great addition to the family. Hopefully he will be death on rabbits. He already smells out frogs and tries to eat them.


2 comments:

The Joneses said...

Very cute pix! Beagles are great dogs. I am sure he will be alot of fun for Brooke and Ethan!

Ben and Kristi Yefremov said...

Your puppy is so cute. I'm sure the kids are enjoying his company. Hope that you had a great Christmas. Thanks for the card and picture. The kids are adorable.