We had another successful hunt yesterday! Again a few new beagle faces!! Wow, the new beagles are doing SO WELL!!! We even had beagles finish the lines who had NEVER hunted before! It just shows what a natural instinct this is for them!!
Especially well done to: Billy, Charlie (new Charlie), Blake, Lulu Belle and Winston. It is quite unusual to have dogs running SO well within their first few hunts! Well done guys, keep it up!! You do know there are prizes for various things, including BEST NEWCOMER…?!

Here are some photos of the running beagles… don’t they look happy?

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See Avon (65), Pippen (in pink behind her), Lucy (72) and Chelsea (96 – new beagle!!)

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Look at them go!!!

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Oh, and so much of cute cute cute CUTE PUPPIES at the hunt! Oh my goodness!!! Denver got a new baby brother, Duke – who is ridiculously adorable!! (he was nearly kidnapped/puppy-napped by a couple of people

And we met a super gorgeous young lady called Lily, who is so soft and lady like!!

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and as if that wasn’t enough… another tiny pup arrived, called Rigby and we just HAD to get little Duke and little Rigby together… CUTENESS OVERLOAD!!!

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after the hunt and the oooh-ing and aaaaah-ing over all the cute pups, we were treated to another delicious breakfast by our very own world class chef, Dilene.

Mmmmm, the pancakes were such a treat!! Tasty savoury fillings of chicken or mince. and then yummy dessert options of sugar & cinnamon, syrup and cream! Yum Yum!!!

the beagles did their best to try and beg for some breakfast too… but weren’t sharing!!

In fact, Harry & Oscar’s dad enjoyed the pancakes so much he begged for a takeaway!!!

It was such a lovely morning out in the fresh air with everyone!! Thank you to all who were involved, and a VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU to our Chefs Dilene & Trevor (we missed you Trevor!!)

Here is a comment posted by Misty, on her experience of the hunt… thank you Socialite Misty, we love reading your blogs!!

A note from Misty 2 4X4 – the socialite.
Wow what a morning – my mommy’s alarm did not go off; at 6:15 my mommy jumped out of bed, I was warmly wedged between my mommy and daddy. She pushed me out of bed. I did not know what was happening, my mommy was going through the room like a tornado and I thought I might as well do some yoga. While I was in the most perfect “Upside Down Dog Position” my mommy grabbed me to brush my teeth, I thought it was a bit rude of her. And I am sure she used the wrong toothbrush for me, mine got the pink glitter stars on it and hers is plain, but she did not give me a chance to check.
I did not finish my morning yoga either and I did not feel like doing it in the car, who can do yoga on the back seat? Then we picked up my nana and I knew: Beagle Social Club or Beagle Hunt Day as others might call it. I would like to take this moment and explain to all the other new Beagles that there are 3 distinctions in this Club and you have to figure out to which one you belong. I knew immediately to which one I belong.
Group A is an all male pack and we call it the T Club, the T stands for Testosterone. (Hier loop jy saggies, if at all) In this group you find Roti and his brother Poppadom, Basil – A where is that hound! Charlie, and Charlie, Oscar, Enzo, Harry, Kingsley, Roger and Jamie – I am still learning all the names.
Group B is the serious hunters; Pippen, Rebel (Rebel makes sure that the beagles that run the line, specially the new ones, don’t get lost, she fetches them and helps them to the hunt line) Bella, Jemma Lucy, Maya and Blake are part of this group. Blake is a new season hunter; he completed all 5 runs today in top positions – well done Blake. Maya is the Ferrari model and she came in first today in one of the runs. A lot of the T-Club members have dual membership; all the above members of the T-Club are serious contenders of the H Club as well. New or potential new members, don’t worry you will find your niche.
Then there is group C, it is the social Club and I am the leader of this group. Wendy are you joining this group? Any Beagle Socialites must please bark to me and I will introduce you to the rest of Group C. Today I heard a human Lady calling me the Paris Hilton of this Beagle Club. I am getting a new bib with lots of bling on and a new number -244.
Snoopy is our mascot but that is what the humans call him, we call him the Raf-Raf Woof. In human language that is The Mediator. Snoopy is very astute and if there is any trouble brewing he lets us know and he always tells the humans if a dog has gone missing. His mentor is Rebel she handles the hunt side of the day. Snoopy counts the dogs after a run- this takes all his time and for that reason he cannot participate in the runs. The problem is the humans don’t always listen to Snoopy but eventually they cotton on and realize a dog is missing- if only they have listened to Snoopy from the beginning. Penny is Snoopy’s sister and she is very cute, as are all the new babies wanting to join the club when they are a little bit older.
Now we had a bit of an incident at the breakfast after the hunt, the humans have a different view, but this is what really happened: At a breakfast, the first duty of Snoopy is to send out scouts, Kudjo reported that he saw a group of humans that was moving towards the directions of our humans. There was a quick council meeting and Snoopy asked Blake to go and assess the group intentions. Blake agreed he said that he scouted that area before when the humans thought he was lost. When the young men armed with sticks and sjamboks came into view Blake bravely went to greet them, he was under strict instructions from Snoopy and the T Club to only sniff at the men, the rest of the Beagles knew that our T and H Clubs will protect us, if danger persists. I instructed the Social Club to ruff up their neck hair so that instead of looking cute we now looked dangerous.

Warren, Blake’s daddy thought Blake ran off and he went to fetch him, he spoke to the group of young men and reassured them, just like Blake did that we meant no harm. But the young men with the weapons stayed and the T Club of the human men (Peter and Martin) went out and asked them to move on. Snoopy bark instructions and like a squadron we formed a protective shield around our humans and we barked, tails in the air, neck scruff standing like the mane of lions, and we were just as fierce. The men with the weapons then, and only then, moved away. Snoopy, the T & H Club members saved the day, but I must say all the Social Club members did their bit as well, we not only there to socialize, we can fight as well.
I must now say goodnight I still need to do – or rather finished my yoga session which was so rudely interrupted, then I need to brush teeth, with my own toothbrush and not my mommies, she did not even noticed that she brushed her teeth with my toothbrush.
Good night Beagles,
Misty

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Thank you Misty for taking the time to write such a lovely post you will have to teach some your beagle friends how to use a computer

Hey Guys…

there is a bit of a scare going around Gauteng with regards to rabies. Someone in our group has heard of 2 confirmed cases in the past week (near Krugersdorp).

Because of this, we are now INSISTING on all beagles to BRING their UP TO DATE VACCINATION CERTIFICATE to the JHB hunts. Especially with the larger than normal amount of fights we have been having at the hunts.

We will be implementing a “No Certificate – No Hunt policy” … please be very aware of this, and make sure all your pets are up to date with their vaccinations.

There was an article in the Sowetan about it and here is an article off

www.nicd.ac.za/pubs/communique/communique.htm

Rabies alert

Rabies was confirmed this month in two domestic dogs from separate households in Witpoortjie, an established suburb on the West Rand of Gauteng Province. One of the dogs had received a single dose of rabies vaccine as a young puppy. Neither dog had left the area prior to developing rabies. Both cases were characterised as the canid biotype of rabies virus. The source of the rabies remains unclear, but may be due to contact with a stray rabies-infected dog or undisclosed travel. While no definite human exposures were identified, a course of rabies vaccination was given to two household family members with possible category 2 exposures. An intensive dog vaccination campaign was launched by the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries. A similar incident occurred in 2009 when rabies was confirmed in a domestic dog in the Johannesburg suburb of Linden. While rabies in domestic animals in suburban areas of Johannesburg is very uncommon, these incidents highlight two important points: the need to consider rabies as a differential diagnosis in the appropriate clinical setting, as well as rabies post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) for the management of all persons with animal exposures. PEP is especially important if the exposure is un¬provoked, the animal is a stray, the animal is ill or aggressive, or if the animal originates from an area where rabies is common. Thorough wound cleaning is critical, and PEP (with a course of rabies vaccine and rabies immunoglobulin into the wound) according to the national guidelines may be life-saving.

There has been a total of 6 laboratory-confirmed human rabies cases in South Africa for 2010 to date. These cases originate from Mpumalanga (n=1); KwaZulu-Natal (n=1), Eastern Cape (n=1) and Limpopo (n=3) provinces.
Source: Special Pathogens and Outbreak Response Units, NICD; Gauteng Department of Agriculture

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Yesterday was Fathers’ Day and the week preceding the hunt was one of the coldest weeks Jozi has seen in years!! Brrrrr.

But, there was a pretty big turnout at our hunt, even a few new people again. Our usual huntmaster was off celebrating Fathers’ Day, so Jane took the lead and organised the lines for us.

Once the sun peeped over the mountains, it was slightly less chilly. The beagles didn’t seem too worried about the cold, frosty ground, and ran around as usual!

We had a LOT of new, young males and the testosterone was flying! This is a natural thing, as they were trying to establish a hierarchy, but it is quite stressful to us humans, and some of the other dogs… so, please remember to keep your dogs (ESPECIALLY unsterilised males!!) on a short lead when they are not on the line.

The hunts all went well, with a minimal number of beagles going off on their own mission (except little Wendy who went chasing birds faaaaaaaaaaaar away from the rest of us… thanks Peter and Martin for going to fetch her!)

Roger spent Fathers’ day with his dad:

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Poppadom and Roti celebrated their Dad’s (twenty-first! – hehe) birthday AS WELL AS Fathers’ Day! Happy Birthday Trev!!

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Charlie found a stick which kept him entertained between lines

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Bella getting lots of love and cuddles from her mom

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Harry also got lots of love and cuddles in the cold

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all of us lining up at the start… restraining the beagles who just wanted to RUN!

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Who can you spot in this pic? (*click on photo to open full size*).

Denver (in orange 23)  and Pippen (in the pink bib) out in front… Jamie in the middle (in the yellow 91 bib). Enzo in full stretch near the front (orange number 80)… is that Kingsley in the orange just behind Enzo?

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Who can you spot in this pic? (*click on photo to open full size*).

Denver (orange 23) and Lucy (black denim bib) in the front, Pippen in pink right behind. Jamie in yellow in the middle, next to little Maya in the white. A new beagle in the orange (V bib) is just ahead of Jemma in the pink. Go beagles! go, go go!!

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oooh, and as a bonus, here are some videos of our hunts!! They were taken at the last hunt, but I’ve only managed to get round to uploading them now!

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Our next hunt is on 4 July and will be a breakfast again!! Yum yum!! sign up for the HUNT here… remember, if you want to join for the breakfast too, you MUST email me and let me know how many people we need to cater for!

Thanks to everyone for organising and running the hunts! Look forward to the 4th!

Sorry for the delay in getting this post out!

Our hunt on 6 June was a really big group again… with lots of new faces again! It was dark and freezing when we all arrived just before 7am! Brrrrr – I think more people need to buy the “I love my Beagle” Flasks from the Beagleshop!!

Here are some pics, courtesy of Carmel from the day…

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Run beagles!!

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Watching the beagles go

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Charlie

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Oscar getting cuddles

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Snoopy and Daisy had matching Springbok “Swimsuits”!! – so cute!

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Snoopy “Neethling” hehe

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Another relaxing hunt – as demonstrated by Pippen and Rebel! :p

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Matilda, Bart and Ralph

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Misty modelling her very fancy bib!

Thanks to everyone involved!

Our next hunt is SUNDAY 20 JUNE at 7:30am… sign up here and see you there!

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How cute is this…? I *know* it’s not beagle-related… but it might as well be

How a Bowl Should be Licked.

The owner grabbed a camera instead of chasing the puppy away.

“Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened”

Hey Guys…

if anyone is interested in doing the Discovery 702 Walk the Talk, details are on http://www.royalcanin.co.za/walkthetalk/index.php

DATE | Sunday 25 July 2010

VENUE | Marks Park, Emmerentia

DISTANCE | Dogs are only permitted to walk the 5km and 8km routes

What a big turnout!! Maybe it was the promise of the Vetkoek breakfast after the hunt

Lots of new faces too!! This was a very successful hunt in terms of new beagles finishing lines! I think “Best Newcomer” is going to be a VERY tough call this year… so, to all the new beagles, keep coming, keep working, maybe you can win a trophy at the year end prize giving!!

How great are these pics of the lines? Thanks Carmel

Look at them GO!!

I just love those action shots, don’t you?

Anyway… the hunts went REALLY well… up until the second last line where a few beagles went on their own little walk about and we spent AGES looking for a new little beagle, BLAKE … turned out he was back at the cars! It must be said, Blake is doing really well – considering Sunday was only his second time – and he is still a pup!

Here is Blake getting cuddles (and probably a talking to about disappearing

Little Penny was totally worn out by the end of the morning, and had to be carried around by her dad… what a little princess that one (Penny, not dad!!)

Here are some more beagles at the hunt:

Chelsea

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Matilda

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Aimee and Nelson

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Wendy and Misty

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Charlie

After the hunt is was time for the much anticipated “Vetkoek in the Veld”… prepared by our very own world renowned chefs, Trevor and Dilene (better known as Poppadom and Roti’s mom and dad)

Nom Nom

Trevor tucking in himself…

Thanks for going to the trouble guys – everyone really enjoyed it… can’t wait for next time

Here are a few more pics form Duke and Theai’s people

How cute are these ears!?

Thanks to everyone for making the morning a success!! Our nest hunt is on 6 June at 7am – sign up here

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Here’s another cute beagle story I got in my inbox…

It gave me such goosebumps to read this story…

After the tornado ( Greensburg , Ks.)

THIS IS SUCH A GREAT STORY

The story begins with the rescuers finding this poor little guy they named Ralphie. Someone had already taken him under their wing but they weren’t equipped to adopt.

Ralphie, scared and starved, joined his rescuers…

I wouldn’t think anything could live thru this…. but we were wrong.

This little lady also survived that wreckage.

Here she is just placed in the car – scared, but safe.

and then..they are no longer alone!

Instant friends, they comforted each other while in the car.

Add  two more beagles found after that… the  more, the merrier!

Oh  boy, a new traveler to add to the mix…
(Note:  the cat coming over the seat needing shelter…)
Now just how is this going to work? (and remember they
are all strange to one  another )

It’s  going to work just fine, thank you very much!


Wow!  The things we learn from our animal friends…
If  only all of mankind could learn such valuable lessons as this.
Lessons of instant friendship.
Of peace and harmony by way of respect for one another — no matter one’s color or  creed.
These  animals tell you… “It’s just good to be alive and with others.”
Yes,  it surely is.

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I got this email aaaaaaaages ago and have been meaning to post it on here…

Doggy Door

Could you imagine coming home from work to find this tiny creature napping on your couch with your dog?

Guess who came home for dinner?
It followed this beagle home, right through the doggy door. This happened in Maryland recently. The owner came home to find the visitor had made himself right at home..

This hit the 6 o’clock news big time..

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