8 Guatititas de Pan*

Sweet, sweet Liza is pregnant! 

We think we saw eight pups! 

Big news at Baring Veterinary Hospital today: Liza's pregnant! Dr. Davidson thought he saw eight puppies in Liza's guatita. We're very excited... and a little bit worried — we have lots of learning and preparing to do! Luckily, we will have help in September when Liza is due. Hooray, Liza! Congratulations, Pip! Hang in there, pups! Let's stay healthy! Stay tuned for updates... Be sure to check out more Pip and Liza photos at our purdybeagles Instagram page to get an idea how cute these puppies will be!


*When Liza was a puppy in Chile, she had a cute little belly full of table scraps fed to her by her breeders, and a good friend of the family gave her the nickname "Guatita de Pan" for her sweet demeanor and cute little tummy. 

Hope You're Digging the New Year!

Digging the snow!

We hope all of you had a wonderful holiday season. We enjoyed lots of visits with family and friends, plenty of walks, some snow, lots of treats, playtime, and more attention than usual while mom had time off work and dad was visiting. Things have quieted down a bit, but there is still a lot of excitement here!

Lately the snow has melted, and Liza has gone from digging in the snow to burying bones in the soft ground, as you can see by the mud on her nose below! While we always have a lot of fun, these last two weeks have been difficult for us here at Beaglestone, as Liza has been in estrus and Pip has been very out of sorts! He's been having some spa days at our favorite kennel, since Liza is still a little young for pups.

Digging the mud!

Nature has a way of taking its course, though, so for better or for worse, Liza may be expecting puppies. We missed Pip so much that we brought him home Wednesday night, only to realize quickly that he'd have to go back to the doggie spa. He slept in his crate and was supervised at all times - except while I was drying my hair! I came out to find Pip and Liza locked together in love's passionate embrace. So, we are preparing for puppies but hoping Liza can stay a pup herself for a little bit longer. Stay tuned! 

Pip and Liza Rule the World

Good morning, beagle fans! A quick Pip and Liza update: They are doing GREAT. Life is grand. Treats, walks, cuddling, playing, digging, rides in the car, park playtime with friends. That's what we do. The mother of beagles is busy, busy, busy working as a teacher and a writer to bring home the kibble! Pip and Liza help out by getting me out of bed with enthusiastic face-licking and by always greeting me with wagging tails when I come home. Right now they're waiting for their morning walk to commence -- a fabulous sniff-fest followed by that most magical of events: Dinner! Have a beag-riffic day, all.

As you can see by the photo, Liza does not play by the rules. She goes where she pleases.

Tricolor Shadow: A Beagle Haiku

Oh my goodness. It has been a busy summer for beagles! Not much time for beagle-blogging. Pip and Liza have been enjoying a visit from their Chilean "daddy," who has just left after two weeks of nonstop beagle fun. Alas, again we are three, and a little sad.

On the bright side, it is finally cooling down a bit so that we can enjoy longer walks in the evenings in addition to our early-morning super-walks. Last night I took this photo of Pip and Liza on their leashes and wrote a little haiku about that moment walking, trying to capture the image and essence of their beagleness and their shadows on film, fighting sadness. I have written a few beagle haiku... Search and publication to come. For now, Tricolor Shadow.

Tricolor shadow

Joyful bouncing white-tipped tails 

Reverse negative

It's a good day to be a beagle

Welcome to our Beagle Blog! 

Thank you for following the adventures of Pip and Liza, the most beautiful beagles in the world. I know I may be biased, but just today we met a lovely pair of Miniature Schnauzers — Daisy and Abbey— and their human was quite impressed (as many are) with Pip and Liza's beauty. He was beside himself, in fact. Cooing.

Today is just another day in the life of Pip and Liza, who are now sleeping soundly on the couch as I try to design a pleasing little blog in hopes that when Liza has puppies in the next year we'll have our pick of good homes where they will be raised with love and patience. So this is day one. Hopefully we'll have time to post some photos and more information soon.