Maggie is a mess … but she isn’t NEAR as much a mess as she was.<\/p>\n
She’s a rescue (wish you could hear me say it the way I say it), think pathetic… She came with two trunks of baggage, and I have to say, I’m down to half a trunk. It’s taken a huge amount of work.
\nShe was free to a good home, found on a chain with no house. Then accidently had a little of beagle puppies. We have no idea how old she is, but we got her the Friday before September 11th.<\/p>\n
I often introduce her as the bad beagle, especially when we are lining up for an agility run, so people understand that she doesn’t behave.<\/p>\n
When I first got her, when you came into the house, she would bellow until you left. I accidently found out, that if people went to the downstairs bathroom and flushed the toilet, she would settle down. For about a year, I had to have people do that. She now bellows a few times, then settles down. Bellowing is not a bad thing — it keeps burglars way. They hate small, loud dog.<\/p>\n
She used to rush up to every dog bigger than her and bellow in their faces. She would also snap at any dog smaller than her (or the same size). I can’t stand dogs that don’t behave around other dogs. It’s one of my pet peeves.<\/p>\n
She will still bellow at other dogs but she doesn’t snap very often any more. Snapping and biting really isn’t a problem because her teeth don’t meet. She bit me several times when I first got her. It’s a wonder she can eat, she’s both undershoot and wry. Her canines go in two different directions.<\/p>\n
When I first got her, she was afraid of police cars. A big problem, since we live on a large busy straight, and on any given weekend the cops will pull over 5 or 6 days in front of house. Until last February, she was deathly afraid of cameras. She now bellows at them when I forget to give her a treat for taking her picture.<\/p>\n
She is still deathly afraid of thunderstorms. Right now, I’m using Zanac to help that. I can at least sleep peacefully when she is on it and there is a thunderstorm.<\/p>\n
She does try very hard. However, when I start with a new behavior, she yells at me in 4 letter beagle words. She even does that in agility class, and sometimes during runs. Usually when she is confused. She is getting better though. Sometimes when I get frusterated that the yelling my husband has to remind me — he will tell me that she really is trying hard. And she does!<\/p>\n
I think in the last few months she’s finally learning that this is her forever home. I also think she trusts more. The best part, is that she is running full courses and doing what I want, most of the time. I can’t rely on her saving my rear when I make a mistake yet, like Marcie does, but I think it will come.<\/p>\n
I’ve always felt sorry for her, but lately I’m starting to really like her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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