My own pups are IDDs!

That’s Internally Displaced Dogs. My most excellent friend, Jennifer Petschke, has been caring for my boys while I’m in Sri Lanka. She has recently been accused of trying to license them in a town, not their own. The town of Sweden has further threatened to sic (pun intended) the dog warden on them! Good luck finding them in Brighton. As it happens, I know the Sweden dog warden and she, Harvey and Beau are fast friends. Occasionally, Harv would manage to get off his dog run and head up to K&K for some hot wings and a malt liquor. (Man, can he run up a tab…”It’s okay, my person is good for it.”) This always results in Harv ending up drying out at the pound on White Road; hurling up chicken bones and trying to suck up to me as I bail him out. Beau is just…well…Beau. Originally procured as a “thinking brain dog” for Harv, he has proven to be almost as stupid.

When he was a little pup, he liked to sit on top of my head to watch the nightly news. I can’t remember why I ever thought this was a good idea. Regrettably, my head did not keep pace with his inevitable growth. Undeterred, he continued to try to sit on my head at every opportunity; always resulting in uncontrollable laughter from my brother Doug.

Beau, trying to reach the top of my head, “Hey, Down in front! I’m watching Law & Order here!”

Harv the wonder dog, as in: "I wonder what stupid thing I’ll do next!"

Harvey really is very patient with Beau and is an excellent big beagle brother. I’m sure Jennifer’s dogs; Hannah and Syd; are very anxious for them to come home so they can have their person all to themselves again. It’s the people in my life like Jennifer that helped me to know for certain that this was the right thing for me to do at the right time. If she had been unable to take in my boys, I don’t know who would have stepped up to care for them. If I hadn’t felt secure that they are safe and sound, I wouldn’t have been able to pick up and go as I did. Jen, you are a true friend and I owe you BIG TIME. Love to you all, have a rawhide on me.