I know I have been good, I know I have been bad, and I know this beagle has always been crazy. Now that 2011 will be a better year because of the first ever Sonic the Crazy Beagle 2011 Resolutions. The following is my list of changes I will change for 2011:

Resolution #1 – I will promise to stay out to garbage. I am above that for 2011

Resolution #2 – I will eat better. I know my owners are talking about going all natural for their food and my dog food.

Resolution #3 – I will not run off should my owner lose control of my lease. The last time I escaped he didn’t even run after me. I am a little concerned.

Resolution #4 – I will know my place and not beg. I will let my owners eat in peace.

Resolution #5 – I will not lick myself in public anymore.

Resolution #6 – I will do a better job of “holding it” until the morning. Sometimes I get a little lazy and let it go in the middle of the night.

Resolution #7 – I will do a better job of letting my owners know when I need to go outside.

Resolution #8 – I promise not to try to slip by my owner when he opens the door to talk with someone.

Resolution #9 – I promise not to bark for no reason. It is just the crazy beagle coming out of me.

Resolution #10 – I will do a better job showing how excited I am when the owner and his family come home.

Now it is time for this crazy beagle to “walk the talk.” This beagle will keep you posted.

Sonic the Crazy Beagle wishes you a Happy New Year!

New Year’s celebrations come and go without incident. It’s pretty easy to forget about the needs of your pet dogs during the New Year’s activities. The following are some potential pet hazards and general guidelines for petting your pet beagle happy, healthy, and safe during your New Year’s celebration: 

1. Don’t leave your pet dog outside – Your pet dog can easily become scared by the New Year’s celebrations. Many times your neighbors will set off fireworks not realizing the dogs are extremely scared by this noise. Your dog’s reaction may escape the yard and dart into oncoming traffic. To be safe, keep your dog inside. 
2. Don’t leave your pet unattended in a car – I know you may be use to taking the routine precautions and leaving your pet in the car during routine shopping trips, but New Year’s day is not a routine day. With all the noise that comes with New Year’s Day, your pet could panic and cause damage to your car and injury to your pet. Plus with the additional factors of winter, the cold temperatures and stress can intensify the effects of hypothermia and shock.
3. Put your pet in a calm environment – Put your pet dog in a quiet place in your house where they won’t hear and see the fireworks. A good place for this is the laundry room or bathroom. Include a favorite blanket, leave on the lights, and play music. This crazy beagle can testify that classical or smooth jazz works well to calm me. Make sure you check on your pet dog on a regular basis to make sure everything is all right. I used to chew on the door frame when I was scared so regularly check on your pet.
4. Walk your pet early in the day – Take your pet dog on an extensive walk in the early daytime hours and again in the evening, the earlier the betters. That way your pet dog will still get their needed exercise before the fireworks come out.
5. Watch what you feed your pet - With the holidays comes plenty of food. Though these foods may be delicious for human, the same foods may be deadly for dogs. Remind guests, family, and friends that you have a pet dog and please do that feed your pet any food. Foods such as chocolate, onions or onion dip, certain candies can cause sickness and death of your pet. Also leaving candy wrappers around can cause your pet dog to choke if eaten.

Bonus Tip:  Make sure your pet’s identification is updated – As for the Fourth of July, Halloween, and other noisy, high activity holidays, make sure your pets carry proper and up-to-date identification should they escape..

Sonic the Crazy Beagle suggests that you always think of your pet during the holidays, especially during New Year’s. By taking these extra safety precautions for your pet, your dog will also have a fun, safe, and healthy New Year.

Wow!  The snow storm is here!  A snow storm has hit Virginia Beach.  It started snowing on Christmas night and continued throughout the 26th.  Boy, did it dump a lot of snow.

From the Crazy Beagle’s point of view, so much snow, so much potential.  As they say, “don’t eat the snow where the huskies go!”  This dog is looking forward to changing the color of the snow.

To my fellow dogs, be safe and don’t stay out to long in the snow no matter what your owners want to do.  They have coats and shoes, we dogs don’t.

This beagle wishes all my friends happy Boxing Day!!! Some of you may be saying, “What is that Crazy Beagle talking about, happy Boxing Day?” Well Boxing Day is celebrated on December 26th in Canada, the United Kingdom, and a few other countries.

There are several stories to how it started. One story, in the United Kingdom, it certainly became a custom of the nineteenth-century Victorians for tradesmen to collect their “Christmas boxes” or gifts on the day after Christmas in return for good and reliable service throughout the year. Another possibility is that the name derives from an old English tradition: in exchange for ensuring that wealthy landowners’ Christmases ran smoothly, their servants were allowed to take the 26th off to visit their families. The employers gave each servant a box containing gifts and bonuses (and sometimes leftover food). In addition, around the 1800s, churches opened their alms boxes (boxes where people place monetary donations) and distributed the contents to the poor.

Some use Boxing Day as an additional day of shopping. But this crazy dog likes the original meaning of Boxing Day. To give back to those in need the most. Actually, wouldn’t it be great if everyday was Boxing Day and we can help those in need?

This beagle wishes you and your family happy Boxing Day!

Does a dog really need to work so hard to receive his gift?  See what this Crazy Beagle had to do to get his gift.