Meet Beau

I'd like to introduce the newest addition to the Cagle Household.....Beau. He is a 12 week old Boykin Spaniel, and the most precious little mess you've ever seen.  No we weren't looking to add another 4-legged child to the mix, but he came to us by way of one of the other football coaches whose dog had a litter of just one pup and instead of selling him, he was willing to give him away to someone he knew....enter us. Eric knew that if he called and asked me about it I would have said no, so he had the dog brought to our house last week knowing there was no way I could turn this sweet face away!

He's pretty stinkin cute, too! It's been almost a year since we had a puppy around and I forget how silly they can be.  He loves playing in the garden....banana peppers are his favorite so far, aside from a hole that I dug some dirt from that gets just muddy enough to play in when the garden gets watered. He pulled one pepper off the other day and last night he took out an entire plant....he got excited about something and started jumping around like puppies do and snapped the entire plant off at the base.

Waiting for the pepper to play back....

He had me in tears last night after he stole the empty potting soil bag I had been using.  The bag was a least 4x his size but it was empty so he could pick it up, plus it made noise!  He started running around the yard with it so it looked like the bag was just floating around the yard. I tried to yell at him to stop but I was laughing so hard nothing came out. Oh puppy life.

Clockwise from top left: 1)He does have quite a distinguished look when he wants to (and is still for more than .5 seconds). 2) This is the look he gives when you tell him he can't do something....complete astonishment. This is usually followed by barking at whatever you just told him no to after he gives you the look. He spent about 5 minutes barking at Hawk's bowl on Sunday morning because I would not let him eat Hawk's breakfast, too. 3) He does seem to enjoy biting shoes/toes/calves, so I've had to be extra careful with where I throw my shoes....I'm learning just like him. 4) He may be a wild man when he is awake but he sure does give sweet puppy cuddles when he is asleep!

He has actually been a really good puppy.  He goes in his crate at night and after a few minutes of jumping in circles and playing with his bed he settles down and goes to sleep. He usually sleeps all night until we get up in the morning and we are crossing our fingers and toes and eyes that it continues. I am hoping we won't have to crate him at night for too much longer. His little puppy brain is just too curious to stay out right now.

The Chuck-It Bumper is one of his favorite toys....he shakes it so hard he falls over!

Of course he's been checking off his list of Cagle dogs firsts. In the one week we've had him he has swam in the pool, walked the neighborhood, and even had his first bite of ice cream (we had DQ for Peanut's birthday last night). Hawk and Peanut weren't thrilled with him initially but I know they'll come around with lots of bribing and treats eventually.

I feel like this could be a movie cover for The Hangover: Canine Edition...Beau has the Alan roll nailed.

I am sure there will be copious amounts of silly Beau stories to come....so stay tuned!