Partners place has many acres out back which are- not to put too fine a point on it- wild. Took Max over there yesterday and let him run, and he went so apeshit I think he forgot how to wag. he was sort of stutter-wagging, and at one point his tail was making a circle. At the end of the day I think his butt muscles must have been sore, he was wagging so hard- and he even scared up a bunny. I don’t think I’ve ever seen him that alert!

Anyway, he was sleeping like a log, and even sleep-wagging, all night long. We could hear him on the living room floor- “Thumpthump. Thump. Thumpthump.” all night long. Few things as satisfying as a happy beagle.

On the way home, head out the window, we came on two kids coming back from fishing. he waited till he was right there, and bark/howled like the hound of the baskervilles. The kids, I think, probably peed themselves a bit. he’s loud for a little dog.