Double Disobedience!

This picture has nothing to do with the Story but I like his profile!

I got home from work with Charlie last night and while I was pottering around the kitchen I let Charlie into the garden to play. About 5 minutes later I popped outside to play with him but he didn’t come when I called, off I wandered looking for him when I had a stop and gasp moment; the side gate was open – wide open! This posed two problems. One, that someone has clearly been in my garden when I have been at work and two, Charlie has gone!

Out I went calling and shouting for him, shaking the biscuit tin, but 5 minutes is a long time for a beagle with a sense of adventure!  Whenever he gets out my first instinct is always to check the road, make sure that he has not had an accident. I live on a private track off of quite a busy road. There is always a big relief when I see that that is clear. Just as my friend pulled into the track in her car I spotted Charlie bolting towards me heading towards the road. “Quick!” He ducked to my right into the plough field so I borrowed Archie, her Border Terrier and used him as a honey trap. Charlie may be able to ignore me calling and resist the biscuit tin but he cannot resist the chance to play with a new dog!

caught in the act!

Not content with nearly giving me a heart attack, It would appear that Charlie has a taste for cabbages and tomatoes – we are back to the vegetarian beagle! Once I got him home, Charlie ate half of my dinner that was sat on the chopping board. The dinner that I had not been able to finish cooking because I was too busy looking for the little runaway! I could hear him int he kitchen and caught him red handed pilfering it from the side. once I chased him off though, he continued to eat the vegetables he had liberated from the chopping board, what a monster! 



eating the evidence

I took a picture of the chopping board because you can even see where he has been licking the board to get the food. He jumps up and if he cant reach the food he twists his head to the side and uses his tongue to edge the food towards him. It is quite ingenious if you forget that he is doing all of this in order to eat the food you have prepared for yourself!

what is left of my dinner!