My Sweet Bumble,
We don't know your exact birthdate (1992 or 1993?) Your first home, unfortunately was a humane society. A family adopted you, but your need for freedom and space and family relationships were not important. After a few years of struggle and unhappiness you came into our lives on July 13, 1998. How totally bewildered and scared you looked not knowing what is going to happen to you next. I immediately locked you in my heart and Daddy did too. You and I became soul mates from that moment on. It took almost 4 hours to drive you to your new home, your new surroundings of a total rural environment with trees, trees, and more trees and all kind of smells to follow. You had no experience of total freedom or how to act in the great outdoors. And we never had a hound before and so we trained each other. Even though you are not a 100% beagle (mixed with I do not know) you sure look like a beagle with bit shorter ears and a shorter white tip on your tail. But the spirit in you was all beagle for snooping became your favorite pastime and following all those wondereful smelling trails just took your breath away. It took my breath away many times, having to follow you very closely so you would'nt make a wrong turn and not find your way back home. Oh, how I remember those first anxious moments especially one when I could not find you for over 4 hours. I cried and cried, was frantic to find you, was perspired to the skin as you picked the hottest day of that 1998 summer to vanish without a trace. And it was only the first week of our togetherness. Thank God, you did find you way home and from then on I knew you were finally home forever. Yet, forever did not happen. Not only did we battle spondylosis disease, arthritis but then, on April 2 the cancer beast entered our lives with such a fury that we only managed to fight it for 3 months. I gave you as many tummy rubs as you would allow and massaged your tired body every day. It was the hardest decision for us to let you go to the rainbow bridge. I will never forget the communication we shared with our eyes that last day and you telling me to send you to a painfree, happy place. My sweet Bumble, Daddy and I love you so and miss you terribly. 'Keep on snooping' and ask for a lot of tummy rubs. Love and will miss you forever, Momma and Daddy