Perl - Beagle
Home: Indianapolis, IN
Birthday: Mon, January 23 2006
Gender: Female
Weight: 25 lbs
Health issue
Tue, July 03 2007
So, this morning the large female biped took me in to the vet's. I've had a bit of a rough go of it lately. I'm smaller than Bea. . .
Songs Now Being Collected
Tue, March 18 2008
My songs and poems, such as they are, are now available in one central location. No muss, no fuss, no more indypaws unreliabilit. . .
Where My Food Comes From - A Poem
[With apologies to Maxine Nightingale … what can I say, the original song was the end theme for Slap Shot]
Oo, yes it’s s. . .
Squirrel update
Okay, a squirrel has built a nest in a tree in our back yard. The female biped is worried about what we'll do to it, but any squ. . .
Surgery
Crap. It looks like I have a torn meniscus in my right rear knee and will need surgery afterall. *sigh* Just when raining camp i. . .
So Plain - A Poem
[Put on your bee costume, kids, this one's based on a Blind Melon song]
Aroo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
Awroo-oo-oo.
All I can say is . . .
July 4 Weekend Report
What a weekend!
First, more bipeds showed up to stay with us over the weekend! Grandma and Grandpa -- no, not that Grandma an. . .
New sport
Okay, kids, listen up. Do you know those stepstools that some bipeds, particularly the biped pups, use in the kitchen? One got l. . .
Rabbit Underground
Beauregard and I have just flushed out a major terrorist cell. Rabbits have been living under the yard barn (or "castle" as Beau. . .
Lick It! - A Poem
[With apologies to Devo]
Knees to lick!
Lick that hand real quick.
Make her yell ick!
Give my tongue a flick.
When a bi. . .
Knee Surgery?!?!
I've been limping around the last couple weeks, favoring my right rear leg, and it's not gotten better. So the bipeds to took me. . .
Beagle Yell - A Poem
[Based on Billy Idol's "Rebel Yell"]
Just now a fat red squirrel
Came dancin’ on my deck.
Just now that darned red sq. . .
Squirrel Interrogation Technique
Beauregard and I trapped a squirrel over the weekend. She didn't have much information, but we do have a video of our interrogat. . .
Beaglelight - A Poem
[I have tried to post this for four days but the site seems to have been messed up. A LOT.]
[This is submitted with full apol. . .
Bipeds are back!
They're back! They're back! They're back!
Now we can resume our regularly scheduled course of queenly tribute. It's nice hav. . .
Beau Will Tear It Apart Again
[With full apologies to the former members of Joy Division.]
Beauregard bites a hole
On my new toy he stole.
And he tugs li. . .
Update on the Squirrel Front
They're back. We should have known, it had been quiet. Too quiet. They were on the deck this morning, and I must say that Bowie . . .
For the Love of Snoopy
Well, I guess it had to happen eventually. Beauregard has been very much the pickle ever since his birthday. Today he leapt onto. . .
A Celebration Day
Chez Beagle is certainly en fete today. From all corners comes the sound of laughing and clinking glasses, the toilet bowl water. . .
My Old Coonhound - A Poem
[Based on "Sweet Georgia Brown". The large male biped has always wanted a bluetick coonhound. A noble breed, though not a beagle. . .
Basset - A Poem
[With full apologies to Beck. This is based on my memories of Mose, my grandfather’s dog from my youth.]
In a time of lapdo. . .
Another one!
We just got another one from the Humane Society. And his name is Bowie. Well, that just might cause some confusion, I can tell y. . .
Goodbye to a Great One
We found out that our cousin Culeng, who owned the large male biped's brother's family, passed away after a long illness. There . . .
Good News on the Security Front
Okay, troops, and I use the term loosely, listen up. First, I am happy to report that the squirrels have fallen back and are not. . .
We Got a Terrorist Squirrel!
Troops, I am happy to report that Colonel Beauregard and I managed to catch, interrogate, and kill our first squirrel today! It . . .
This Dog Biscuit - A Poem
[With full apologies to The Psychedelic Furs. It seemed like every alternative band in the 90s covered this song, and there is a. . .
Dog Down Under - A Poem
[With apologies to Men at Work. Boy, the things I type when introducing these posts ... This is dedicated to Radley, an Australi. . .
Big Heart/Warm Bedspread -A Poem
[With full apologies to Cake. This and others are at http://www.laughingviking.com/ ]
I want a girl who can spoil her doggies. . .
Dewey Update
Hello, everyone. I was helping Dewey with an update. The poor guy is sleeping right now, so I promised to do it for him.
He c. . .
Beagle Like Me - A Poem
[With full apologies to TV on the Radio for ruining their great song Wolf Like Me]
Beagle Like Me
(by The Were-Beagle, aka. . .
The Devil Went Down to Southport
[I think I owe Charlie Daniels lunch now. Just please don't ask what inspired this.]
The Devil went down to Southport, he was. . .
Welcome to My Dogpack - A Poem
[With full apologies to Izzy Stradlin … the rest of Guns and Roses being beyond apology.]
[Oh my Snoopy…]
ROoooooooooo. . .
Uno - A Poem
[Poetry day will continue Friday, but this had to be posted ASAP, with full apologies to David Bowie. This just isn't the same w. . .
Vote for MEEEEEEEEE!
Go to http://www.spaydayusa.org/ and vote for ME! Right now! Search for "Perl", I'm the only one, and vote for ME! Right now!
. . .
Running with the Beagles - A Poem
[With apologies to Van Halen]
I gulp my food like there's no tomorrow.
And all I eat, Beau tries to steal.
I need to eat mo. . .
Crisis in Chez Beagle
Crisis, people, crisis! With Hugh leaving the large bipeds have been having serious conversations. They were talking freely beca. . .
My Beagle Queen - A Poem
[Daddy still loves me! He wrote this while listening to "Black Peach", his favorite song by The Elms! Daddy loves me! Daddy lo--. . .
Are You Gonna Feed This Dog
[And I really must apologize to the members of Jet, because the original is so great.]
Go!!
So 1, 2, 3, take my paw and co. . .
The SuperPerlie Theme Song - A Poem
[With full apologies to Jay Ward]
When you find yourself in danger,
Or you’re threatened by a stranger,
Who is big an. . .
Hound on the Run - A Poem
[With apologies to Sweet]
I, I, I,
Can't even hear my name
Cause I just saw wild game,
Just like every time be-for-or-o. . .
Bipeds say we're getting company
No poem this week, but I do have news. Last night, while I was under the dining room table and preparing my nose for an attack, . . .
Bipeds' mental health waning
Check out http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2096/2140229850_f7c183a8f0.jpg?v=0
This is the Viking New Year card that the bipeds . . .
Run Run Away - A Poem
[With full apologies to Slade]
Aw-roooo!
I hate fuzzy rats,
Think they are worse than cats.
Use them as doormats.
Run r. . .
A (re)Call to Arms ... or Legs
As some of you may recall ... by Snoopy’s ghost, look at http://www.indypaws.com/post/index/10 how could it be forgotten? ... . . .
In a Big Back Yard - A Poem
[In memory of the late Stuart Adamson of Big Country, it's time to put on your tartan and play that bagpipe-sounding guitar]
. . .
Pig ear bones!
I don't know how those bipeds do it. This week they gave us bone treats when we had to get crated one day. They were new bone tr. . .
My Favorite Thing - A Poem
My Favorite Thing
[Beauregard and I were having a serious discussion last night while the bipeds were trying to sleep; slacke. . .
Daily Exercise - A Poem
Out of the door and onto the deck
Snuffling and scrambling and running like heck.
Down the back steps and into the yard
The s. . .
Beaglepalooza
*ahem* It has come to the attention of The Beagle Queen -- namely, me -- that there hasn't been enough beagle-oriented content. . .
Belly Rub Day - A Poem
Belly Rub Day (A Poem)
(with full apologies to the members of U2)
The hand is a boon,
Reaching out from the biped grouch. . .
Perlie's Big Brown Pig Ear - A Poem
Perlie's Big Brown Pig Ear
(With sincerest apologies to Les Claypool and all the guys in Primus)
Now Perlie's loves he. . .
The Beagle
(With sincerest thanks ... and apologies ... to Edgar Allen Poe.)
The Beagle
Once upon a daytime dreary, while I pondered . . .
A classic poem (for a modern dog)
Twinkle twinkle little bat,
How I wonder where you're at.
Up inside the curtain so high,
Like a racecar in the sky.
Wish I h. . .
Health issue
So, this morning the large female biped took me in to the vet's. I've had a bit of a rough go of it lately. I'm smaller than Bea. . .
Bee sting kits
This weekend, while visiting the female biped's parents, the large male biped took Beauregard and me for our daily walks along a. . .
Serious question
There was a bat in the house this morning, and I darn near caught it, too. Unfortunately, right when I was ready to pounce, it t. . .
Sleeping through the Night
Okay, the large male biped is very angry with me. Three or four times a night, I whine enough to wake him up. Beauregard and I a. . .
Beaglemania
Beagles. We rule. We rock. We roll. We are the best, absolutely, without doubt. You know it, we know you know it, and you know w. . .
Squirrels and Homeland Security
I'm starting a petition to have squirrels recognized as de facto members of rodential terrorist groups by The Department of Home. . .
Owner: Richard
About Me: I got my current family from the Indianapolis Humane Society in October 2006. I was educated at the Indy K9 Kollege in Beech Grove in January of 2007, graduating summa howl loudly. We have a fine home on the south side, though the decor needs an update, and this new Beauregard pup wants watching.
Nicknames: Perlie, Perlgirl
My Motto: You know I'm in charge, just deal with it.
Likes: Belly rubs, food, sleep, food, running, food, squeaky toys, food, licking toes, food, sleeping in the bipeds' beds
Pet-peeves: spastic robins, wireless electric fence collars, spicy mustard, UPS trucks, squirrels
Best Tricks: Stealing mom's biscuits in the yard, hiding pig ears in plain sight
Favorite Activities: Running, sleeping, licking unsuspecting guests on the ankle and knee
Favorite Food: Polish sausage, popcorn, pillsbury grand biscuits
Favorite Toy: Either the blue chew bone or the rope bone. And bare legs.
Favorite Walk: The road course that Beauregard and I have run into the back yard, around the pine trees and deck pilings.
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