Meet Harper!

[makbike]

I once again hosted a ride for the club today in my neck of the woods. This was a new route, very rural and very scenic. As my friend Susan and I swept the ride we encountered a small, undernourished beagle mix on the side of the road. We stopped and Susan shared her crackers with this little dog. My heart sank for this little dog (I have a special place in my heart for beagles). As we left her on the side of the road I found myself telling Susan I would come back for her once we got to our cars. Have I lost my mind I already have two dogs and one of them is dog aggressive. I could not shake this little dog from my mind and when we stopped at the last store stop I was on my phone with my vet's office (best friend is the vet there). They agreed to work us in at the end of the day. We made it back to our cars and I headed home to shower, drop my bike off and drive back in hopes of finding her.

I did find her in the exact spot we had left her. She came racing down to the road to me and well the rest is history. She evidently does not like to ride in the car for she got sick on my back seat - no big deal. She did great at the vets office and everyone was her new friend.

My friendly vet estimates her to be 5 or 6 months old. She is underweight by about 5 lbs. We picked a lot of ticks off her and discovered an old wound on her throat. Her lymph nodes are enlarged. She appears to be a beagle, jack Russell, hound mix and has really long legs. We treated her with Frontline and have started her on an antibiotic. Since I found her on Harp Pike I've named her Harper.

The primarily introductions with my other dogs went well. My blue tick hound, Zorro, appears to be in love with her. Gaston, the dog aggressive Great Dane, did not seem the least bit interested in her so this may just work out for her.

Time will tell but right now I'm feeling pretty darn good. I've been thinking about adding another dog to my household and a beagle at that. I'm keeping my fingers crossed.