Been There, Done That: Like dog, like dog

- Laura Nethken

Our Beagle Boy Cletus seems to be more and more like his “big brother” Duke all the time, even though the two never actually met. Dukie crossed the Rainbow Bridge about six months before Cletus’ Gotcha Day.

Dukie had a bad habit of drink, drink, drink, hack, hack, hack. Cletus has added a new dimension by finishing it off with what sounds like him horking up a turtle. Cletus has mastered the speed bump impression, even though he’s only half the size of Duke. Dukie was able to block an entire path through the house with little to no planning just by laying down somewhere. Cletus has added a little finesse. He has to place his body just right so we have to step over him on every pass through the kitchen. He clogs up the living room by angling himself between the couch and chair.

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