Am I the only one that is Crazy

[PrideHillKennel]

Well I just got back from a weekend road trip to MO. I left early friday morning and headed to ST Louis and then on to Chris and Laura Wells on Saturday afternoon to pick up my new pup. Then back to ST Louis and then back to WV on Sunday. Total trip was 1614 miles and 23 hours of driving. My wife thinks I am totally nutts.

Any body else have any stories they would like to share??

A big thanks to Chris and Laura and thier family. I had a great visit and felt like we were old friends. Thanks for letting me have your pup. Brock

[drifter22no1]

Yep,

you are the only one

[Big Mike]

lol must have wanted that pup pretty badly. Before the days of simulcasting i drove from S/E Michigan to Sportsmen Park in Chicago to bet a horse i really liked ,and the when i got their, the horse had scratched.

[Shady Grove Beagles]

I've got friends that live WAY up in Arroostock County Maine that I go up and spend 10 days with for some of the best hare hunting to be had.It's 3,000 miles round trip! If 10 days of following the beagles through the Maine pucker brush doesn't do you in the ride almost will.

[Newt]

I drove nine hours, one way to breed my bitch. She wouldn't take the dog. I left her and drove back two weeks later and picked her up. Then she required a C-Section. Hope you have more success with that pup than I did with the two in my litter.

[kbspeed]

Drove 8 hours one way ran dogs for 3 hours and drove 8 hours back for one puppy. Absoutely thrilled with the dog. So thrilled that I did it again this past year. Everbody thinks I got a screw loose to.

[Cooz's Beagles]

I drove about four and a half hours to get my pup back in October, about four hours back home. Tomorrow I'm taking her to a starting pen about three hours away. Not totally crazy, but still some dedication. Lol.


Cooz's Beagles
Cooz's Just Snoopin Around
Lone Pine Cooz's Nicci

[sammiller03]

drove six hours one way to get a pup that got parvo three days later. cost me three hundred for the pup gar there and back seven hundred dollars at the vet and sold her for two hundred dollars cause she drove me nuts.....im a moron..


sam

[Volfan]

I have drove several hours to get a pup more than once. My wife told me I was crazy too. But the way I see it people drive 10 or 12 hours on vacation to get to a beach to lay on for a week. And spend thousands of dollars in the process. If your pup turns out good you will get several hours a week of fun for years out of it. Just depends on if you want to lay on a beach or really have some fun. JMO. If you like it ,want it, and can afford it go get it. You never know how many lifelong friends you will meet in the process. Not crazy just ambitious.

[DJC]

I got out of work on a Friday and my wife and I left at about 5pm and got to LaGrange Michigan for breakfast at about 8am we dropped about 1 hr south into Indiana to pickup a pup and then drove straight home, got home about 1 am Sunday morning. I sold the dog about 6 months later.

I drove to Southside Va. to judge a field trial, drove about 8 hrs down on Friday, Judged the trial on Sat. and then drove straight home.

I will be going on vacation and on my way home I will be picking up a couple pups., Then in 2 months I will be driving 8 hrs back to the same place to pick up another pup.

[BCBeagles]

Just drove Saturday 3 hrs one way to drop off a female to be bred. Will go back and get herlater this week.

They longest one we have ever done. Illinois and back in one day! 23.5 hours of driving in one day!! my Dad and I did that.
That was our craziest one ever!!!

[mybeagles]

I would like to say Ive never made a rediculously long trip for a pup or dog but I have......and yes, my wife thinks I'm crazy. My dad and I drove from Michigan to southern Kansas to pick up two beagles, only to find out they were junk. Turned around and returned them for two different ones, all on one Christmas break.

If you really break it down, we spend hours upon hours out in the woods battling ticks, Misquito's, the hot, the cold, and sometimes sitting in the dark to listen to dogs bark in the woods, chasing a glorified rodent.

Some guys drive 1000's of miles going from trial to trial spending 1000's of $$$ all in hopes of getting a couple letters placed in front of the dogs name....."FC".......

Oh yah, Im crazy, but I wouldn't change it for anything......I think it's something born into you......

Mybeagles

[johns03272008]

I think if we are all honest, we can all remember back to a day that changed us from being the owner of a beagle to a beagle crazy fanatic.

When it strikes you go on a mission to find the perfect hound or at least describe what one must look like. We suddenly need all the best equipment. We look in our back yards and see that old dog house that has been home to 3-4 generations of family pets and instantly it seems inadequate. At this point we embark on a building project that for most of us we soon find out we are not trained for. We then start to daydream and wonder how life could have been better it we would have only took up architecture or construction as an occupation so we could build a brag worthy kennel for our dogs.

As we search for that perfect beagle, all of a sudden the hounds in the neighborhood don't seem to stack up with the hounds being bred on the other side of the country. We naively believe the exaggerated write ups put in the magazines about the hounds because in our little world we want to believe the perfect dog exists if we could just get our hands on the right pup.

Once we get our hands on the "perfect pup" from across the country and from the cross that the breeder swears will produce all Field Champions we start shopping for only the best equipment for our new world beater. We amazingly find time to get that pup to the starting pen 7 days a week and tell our wives we are so busy we don't have time to mow the front yard.

Then the day of recconing happens. The pup starts to bark on a rabbit. We know our pup is 5 months old, but to make it sound more impressive we shave two months off its age and tell everyone it started at 3 months old. By the time the dog is 6 months old it has circled a rabbit or two full circle and we begin to believe everything we read about the sire and dam and start to imagine how great this hound will be.

At this point we order the beagle magazines to be sure to find out when the trial dates are so we can enter our hound on his 1 year birthday. Of course, the trials close to home have dishonest judges so we look for a trial 8 hours away where your sure you can get a fair look at your hound.

Now you realize you need a fancy box if your going to be a trialer, and that plywood box your grandpa made 25 years ago that has been passed down 2 generations is not worthy to hold you future Field Champion.

You take two days off work so you can get to the trial the night before. You arrive to be sure and have enough time to let everyone know your dog is only 1 year old but has been circling rabbits since 3 months old and is mature enough to compete in a licensed trial.

You draw first series and you just cant wait. Your dog is a little timid, but after the first rabbit is jumped your dog stops to listen as the rest of the pack drives away with the rabbit. Soon the rabbit cuts back to the gallery and as your dog heads into the pack he intersects the rabbit and gets a brief sight chase in front of the judges. At this point, in your mind your dog just scored 1000 points. It drives the rabbit 30 yards to a loss and is soon over taken by the rest of the pack. Your dog doubles back and picks up a "check" on some uncovered track and the rest of the pack keeps driving. You want the judges to bring the pack back to your dog. Again, in your eyes your pup just picked a tough check and should be awarded another 1000 points. This goes on for 30 minutes in similar fashion and to your complete amazement the judge orders your dog up. You cant believe it. Certainly he must have the wrong dog. You have your dog leading the trial and they order it up.....

There has been a great injustice done. The judges are promoting the wrong style of hounds. You have an 8 hour trip home to calculate what format would be better suited for your superstar. By the time you get home you have it all figured out and start to strategize your next move...


If any of this has happened to you......you can call yourself a BEAGLER!

[SUNRISE10]

What we want to know is what does [DEAN] think????

[PrideHillKennel]

His responce was----u-ha, Yea yea, True True.That about covers it. What else would one expect??????