heavy with the promise of rain, the sound of the three adult beagles nosing a warm track had the eleven and a half week old rabbit dog in training, Lucy, moving between Brag and myself on the dirt road. Brag, Uncle NoPass’s grandson and my rabbit/dog partner, had convinced me to run “the gate” this morning, a patch of exceedingly thick planted pines about a hundred yards between the gate to my hunting lease in Seale, Alabama and the paved road.

The three adult beagles went into full cry as the track became blisteringly hot.
As we watched, Lucy suddenly plunged into the undergrowth to be with her new Aunties, Maizie, Dixie and Julie.

Yep. It's Saturday and it's early as heck.
Gone to exercise the dogs

who turned 11 weeks old on Monday was given her second injection of canine distemper-hepatitis-parainfluenza-parvovirus vaccine today, Thursday. No Problem giving her the injection

Maizie, the motherly type, Dixie, the indifferent, Julie, the high strung, neurotic, irritable, and little Lucy.

So which one does Lucy decide to follow around like a shadow, nipping, harrassing and begging to play with?

Poor Julie

Let me introduce you to Lucy

Brag and My newest addition to our rabbit hounds. She will be 11 weeks old on Monday. She’s a cute mixed breed of Beagle and I suspect from her long body, long ears and loose skin, Bassett. (We've since decided that she is a "beaner", part beagle and part wiener dog.) Hopefully, she will get the beagles energy and the bassett voice. She promises to be about the same size as our 11 incher’s, Maizie, Julie and Dixie. Cuz’s dogs are all about the same size except for the grand dame of the pack, Judy, who is about a 9 incher