An update

George has started puppy training with one of the greatest trainers in Britain (sic) Tony Orchard. He missed the first week because he had a funny tummy but in spite of that, is already top of the class. In fact, Tony used him as an example 3 times! There is another Beagle in the class called Harley. People always ask what breed George is and many mistake him for a Jack Russell. It's clear just how unbeagley George looks next to Harley (a real Beagle, unlike Beagle-in-training, George). Will try and nab a photo in the next few weeks.

George is now officially a red-head. A lot of Beagles are born more black than tan, but their fur will lighten quite early on. Up until a few weeks ago, George's head was completely black. Now it's positively copper-toned (see second pic of 'Pooped' below).

George has now outgrown his collar and had to get a new one. He was last weighed (last week) at 7.4 kilos. He's only supposed to grow to be 9 kilos and he's only just turned 5 months. The vet thinks he'll be bigger than we intially thought. I can still pick him up with relative ease, but I'll be able to throw the dumbbells away if he gets much bigger.

It has now been 5 whole days since George pooped or pee'd inside. Yippeee!

I'd like to say that George has also not escaped from the garden for a whole week. This would have been true up until around 20 minutes ago when a neighbour in a dressing gown (at 2:30 in the afternoon. Heavy night?) pointed out that he was picking bluebells from next door's garden. Or was it digging them up? I wasn't paying much attention to what she said. She was in her dressing gown.