Daisy, beagle, 6 years old. The brains of the operation. Alpha female, knows how to open the closet, fridge and power windows. Was on NBC's "TV's Funniest Moments" for a clip where she kept honking the horn during a news interview.
She'll swim as far as you can throw a dog treat.
Chance, beagle. ~12 years old. A rescue dog who was left tied in the woods at the end of rabbit season. Had him flown home to us, our vet said to get another dog... we got another vet. Dumbest dog I've ever met. You can bounce treats off his head and he just flinches and waits for you to give him one. He couldn't survive on his own for a day... his only survival mechanism is a huge heart. Everyone loves him, even when he was at his most infected, stinkiest stage.
He had 8 teeth pulled in February, and that really improved his health. Now he sleeps with his tongue hanging out:
Here he is "helping" me when I was painting the house a couple weeks ago. Like I said, dumb, dumb dog.
He's old, he's dumb and he eats his own poo. He's my best bud.