Wilson
Jun 28th 2008wolfmoonsleddogSoutheast
Location: Northwest GA
Time - 6:11pm
Temperature: 87 degrees F
Conditions: Partly cloudy, humid
Forecast: Thunderstorms today and tomorrow. Highs in the 80s, lows in the 60s
Wilson is a hound mix that showed up on our doorstep one rainy day in November 2002. We believe someone dumped a litter of puppies nearby and that he was one of them. I have seen another dog that looked just like Wilson running with a half-wild pack on the far side of our mountain.
Wilson, or Willy as I call him, had obviously been abused by his former owners and, although he is fine with me and the rest of the family, strangers distress him greatly. He has taken up the position of guard dog and screams (rather than barks) when he believes anyone or anything is around. This is good when he alerts us to people but annoying when the intruder is a bird or squirrel.
I’ve done a little sled work with Willy but he has never been very into it. Although he likes to pull, he doesn’t have much interest in working in harness. He used to run long distances with April off-leash but we have since put a stop to that since it is too dangerous for them to run off-leash together when unsupervised.
Wilson is a fun dog with an ever-wagging tail. We believe him to be a Beagle/Black and Tan Coonhound mix.
2 Comments »
Leslie on 20 Jul 2008 at 10:00 am #
Alice,
Could it be that every sled dog kennel is doomed to have an annoying beagle mix as part of their pack??
I really had to do a double-take when I saw Wilson’s picture. We have a very similar-looking beagle mix named Dixie, and she’s equally neurotic. Gotta love ‘em!
Leslie
wolfmoonsleddog on 20 Jul 2008 at 12:11 pm #
Hi Leslie,
Could be. Perhaps the beagles conspired to make it a requirement for one of their own to be placed in each sled dog kennel…
Maybe Wilson and Dixie are long-lost relatives…LOL
Alice