Sumo Wrestling Beagle Style

I had forgotten that Alayne had taken this photo of blind Austin and not-blind Charlie acting like Japanese sumo wrestlers the day before Charlie was adopted.  It shows you that tough little Austin was not about to let the bigger, and now seeing, Charlie, push him out of the ring without a real fight!  That's Austin on the left and Charlie on the right.

I don't have any photos of Charlie with his new family yet, but Julie emailed us recently to say Charlie was doing very well in their home with Hugo, their other Beagle.  She wrote that she had looked at some of our recent blog posts about our various Beagles and said two comments really stood out:

"'Beagles + food = trouble!', and 'Beagles are binary: on or off.'  Absolutely true!  Also true is that Charlie sleeps a lot, he snuggles down on one of the three beds of choice and snores his head off!  After lots of slumber Charlie gets up for his mad run around the house, and Hugo looks up at me as if to say 'What on earth....' I am not sure which is funniest; Charlie running around, or Hugo's face!"

Julie added, "Charlie and Hugo love their food, it is their reason for being.  Charlie already knows where the treats are kept, and he knows that going out to 'use the garden' constitutes a treat, and it won't be too long before he learns Hugo's trick: go out into the garden every five minutes, wait a while, come back in... get a treat!"

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Still No. 1!

Please keep voting for the ranch every day in The Animal Rescue Site/PetFinder's Shelter Challenge.  Thanks to your votes, we came in third nationwide and won $3,000 for the animals in the previous contest.  Now we have a shot at No. 1 and the $20,000 grand prize!  Enter "Rolling Dog Ranch" and our state postal code, MT for Montana, and it will bring up our listing so you can cast your vote.  Please ask your family and friends to vote, too.  Thank you!

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Another Online Shelter Contest:  We keep getting emails from people about Care2.com's America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest.  We do know about it but have decided not to promote it on the blog so we can keep everyone focused on the Shelter Challenge contest instead.  However, please feel free to vote for the ranch in this other contest if you'd like.  You'll need our zip code, which is 59854.

Comments

[Colleen & Sweet Kitty Erin]

I love the picture. So funny! And, the update on Charlie is wonderful. Sounds like he is really doing well!!

[Ev]

We watched the Jack Hanna show last night and enjoyed his piece on Rolling Dog Ranch. Great job. Everyone looked great. Humans too.

[Aliza]

Is anyone else having trouble voting in the new contest? When I cut and pasted the ZIP code in, it said no shelters were found.
Also, Jack Hanna is not one of the channels I get, did anyone tape the segment on Rolling Dog Ranch?

[Eric]

What a great tribute to the Ranch on Jack Hanna's show. It was great to see Herbie.

[Lynne Parker]

By the way, there are some really nice comments about the ranch at that contest site:
http://www.care2.com/animalsheltercontest/75579

[Lynne Parker]

Thanks for the update on Charlie. One of our 5 is a beagle/schnauzer mix and I can assure you the FOOD gene is a dominant one.
Thanks also for the info on the other contest. I'll do that one too.
I hope the Into the Wild program is available for purchase somewhere. I missed it. :(
p.s. Sounds like Julie is perfectly trainable! Hugo's done it.

[Jean C.]

Thanks for letting us know about the America's Favorite Animal Shelter contest! I was happy to take the few minutes to go vote, and all your fans probably feel the same. It's the least we can do to help you guys help the animals. Thanks Steve and Alayne for all you do!

[Craig from Great Falls]

Now this story is funny! One of our new managers owns a beagle and brings him to work everday. I can relate to the "on/off" description.

[Lynn (in Louisiana)]

For those that may not have clicked on the link for the other contest, it is a one time only vote between now and 11/16.

Thanks to Julie for the update. Glad to know Charlie is doing well.

Wanted to say I really enjoyed the Into The Wild episode. It was great to see the "residents" that I've come to feel as though I know from reading about them. I've watched it three times (so far!)