De-pressed

Beagles have received a lot of mixed reviews in the press recently.

For example:

"Beagle owners ten times more likely to suffer depression."
"Man throws himself under train after owning Beagle for just three days."
"Suicide is painless when compared to owning a Beagle."

And don't even get me started on the bad reviews.

So, to redress the balance, I thought I'd start a list of life affirming, beagle positive statements:

Beagles are loyal.
Beagles are brave.
Beagles are cute.
Beagles are athletic.
Beagles are intelligent.

My Owners (and fellow Beagle fans) entered into the spirit of the exercise and insisted on making a few enhancements:

Beagles are loyal ...............  providing that there's nothing better on offer.
Beagles are brave .............. in their own mind. Completely cowardly everywhere else.
Beagles are cute..................until they wake up.
Beagles are athletic............. in their pursuit of any food stuff positioned out of reach.
Beagles are intelligent..........if intelligent means an innate ability to be bloody annoying.

So nice to have their support.