The perfect pup! How adorable!!!!!!!

Your title scared me!

Oh my goodness, love this. I’m so glad to see all this happiness. 😍🥰

OMG - that is just the sweetest thing. ❤️💕

Your three children look very happy together ❤️

I was a little scared too….then that last line. Such love! Everyone looks so happy.

Yes! scared!! Shame on you. But you‘ve absolutely made ot all right with those adorable pics! Kids and dogs ❤️ ❤.

Damn that is an adorable dog. Your kids are so lucky to have that pup in their lives. Such comfort and companionship. And the dog clearly loves them too.

I suppose the only thing left to do is count your blessings...🙂

buy another dog for you (he needs a friend)

The entire Beagle family (human and non) lucked out with this pup.

OMG. My heart sank when I read the title. 😄 You're so good with your dogs I was afraid to read what was befuddling you.

I am thrilled he rescued you.

Clearly he knows his role is to love and protect the littles <3

❤️

Love these photos.

Too cute for words. Maybe if you decide to get a second dog, you can have that one. Jumper is the best.

Best possible result. Love it!

My daughter got a kitten "Lucy" when my grandson was just 4 months old. I thought she was making a mistake. Lucy and my grandson are best buddies, she can be found very close to him at all times, grandson is now 11 months. Lucy will hang out with us adults when he is sleeping.

What a wonderful dilemma ❤️

I like the idea of the second dog ! Odds are in my favor then at least that someone will cuddle with me! I don't think .a cat would work due to all the travel, but we are on the hunt for another small beagle.

In all seriousness, Jumper really is a great dog. He is calm and quiet when we travel. He is wonderfully behaved in the house and cuddles and snuggles. He is super smart and learned to sit and almost go potty on command. Loves his walks and wants to say hi to every dog he sees in a super friendly way. Doen't bark, and only gently pulls to go forward to show he is excited, not like crazy pulling. I could not ask for more.

He IS very into stealing food, so that is something we are working on. He will jump up right on the kitchen table and grab anything that is there. I believe that is because his former owner did not provide enough food.

He is also very scared of my father-in-law. I was able to track down an article about his former owner, and although the former owner is a different race than my father-in-law, the guy was also bald with a gray beard just like my FIL, so it is not surprising at all. My FIL comes over a lot so we are working on this. Every time he comes over, he gives Jumper a very high value treat. Jumper has been slowly gathering confidence.

I was horrified to learn in the article (https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/memphis-man-arrested-for-neglecting-nearly-30-dogs-at-his-home-records-show/article_3a6a0ddc-d26c-11ef-b4b6-e379c8b31933.html) that the owner kept the dogs outside in crates in the freezing cold with no shelter, food, or water and that this apparently went on for years.

Jumper is remarkably well adjusted and SO good considering what he went through, and I am very careful now to keep him on a very stable feeding schedule with breakfast, snacks, and dinner at regular times so he doesn't have to worry about when his next meal will come.

He also doesn't love the car, which is another issue we have to work on because we take him everywhere with us and he will be going on long road trips for camping. I try to offer treats in the car but he doen't want to eat, so we are trying different positions within the car (crate in back, car seat in seats, etc.) to see what he feels best with.

If anyone has a dog who doesn't like the car (he drools like crazy in it) I'd love some tips on helping him overcome this.

This makes me so happy. As far as the car, our Sam hated the car. It was so bad I had to walk him to the vet and quit training lessons. He just seemed to grow out of it and now he loves riding in the car. Fingers crossed the same happens for Jumper.

So sweet!

Oh my gosh, love the pics of the three of them. Jumper is so lucky to have you. I hope that all of the dogs rescued from that awful owner will be adopted by wonderful people like you.

In the car try a portable battery operated fan blowing right on him to give him a breeze.

Such a sweetie and so lucky to be in your loving family! Our dog doesn't like the car at all. The vet said excessive drooling is a sign of motion sickness and gave us something for car trips. Also, they can outgrow car sickness if you are lucky.

Such sweet photos. Article link is HORRIBLE. I hope he never hoards and neglects animals ever again. Special place...

The trauma that poor dog endured. And to still be that sweet and try so hard to please. I just can't 😢 Humanity doesn't deserve dogs.

I'm pretty involved as a local shelter volunteer and advocate here. I read the article specifically to check the timeline, and sure enough. Animal abuse complaints were raised in Sept., and the animals were left there until January. So all those poor babies spent four additional months in freezing cold, squalid conditions because somebody didn't want to do their job. In most states, there ARE laws to protect animals these days, but it is a ridiculous challenge to get the local sheriffs and police to do their jobs. I wish more citizens realized they could easily Google the law in their area and then insist the police protect the animals. Very happy for your little cutie....

@Bestyears it is actually far worse than that. A different article I read made it clear the complaint was in September of 2023!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/29-dogs-seized-animal-cruelty-011754448.html

Edited because I originally put in the wrong link.

It is so sad because he just wants to love everybody. Even with my father-in-law, he is scared but he wants to get petted and wag his tail and love him. He just slinks over, then runs away and is so cautious doing it and is like working up his confidence.

Thanks for the suggestions on the car thing too. Hopefully he will grow out of it. We'll try the fan!

He has found his persons!! So adorable!

Ugh, even worse timeline than I thought, Beagles...

Regarding the car: My Vanny, 8 years old (I adopted her at age 2 years) has terrible anxiety with the car. Drooling, terrible visible shaking, panting, and throwing up. I've pretty much done everything there is to do, from simple things like playing music that is supposed to calm dogs to cracking the windows, to more exhaustive efforts such as weeks long conditioning her to the outside of the car in the driveway with lots of treats, graduating to sitting in the car without it moving, with treats, etc. Oh, and taking her on a very short ride to her favorite park every morning for months so she would have a positive association with the car. Nothing worked. Probably because she feels carsick and that makes her anxious upon getting into the car. We've finally settled on a combination of meds which help: Cerenia to eliminate vomiting, and Trazadone and Gabapentin for calming. It all takes the edge off but she is still not a happy dog in the car. Like you, we have car rides built into our life (we own a lake property three hours away), so we've had to just make the best of it. I definitely encourage you to exhaust all the possible techniques now, but to consider medication too.

So happy to read the updates.

Fwiw, when we adopted Wally at approx 4 months, he would throw up all the time in the car. .. We did get one of those cover/slings so it wiped up easily. Anyway, he really outgrew car sickness. DH takes him daily for walks on trails and drives to them. It's gotten so that he is so fine in the car we can take him for the walks and then stop off to do shopping on the way back ( obviously when it's not severe weather) and he is 100% happy and fine to chill in the car. I think he thinks it's his sofa time.

Hopefully Jumper outgrows it...

It is a bit strange because he does NOT do it in our Florida SUV (Nissan Pathfinder) but he does do it in our PA SUV (GMC Yukon). I suspect it probably has more to do w/ the roads in FL .being straighter, but not sure if it also something w/ the car height or size too ?

ha ha again fwiw, Wally has only known our PA "mini suv"> Crosstrek. So maybe there's hope in Pa!

Well of course you need to trade the PA suv! Seriously, he is getting carsick, Use a crate and face it forward.

"What's a person to do, I ask you?!? "

Find new homes for the children! ;-)

What a delightful problem, Beagles. The three of them are so happy.

LOL chispa, don't think there aren't days when I haven't thought about re-homing them, LOL! The kids are WAY more trouble than the dogs!

Now my husband is in on the cuddle theft too!

Also, Jumper did not really understand how blankets worked when he came to me. He seemed confused when I covered him.He sure is a fast learner though! You can still JUST see the top of his head, though. Molly would go all the way underneath!

So happy for Jumper (and you + your family). I hope the other dogs have all been half as lucky as Jumper in finding a new home.

Just so sweet. I think I need a dog 😊

@Arapaho-Rd You do! And more importantly, a dog needs YOU!

We are the lucky ones with Jumper <3