Mummy farts: Mummy tends to have some pretty loud farts. Must be all of the peas
she eats. She conveniently blames it on ZuZu due to the fact that we once put her on a low carb diet
that seemed to produce some very interesting smells. With bb (bad breath) and smelly farts, ZuZu can't
seem to catch a break.

No room for Daddy: Mummy and the bb’s are known for hogging up the couch and
leaving Daddy to find his own spot (on an uncomfortable chair, in another room or sometimes even on the
floor). It's not that we don’t want him to be part of our snuggle session...there just isn’t enough room!
This is a true representation of what happens every night. The bb’s love him very much for giving up the
couch to them. Happy father’s day!

Mummy's little helper: Hampton Monroe is always trying to do 'nice' things
around the house for his Mummy like redecorating the house using toilet paper... helping her garden
by digging holes in the yard...and bringing in scents of nature (poop on his head) into the house. He's
only trying to be helpful... right?

Music to our ears: When Hampton Monroe joined our family we had forgotten
what it was like to raise a puppy beagle. Potty training at 3AM was definitely NOT our favourite part
of it. This comic reflects a true conversation we had on many early morning occasions. The whizzing
melody of Hampton finally peeing was truly music to our ears.

Are you my mummy?: We'd like to introduce you to our two new characters
Bungo and Curly Poo. They were both inspired by the amount of time we spend picking up the bbs' poo.
The size, color and shape of their poo always seem to enter the topic of conversation on our walks. Curly Poo
in particular is special to us. When Starbuck was sick we were always happy to see 'Curly Poo' show up as it
meant he was feeling better (vs. having the runs).

The Head Tilt: As you may know, Starbuck and Hampton have never met. We often
wonder what lessons Starbuck might have taught Ham, from one beagle to another. I'm sure the head
tilt would have been one of the first ones. Starbuck figured this one out early on and milked it whenever
he could. We finally caught on one day after we realized how much weight he had gained!!! Hopefully
Hampton Monroe doesn't have Starbuck's brain smarts.

Mummy and Daddy Love: A perfect Friday night for us has always
been staying at home, ordering take-out and cuddling up with our puppies (aka. bb's). When
we do finally force ourselves to go out, we usually can't wait to get back home!

Pushin it: When I (mummy) was in grade school, a classmate told me that sometimes
he would push to fart but ended up pooping instead. I always thought that was such an odd
but funny story. Years later while on a walk, Starbuck raised his leg for what I thought was a
pee...but ended up pooping instead! Old classmate, if you're reading this, you're not alone!

Tribute to Summer: After a while we started to notice that Starbuck became
very particular in where he would sprinkle his "puppy juice". He always went after the pretty
flowers. I'm sure he had the best of intentions. We notice that Hampton does the same thing.
Must be a beagle thing?

Recognition: All of you know how tough the dog park can be (competitive and
cliquey). We always felt like we were intruding at one of our local pubic parks. But of course
we kept on going back because Starbuck was the cutest pup you ever saw and ZuZu could
catch the ball like no other. :)

Happy Halloween: What do kiddies dress up as when they are young? It's
usually whatever it is they love or aspire to be. ZuZu loves balls so much that we figured she
would just want to turn herself into one!

Dumb Kibblet: Sometimes we just could not understand Starbuck. Even though
he would have a full bowl of kibble available to him, he would always whine and obsess over
the "one" kibblet that rolled under the couch. I guess he was one determined pup!

t.b. and b.b: As you may have guessed by now, ZuZu is completely and utterly
obsessed with tennis balls. This cartoon reflects her obsession. We also added what we
imagined to be the pain and suffering endured by poor t.b. By the way, the "b.b." that
always seems to hover around ZuZu's mouth stands for "bad breath".

ZuZu's Petals: This comic introduces ZuZu into Starbuck's life. She was a god
send as Starbuck was a little monster full of energy. ZuZu was named after the daughter of
George Bailey in the 1946 classic "It's a wonderful life". That's also where we got the phrase
"ZuZu's petals". However, in this case the petals reference the flowery gas ZuZu had when she
first came home to us. I think it was the new food we gave her. Sorry ZuZu!

Alpha Wannabee: Starbuck always had that macho bravado thing going on but
as soon as he saw a bug he would jump into Mummy's arms.

Feeling Special: When we first got Staruck we had him wear a ridiculously
large red bow. What made it worse was how tiny he was. We thought he looked cute and
caught him curiously looking at himself in the mirror more than a few times.

First Meeting: This was the first comic strip that kicked it all off for us back in 2003.
It's all true! It was our first visit to the the breeder that brought us our first puppy "Starbuck". He was
quite the little feisty one and was actually the only one that gave us any attention. He especially loved
Dave's (Daddy) shoe as he finally found the perfect place to mark his territory.