Logan Montoya - Little Guy

Logan Montoya was born on April 20th 2007. He has 2 brothers and 3 sisters. Both his parents were Tri Color Beagles. The owners we got Logan from reside in Visalia, California, and we drove to California to pick Logan up. He, as well as all of his ancestors, is a Pure Bred AKC registered Beagle.
When we got Leela we decided then that we wanted to breed Beagles, and had been looking for a mate for her. I researched online for weeks until I found Logan. I emailed and spoke with the owners over the phone and I decided I didn't want to pay the $250 it would cost to ship him in the mail, not to mention it isn't very good for the puppies. She sent me pictures of the puppies when they were 5 weeks old, so they still sort of looked like gerbils. I choose Logan out of the three boys, and asked her if she could send me other pictured of him, since I could only see his face. She sent me a few other pictures, where you could see that he had a LOT of tan and black spots on his legs.

This is not the same as a Blue Tick marking, but there were still tan spots. I decided that I didn't want him and choose another puppy from the picture without the spots. I decided this because Leela did not have any spots, and I wanted them to have the same or similar coloring.

We then made plans to drive to California, packed up Leela in the kennel and were on our way. We drove though the night on Friday and then arrived Saturday June 9th. When actually saw the puppies, the one I had picked out was SO FAT!! I mean he was HUGE. Obesity in pets, especially Beagles, is a very serious thing, and can cause LOTS of health problems. I didn't want to deal with a puppy that was prone to weight gain because I was going to be using him for breeding, and I wanted him to be healthy and happy and a part of our family for a long time. So then I picked up Logan, he was a little chunky (they had obviously been over feeding them) and he had those unmistakable tan and black spots on his legs and belly - but - I fell in love with his spots and had to have him, spots and all. We then got in the car and prepared for a LONG drive home with PLENTY of potty stops for the new little puppy.

We stopped in Las Vegas to visit Dan's Dad, and then drove home, Logan slept on my lap a lot of the way.
We then went though the same crazy sleeping schedule as we did with Leela, getting up all through the night to take Logan out to use the bathroom. Logan did something REALLY funny though. Before he would lay down he would scratch at the bed and hop around in a circle kind of like a cat then walk around a little bit until he finally lays down, it is the FUNNIEST thing. We laugh EVERY night while he makes his little spot to go to sleep.

We immediately notices the difference in our puppies personality. Leela is so high energy and wants to be everywhere all the time, she is constantly jumping up on things and trying to run at full speed anywhere and everywhere she can, following her nose where ever it takes her, she really is a free spirit lol. Logan is almost 100% the opposite. Logan just wants to be with you. He will roll over and look at you with those cute little eyes and you know he is just saying, "Rub my belly PLEEEEEASE!!"

I mean look at that face, how could you say no?

Logan is a sweet little guy and we love him very much. He gets along with Leela, but sometimes they get pretty rough playing together. He would never sleep on the same bed with Leela though, I was concerned that they would not breed, until we finally caught them snuggling together.

I think I took like 50 pictures, because I was SO happy and shocked! Logan is a precious little guy and he gets along well with Leela now and they snuggle together and play and have fun times.